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BLOG Featured PostJoin us in Columbus for exciting first-ever eventsPosted on 08-19-2008 at 2:02 PM by Robbie BanksColumbus is home to a wonderful mix of independent and talented artists. Check out Independents’ Day on Saturday, September 20 for a taste of our indie spirit. click here for complete postPittsburgh CitiWiki Project: First Up? Transit.Posted on 08-06-2008 at 4:11 PM by Abby WilsonPittsburgh’s Pop City and cityLIVE! have partnered up to create a unique platform for truly “public” policy making here. “CitiWiki is an experiment in collaborative creativity conceived and created here in Pittsburgh. There’s nothing else quite like it in the world. Our goal over time is to harness the intellectual firepower of the Pittsburgh click here for complete postLansing's Getting StickyPosted on 08-06-2008 at 08:41 AM by Rory NeunerNotes from our Lansing Sticky Meeting in June, on what GLUE should care about in Lansing. What local issues need a collective voice? Who is taking these issues on? What would a short list of priorities include? Various issues mentioned: overnight street parking ban, Cedar Street benches (MDOT trunk line issues), balcony/setback issues on trunk lines, City Market redevelopment, general resistance to new development, Saginaw / Oakland Corridor redesign, CATA bus stops along Michigan Avenue, passing a Complete Streets Ordinance / Ballot Proposal, Mayor / Council battles, arts and / or small business incubation ideas, city council communication (coffee hours, etc)… click here for complete postAsphalt farming in the cityPosted on 08-05-2008 at 09:31 AM by Allison HarrisCleveland is loaded with abandoned properties and unused surface parking lots, and I have had the good fortune this summer to help convert one unused lot into a pleasant garden right in the heart of the city…. click here for complete postWeb-bridges to SomewherePosted on 08-01-2008 at 3:27 PM by Abby WilsonAs promised, I am sharing (better later than never) some takeaways from last week’s UrbanNext summit in New Orleans. That will also, by the time I’m done with this mini-series, include some observations I made on the plane… click here for complete postHighlights from New OrleansPosted on 07-31-2008 at 1:49 PM by Abby WilsonAlthough I now have a million reasons to go back, I traveled to New Orleans to attend CEO’s for Cities first annual UrbanNext summit. UrbanNext is an effort to bring together a diverse set of younger leaders who eat, sleep and breathe cities with the ultimate goal of influencing policy. Yes - we have a lot in common. Although the membership of CEO’s for Cities differs dramatically from GLUE’s, its UrbanNext component should create a meaningful feedback loop for organizational heads with - well - people like us. click here for complete postGLUE goes to NOLAPosted on 07-31-2008 at 12:56 AM by Abby WilsonThanks to the support of Leadership Pittsburgh, Inc. and the vision and organizational mastery of Chicago-based CEO’s for Cities, I spent a good part of last week in New Orleans - a city I had, embarassingly, never visited. In case you’re not looking at a map, the Gulf of Mexico is not a Great Lake. GLUE may be pushing the envelope of taxonomic orthodoxy, but I know salt water when I smell it… click here for complete postCozy Summertime Catch-UpPosted on 07-24-2008 at 11:49 AM by the GLUE TeamIf you’re just learning of GLUE or visiting GLUEspace for the first time, you might want to join us on a “Fireside Chat,” a half-hour conference call with real, live people, where you can hear the story of where we’ve been and where we’re going, and find out more about how to get involved. Our next call will be Tuesday, July 29, at noon EST, 11:00 CST. Email glueteam@gluespace.org to RSVP. Hope to speak with you then! click here for complete postEnd of White Flight?Posted on 07-22-2008 at 10:22 AM by Sarah SzurpickiWhile this article (”The End of White Flight“, 07/19/08) in the Wall Street Journal pays disappointingly little attention to Great Lakes cities, where decades of white flight contributed to a sadly ongoing cultural legacy of racial tension (often played out in city vs. suburb political divisions), it still serves as another indicator that the story of cities is changing.
A Verdant, and Illuminated, Walk in ClevelandPosted on 07-20-2008 at 05:44 AM by Sarah SzurpickiCleveland Public Art recently announced its summer projects, among them, this gem (pictures are under Mall B in the projects menu of CPA’s website): “The Verdant Walk is a new temporary art and landscape installation on Mall B in downtown Cleveland by Toronto-based artists and landscape architects Peter North and Alissa North of North Design Office. The project was installed in May 2008 and will remain until 2010. The installation creates a stunning landscape by bringing more than 4,000 square feet of native Ohio grasses to the city’s center, punctuated by a series of seven sculptures illuminated at night by new-technology solar fabric panels…” click here for complete post |
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