Sunday, January 08, 2012

hearing January 9th at Estabrook, on the CREG Center

A member of our household who no longer blogs sent this to me by email, and I decided to share it here. It’s about the proposed CREG Center, which seems not so much proposed as implemented without asking. At the links you will find dates, times, and places. We plan on attending.

SE Kiwanians,

Mulling over the effects of this incinerator proposal, I remembered that the Kiwanis Club of SE Cleveland had as one of its missions or objectives the mitigation or eradication of unnecessary causes of respiratory problems in humans. This gasification project will create problems with its incinerator itself; it will cause problems with the creation of diesel hot spots in areas affected by the 500+ additional trucks daily required to keep the plant at a break-even level; and it will also cause problems when the trash pellets it produces are burned again to produce electrical energy.

Not much attention has been paid to collateral costs to the community; this is not a green project, it will not create many jobs at all for the amount spent, and its an unproven technology promoted by an administration with no history of sensible undertakings.

There is a public hearing Monday on this issue, and it was mentioned in the PD just recently. I think that Kiwanis involvement is appropriate at this time, given the stated mission of the local chapter. The Ohio EPA is trying to sneak this one by the federal EPA; they are not acting in the best interests of the community, the way Gloria and I see it.

It affects the area in which your club operates; it is said that it should have an adverse impact up into the Cleveland Heights/Shaker Heights area.

Please see more about the hearing at the following links and if, after giving this stealth project a cursory inspection, you decide it might not be in the best interests of the people and businesses of the Cleveland area, please lend your support to efforts to promote health and wellness, which probably entails the scuttling of this gasification fiasco as soon as possible.

http://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/the-mysterious-mister-tien/Content?oid=2772517

http://topics.cleveland.com/tag/gasification/index.html

http://epa.ohio.gov/dapc/permitsonline.aspx

http://realneo.us/events/ohio-epa-hearing-city-cleveland-incinerator-monday-january-9th-2012-6-pm

http://ohiocitizen.org/?p=11256

http://www.friendsofbigcreek.org/CREGhearing9Jan2012.pdf

Note also that the PD editorial stance on this project is to be in full-cheerleader mode, as they sell full-page advertisements to this CREG group promoting the project. Conflicts of interest do not exist for the shameless. We hope to see as many of you as possible at the hearing, and later, in the fray. There are lives and property values in play here.

Sunday, August 21, 2011

City of Cleveland and the Landmarks Department

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We have a case in the courts against the City of
Cleveland and their Cleveland landmarks department. It has
been ongoing sense 1998. Landmarks voted themselves the rights
to control our property on Archwood Ave. It is not up for a
public debate and discussion on the pros and cons of preserving
a private property. The discussion to preserve or not to preserve a private
property is private, by the home owner. Only Public Lands and properties
are in the City of Cleveland's or Landmark department control. Cleveland
Landmarks needs to stop trying to control private property. Ask me about
the lies we have been fed by the City of Cleveland and their Cleveland
Landmarks department.

The Cleveland courts and the Judge presiding over the case have been
prolonging the case in the court !!!! We have been informed that we will
never see the inside of the courtroom. ( They will settle out of court )
If we get heard in the court the game is over for the Landmarks department.
They would have to stop playing the shameless game of denying property
right to the homeowners in the City of Cleveland. I want to make the public
aware of what has been going on in our city. All property owners should be
warned of the control exerted against property owners in the City of Cleveland.
We were constantly told "You people should know when you buy these houses,
you are under our jurisdiction." Last time I reviewed the charter 161 Landmarks
laws it states they are an advisory panel only.
So where do they come off enforcing it as a law??????

Historic Districts Are Legal — Right?
Legal, yes—but are they lawful? There is a difference.
Americans, who want to truly preserve their freedoms, culture,
heritage, and their history, need to learn the difference in
meaning between “legal” and “lawful”. Private property rights...,
the right of due process, and the protection against
involuntary servitude (all violated by most Historic District
Ordinances) are examples of lawful rights protected by our
Constitution.
Statutory enactments are legalities. Legislatures enact
thousands of statutes each year, such as the enabling
legislation permitting localities to pass Historic District
Ordinances. Most of us refer to statutes as “laws”, but to the
extent statutory enactments undermine or are contrary to
constitutionally protected rights, they are not law, and should
be defiantly resisted and defeated.
"The general rule is that an unconstitutional statute, though
having the form and name of law, is in reality no law, but is
wholly void, and ineffective for any purpose; since
unconstitutionality dates from the time of its enactment,
and not merely from the date of the decision so branding it...
No one is bound to obey an unconstitutional law, and no courts
are bound to enforce it.

