Posted in Uncategorized on April 25, 2008 | No Comments »
From Randy Vines in St. Louis:
St. Louis GLUEster Michael Allen was interviewed recently on KWMU’s (local NPR affiliate) “St. Louis on the Air” about the importance of preserving our built environment. In an age of soulless suburban sprawl, our city’s historic fabric has become its leading competitive advantage. Listen here.
Posted in Uncategorized on April 21, 2008 | No Comments »
When I first moved back to the Detroit area, I asked people how to best get reacquainted with my hometown, and a number of them told me to listen to Detroit Today on Detroit Public Radio - which I have been doing ever since. It’s become one of my favorite radio shows, and is an incredible resource for Detroiters. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 21, 2008 | No Comments »
Detroit
Below are the remaining Sticky Meeting results, again, unfiltered, from those meetings held on Thursday, April 10. (Duluth had to cancel due to a blizzard warning, sadly - I guess we’re not the same in EVERY way).
Detroit Brainstorm + Reply from Toledo, 4.10.08
Cleveland Brainstorm + Reply from Detroit, 4.10.08
St Louis Brainstorm + Reply [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 18, 2008 | No Comments »
Margaret Weber has been a coordinator of a Detroit local drop-off recycling facility for 18 years. She and other Detroit-area environmentalists and activists, including members of the Sierra Club, Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice, Rosedale Recycles, and Southwest Detroit Environmental Vision, have recently formed the Coalition for a Clean and Green Detroit (which is new [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 18, 2008 | No Comments »
Chris Briem, one of the Pittsburgh area’s most beloved bloggers, brought my attention to a Richard Florida piece in the April 12th edition of The Wall Street Journal.
The money quote?
The real driving force of the world economy is a new and incredibly powerful economic unit: the mega-region.
And where do we line up?
The world’s largest mega [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 18, 2008 | No Comments »
We’ve previously talked about the clear economic benefits of Great Lakes restoration. The Brookings Institution’s Healthy Waters, Healthy Economy report demonstrates that implementing the Great Lakes Regional Collaboration Strategy would, with an investment of $26 billion, create between $80 and $100 billion worth of benefits. But while this report made a convincing argument that [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
From Ann Mestrovich in Buffalo:
From June 24th through June 27th, thousands of Buffalo natives and anyone interested in experiencing the Queen City at its best will come “home” to rediscover what makes this city so great. This event was started in 2006 by a grassroots group of volunteers looking to celebrate the city and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
As you surely know if you’ve read What is GLUE?, this project came about after Abby and I moved back to our hometowns, Pittsburgh and Detroit, respectively, within six months of each other. We started talking - a lot - about the similarities we were finding. As a metro-Detroiter, I thought, “Wouldn’t it be great [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 16, 2008 | No Comments »
Posted in Uncategorized on April 16, 2008 | No Comments »
Last week, GLUE held its first-ever, region-wide local brainstorming sessions. At these Sticky City Meetings, participants in each city listed their homes’ greatest challenges and most promising ideas or valuable assets. After each city finished its brainstorm, participants’ notes were sent to another GL city, who responded to the similarities, differences, and with [...]
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Great Lakes Day
