Regional Features: Archive by Date

April 2008

Liquid Crystals Give Horticulture a High-Tech Boost at Cleveland Botanical Gardens
Posted Wednesday, April 30
For most backyard gardeners, a greenhouse is a fairly low-tech investment. A wooden frame and some plastic sheets or panels are sufficient to help tropical or frost sensitive plants survive the long mid-west winters. But for commercial growers, mere survival isn’t enough. They must produce healthy and thriving plants year-round and that means big heating bills. In Cleveland, scientists are pioneering a high-tech method for bringing those bills down. ideastream®'s Gretchen Cuda reports.

Rocker Joe Walsh Funds Performance Scholarship
Posted Wednesday, April 30
A Northeast Ohio musical adopted son is looking to pay back the city and school that helped launch his professional career. ideastream®'s David C. Barnett reports that a new performance scholarship at Kent State University is being funded by rock guitarist Joe Walsh.

Cleveland Officials Propose New Economic Development Programs
Posted Tuesday, April 29
Cleveland city officials are craving out new ways to boost the city’s economic development programs. At a council committee meeting today, officials rolled out a proposal that give better incentives for current and prospective business owners to build and work in the city. ideastream’s Economics Reporter Tasha Flournoy has more on the city’s plans.

What’s It Like To Get Fired?
Posted Tuesday, April 29
Lots of companies across Northeast Ohio are reevaluating their business goals as they struggle their finances.

College Book Costs Examined in Columbus
Posted Monday, April 28
Educators will meet in Columbus Tuesday to find ways to reduce the cost of college textbooks. The Ohio Board of Regents symposium will include a presentation from Baldwin Wallace College that proposes to eliminate the need for some print books altogether. ideastream's Kymberli Hagelberg has details.

Debunking Myths About Arthritis
Posted Monday, April 28
The Arthritis Foundation has selected Beachwood as one of 11 communities across the country where it will hold townhall-style meetings about the disease. A big part of the discussion will focus on doctor/patient communication and how better communication can lead to better treatment. Doctor Gaylee McCracken spoke with ideastream®'s Eric Wellman about arthritis myths.

Cleveland Schools Get Good Marks from Study
Posted Friday, April 25
Thirteen Cleveland schools got high marks recently in a study by a national education consulting group. The $200,000 dollar study was funded jointly by the Cleveland and Gund Foundations, and focused on schools in economically challenged areas. ideastream's Kymberli Hagelberg spent the day at Joseph Landis elementary and middle school to see firsthand what makes that school so special.

County Airport Runway Expansion Tabled
Posted Thursday, April 24
Cuyahoga County's commissioners Thursday tabled a proposal to extend the runway at it's eastern suburban airport after hearing impassioned objections at their weekly public meeting. Ideastream's Bill Rice reports.

Cleveland Gets Big Grant for Healthcare Jobs
Posted Wednesday, April 23
Northeast Ohio has been trying to cope with an increasing shortage of healthcare workers for some years.

Students Want to Carry Guns on Campus
Posted Wednesday, April 23
Students who want to carry guns on campus will be protesting at Ohio colleges this week. ideastream's Kymberli Hagelberg has this report.

Cleveland Joins United Nations Compact
Posted Wednesday, April 23
Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson celebrated Earth Day Tuesday by signing a United Nations agreement for to improve the environment. Ideastream's Kymberli Hagelberg has details.

National City Gets Infusion of Cash
Posted Tuesday, April 22
After weeks of uncertainty, National City Corporation has found what it's looking for -- a much needed injection of cash. 7 billion dollars to be precise. The New York based private equity firm Corsair Capital is taking the lead, putting up nearly a billion dollars. A handful of smaller investors are filling in the rest. For more on what this news means for the company, its investors and the community, ideastream®'s Eric Wellman spoke with Mark Dodosh, an Editor at Crain's Cleveland Business.

Reducing Your Carbon Footprint
Posted Tuesday, April 22
On this Earth Day, ideastream®’s Eric Wellman was appalled to learn that he emits 25,000 pounds of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere every year. He sat down with an expert on climate change to learn about ways to reduce his carbon footprint.

National City Bank Picks Its Suitor
Posted Tuesday, April 22
National City Bank Picks Its Suitor

The Cuyahoga’s Upstream Clean-Up
Posted Tuesday, April 22
In the 1960s, the infamous Cuyahoga River fire burned the river --- and the city of Cleveland --- into the national consciousness as poster children for the ravages of pollution. A new documentary debuting tonight on many PBS stations explores how a group of environmental watchdogs shepherded the clean-up of Northeast Ohio’s “crooked river”. But, ideastream®'s David C. Barnett reports that there’s still a lot more work to do.

National City’s Future: ‘Vanilla,’ says Raskind
Posted Monday, April 21
National City's Future: 'Vanilla,' says Raskind

The New Dance Between Employer and Job Seeker
Posted Monday, April 21
For the past week we've been examining education gaps for students in Northeast Ohio.

Lorain to Track Worker Vehicles with GPS
Posted Friday, April 18
If you're a city worker in Lorain, get ready to be tracked...maybe. The mayor wants to attach global positioning systems to all city vehicles. ideastream's Dan Bobkoff has more.

Strickland Gives Timeline On Public School Funding Reform Efforts
Posted Thursday, April 17
Any major reform of public school funding won’t happen till next year…At least not at Governor Ted Strickland’s urging. In an address to the Ohio Federation of Teachers convention in Cleveland today, Strickland laid out more of his education goals his education goals and his timetable for promoting them. Ideastream's Tasha Flournoy has the story.

Will Paying Teachers Six Figures Help Students?
Posted Thursday, April 17
If you've been listening to our series 21st Century Schools this week, you've probably heard about a lot of trends and ideas that are supposed to turn around American education. Some schools are focusing on entrepreneurship, others science and math, for instance. Well, the founder of a new charter school opening up next year in New York believes the answer is much simpler: hire great teachers and then pay them a whole lot of money. ideastream's Dan Bobkoff explains.

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