My husband and I have a very long and distinguish history in the United States of America. For instance my husband’s Great Great ...Grandfather Captain George Lemley who served in the American Revolutionary War, pioneer settler of Greene County Pennsylvania. Then there is his Great, Great ....Grandfather Robert Morris who help fund the American Revolutionary War, The Boston Tea party was done by another one of his Ancestors. My Great Great.... Grandfather Captain William Phillip Null served in the American Revolution War ............... My Great, Great.......Grandfather John Adam Roush, all of his children fought for our freedom in the Revolutionary War, and help settle the southern part of Ohio and parts of West Virginia……………the list go on and on................. Let’s talk about real preserving of our freedoms, culture, heritage, and our history in America. Our ancestor would be shocked at the outlandish behavior going on in the City of Cleveland Ohio. The outright denial by the City of Cleveland, their Landmarks Department, and all the special interested parties involved in this shameless scam. Their outlandish display of injustice, done to property owners, and their property rights. Our ancestors would declare WAR on the City of Cleveland. They fought and died for our freedom.................. Study the history of America. This is what our history is all about. Not brick and mortar, but the rich history of our freedom in America.!!!!! When a City does this to property owners they are not just controlling a house, they are controling the finances of the owner. I for one am not willing to let the City of Cleveland or special interested parties control, and tell me how much of my money will be invested in my home. ............. They voted to give Landmarks complete control of the repairs, then just hand us the bill. We were shamelessly subjected to tons of people parading around our house........ ""saying I want this" ...." I want that"....... When we asked them what about what we wanted, we were told...." it did not concern us" The final decision was up to them, we would be notified of their decision!!!!!!!!!!!
Do you call this private property rights. How about you???

One last comment......................... Cleveland City council can nominate a house or district for Federal Landmarks................ But it cannot be made a Federal Landmarks district if homeowners disagree on the home or district being formed. It is null and void if homeowners did not vote on it. The power is with the homeowners, not city council, renters or special interested parties. . It does not give them the right to control the repairs or the appearance of your home. The City of Cleveland is shamefully doing this all on their own !!!!! Home Owners in the City of Cleveland need to remove their properties from Landmark Status!!!

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

IMPORTANT: Bradley Road Landfill Meeting July 13, 2011, at 6:00 P.M.

I sent this as a email today to our distribution lists and am sharing it on the blogs and social media sites as well. This is a critical issue that is not receiving the attention it deserves, and it makes you wonder, “Whose interests are being served here?”

Hello everyone-

On April 18, 2011  the Board of Zoning Appeals denied the application made by the Baumanns, Bradley Road Landfill, Landsong Environmental, Inc. and Ty, Inc. for the variance to allow the strip mining of the topsoil at Bradley Road Landfill.

On April 25, 2011   the denial was to be ratified but the City of Cleveland asked that BOZA rehear now that there is a letter of intent. BOZA agreed and said that they would IF  certain things happened.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CLEVELAND BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS that the parties have shown good cause to rehear Calendar Nos. 10-194,

10-259 and 10-260, which the Board shall set for a rehearing upon the filing of a joint stipulation between the City and the Appellants that a

pre-rehearing conference was held by the principals of the City, the Appellants, the Old Brooklyn Community Development Corporation, and

the directly affected property owners to discuss the previously mentioned Letter of Intent, including a Settlement Agreement and Consent

Decree involving litigation in US Northern District Court of Ohio Case No. 1:04-CV-1757.

http://www.oldbrooklyn.com/BradleyRdMining/BZAresolutionrehearCP6849.pdf

To get an idea of the seriousness of the proposed plans for this landfill and the impact for a much wider community than is included in the invitation list for Wednesday's meeting:

GO TO www.oldbrooklyn.com click on Bradley Road Road Mining http://www.oldbrooklyn.com/BradleyRdMining.htm

Be sure to read these letters to:

OH Dept of Natural Resources  http://www.oldbrooklyn.com/BradleyRdMining/Brady_to_ODNR_6-11.pdf

Army Corps of Engineers http://www.oldbrooklyn.com/BradleyRdMining/Brady_to_ACofE_6-20.pdf

Watch for words like "yellow cake" and "radioactive." Note the number of people potentially affected, just in contiguous areas.

Tomorrow is the meeting for the "affected" land owners requested by BOZA.

