Kamm's Corners Farmer's Market Opening

Sunday, June 3rd, 2007
Kamm's Corners Farmers Market
Municipal Parking lot at West 168th and Lorain
10am - 2pm (will continue every Sunday from 10am - 2pm through October)

More good local food and produce news as a new Farmers Market opens up in Western Cleveland which promises to promote community interaction by providing entertainment, cooking demonstrations and health education as well as fresh locally produce foods!

Opening festivities:
* Ward 21 Councilman Martin Keane and Kamm’s Corners Development Corporation Executive Director Steve Lorenz will open the market with short remarks at 10:15 a.m.
* Patrick Campbell, former lead dancer with Lord of the Dance, will dance at 10:30 a.m. followed by his class from the Masterson School of Irish Dancing.
* Famed Tremont restaurant Fahrenheit will showcase their talents via cooking demonstrations featuring items available at the market beginning at 11:00 a.m. and continuing throughout market hours.
* At 12:00 p.m., an ecumenical service featuring the leaders of several local churches will lead a “Blessing of the Market.” All are welcome to participate.
* For music lovers, popular local musicians Brand New Hat will bring their brand of bluegrass, folk, and rock and roll to the market from 12:15 p.m. until the market closes.

While the hours are slightly short when this proves successful (and it will) I can only imagine these smaller Sunday fairs will grow and spread. Can you imagine living in a city where every Sunday there is a variety of community festivals to go to? It almost sounds like Milwaukee! (mmmmmm Milwaukee).

Bring your basket, bag or backpack (I usually have my backpack) and do your grocery shopping while supporting local growers, your community and meeting some of your neighbors.

Kamm's Corners Farmers Market

Delicious ways to save the Breuer Tower

Yeah, that photo got your attention!

Johnny Mango's
Saturday, June 2nd, 2007
Sunday, June 3rd, 2007

Help raise some tasty awareness by visiting Jonny Mango's and ordering the Breuer Tower Waffles with Ice Cream. Arranged to look like the infamously wonderful Ameritrust Tower that has been discussed around these parts lately you can bet that even 'Boss Man' Dimorra couldn't pass by one of these delicious babys.

What better way to spend your summer then with some ice cream and protest?
I hope you all get the imagery.

Yes, I just posted about this

Cleveland Planning Commission - Reminder

Friday, June 1, 2007
9am
Cleveland Planning Commission @ City Hall

Well, it seems like a maelstrom has possible been kicked up regarding the Breuer Trust Tower that the Cleveland Planning Commission will soon hold a hearing on. Following up on yesterday's post I received some new information that I thought I ought to be kind enough to pass on.

- Max Bond of Davis Brody Bond will be picketing in front of City Hall at 8am before the meeting.
- Word on the street is that the planning commission are 'by no means decided' yet, so a strong show of support may swing opinion.
- Cool Cleveland interview with Peter Lawson Jones and Brewed Fresh Daily have some reports of those Meet the Bloggers chaps here
- Cleveland Free Times has a pretty dang good article about the debacle.
- Johnny Mango's will be offering Breuer Tower Waffles with Butter Pecan ice cream (to represent the Tower and Rotunda) Saturday June 2nd and Sunday June 3rd.

-Thanks to Daryl for the notes.

At some point, I wanted to be a dreamer with a conscience...

...and I think others still may.

Douglas Hoffman of Weber Murphy Fox said that he and a cadre of fellows from WMF as well as Max Bond of Davis Brody Bond are more then willing to visit the Cleveland Planning Commission and present their solution for the highly debated new County Commissioners facility in the contested Breuer Tower at their own expense. However they are having troubles getting the models and drawings of their submission released by the county.

Recently the county has refused to share the submitted materials from the competitors that resulted in Madison International and KPF being awarded the commission saying "The commissioners don't feel it's in the best interest of the project to rehash it with a firm that was not selected". Fine, how about showing the constituents what the submissions were? How about letting the PEOPLE of the County take a peek behind the curtain and evaluate for themselves how and why the selection was made?

I find it brave and amazingly wonderful that WMF and DBB is willing to step up and present their ideas, share their vision with the city they were willing to work (and live) in (and with) and would love to see all the submissions, side by side, to evaluate and judge as public buildings ought to be. One must suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune if one wants to achieve something good. We can't all be carps at the spillway fighting for a piece of soggy bread.

"We feel duty-bound by conscience to share what we know," ~Hoffman.

"Trotter said that the materials in question are county property and could be considered public records if requested by citizens or the press, but would not be released for use by an architecture firm that makes a presentation to another government body."

Murray Hill Art Walk 2007

Murray Hill Art Walk
Friday, June 1st, 2007 || noon - 9pm
Saturday, June 2nd, 2007 || noon - 9pm
Sunday, June 3rd, 2007 || noon - 9pm

Cleveland's Little Italy

Come to Little Italy this weekend and experience Cleveland's longest running art walk (27 years!) as well as some fine Italian fare (food and spirits!).

Murray Hill Art Walk

nothing to post about buildings or green stuff

I watched the Cavs tie the Pistons instead of doing anything "useful". I regret NOTHING.



GLEE!

Happy Memorial Day

It has been a beautiful day out in Cleveland and if it wasn't for some unfortunate flat tire on the cycle incidents it could have been flawless (I have no idea how to patch a valve stem leak!). I noticed quite a few people at the park, taking advantage of the trails and fields and cooking out and enjoying, well, the world.

Anyway, I won't launch into a tirade about driving a car with a fully loaded bike rack three blocks to a park to ride on the trails instead of just riding the bike there in the first place YET but believe me, it is brewing!

Regardless, I hope everyone is enjoying their day, their friends, family and getting done all the stuff they need to get done and don't forget what the day is all about.