Wednesday, April 25, 2007

HI-atus

Right, then. A bit of personal news before you all get knotted up. I have been slacking on my interwebbernet duties as of late because I have been concentrating on my |re|Design Cleveland submission, my Cleveland Design Competition and busting my hump at the office.

Now I am going on vacation. I won't be back until, um, lets just say Monday.

Until then, this is what I will be expecting.

The County revamps the Breuer Trust Tower proposal to include a skybridge to the Terminal Tower. This means that the top 22 floors of the Terminal Tower will have to be demolished to accommodate the as of yet, undesigned skyway. There may, or may not be, a new Zeppelin dock installed.

There will be the creation of 43 separate art districts inside the proposed Design District. Still no Chipotle downtown though.

The city planning commission will pass into law t
hat no new residences may be built within city limits unless finished in a 3 tone EIFS and brick facade with absolutely no flashing. Oh, you know what I am talking about, don't even pretend. It's FANTASTIC!

GCRTA will not be able to afford any stops for the Euclid Corridor due to budget cuts. This will allow the Silver Line to run the entire length of it's run in half the originally projected time.

University Circle will completely wall off their district, complete with catapults and a moat. (Who could blame them?)

Public Square will become completely uninhabitable due to Godzilla-esque monsters attacking. Nobody notices.

A new casino opens up, completely solving the Cleveland school's budget problems. Just in time to buy books for the three kids still enrolled in the public school program.

ODOT solves all the innerbelt problems, efficiently and under budget.

Carl Monday investigates something nobody cares about. Meanwhile, the search continues for Karl Rove's missing ho. I hope someone finds her.











Peace, I'm out.

Monday, April 23, 2007

Business of Green - Green business blog

There is usually a continuing dialog when someone mentions or introduces an intent to live a more ecologically sound lifestyle or implement a more sustainable plan for development whether it be in building design, business or consumption of goods, that there is an inherent cost surcharge associated with it.

While recent history has not bore out this assumption it is difficult to quantify exactly how "green" you can become for "free" or how much short term investment will yield in the long term. If any of this sounds remotely exciting, or you have a penchant for business with a wicked green slant I suggest you check out the Business of Green business blog. Discussion runs from consumption to green business practices, globalization to recent environmental legislation. Each post is really just a teaser, a taste to get dialog started which then requires input from the readers.

While this approach may not alway yield the most fruitful results, it is rather interesting and with exposure I expect this idea to take root and grow into thoughtful and deliciously insightful conversation that could prove rather useful to those with an interest in sustainability and business practices.