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GLUE, Longworth and related stuff in Milwaukee 7 Replies

http://www.bucketworks.org/content/great-lakes-urb

Tagged: sarah, szurpicki, anthropology, joe, abby

Started by Dan Knauss. Last reply by Jim Russell 1 day ago.

Great Lakes Water Compact

Appears to be a done deal in WI, but that's not the end of the story. Blogger, environmentalist, and urbanist Jim Rowen has been following this and many other issues for a long time -- a good sourc... Continue

Tagged: jim, great, rowen, compact, lakes

Started by Dan Knauss 1 day ago

Global Midwest Forum

I would conclude that Dick Longworth is getting plenty of traction in Milwaukee for his ideas: The council will hold a conference in Chicago on Oct. 6 to convene supporters for a proposed Global M... Continue

Started by Jim Russell May 14

Rust Belt Summit Venue 3 Replies

Thanks to GlobalErie's Peter Panepento, we now have a place to meet for our upcoming Rust Belt Bloggers Summit: Brewerie Directions My guess is that Friday (July 11th) will be a travel day for m... Continue

Started by Jim Russell. Last reply by Michael Mahler May 6.

Rust Belt Newspaper 32 Replies

Another good idea from Richard Longworth: Here’s a potentially money-making idea. The Tribune could launch a Midwestern newspaper, a sort of regional [Financial Times] that covers both the Midwest... Continue

Started by Jim Russell. Last reply by john morris Apr 29.

Why Can't We Have Joint MFA Shows? 2 Replies

When, I started my art gallery in Pittsburgh, I knew very little about the region except that Pittsburgh was not too far from a number of very respected art schools and also had some very decent ex... Continue

Started by john morris. Last reply by john morris Apr 25.

Rustbelt RSS Roundup

You can use this on your sites if you can republish feeds. (Better than a blogroll.) A roundup of outside.in feeds for Detroit, Grand Rapids, Ann Arbor, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Madison, Milwaukee, ... Continue

Started by Dan Knauss Apr 17

Pittsburgh's Re-imagining Our City in the running for $25K grant - Vote Now

Picked this up from Writes Like She Talks Pittsburgh's Re-Imagining Our City, created by Fiona Cheung, is a top 20 finalist to win $25K from The Case foundation. Re-imagining Our City's goal is to... Continue

Started by Judy Apr 2

Erie Railroad Summit 2 Replies

Since Erie is now getting on the map as the home base of GE's thriving rail engine division, it occurs to me that it might be a good place to host a summit on the future of rail and mass transit in... Continue

Started by john morris. Last reply by Jim Russell Mar 24.

I 80 Passenger Rail Corridor 6 Replies

First of all, I need to come out as a person who doesn't drive and also as one who has done very little traveling in the rust belt aside from one trip to Indiana in the mid 80's, frequent trips by ... Continue

Started by john morris. Last reply by john morris Mar 24.