Here are the details:

WHAT:     Bradley Road Landfill Meeting

WHERE:  Knights of Columbus Hall, 4730 Pearl Road

WHEN:     Wednesday, July 13, 2011     6 pm

WHO:       City of Cleveland and

WHY:        Board of Zoning Appeals condition for reconsideration of Request for Variance

As you know this landfill has been problematic since its inception, and its impact is much greater than they would have you believe.

Air quality, water quality, real estate valuation effects everyone's quality of life and  impacts our WHOLE community.

This will probably be the usual  "sit, be quiet, and listen" kind of meeting held in the City of Cleveland with few questions and fewer answers, BUT

We should attend so that they will see by our numbers we are concerned about our community.

MAKE THEM GET MORE CHAIRS!!!   

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

South Euclid Council says :Big Box Retail-It’s a Good Thing

 

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may just have something to say about all that.

As more people opt for walkable bikeable communities with boutique commercial districts, South Euclid’s elected officials buy into an outmoded business model with the promise of it  “being green”.  You tell me how taking 144/54 acres of green space and replacing it with much less is  “being green”.  Obviously, someone is keeping South Euclid’s government occupied so they don’t see all the studies showing that those communities with parks for walking and biking are the ones where people are now settling.  I haven’t seen any studies lately on the hordes of people moving to be close to “big box retail”. I have seen a lot of news articles about the eyesores and blight left behind when “the big box” moves to the next community willing to sell its soul.

I am thankful for my friends Susan and Carla and so many others  willing to devote precious free time to combating Mitch Schneider’s latest venture to make his investors and himself rich and to make South Euclid/Cleveland Heights poorer.  Here is the link to their face book page:

 https://www.facebook.com/#!/citizensforoakwood

Here is an email I received from Susan earlier today.  I asked her if I could post it on my blog because I want her reasons for standing up against this development known.  Please sign her petition asking for sustainable land use and take the time to read what she has to say. It’s good stuff. Oh and those of you talking about “class warfare” shame on you.  We are into this together and when we allow what makes us all “rich”- the beauty of our land to be plundered- those “selling out”  for the short term are the ones who are waging class warfare. You are taking what made our area prosperous and selling us all into poverty.  

If you feel that we have enough big box retail in the Heights Hillcrest area and need not destroy precious green space to build more, you may wish to add your name to the petition linked here:

http://www.change.org/petitions/stop-ripping-up-green-space-to-build-shopping-centers-support-sustainable-land-use?utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=email

Here's the long story of why I've directed so much time and attention to this:

You may or may not know that I have been involved with a group called Citizens for Oakwood. We're trying to save 144/54 acres of green space - the former Oakwood Country Club. We'd like to see it become a public park (and improve it's ability to be a sponge for stormwater by allowing it to be a passive park). First Interstate/Legacy Capital Partners would like it to be big box retail. Of course, Jane Goodman, city council person in South Euclid where he's begun the rezoning for big box process, promises that this will be a green infrastructure exemplar. Since South Euclid is in such a fiscally dire situation, it is clear to most that it is not a lack of retail, but rather downward (economic) pressure that is driving this. I think most adults know that we can't buy our way to prosperity. Some are still fooled I guess. What was that Bush said about fool me once, keep right on foolin' me - I'm feelin' foolish?

It has raised three issues for me and for many of us.

1) Golf clubs are dying - Landerhaven was first, Oakwood is now, Acacia is next (now that it's out of litigation). Then which golf/country club private course will fall to a developer? Seneca just sold to Metroparks. Hmmm... Which golf course will go next? While the focus will undoubtedly be on our poor relation, the City of Cleveland, you are aware, I'm sure, that poverty is creeping outward, just as population has. Now it's also the inner ring that's feeling the pressure. Please consider the golf courses and work with the Western Reserve Land Conservancy to help these clubs to stay green space. By the time all the planners have finished their studies and identified the "value" of green swathes to our Lake, big box retail may have ruled the day and the tiny municipal governments in South Euclid and Cleveland Heights despite our efforts. I have tried to make the argument that this is more valuable to South Euclid and Cleveland Heights as open green space from a water quality and quality of life standpoint, but I don't have the metrics. Tacit knowledge is much harder to convey in a world where everything is a transaction. South Euclid just rewrote their entire comprehensive plan to accommodate this development. They did it in two weeks with two people. For golf courses, the WRLC exemplar is Orchard Hills - admittedly "out there", but still a good example of what could be "in here".

