Cleveland has got a lot going for it! Sometimes Cleveland residents forget just how great this town can be. Enter a new web TV show called Got City Game-Cleveland. This is the brainchild of Executive Producers Barbara Oney and TL Champion. The idea is simple. Why create a static website that people may or may not go to, when you can create a dynamic interactive television experience that is accessible from the web! All the while promoting the sights and sounds of this cool town that is Cleveland, Ohio. When I first heard about Got City Game sometime this summer, I was intrigued. I was told to watch out for a local Cleveland based “Amazing Race” concept that would showcase local neighborhoods and spots. thought, “wow, I’ll have to watch that!” Somehow, the site launched and I must have had my head in the sand, because I missed it. In my own defense, I so not read print media, and I haven’t seen a local news show in years (is that Dick Goddard guy still around ) so it slipped right by me. Still, I can’t help but wonder where are all the Cleveland bloggers and those who are always talking up Cleveland when this cool concept was released? Was I out sick that week? The joy of this idea being web based is that I am able to catch up whenever I like. So I am.
The episodes are all in easy to watch You Tube style video formats that are all under 10 minutes. Easy to catch an episode on your coffee break or while sipping your morning coffee before getting to those emails. I am up to episode 7 and I am pretty hooked. The contestants are real life local people-they might be your neighbors or friends. The show’s host is a local, too-Jason Zone Fisher and he does a top notch job. I have a favorite team and am secretly rooting for them to win. I am voting for them, too. Oh yes, you get to vote! Not only does each team win points for each challenge, but your votes help them along. What is the prize? A year of Cleveland! That’s right, a year of rent free living in the Tremont neighborhood, gift certificates for entertainment and food, all the stuff you need to really enjoy this town! But wait, the prizes do not stop there! Every time you vote, you are entered into a drawing. Each week some lucky winner gets a new prize like Lake Erie Monster tickets or tickets to a show at Pickwick and Frolic. At the end of the season, some lucky winners will also win a college scholarship! The cool thing about this prize is that it is gift-able and transferable! Wanna give your niece a scholarship? Go vote! Want to send your son to an Ivy League school? This scholarship might be just the ticket to help pave the way. Always wanted to pursue a PhD? Enter for your shot! How did I not know about this? What’s more you can enter once a day-all just by voting for your favorite team!
If that isn’t enough to make you go and watch this show, then there are plenty of cool shorts on the site as well. There are these cool little mini two minute quizzes and clips of contestants and people who tried out… enough to make you stop by every day for at least a minute or two: see a clip, vote for a team, maybe win a prize, and learn something cool about this awesome town while you are at it! So why are you spending so much time playing Farmville when you could get some knowledge and some prizes? Start today, because there are only a few weeks left before it is too late and the more times you visit, the better your chances of winning a scholarship! Oh yeah, Cleveland’s got game: Got City Game!
We are still waiting for more comments for the giveaway for a framed print. Go 
This weekend the difference between Cleveland and Cleveland Heights was made glaringly obvious. I attended the Cain Park Art Fair. The park had recycling cans available throughout the area. Judging by their appearance, they have been serving the public for a while now. Moreover, the visitors and exhibitors alike were dutifully dropping their cans and bottles inside and I didn’t wee a single wadded up wrapper or paper make it in. That means the residents of Cleveland Heights know what they are doing. They have been schooled on at least the basics and they understand that a recycling program must be followed or it will not work. In contrast, if you put a recycling bin at nearly any Cleveland area event, and it is half full of garbage and dumped out anyhow.
This is a great event (more on this later, as well-I am trying to stay on topic). But for a Cleveland event that was based on ingenuity and new ideas, why could I not find a simple recycling bin for a water bottle ANYWHERE? The irony was not lost on me. Besides the vendors and their waste, I saw a lot of attendees looking around for their spot to dump their can and choosing the garbage-it wasn’t really a choice anyway. So for a city that is promoting ingenuity, we couldn’t be enough on the edge to even put out a recycle bin? More than that, we keep talking about a Green City on a Blue Lake, but we aren’t going to take the step of requiring permit holders for public events to even provide a single recycle bin? Now that is downright lazy if you ask me. So, here is my plan. I am attending the Cleveland Sustainability Summit in August. It is going to be a big deal. I request that everyone send their councilperson and the mayor a brief not asking them to start curbside recycling thorough out the city and to mandate public events permits issued with recycling bin requirements.
So the idea behind the giveaways was to increase the dialogue, but also give people a reason to check in at least once a week and see what is going on at the blog. However this ideas will only work if I manage to be on time and post these giveaways on a regular basis. Last week’s winner was Jessica in Canada! Today I am giving away another 8×10 print. This one is a color print. Matted and mounted for framing. Once again, post a comment on my blog anytime this week and Friday morning I will randomly choose a winner.Okay-go crazy!
