http://www.midtowncleveland.org/blog/ Midtown Cleveland Blog en-us Tue, 27 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:08:13 EST http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss thunder::tech Feed Generator 1.0 editor@midtowncleveland.org webmaster@midtowncleveland.org http://www.midtowncleveland.org/blog/dusk_to_dawn.asp For the past four years, Tenable Protective Services has been providing MidTown Cleveland, Inc. with daytime security coverage. Tenable has also been providing alarm response to many of our stakeholders on an individual basis. However, the increase in breaking and entering we all experienced in 2008 demonstrated the need for additional nighttime security coverage. Tenable and MidTown Cleveland have teamed up to offer you the opportunity to participate in the MidTown Cleveland “Dusk to Dawn” Security Program. Here is how the MidTown Cleveland “Dusk to Dawn” Security Program works: If 65 MidTown Cleveland stakeholders contract with Tenable Protective Services, Inc. for 2009 for their individual alarm response needs, Tenable will provide the following services: A uniformed armed Security/Patrol Officer, an off duty Cleveland Police Officer or a Tenable Select Patrol Officer will patrol the MidTown Cleveland Service area exclusively in a marked security vehicle from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 a.m. seven days a week. Here is what the MidTown Cleveland “Dusk to Dawn” Security Program Provides to you: In return for contracting with Tenable Protective Services, Inc. for one-year of service at a cost of $50.00 per month and $35.00 per actual alarm response, you will receive the following benefits: The dedicated MidTown Cleveland vehicle will rapidly respond to your property and conduct an exterior and interior check of the facility. Alarm notification will be made to your designated security contact and the Cleveland Police and an incident report will be prepared and shared with you and MidTown Cleveland, Inc. for record purposes. We are close to reaching our goal of 65 participating businesses. If you are considering participating in this program please contact Carm Kelly of MidTown Cleveland, Inc. at 216-391-5080, ext. 100 or email at ckelly@midtowncleveland.org for more information. Tue, 03 Jun 2003 09:39:21 GMT http://www.midtowncleveland.org/blog/dusk_to_dawn.asp http://www.midtowncleveland.org/blog/stakeholder_challenge.asp Dear Friends of MidTown Cleveland, Inc. Hello. My name is Jon Ferrell. I am a Vice President and Principal at The Albert M. Higley Co. My firm is an 85-year old construction management and general contracting concern. I am also a MidTown stakeholder. For 2009, I am serving as Fund Development/Membership Chair. I am writing to ask you to join “my circle” of friends. We believe in MidTown Cleveland. Our value proposition is very simple: “In today's economic environment MidTown Cleveland, Inc. is the only organization that you can count on 365 days a year to work exclusively for the benefit of you and your employees.” To deal with today's uncertainties, many organizations are getting back to the basics or their core competencies. MidTown is doing this same. Our stakeholder service goals for 2009 are to: 1. Improve your daily safety and security experience 2.Continue to enhance the visual appeal of our streets and buildings 3. Do a better job of informing you about our ombudsman services 4. Find new ways to promote your business or services to other MidTown stakeholders 5. Continue to bring stakeholders together with outstanding community events 6. Do a better job of reporting successes to non-members 7. Continue to market MidTown as a great destination for new business 8. Create improvement opportunities for distressed properties 9.Discourage incompatible uses from locating in MidTown 10.Continue to advocate for our common interests on civic issues like the Innerbelt redesign So I am inviting you to take our 2009 “Stakeholder Challenge.” Invest in us by becoming a new member, or increasing your renewal contribution today! Call on us for services, so we can invest our resources in you. Complete our new customer satisfaction survey every time you interact with us. If you are not completely satisfied, we will send a MidTn Board member to visit with you in-person to assure that your concern receives our highest priority attention. In an effort to “up the ante,” we are offering you a couple of incentives as you consider our challenge. If you do nothing more than respond to this blog – with a comment or suggestion, we will enter your name in a drawing for a lunch with up to four of your colleagues at Somer's Diner at 4002 Prospect Avenue in Midtown (a $50 value) If you become a new member this year – one of our Board Members will hand deliver a MidTown Welcome basket to you (a $50 value) If you renew your membership with a contribution increase of 10% or more, or designate MidTown as a contribution recipient on your 2009 United Way Pledge form – we will enter your name into a drawing for a $300 gift certificate to a MidTown neighbor, the exclusive new Table 45 restaurant at the Cleveland Clinic Intercontinental Hotel (a $300 value) Alternatively, we can convert your incentive award into a tax-deductible donation to the MidTown non-profit organization of your choice. The only way to realize a better