Here’s a sampling of recent blog posts that discuss revitalization and Ohio history:

Great Lakes Guy profiles the status of the Euclid Corridor Transportation Project, which will connect downtown Cleveland with the University Circle area.

The BJ Retirees Blog, which connects former employees of the Akron Beacon Journal, discusses the recent announcement of major donations by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. These multi-million dollar donations include a sum to jump-start a major downtown neighborhood revitalization project.

The author of My Celtic Ramblings shares a glowing account of his evening at last week’s “All Hallow’s Eve” at the Ohio Village, adjacent to the Ohio Historical Center in Columbus. In his words, it was “…one of the greatest nights I had had in a long time.” Included are several photos of the evening's festivities.

The recent dedication of an Ohio Historical Marker at the site of The Ohio State University’s first home football game was featured in BuckeyePlanet Forums.

GreenCityBlueLake joins blogs discussing the fate of the Cleveland Trust Tower, slated for demolition by the Cuyahoga County Commissioners, including coverage of a recent public forum on the issue.

The blog of the Museum of Western Reserve Farms and Equipment asks for assistance in rescuing the Abbeyville one-room school house. The Museum complex includes “…26 buildings including what may be the largest surviving early blacksmith shop in Ohio, the oldest barn in the state, the Stouffer farm (where the mega-corporation began) smoke house and one of the largest surviving post and beam barns in Summit Co.”

Photo Credit: Downtown Akron from the top of the Akron Beacon Journal Building - BohPhoto/Creative Commons License