Cleveland vs. The World: HapppyinCLE

Thursday, March 03, 2011

Medical Capital Plus Bus 2011

Northeast Ohio boasts tremendous strengths in healthcare, biomedical innovation, medical education and research, device manufacturing and more, yet national awareness of our industry is relatively low. In our continuing effort to collaborate with area communicators and influencers to raise this awareness, Cleveland Plus is hosting a Medical Capital Plus Bus on Tuesday, April 19, 2011.

You won’t want to miss this event as Cleveland Plus hits the road for a tour of some of Northeast Ohio's most influential medical leaders and pioneers. This interactive tour will bring residents together to learn firsthand about the region's top medical assets. Attendees should plan to walk away with an arsenal of information to help spread the message that Northeast Ohio is, indeed, the Medical Capital.

THE ROUTE/AGENDA: The all-day event will begin at 8:00 a.m. with a continental breakfast at the Embassy Suites Independence. During the tour, attendees will hear from a number of speakers who will highlight their organization’s work in the healthcare field, including The Cleveland Medical Mart & Convention Center, BioEnterprise, Austen BioInnovation Institute and more.

The bus will make stops at a few key locations throughout the day, including NEOUCOM and a medical device manufacturer.

During the event, participants will have the opportunity to network with other passengers from across the region. The tour will conclude at approximately 5:00 p.m. at the Embassy Suites, followed by an optional cash bar reception.

Registration is $80 and includes a continental breakfast and boxed lunch. A credit card is required for registration. Registration will close Friday, March 18, 2011.

To save your seat on the Plus Bus, visit http://medicalcapitalplusbus.eventbrite.com.

Please contact Jessie Wilson (jwilson@landaupr.com or 216.912.2859) with any questions.

Monday, February 07, 2011

Cleveland vs The World = WE'RE #4!!!!!

Reposted from Yahoo Travel:

World's Most Visionary Cities

To see the future, visit these forward-thinking metropolises
By Joshua M. Bernstein

When it's fully operational in approximately 2020, wholly sustainable Masdar City is slated to have zero waste and zero carbon emissions; it will recycle most of its water and rely on solar energy and other renewable resources. Gas-guzzling cars are banned—replaced instead by podlike, battery-operated transit systems that travel underground. It's a visionary template for the world of tomorrow.

While Masdar City may represent the future metropolis, its planners are hardly the world's only visionary urbanites. Across the globe, architects and social engineers are taking entirely unique approaches to redefine how cities function. And traveling to these visionary cities today gives you a taste of the world of tomorrow.

4. Cleveland: Urban Farming

While Cleveland's forlorn steel mills may be crumbling, the city's shopping malls are springing to life—plant life, that is. In the former Galleria at Erieview mall, a project dubbed Gardens Under Glass is helping the mall morph into a greenhouse. Sunlight streaming through the glassed-in atrium, as well as a hydroponics system, ensures the lush growth of vegetables such as spinach, lettuce, and tomatoes. Once harvested, the veggies are sold at the mall's weekly farmers' market.