• Cleveland’s Lakefront Development

    Cleveland’s Lakefront Development

    In addition to the federal funding cuts I wrote about in my last post, there is an additional cut that I fear: funding that had been awarded to Cleveland in support of a lakefront redevelopment plan.  Cleveland is the largest city on Lake Erie and is incredibly lucky to sit…

  • Our Great Lakes: Dangers Ahead

    Our Great Lakes: Dangers Ahead

    The goal of this blog is to inspire love and respect for the Great Lakes as a place and an extraordinary natural resource. I am an advocate for protection of the Great Lakes. How we protect them, who protects them, and what is needed for protection are all complex questions.…

  • Winter Mindsets

    Winter Mindsets

    Every year around this time in Cleveland, there is a meme circulated on social media about Ohio’s 12 seasons. This year, here in mid-March, I think that we have passed first winter, fool’s spring, second winter, and are now likely in spring of deception.  I mean, I’m really hoping we…