Woe is me. The sad state of communication leads to a state of confusion in Northeast Ohio at every level. Street, block, neighborhood, county, state, ad infinitum... Will anyone ever figure out the new media? Please. [1] Today, as Councilman Cummins knows...I fielded questions about snow bans, plowing, school closings, and sidewalks. Kids did not get picked up by school buses, because the streets were impassable.
I will be emailing my own suggestions, but can we start with the ability for your office to post critical alerts on the City of Cleveland web site? [3]
A great city is not merely a collection of buildings. It is a place of connections.* At its simplest, a connection can be a bike path that connects a neighborhood to the waterfront or a bus line that connects people to jobs. At its most fundamental, a connection can be a shared space - an urban plaza, a neighborhood park, a community institution or even a coffee shop - that connects people to one another in a way that creates a sense of "place" and a sense of belonging - that elusive but enduring thing that we call a "community."
Cleveland is a great city, a place of connections - an evolving community, vibrant and viable, where we can all belong.
-adapted from the Connecting Cleveland 2020 Citywide Plan
Let's live up to the mission statement. Please send your ideas, suggestions and thoughts to:
Communications [at] city [dot] cleveland [dot] oh [dot] us
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Links:
[1] http://www.city.cleveland.oh.us/government/departments/pubsafety/homeland/
[2] http://www.city.cleveland.oh.us/mayor/press_release/list.asp
[3] http://www.city.cleveland.oh.us/