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Look at that, Cleveland has been named on CNN Money‘s recent list of most innovative cities along with San Francisco, New York, and Chicago. 

Via CNN:

The city gets props for its Sustainable Cleveland program — a city-wide effort to promote energy efficiency, renewable energy, clean air and green space.

Its food policies are particularly noteworthy, including the adoption of a mobile farmer’s market and extra food stamp benefits for those who shop at green markets.

The city also launched one of the nation’s first rapid bus transit programs. An idea borrowed from the developing world, buses get their own lane and can theoretically transport people nearly as fast as a subway for a fraction of the cost.

There’s a plan afoot to turn 100 miles of old street car lines into protected bike paths, a data-driven approach to identify and rehabilitate abandoned properties, and a local content initiative aimed at getting the city’s big organizations to source products from local businesses. 


Thanks, CNN, we agree. Though we’re not taking any bets on this whole sheep grazing thing.

This article appears in Oct 8-14, 2014.

Alaina Nutile is the Web Editor who oversees all digital content and social media initiatives for Cleveland Scene Magazine and Detroit Metro Times. Before joining the staff in June 2013, she interned at Business Insider in New York City, and at La Hora in Quito, Ecuador. Alaina is a graduate of Kalamazoo College in Michigan, where she double majored in English and Spanish. Her interests include Japanese food, Breaking Bad, and career development advising.

One reply on “Cleveland named on CNN Money’s list of most innovative cities”

  1. Mow-goats rock. We mock what we don’t understand 🙂 In all seriousness, thanks for taking note. Many more positive change efforts underway!

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