Marc Lefkowitz |
09/21/15 @ 11:00am | Posted in Land, Transportation
The Fund for Our Economic Future is working on a report titled, “The Geography of Jobs” which looks at sprawl in Northeast Ohio along two lines: How it affects the economy and the economically disadvantaged. A central finding is the average job hub for a Clevelander is a 20-minute drive or 75-minute transit trip away.
Marc Lefkowitz |
03/27/14 @ 9:00am | Posted in Vibrant cities, Transportation choices, Land
In the past year, thousands of Northeast Ohioans imagined and sketched up how we want this place to look in the future. We participated in the Northeast Ohio Sustainable Communities Consortium (NEOSCC) in the hope that it would devise a plan for sustainable growth.
Marc Lefkowitz |
11/14/13 @ 10:00am | Posted in Transit, Clean water, Land
The Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District is fighting a court order to shut down its “green” stormwater program; this week, it asked the Ohio Supreme Court to hear its case.
Marc Lefkowitz |
03/29/13 @ 3:45pm | Posted in Land
In Cleveland’s boom years, Rockefeller Park was the site of boating couples in seersucker suits and straw hats, hoop skirts and parasols floating lazily on wooden skiffs down Doan Brook. Ninety-seven years ago, the city built its Cultural Gardens here to give place to its proud immigrant clans.
Marc Lefkowitz |
03/04/13 @ 3:00pm | Posted in Clean energy, Clean air, Clean water, Land
In the 2012 movie, Promised Land, a prospector for an oil and gas company arrives in a small, Midwest town with a briefcase full of royalty checks. The charming young man played by Matt Damon expects the locals to get all starry eyed at the promise of riches. The only hitch is—and this is where Hollywood may be accused of...