"About a quarter of Cleveland residents don't have access to a personal vehicle as their primary mode of transportation, according to Census data, leaving them to rely on other forms of transportation to navigate the city." www.ideastream.org/environment-...

To meet important carbon-reduction goals, Cleveland and Cuyahoga County need the Cleveland-Cliffs plant to invest in modern, clean steel-making technologies. www.canarymedia.com/articles/gre...

Thanks to The George Gund Foundation of Cleveland for signing on to this "Unite in Advance" statement, which rejects attempts to exploit political violence to restrict fundamental freedoms, like freedom of speech and the freedom to give. medium.com/@uniteinadva...

I support these workers who do vital reporting work in Cleveland!

Last year, we published our first active transportation (AT) guide, providing tips for implementing an AT project, funding sources & technical assistance programs. We are excited to share How to Build Safe, Vibrant Streets in Ohio: A Guide for Non-Engineers, Vol 2 www.greaterohio.org/publications...

It's scary how a few corporate agribusinesses control our food system. A Winning Food and Farm Policy for Rural America barnraisingmedia.com/a-winning-fo...

Nice new resource to help Cleveland-area workers form unions and fight for better pay, safer working conditions, and healthier communities. unionizecle.org

Important new report from @cleanaircatf.bsky.social seeks to distill best practices for engaging communities & building trust around renewable energy projects.

Cleveland Book Fest kicks off a month of literary activity around the region. Here's what's on tap in September for the newly expanded fest www.clevescene.com/arts/clevela...

Ward 5 City Council candidate Rebecca Maurer has great ideas for making Cleveland work for everyone.

Cuyahoga County loan program supports transit-oriented development. Great cities have a healthy synergy between frequent transit and high-density development. neo-trans.blog/2025/08/26/c...

Excited by plans for Ohio's Toni Morrison celebration organized by @literarycleveland.bsky.social and @ohiohumanities.bsky.social. ohiocelebratestonimorrison.org

Now is the best time, maybe ever, to learn the history of racism. This article on a brilliant new new effort to surface the racist 'relay' school policy in Cleveland is outstanding. signalcleveland.org/cleveland-sc...

Ideas for a Cleveland that works for all: www.clevelandpoweralliance.com

As the Trump administration reverses climate policies, steelmakers are canceling "green steel" projects -- and thus jeopardizing the carbon reduction plans of cities like Cleveland. signalcleveland.org/city-of-clev...

Cleveland Power Alliance, new local coalition of 21 groups, aims to boost democratic participation and working class policies www.clevescene.com/news/clevela...

State support for brownfield remediation is a small reparation to heal communities harmed by decades of state-subsidized sprawl.

These candidates have an exciting vision about a Cleveland that works for all. Volunteer to help them get elected!

Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless denounces Trump's executive order that criminalizes people for being homeless. The order does nothing to lower housing costs, nor does it promote programs that work to house the homeless, such as Cleveland's Housing First. www.neoch.org/cleveland-ho...

Cleveland is fortunate to have one of the country's best writing conferences, thanks to @literarycleveland.bsky.social. See all the conference events and workshops at inkubator.litcleveland.org

Free registration for our Inkubator Writing Conference is now open! Sign up for virtual and/or in-person events September 8-13! #CleInk25 www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-inkub...

Not only are cars a massive expense for most households, but they’re creating/perpetuating a debt crisis for a growing number of people. Forced car dependency causes unnecessary financial strain, especially for low and middle income folks. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Get help with everything from building a winning coalition, to countering utility pushback, to other models of public power that still ⬆️local energy control and utility accountability vist.ly/3zjf3

Cleveland Owns and Co-op Circles are hosting a non-partisan candidate forum on July 31 with candidates for Cleveland City Council discussing all things related to how the city of Cleveland sets policy that impacts economic life. www.clevelandowns.coop/events/co-op...

All the sordid details about the staggering corruption of First Energy and the Republicans who control the Ohio Statehouse.

Cleveland lakefront planners should listen to these ideas about opportunities to provide convenient, attractive intermodal transportation connections. Improved passenger rail service will come here eventually! neo-trans.blog/2025/07/25/d...

Housing messaging dos and don'ts: ✔️ Focus on kids, health, and safety ✔️ Emphasize fairness & inclusion ❌ Avoid starting with history or commodification Want to change minds? Start here: bit.ly/46lwEoH #HousingJustice #MessagingTips #EquityInNarratives

Cleveland Public Power could do innovative things like this, too.

Extreme heat. Warmer water. More ticks. Fewer fish. Climate change report brings grim news for the Great Lakes.

Our CPP members were on the steps of Cleveland City Hall today to call for reforms to make Cleveland Public Power a municipal utility that's affordable, reliable, community-led, and clean and green.

🎉Announcing the 2025 Inkubator Writing Conference 🎉 #CleInk25 is one of the largest free writing conferences in the country and this year we have made it bigger and better than ever! Events September 5-14. Registration opens August 1. inkubator.litcleveland.org

"Burn Bright" is the theme of this year's Inkubator writing conference from @literarycleveland.bsky.social. As the conference's keynote speaker Celeste Ng writes in her book Our Missing Hearts: “If the world is on fire you might as well burn bright.” inkubator.litcleveland.org

One of Cleveland's most underappreciated, under performing assets is Cleveland Public Power. Now grassroots energy activists are releasing a reform agenda. Attend the press event July 22 at 1 pm at City Hall to support the creation of a municipal utility that moves our city into the future.

Make the billionaire Haslams pay for the traffic problems they will cause with their domed stadium scheme. #Browns @odot-statewide.bsky.social www.cleveland.com/opinion/2025...

Three days after getting $600 million in state funds for their new domed stadium, billionaires Dee and Jimmy Haslam closed on the purchase of a $25 million beachfront mansion in Florida. "The two events are either a remarkable coincidence or some tone-deaf scheduling." neo-trans.blog/2025/07/11/h...

The administration is right. Creating a great lakefront space won't be a traffic problem. Full stop. That's just not how traffic works. www.cleveland.com/news/2025/07...

Hoping that manufactured housing is a way to make high quality homes more affordable.

Amazing that is a question: Is saving commuters a couple of minutes more important than creating am accessible, public lakefront for Cleveland? www.cleveland.com/news/2025/07...

You can help these exciting candidates and create a Cleveland that works for working people.

No public subsidies for nepo-baby billionaires. #Browns

You can help these exciting candidates and create a Cleveland that works for working people.

Meet Cleveland City Council candidates who are creating an exciting, progressive vision for Cleveland's future.

Hey, Greater Cleveland RTA. This seems like a good thing to do.

Thanks to @sustainablecle.bsky.social for an electricity aggregation program that gives Cleveland customers of The Illuminating Co. another year of 100% renewable energy.

Congrats to @matthewahn.bsky.social, whose run for Cuyahoga County Prosecutor highlighted serious problems with our local justice system, for opening a new Cleveland office of the Ohio Justice & Policy Center. Matthew will be continuing his work with the center's Beyond Guilt Project.

Join the North Shore AFL-CIO and @policymattersohio.bsky.social for No Budget for Billionaires, a virtual town hall about all the ways federal budget cuts will harm working families — and how to take action -- June 24 at 7 pm. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Saturday in Cleveland — be there!

"...the region’s largest chamber of commerce has aligned itself with a plan that siphons economic activity away from the urban core, relies heavily on public subsidies, and prioritizes private interests over long-term public good." thelandcle.org/stories/op-e...

The Cleveland metro population hasn’t increased in 50 years, yet the area of developed land has nearly doubled. Our cities were hollowed out, and now we need twice the infrastructure to serve the same number of people.