I have been watching the Galleria with much anticipation. They decided to remake the Galleria as a sort of urban greenhouse farm. Let’s face it, the traditional mall concept is not doing well across the country. Add to that the urban flight to the suburbs that Cleveland has experienced for the last several decades, and you have a bleak outlook for a downtown mall. Fortunately, you have visionaries like Vicky Poole. Vicky started planting vegetables and other plants in hanging baskets around the mall. The Galleria is basically just one big greenhouse anyhow, with its large atrium with giant open spaces and glass ceiling. Of course, there ares still shops and shop spaces, but now when you go there you get a more green and lush experience. Furthermore, I hear they are taking the idea of a “Eco Mart” and green business incubator idea and adding it to the mix. How it all turns out is both exciting and innovative. When you marry that to the Euclid corridor make over and the Avenue project, downtown could once again be the hot neighborhood to be! I can’t wait to see the results. I am planning on attending a meeting there this weekend and will find out more. But to launch this new initiative and their Resource center, there will be a “happy hour” there as the Sustainability Summit is going on. Please join me there to find out more! www.gardensunderglass.net
Gardens Under Glass is an economic development project located in the Galleria; supporting the growth of urban agriculture, and sustainability education. Gardens Under Glass ReSource Center will be opening September 22, in hopes to support an opportunity to network after the first day of the Sustainability Conference, the Glocal Engine. The Center plans to support City sustainable initiatives, groups, and organizations with a green message. We will also be focusing on healthy lifestyle education. If you are receiving this e-mail, it is because I have talked with you, and feel you would be a good fit, and would like your product or service to be a part of the Center. Interested businesses and groups, please contact me at your earliest convenience so that I can coordinate your space requirements. It is my hope to have everyone included. I look forward to hearing from you. Feel free to call me on my cell..440 225.0723
Tags: Cleveland neighborhoods, Green and Sustainable Design, Sustainability Summit
