In this month's issue:
* Cool Cleveland Video Interview County Commissioner Peter Lawson Jones
* Win a top-of-the-line Video iPod see details below
* Cool Cleveland Ingenuity Party 7/13 Get your discount tix online here
* Cool Cleveland News Red-light cameras, suburban congestion & Lakewood's other Gold Coast
* Cool Cleveland Events for June Ladies Who Launch, Waterloo Street Fest, more
* Sign up to receive your own free, weekly issue of Cool Cleveland by clicking iPod below
* Cool Cleveland Kids podcast click here, CC podcast click here, CC Blog click here
Welcome to the first monthly edition of Cool Cleveland. Since the Fall of 02, we've blasted a weekly e-newslettter out to tens of thousands of people who care deeply about Cleveland, Northeast Ohio, and the region. We feature news, events, commentary, interviews and, most importantly, the letters, comments and stories of our readers, who are some of the most committed and active Clevelanders that ever read an e-mail. To get you as excited about Cool Cleveland as we are, we've started a contest to give away a top-of-the-line Video iPod to someone who signs up for the free Cool Cleveland weekly blast, or who invites a friend to do the same. We're strictly opt-in, and we've grow when people who love Cool Cleveland forward it to a friend. We hope to hear from you on some of the important and exciting issues and events we've collected below. Stay in touch. We'd love to hear from you.
–Thomas Mulready
Cuyahoga County Commissioner
Peter Lawson Jones
One of the three Cuyahoga County Commissioners, Peter Lawson Jones always speaks passionately and articulately for the causes that affect Northeast Ohioans. Cool Cleveland’s Thomas Mulready caught up with him on the streets of Downtown Cleveland and videoed his comments on the new cigarette tax for the arts, the upcoming November election, and the four things that keep him awake at night. Watch the video here: MOVIE Cuyahoga County Commissioner Peter Lawson Jones (PC) (Mac)
1) Put a lid on it They should have done this from the beginning: a $90 million retractable plastic hybrid roof over Cleveland Browns Stadium, so we can host the Super Bowl.
http://www.SuperBowlForCleveland.com
2) Red light cameras go too far They’ve caught 556 running red lights, but a whopping 26,008 speeding, for fines of up to $200. What’s going on here?
http://www.universitycircle.org/redlightcameras.htm.
3) Lakewood's other Gold Coast $20 million Cliffs on Rocky River, a 46-unit lux boat and condo development, with units selling for $275K to $1 million, all without eminent domain, blight designation, or tax abatement.
http://lakewoodobserver.com/home.php?which=1&article_id=209.
4) Congestion in suburbs, not Downtown The most congested roads and intersections are not in Downtown Cleveland, but in places like Broadview Heights, Strongsville, and Beachwood.
http://www.NOACA.org/cms05.pdf
5) Ohio lost 204,308 jobs since 2000 A shocking report details the "literally brutal impact" of the recent recession.
www.CommunitySolutions.com
On red-light cameras (See Red light cameras go too far here) You bet I am fed up with those red light and speed cameras in Cleveland. It has absolutely nothing to do with safe streets and is everything to do with collecting money. It is another of Jane Campbell's hare brained ideas to soak more money for Cleveland from those living in the suburbs...
from Cool Cleveland reader Lee Kamps lee921ATatt.net
Why doesn’t the Cleveland Clinic pay taxes? (SeeWhy don't our huge non-profits pay taxes? here) The school system needs all the revenue it can get, and the PILOT program is definitely a step in the right direction. These large corporations that are targeted in the program utilize city services in many different ways but are exempt from the ever important property tax due to the current system in place.
