LEEDCo, if anything, has been persistent in its pursuit of government grants. A few days ago they announced a $3.7 million dollar grant, bringing their total take, up until last week to $10.7 million. Now, the Department of Energy has awarded them another $40 million from US taxpayers to be paid in three installments of […]
LEEDCo Gets More Taxpayer Money for Wind Project
County Executive Kathy Dahlkemper, who is also on the board of LEEDCo, the Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation in Cleveland, Ohio, thinks it is great news that they’ve received another $3.7 million handout from the U.S. Department of Energy. According to Dahlkemper: Receiving this funding is great news for the development of wind energy, and […]
A Modest Proposal for Parents and Students in Erie Schools
Now that everyone knows the Erie schools are in dire financial straits, it’s time for each parent and student to take matters into their own hands. The proposal to close all four high schools has everyone’s attention, but does fixing the budget, however it’s done, mean the schools are fixed, too? Convince someone else or […]
Three Plans for the Erie Area – Two We Can Work With
If you read the last post on the three plans for Erie and Erie County, you could have followed the links to see what was in each one. It’s understandable if you didn’t because it’s not the kind of reading that keeps you on the edge of your seat, but if you want to know […]
All of the Plans for Erie and Erie County in One Place
Don’t you love it when a whole lot of plans come together? Over the past year or so, the residents of Erie County have been presented with three different plans detailing what a variety of planning groups think should happen in Erie County and the City of Erie itself. Destination Erie / Emerge 2040 came […]
They Can’t Be Serious – Dig a Tunnel to Presque Isle?
At least one writer at the Erie Times News is offering editorial support for an idea that, somehow, keeps popping up decade after decade, it’s the dream of connecting Presque Isle to Erie’s east side. This most recent resurrection is based around the idea of a tunnel under the channel, a “chunnel,” though in past […]
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