2) The downward pressure might be lessened if these balkanized municipalities had merged years ago. I'm going to keep exploring this for our future. It would be good to fold in the value of water absorbing green space when that muni mapping becomes a part of that discussion. The idea? What if Cleveland Heights, Shaker Heights, University Heights and South Euclid were one suburb? What white collar efficiencies might be gained? And could those efficiencies result in some greater resiliency and redundancy in our shared green space?

3) At a forum sponsored by Future Heights on land use and Oakwood, Terry Schwarz mentioned that the metric for jobs and parkland is 1 job per acre. I realized that agricultural land has no metric. Why is this important? Because, growing food, farming in the city has no value. It may not now, but it will shortly. The day will come (sooner than later in my estimation) when refrigerated trucks from the valleys of California will not arrive in NEO. We will need to be reliant on what can be grown and raised locally. We may tear down buildings just to be able to farm. Impending doom - energy crisis? Yes. It is upon us. We may look back and say, "Boy! We sure wish we'd saved this land for growing food!" 154 acres is a substantial bit-o-farmland. I'll be meeting with farmland and farming experts to discuss how to discover per-acre metrics for ag land so that local food can enter these planning discussions.

In an article in Ecowatch Journal, it is noted that new project efforts at the Cleveland Botanical Gardens will include this issue: "Based on existing work being done in the region and success stories in other cities, identify barriers to implementation of green infrastructure as targets for future action and develop strategies to overcome them." Funny. I asked NEORSD if there might be a land use aspect to their big stormwater plan. You know like, residents of municipalities that have retained green space would get a tiny automatic  credit. They said - no, NEORSD doesn't get into land use. I guess NEORSD will be in these discussions though. Land use and such best management practices as downspout disconnects where appropriate (most places in NEO) are the low hanging fruit of addressing our water quality issues. Mother earth is a filter. We have abused her mightily, no doubt, but she is still there, still willing like any mother to help her children.

It may be too late for Oakwood unless we all come together to stop this madness. We're not giving up, but South Euclid's government seems to have. They're in a deep hole at Cedar Center - $19 million deep. What could be another piece of Ginny Aveni's County Greenprint - the Emerald Lace that connects our Emerald Necklace, the Cuyahoga River Valley and Lake Erie, may be paved to put up a parking lot. No pink hotel, no boutique - big box retail. We don't plan to stop our arguments now and we hope you'll raise your voice as well and participate in this democratic practice. We need to do everything we can to keep the bulldozers from rolling over Oakwood. At rallies for SB5 I heard the now familiar chant, "This is what democracy looks like!" Letting our elected officials know how we feel is democracy. Democracy isn't just voting; it's a state of being, a way of life.

My son has graduated from college and moved away to Seattle for work. There he can take public transportation, ride his bike, pay his college loan instead of a car loan and visit the wonderful parks that the city has protected. How I hope that someday he can move back to Cleveland Heights and appreciate similar amenities here - NEO - the region that woke up and got busy turning what seemed like a burden into a blessing! This  would be an even better story of how Cleveland beat Wall Street. That's the story I want to hear when I'm passing into another world.

Currently we're all feeling the downward pressure. It's palpable in Cleveland and the region, in the state, in the nation. We just want our fellow citizens to look farther, longer and with an eye to water quality, air quality, quality of life. We want them to see that there is a world water crisis that will not bypass the Great Lakes. We want them to think not so much about the hardship they're enduring, which will increase in the near term, but to consider the outcomes in the long term, however difficult that may be. We'd like to make a gift to future generations. As Ellie Strong said speaking of the "little old ladies in tennis shoes" who saved the Shaker Lakes, "to each generation there is something to save."

Susan

Saturday, October 23, 2010

OBJECTION LTR: EARTH DAY COALITION WEIGHS IN

My apologies to Earth Day Coalition’s Executive Director for being unable to use your letterhead to  post your letter here.  Chris Terpal will be at Lincoln West High School working with a group of students or she would be at the  hearing in person.