from Cool Cleveland reader Kevin O'Shea kyosheaAThotmail.com
FRIDAY, JUNE 9
Modern Vision, Classical Methods Discover the timeless elegance and beauty of platinum-palladium prints, lith prints and ambrotypes, from 6-9PM at Heights Arts Gallery, 2173 Lee Road, Cleveland Heights. 371-3344
http://www.heightsarts.org/gallery/#June-Aug
MONDAY, JUNE 12
The Artist as an Entrepreneur Institute an award-winning professional development program for visual, performing, literary, media and design professionals. Josaphat Arts Hall, 1433 East 33rd Street. 575-0331,
http://www.cpacbiz.org
CC KIDS Shipwreck Camp will engage youth 12-15 in geology, ecology, history and aquatic biology through a virtual adventure to find a shipwreck in Lake Erie, thru Fri 6/23 on the Case Campus. kmk21@case.edu 368-5075,
http://www.case.edu/artsci/csm/prek-12shipwreckcamp.html
THURSDAY, JUNE 15
Ladies Who Launch Live for female entrepreneurs that combines information, community, style, fun and passion from 9AM - 6PM. Convivium 33 Gallery Josaphat Arts Hall, 1433 East 33rd Street.
http://www.ladieswholaunch.com/events/live-template.cfm
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14
CMJ Rock Hall Music Fest makes its return with heavy-hitters like Matisyahu, Mushroomhead, The Aquabats, The Fray and Mindless Self-Indulgence, thru 6/18
http://www.TravelCleveland.com/cmjmusicfest.asp
SUNDAY, JUNE 18
Father's Day Walking Tour Dad still mourning the end of the NBA season? Take him for a Father's Day Walking Tour with a sports theme– and a visit to the dearly departed at 2PM. Lake View Cemetery, 12316 Euclid Avenue. 421-2665 x3035, http://www.lakeviewcemetery.com/community_activities.aspz
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21
Summer Solstice Wine Tasting Good spirits, a silent auction, and a tasting surprise at 6PM, to benefit The Cleveland Chamber Symphony, the orchestra that "dares to explore.” Budapest Blonde, 6901 Rockside Road, Independence. http://www.clevelandchambersymphony.org/benefit.html
THURSDAY, JUNE 22
Corporate Citizenship: The New Value Proposition See how Whirlpool & Lubrizol are aligning philanthropy and volunteerism with solid business strategy from 8-10AM. Key Center, 127 Public Square, 27th Floor. http://www.BusinessVolunteers.org
FRIDAY, JUNE 23
Ninja Comedy Death Match 2 A unique 1-night, 3-round format, 10 comedians utilizing their arsenal of quick wit and deadly sarcasm against 10 comedy topics, at 9PM. Bassa Vita Lounge, 1572 W. 117th Street, Lakewood. http://www.bassavitalounge.com/events.php?event_id=86
SATURDAY, JUNE 24 & SUNDAY June 25
CC KIDS Paint a Mural with Phil Yeh Get the family together to help create a mural for the Cleveland Museum of Natural History with nationally-recognized cartoonist Phil Yeh on Sat 10AM- 4PM, Sun 12-4PM. Cleveland Museum of Natural History, 1 Wade Oval Drive, University Circle. http://www.cmnh.org
SATURDAY, JUNE 24
Waterloo Street Festival A juried members' show at Arts Collinwood Gallery, openings at the Beachland Ballroom and TRUE Art and an outdoor sculpture installation, plus a slew of interactive exhibits and activities.11AM – 7PM. Waterloo Business District, North Collinwood.http://www.ArtsCollinwood.org
It's Blue, It's Phat, It's Ingenuity
Cool Cleveland Ingenuity Party 7/13
Super low price until Thu 6/22 midnight here!
You can't pass up this deal: open bar' with' beer & wine, a complete Louisiana-style buffet from Fat Fish Blue, plus a comp ticket to Ingenuity Festival of Art & Technology ($10 value), all for one incredible price, if you score your tix online before midnight Thu 6/22 here!Pick your party and join the fun: The first affair gets jumping at Fat Fish Blue (see map here) on Thu 7/13 from 5-7PM; then another party from 7-9PM (separate admission). Stay as long as you want, but pick your time slot for the open bar and food. When you're good and ready, grab your voucher for one comp admission to the fabulous Ingenuity Festival of Art and Technology ($10 value), happening right outside FFB as they shut down Prospect Avenue to traffic, just so Cleveland can have a good old street festival, hi-tech style. Get your tix online before midnight 6/22 for your best deal here.
An unbeatable combo: Ingenuity and Cool Cleveland. And you can be right in the middle of it. For this price, you can bring your friends!
https://CoolCleveland.net/tickets/tour071306/index.php
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