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Saw this in the Beacon Journal a couple of days ago.
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Site purchased for new park at end of trail
Trust for Public Land buys 1.43-acre parking lot in Flats area of Cleveland, then transfers it to city
By Bob Downing
Beacon Journal staff writer
Published on Thursday, Apr 17, 2008
The park in Cleveland that will be the northern end of the Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail has moved closer to reality.
The Trust for Public Land on Wednesday purchased a 1.43-acre parking lot in the Flats area of Cleveland and then transferred the land to the city of Cleveland for the proposed Canal Basin Park.
The park will be the northern terminus of the 101-mile Towpath Trail, which runs south through Akron to New Philadelphia. The park and the trail are key features in the still-developing Ohio & Erie National Heritage Canalway.
The Canal Basin Park was first proposed in 2000, located near where the old canal emptied into the Cuyahoga River.
The land purchased is on Merwin and West streets, adjacent to the historic Flat Iron Cafe and to Heritage Park along the Cuyahoga River. The property has been used for parking since three vacant buildings were razed in 2005.
The .3 million acquisition was made possible through federal and state grants and money from the city of Cleveland. The plan was developed in cooperation with the grass-roots Ohio Canal Corridor.
The purchase marks ''a landmark day as we take the first step toward building Canal Basin Park,'' said Tim Donovan of the corridor group.
Said Cleveland Mayor Frank G. Jackson: ''Extending the Towpath Trail to Canal Basin Park in Cleveland's Flats neighborhood is another example of the city investing in its assets to create neighborhoods of choice. Linking Cleveland neighborhoods, the Towpath Trail and Canal Basin Park will provide Clevelanders with a unique recreation and transportation amenity.''
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Akron is busy at work too extending the trail. Right along the Innerbelt, Route 59, they are in the middle of construction of running the path OVER Rt 59 with a bridge. It's looking good so far. W00T!
NEOGEO Pins are being shipped to Timeage and I as of 3-11-08. If everything goes as planned we should have them by the 1K event this Saturday. Pins are one dollar and fifty cents each and if you haven't done so you can place an order by posting on the NEOGEO PIN Thread.
The Geodrift research project determines the accuracy of satellite based geopositioning systems under various conditions. Geodrift.com was created to answer one question: What is the deviation of GPS position measurements? This project is made possible by the numerous voluntary contributors - the Geodrifters - that place and measure reference stations all over the world. Information is included at the website on how to participate.
An explosion outside a military recruiting station in Times Square early Thursday morning showed similarities to two previous explosions in the city, perhaps none more compelling than the description of an individual on a bike seen in the area just before the blast.
Kelly said the device used in Thursday morning's explosion was different from those attacks, however.
"This was not a particularly sophisticated device. This was a low order explosive in an ammunition box," he said.
Norway just opened the Svalbard Global Seed vault yesterday to hold 4.5 million crop seeds from all over the world. Plain Dealer page A10 (2/27) This is built under an Artic Mountain just 620 miles from the north pole.
I wonder if Groundspeak is making a giant geocache sticker for the front door? lol
This is really just a geocache or maybe what UFO Aliens might consider an Earthcache.
I found a link to a cute pinbadge set about micros and thought I'd start a poll on the love or hate issue of micros. The subject has been debated over and over from the start and I don't believe anyone will ever have a definitive answer on the question, but it's fun to talk about and offer opinions from time to time. This link will take you to the Geochums forum topic and poll.
NEW- Natural Areas of Kelleys Island
Postcard Lottery Event
May 17, 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Erie County
This new event will give you a taste
of the natural beauty to be found on
Kelleys Island. Participants will be
given guided tours of the glacial
grooves, North Pond and North Shore
Alvar state nature preserves and
Kelleys Island State Park. Visit
www.ohiodnr.com/dnap and click
on the Discovery Series icon to learn
how to enter the postcard lottery. This
event is limited to 24 participants. All
postcard entries must be received by
April 15. For more information, contact
(614) 265-6520 or (419) 433-4919
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I can't find the Discovery Series Icon to learn the address for the postcards. I submitted an email to the powers that be for it. I'll post it when I get it.
Last night Cleveland Metro Parks put on a cache event aimed at educating geocachers on how to identify Meth Labs and their dumpsites. Carly, CMP’s Naturalist and Geocaching Program director, arranged the event for us after having gone through the presentation herself as part of her job.
Geocachers are often in remote areas of parks, exactly where criminals like to cook their meth and discard the leftover supplies. The odds for a geocacher to stumble across these are higher than the general public.
Meth labs and dumpsites are potentially lethal. The combined toxins and poisons found there can kill if inhaled or touched. Some of the containers used can even explode. Another risk is running into the person who is operating the lab. He/she is not going to be pleased that you discovered them...
Saw this email from Jim Battista on the NWPA and Kinzua cachers mailing list and thought i would put up a notice here for those who may not have see it. Here is Jim's email:
Allegany State Park GeoBash III GC17DYH
If you were planning to attend this Event please log you will attend and also be sure to visit our site at:
www.aspgeobash.com
also Visit our store and get your orders in early! http://www.aspgeobash.com/store.htm
May 16-18, 2008
This 3 day event is located in the beautiful 65,000 acre
Allegany State Park, NY.
All activities this year will be conducted at Group Camp #12
(former Camp Arrowhead) near Thunder Rocks - bigger grounds than last year!
In keeping with our devotion to a Geo family-friendly event and because of your generosity with donations, there is no registration fee for this event.
Please sign in here and on the website meal page so the cooks and
planners have plenty of supplies on hand. There will be no set charge for meals - donations will be accepted and appreciated to fund this. Once again we will have cabins available on the campgrounds at a reasonable rate, please see the website for more details.
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