October 22, 2010
Cleveland Board of Zoning Appeals
City Planning Commission
601 Lakeside Avenue, Room 514
Cleveland OH 44114
ATTN: Chairman Carol A. Johnson
Dear Chairman Johnson and Board Members Dobbins, Donovan, and Washington,
On behalf of Earth Day Coalition I am writing to oppose the Zoning Code Special Use Variance requested from W.B. and M.E. Bauman and Bradley Road, Incorporated for parcel numbers 009-36-001, 009-36-002, 009-36-005, 009-36-006, 009-36-007, 009-34-002, and 009-34-004.
Northeast Ohio is not meeting the fine particle pollution health-based standards (National Ambient Air Quality Standards) of the federal Clean Air Act. The proposed operation would likely add to particulate pollution. Many Cleveland residents are already suffering from breathing unhealthy air.
Although these types of operations may primarily produce coarser particles we remain concerned about strip mining for clay and sand on 8.2 acres within the city limits both for the residents of Sky Lane and Bradley Road, and for the residents of Cleveland. Potential increased truck traffic is also a concern.
We are also concerned about water quality impacts on the two creeks near the proposed site and the proposed pond storage.
Thank you for your attention to our concerns, and again we urge the Board of Zoning Appeals to deny this variance request.
Best regards,
Chris Trepal
Executive Director

 

http://www.earthdaycoalition.org/ 

Consider supporting this worthwhile organization by attending the Thirteenth Annual Instrumental Celebration of the Earth.  http://www.earthdaycoalition.org/iefe.10.php  You should click thru for no other reason to see the great graphics for this quality event.

Thursday, October 21, 2010

OBJECTION LTR: DENISE DONALDSON, BRKLYN CTRE

 

October 21, 2010

Cleveland Board of Zoning Appeals

ATTN: Chairperson Carol Johnson

City Planning Commission

Room 516

601 Lakeside Avenue

Cleveland, OH 44114

RE: request for zoning variance for 4300 Bradley Road

To the Board of Zoning Appeals:

As I cannot be present at the hearing on November 1, please let this letter stand as my statement regarding the requested zoning variance for 4300 Bradley Road.

In the strongest possible terms, I oppose the granting of the variance. The landfill site has been an eyesore and an ongoing point of contention for nearby residents over the course of more than a decade. At this point, it appears that Mr. Baumann merely wishes to unload his problem onto another entity, one that will worsen, not alleviate, the site’s impact on the area.

On the very face of the issue, a plan to operate a strip mine in the middle of a densely populated residential sector belies all claim to any care or concern for the neighborhood. The noise and the air pollution alone would do immeasurable damage to the local quality of life. In addition, such an operation would inevitably adversely affect the stream in question, part of the Big Creek watershed, as well as the adjacent wetland and other ecosystems. There is simply no way to disguise or mitigate the disruption that would be caused by a strip mining operation imposed upon a residential area. Who would benefit, besides two companies based outside the city? These entities would profit from a distance, while the citizens actually living around the site would suffer the havoc wreaked by the proposed operations at the landfill. It defies logic and common sense that such a variance would even be considered.

Rather, Bradley Road Inc. should be forced to finish correcting the current violations and bring the property into compliance with all regulations. Once that process is completed, then it would be appropriate to entertain proposals for productive use of the site that would not entail damage to ecosystems or quality-of-life losses for the surrounding population.

Sincerely,

Denise A. Donaldson

concerned citizen and past secretary, Brooklyn Centre Community Association

3856 West 44th Street

Cleveland, 44109

OBJECTION LETTER: JEFF SUGALASKI, OLD BRKLYN

From: Jeffrey Sugalski jeffreysugalski@gmail.com

Date: Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 7:32 PM

Subject: 4300 Bradley Road, Cleveland, Ohio

To: jhuber@city.cleveland.oh.us

Board of Zoning Appeals

Attention: Jan Huber

City of Cleveland

601 Lakeside Road, Room 516

Cleveland, OH 44114

Re: Zoning Appeal for 4300 Bradley Road, Cleveland, Ohio

Dear Ms. Huber:

The purpose of this correspondence is to apprise you that the Lakeview Ridge Condominium Association very strongly objects to the City of Cleveland's issuance of a zoning appeal to W.B and M.E. Bauman and Bradley Road, Inc. for mineral mining at 4300 Bradley Road, Cleveland, Ohio.

The Lakeview Ridge Condominium Association is a nonprofit organization formed in 1996 that oversees the 110-unit Lakeview Ridge condominium development located in Cleveland along Jennings Road just south of Bradley Road. The association, whose primary function is to own and maintain nine and a half acres of common areas and building exteriors, is comprised of 110 homeowners who have chosen to make a substantial investment in the city of Cleveland.

As Lakeview Ridge is situated approximately 500 feet from the site in question, the quality of life of our homeowners would be negatively impacted by a nearby mining operation. A considerable amount of heavy machinery will be utilized in extracting materials and trucks to haul them off-site, resulting in vibrations that will affect the structural integrity of our homes; increased traffic; noise; and dust and pollution that will worsen our air quality. Several of our residents would have a direct view of this operation, which we anticipate would be unsightly. For these reasons, such an operation would have devastating effects on property values.