tomorrow is to work for a better today. We believe our Stakeholder goals for 2009 are moving in that direction. What do you think? Tue, 03 Jun 2003 09:39:21 GMT http://www.midtowncleveland.org/blog/stakeholder_challenge.asp http://www.midtowncleveland.org/blog/cleveland_tours_aprilmay.asp Cleveland is full of hidden history and architecture. Now, the neighborhoods of Down and Aroundtown Cleveland are offering two tours that will give Clevelanders a chance to explore these hidden spaces. A team of community tour guides with stories and back- ground history will lead you through each location. Each tour ends at a local restaurant and includes light appetizers and drink specials. Simply park at the first tour location and explore Hidden Cleveland! Click Here for details Tue, 03 Jun 2003 09:39:21 GMT http://www.midtowncleveland.org/blog/cleveland_tours_aprilmay.asp http://www.midtowncleveland.org/blog/Cleveland_Restoration_Society.asp Understanding Cleveland's “Recent Past” The challenge of preserving architecture less than 50 years old The Cleveland Museum of Art has recently re-opened its handsome 1916 building and is currently restoring its Marcel Breuer wing, constructed in 1970 and considered to be a significant work of the “recent past.” Works by Breuer and other Modernists are being studied more fully by scholars today. How should we be thinking about the landmarks of the “recent past” and their role in landscape of Cleveland? Join the Cleveland Restoration Society on December 11 for its 36th annual Community Luncheon and hear Timothy Rub, director of the Cleveland Museum of Art, speak on “Reshaping our Past – a Vision for the Future.” Mr. Rub, a specialist in architectural history and modern and contemporary art, will share his thoughts about how we might develop our understanding and appreciation of our Modern and “recent past” architecture. The luncheon will take place at the Wyndham Cleveland at Playhouse Square, 1260 Euclid Avenue, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. For individual tickets or table reservations contact CRS at tsande@clevelandrestoration.org or 216-426-3103. Tue, 03 Jun 2003 09:39:21 GMT http://www.midtowncleveland.org/blog/Cleveland_Restoration_Society.asp http://www.midtowncleveland.org/blog/guestblogger_healthline.asp By Richard Pace, MidTown DeveloperAs a lifelong Clevelander, I have grown up to be skeptical about big project announcements. As an architect, I have planned too many great projects that never happened. Six years ago, I decided to leave the architectural practice to put my money were my mouth was and develop my own projects.In 2002, Scott Garson of NAI Daus showed me the Carpenter Reserve Printing Building (now known as the Baker Electric Building.) It was a beautifully designed building, but it was in the middle of “nowhere,” at the intersection of Euclid Avenue and East 71st Street. After all of those decades of planning the “Dual Hub Corridor,” I was convinced that RTA's Euclid Corridor would never happen so I bought a building in Independence instead. I was looking for my next project in 2006 and Scott showed me the building again. It was still a great building but now the Euclid Corridor was under construction, the Cleveland Clinic was going through an incredible expansion and the time was right. I bought the building and I am renovating it and it is leasing even in this lousy economy!My story is a case study of investment. Without the HealthLine, I was unwilling to risk my money on Euclid Avenue. With the HealthLine, not only have I risked my money, but a growing number of companies are choosing my building because of proximity to the Cleveland Clinic, University Circle and Downtown. The HealthLine dramatically improves access to these destinations. In early November 2008, I attended the Innovation Conference at the Cleveland Clinic and because of a hectic schedule, I rode the HealthLine back and forth a number of times from my building at Euclid Avenue and East 71st Street to the CCF Conference Center. On average, it took seven minutes door to door, which included wait time. It would have taken three times that amount of time to drive there, find a parking spot and then walk to the conference. Plus, I didn't have to pay $6.00 each time.My building is only a small part of the return on investment in the HealthLine. MidTown is updating its Master Plan for this area to create a vital mixed-use neighborhood which can become the largest and most attractive Research Park in the world. The area surrounding the HealthLine connects many internationally-renowned research institutes, such as the Cleveland Clinic, University Hospital, Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland State University, all within a 15 minute ride. By comparison, the famous Research Triangle in North Carolina is not connected to Duke, the University of North Carolina or North Carolina State. They are all separated by an hour drive. Also, the Triangle was planned in the last century as an automobile-oriented development. Ask any young researcher if that is the way that they want to live/work/play and you will find a strong preference for a vital mixed-use neighborhood instead.We are not there quite yet, but I am confident we will be there soon. Tue, 03 Jun 2003 09:39:21 GMT http://www.midtowncleveland.org/blog/guestblogger_healthline.asp