Yesterday’s mini-hurricane resulted in flooding & long power outages highlighting the need for more street greening (depaving) and roundabouts (instead of stop lights) everywhere we can add. It’s also less concrete and mechanicals the City has to maintain over time.

I am often asked how far along I am with EveryStreetCleveland.com. I am this far.

CLE Fun Fact: The Cleveland Cavaliers colors of wine and gold are a tribute to John Adams High School in the Union Miles neighborhood, whose colors are similar. They were chosen by Cavs founder Nick Meliti who graduated from John Adams.

Nice to see a full bike parking corral at City Hall.

My girlfriend bought a house in Cudell. Instead of repaving her driveway w/ concrete, she took the more sustainable route & installed a gravel drive w/ granite block trim. Mitigates stormwater runoff, helps reduce basement flooding, and also just looks cool. #DepaveCleveland

September 2024 Cleveland Complete & Green Streets + Trails Update: tinyurl.com/Sept2024CGS

Early start to the holiday weekend. Biking on protected bike lanes and major greenways in Detroit.

During one of my east side Every Street CLE runs months ago, I came across a pile of still great, 100+ year old Cleveland Building Supply bricks from what remained of a poorly executed building demolition over 10 yrs ago. Turned them into landscape stone today. #ReuseCleveland

Worked long & hard with Metro West CDO on their first tree planting grant this week. We’re targeting W. 65 where the old Stockyard slaughterhouses once stood. Looking to add 50 large trees to add some much needed green infra to this historic industrial strip. Fingers crossed.

A bit rainy but ultimately nice Bike w/ the Mayor ride this morning in Euclid. Wanted to learn more abt their bike lane/ped safety plans for Lakeshore Blvd + Euclid Ave to help it inform our Cleveland Moves mobility planning in CLE. Beers at Collision Bend Brewing after. Fun.

Tonight was my first meeting of the Cleveland chapter of the Awesome Foundation. Folks contribute $100 every quarter and then award $1,000 grants to various grassroots community projects. We selected 3 good ones tonight. For more info or to join us visit: awesomefoundation.org/en/chapters/cl…

Every Street Cleveland Union Miles: Part 4 Post: tinyurl.com/ESTunionmiles4

Nice presentation this morning by students at Hawken @ University Circle regarding the Wade Park Ave roadway project. Class spent the last few weeks working w/ University Circle Inc., surveying residents, & putting together design recs. Plan to add them to the official project comments.

Back in Y’town tonight for a board meeting w/ YNDC. The org is building 5 new doubles on a main corridor; devacated a street & building 6 new homes; planting 337 trees; hired 30th employee and; approaching $16M in revenue. Also stopped off for a Brier Hill @ W’side Bowl

Good times last night at the first annual Trash Fish fundraiser at Crowbar. Won a gift basket from Burning River Adventures as well - some swag and a $50 gift certificate for a kayak rental on either the Cuyahoga or Mahoning rivers.

The League of Women Voters is hosting a Complete & Green Streets discussion on Monday, October 7 l 7pm l Cuyahoga Public Library (Orange). I'll be a panelist along w/ Angie Schmitt, Annie Pease & Jacob VanSickle. RSVP below if interested. 75 person limit. tinyurl.com/CGSdiscussion