As elected president of the board of directors of the Lakeview Ridge Condominium Association, I implore you to deny this zoning request. The vicinity of the site is urban and dense, and is not suitable nor appropriate for a such an operation. Several hundred families, including the 110 of them at Lakeview Ridge, reside within a close proximity to 4300 Bradley Road, and our health, peace, property, and safety would be dramatically impacted.

Sincerely,

Jeffrey Sugalski, President

Lakeview Ridge Condominium Association

856 Overlook Ridge Drive

Cleveland, Ohio 44109

4300 Bradley Rd. Landfill BOZA Hearing Scheduled

 

Owners, Bill and Mary Ellen Bauman, owners of the Bradley Road Land Fill have requested a zoning variance for their property owned at 4300 Bradley Road.

What:  Bradley Road Zoning Appeal
When:  Monday, November 1, 2010
Time:   9:30 am
Where: Cleveland City Hall
                Room 516
Why:  Zoning for the Bradley Road Landfill needs to be changed before the ODNR Request for a  Strip Mining Venture

Everyone who can should attend the meeting.  If you cannot attend the meeting and would like your thoughts recorded, send your letter to:
Cleveland Board of Zoning Appeals
ATTN: Chairman Carol Johnson
City Planning Commission
Room 516
601 Lakeside Avenue
Cleveland OH 44114

Send a copy to: Councilman Tony Brancatelli by email:council12@clevelandcitycouncil.org
or FAX: 216-664-3837.   Councilman Brancatelli's phone number is:  664-4233

If you attend the meeting and want to speak you must sign in and say you speak in favor of  or object to the variance.

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Lots Happening This Fall

Dear Save Our Land reader-

We hope you had a beautiful though hot summer and are ready for some fall planning and work projects before the snow flies.  This Saturday marks the beginning of the Brooklyn Centre Naturalists Fall Calendar.

First up is our Annual Review and Strategic Planning Meeting.
Saturday, September 18
Cleveland Public Library--Brooklyn Branch
3706 Mapledale Avenue
1:30 pm to 3:30 pm
COME and BRING a FRIEND.
BE READY to SHARE your IDEAS and PLANS for 2011
One decision to make:  FALL BULB PLANTING  WHEN< WHERE>WHO


SATURDAY  September 25
WORK at 3848 West 36th begins in earnest
9:30 am to 4 pm
Stone walls, fall planting, and other tasks will occupy us.
Again, bring a friend and/or tools to the site.

SEPTEMBER 18 THRU OCTOBER 23
Wraps up our BCN Kids Program at Brooklyn Memorial United Methodist Church
10:30 am to 1pm  Lunch Included
Know a child 10 yrs and up. Suggest they try out "Community Thru Nature" Program.
There are a few cool field trips on the agenda as well as some surprises in store for our participants.


Gloria Ferris and Sharon Martyn, co-chairs
Brooklyn Centre Naturalists
216-351-0254
BCNaturalists@gmail.com







































Lots Happening This Fall

Dear Save Our Land reader-

We hope you had a beautiful though hot summer and are ready for some fall planning and work projects before the snow flies.  This Saturday marks the beginning of the Brooklyn Centre Naturalists Fall Calendar.

First up is our Annual Review and Strategic Planning Meeting.
Saturday, September 18
Cleveland Public Library--Brooklyn Branch
3706 Mapledale Avenue
1:30 pm to 3:30 pm
COME and BRING a FRIEND.
BE READY to SHARE your IDEAS and PLANS for 2011
One decision to make:  FALL BULB PLANTING  WHEN< WHERE>WHO


SATURDAY  September 25
WORK at 3848 West 36th begins in earnest
9:30 am to 4 pm
Stone walls, fall planting, and other tasks will occupy us.
Again, bring a friend and/or tools to the site.

SEPTEMBER 18 THRU OCTOBER 23
Wraps up our BCN Kids Program at Brooklyn Memorial United Methodist Church
10:30 am to 1pm  Lunch Included
Know a child 10 yrs and up. Suggest they try out "Community Thru Nature" Program.
There are a few cool field trips on the agenda as well as some surprises in store for our participants.


Gloria Ferris and Sharon Martyn, co-chairs
Brooklyn Centre Naturalists
216-351-0254
BCNaturalists@gmail.com