Posted in Uncategorized on May 8, 2008 | No Comments »
3,2,1 - launch! After months in WordPress limbo (thank you WordPress) and thanks to the hard work of Brett and Alyssa at Detroit’s College for Creative Studies, GLUEspace is ready for prime time. Well, it’s actually ready to schedule its prime time debut.
On Saturday June 21st from 7-10 PM, the Buffalo Museum of Science [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 8, 2008 | No Comments »
Want to take the rust out of “rustbelt?” If you’re visiting this site, probably. Print this up and hang it in your window to help us build our network. Thanks again for making us look good, Serene.
GLUE flyer
Posted in Uncategorized on May 8, 2008 | No Comments »
The second annual Michigan Policy Summit, this Saturday, May 10, in Lansing, promises to be a bonanza of progressive movers-and-shakers. It launched last year to serve as an alternative to traditional policy conferences, and, according to one of last year’s attendees, it’s a unique opportunity to meet allies in community organizing, labor, the environment, and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 6, 2008 | No Comments »
Remember our friend Anthony Armstrong’s post about recent controversial remarks regarding Buffalo’s economy? He was writing in advance of a panel discussion with the provocateur in question, Profesor Edward L. Glaeser.
GOOD NEWS:
You may now view the forum, Resurrecting Buffalo: A Forum and Conversation with Harvard Professor Edward L. Glaeser, Author of “Can Buffalo [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 6, 2008 | No Comments »
From Walker Evans, Columbus, OH - Thanks, Walker!
Last month I was pointed toward an interesting article on CNNMoney.com about Youngstown’s plan for shrinkage. I recall discussing the idea with Kyle Ezell last summer as it was making the news rounds under the name of “planned decline,” and I think was being directed [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 6, 2008 | No Comments »
Thanks to Melissa in Chicago and Grant in Pittsburgh for sharing.
Any of you in PA free next Monday? The Northeast-Midwest Institute, is (in their own words) a ” Washington-based, private, non-profit, non-partisan research organization dedicated to economic vitality, environmental quality, and regional equity for Northeast and Midwest states.” Can’t shake a stick at that. [...]
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 [...]
|
Great Lakes Day
