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Making
Change Call-In Programs
Various Dates and Times on 90.3
Below you'll find a listing of Making Change call-in programs that aired on 90.3 WCPN in 2004.
December
7, 2004: Third Frontier Network
Guests: Sasi Pillay, chief information officer, NASA Glenn Research
Center; Lev Gonick, chief information officer, Case Western Reserve
University.
Recently, a new statewide fiber optic web called the Third Frontier
Network was launched. It promises high speed internet access to
more people. Our guests explained its uses.
November
22, 2004: Lakefront Development
Guest: Chris Ronayne, Cleveland Planning Director.
The city’s blueprint for lakefront development over the next
50 years is all but finalized. Whether it’ll be realized is
anyone’s guess. Ronayne joined us in studio to talk about
various aspects of the plan. It was slated to go to the full planning
commission for approval later in the month.
November
19, 2004: The Euclid Corridor Project
Guests: Joe Calabrese, RTA general manager; Sherrill Paul, owner,
Lolly the Trolley.
Groundbreaking has occurred and construction is underway on the
long-awaited Euclid Corridor Project. It will bring so-called bus
rapid transit to Cleveland, ferrying passengers between Public Square
and University Circle in a system that will keep buses and cars
separate. There are also bicycle lanes built into the plan. Our
guests talked with listeners about the project and about the concerns
of businesses that will be affected by the project.
November
16, 2004: Near-Campus Development
Guests: Ken Stapleton, University Park Alliance; Jacqueline
Chisholm, Case Western Reserve University director of Community
Partnerships.
University of Akron and Case Western are working with local landowners
to improve the areas around their campuses. Better housing, more
retail, safer access for pedestrian traffic. In both cases, they’re
examples of town and gown cooperation that goes beyond the exchange
of ideas.
November
10, 2004: Wind Power
Guests: John Dunlop, American Wind Energy Association; Paul
Gipe, Ontario Sustainable Energy Association.
Wind power experts from all over the country were attending a two-day
Cleveland conference on renewable energy on this date and we brought
our two guests from the conference to talk to our listeners about
the current state and future of wind power in the U.S.
November
8, 2004: Retail - Can it Save Downtown Cleveland?
Guests: Peter Rubin, Coral Company; Cynthia Gray, president
Downtown Merchants Association.
Local planners are exploring, among other things, the potential
for retail to play a significant role in the revitalization of downtown
Cleveland. The downtown Cleveland of the past was a mecca for shoppers
with several major department stores, restaurants and theaters.
Now little of that past glory is still present. Our guests talked
about the possibility of a comeback for retail.
September
30, 2004: Regionalism
Guests: Ted Mondale, former chair, Minneapolis Metropolitan
Council; Pat Finley, president NAIOP.
Perhaps the answer to the problem of struggling cities is not a
local approach, but regional. The National Association of Industrial
and Office Properties held its third annual symposium on regionalism
in Cleveland on this date. Two of the major presenters made their
case for a regional solution on 90.3.
September
13, 2004: Crocker Park
Guests: Steven Litt, Plain Dealer architecture critic; Kevin
O’Brien, CSU economics professor; Barnett Wolf, business reporter,
Columbus Dispatch.
The new Crocker Park multi-use development opens soon in Westlake.
Crocker Park will combine retail, residential and office space in
the same place. Developers hope it will become a new focal point
for the city of Westlake. The design is reflective of a movement
called “new urbanism, “where new space is designed to
look like old. Critics of this movement say the look is already
available in existing development, such as abandoned downtown space.
They’d like to see a new focus there.
September
1, 2004: Aging Infrastructure
Guests: Mark Ricchiuto, Cleveland Service Director; David Goss,
Greater Cleveland Partnership; Dale Shiavoni, ODOT.
The region’s infrastructure is deteriorating by the day. Roads
are cracking, bridges are crumbling, water and sewer pipes are springing
leaks. The infrastructure is in need of billions of dollars in repairs,
but with other priorities demanding attention, it’s not clear
that the infrastructure will get the funding it needs. Our guests
discussed the needs and the likely priorities.
August
10, 2004: Fund for Our Economic Future
Guests: Rob Briggs, Cleveland Foundation; Ray Leach,
Jump Start; Mark Rosentraub, CSU Levin College of Urban Affairs
The Cleveland Foundation and local enterprises have teamed up to
created the Fund for Our Economic Future. The fund helps grow promising
new businesses in the area. The guests explained how it works and
talked about expected outcomes.
March
9, 2004: Euclid Corridor Project
Listen to: Part 1, Part
2, Part 3 (Windows
Media)
Guests: Michael Schipper, RTA Deputy General Manager; Jim
Havinald, Executive Director, Midtown Cleveland; David Kaufman,
co-owner Brothers Printing
February
19, 2004: Philanthropy and the Fund for our Economic Future
Listen to: Part
1, Part
2, Part
3 (Windows Media)
Guests: George Espy, president, Ohio Grantmaker's Form;
Shara Davis, director, Public Service Institute and Joint Center
for Policy Research, Lorain County Community College; Claire Guardiani,
research scholar, Yale Law School
February
11, 2004: Civic Innovation Lab; first round grantees
Listen to: Part 1, Part
2, Part 3 (Windows
Media)
Guests: Jennifer Thomas, program officer Civic Innovation
Lab; John Polk, (former) director of the Muldoon Center for Entrepreneurship
at John Carroll University; Steve Goldber, president, NEOBio
January
22, 2004: Leadership
Listen to: Part
1, Part
2, Part
3 (Windows Media)
Guests: David Cooperreider, Prof CASE/Weatherhead;
David Garrison, Brookings Institute
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