As the industrial glacier recedes, it reveals an extraordinary terrain of availability and a host of new possibilities.

ReImagine a Greater Cleveland
Issues of vacancy, abandonment and foreclosure have had a profound effect on the well-being of the nation's neighborhoods and residents. These negative forces have mobilized community development professionals and policymakers in Cleveland to develop innovative efforts to turn the tide and fight for our neighborhoods.
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GreenCityBlueLake is the online home for the exciting people, projects, and ideas creating a more sustainable future in Northeast Ohio. Find out how you can make a donation or become a sponsor of the site.
The impulse to live sustainably must be rooted in the particular conditions of place, and people often seek this sense of rootedness as part of a community.
This section of the site will cover the communities that are exploring how to live rich, fulfilling, and sustainable lives in Northeast Ohio. These communities are often religious, but they don't have to be. They can be any group that is helping people develop a deeper understanding about how to reinhabit this place on the planet. Add yours to the list!
Communities for the bioregion
Cleveland ConneXion young professional groups
Common Ground Center for Renewal
Congregation of St. Joseph and River's Edge
Crown Point Ecology Center
Northeast Ohio Citizens League
Shadybrook
This site is inspired by the memory of Richard Shatten, a former board member of EcoCity Cleveland,
who pushed Northeast Ohio to think strategically about regionalism and sustainability.
A service of the GreenCityBlueLake Institute at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.
Operating support provided by The George Gund Foundation.
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