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The Sound of Ideas - 12-18-2023 - New West Side Market director discusses goals for nonprofit management of the Cleveland institution
Rosemary Mudry, the new executive director of the West Side Market, is taking the reins of the historic institution as it moves toward new nonprofit management, from its previous management by the city of Cleveland. On Monday's "Sound of Ideas," we'll talk to Mudry about her goals for the market. We'll also hear from Don Whitaker, head of the tenants' association and one of the members of the hiring committee for the new executive director.
Also this hour, the Icebreaker wind turbine project has been subject to numerous challenges and roadblocks over its nearly 15-year existence.
That project, which was a proposal to construct six turbines roughly eight miles off the coast in Lake Erie, has now officially been paused by the Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation board of directors.
LEEDCo is the public-private nonprofit that has been overseeing the project since it was first unveiled in 2009.
LEEDCo released a statement on Dec. 8, 2023, that cited rising capital costs, along with higher interest rates and delays to due numerous court challenges as the reasons for the break.
While the project was hailed by some as a step toward more green, renewable energy creation in the region, environmental and birding groups were some of Icebreaker's harshest critics.
We'll talk to Ronn Richard, former president and CEO of the Cleveland Foundation and board chair of LEEDCo, about Icebreaker's status and what could be next.
Finally on the program, Ideastream Public Media's Anna Huntsman sits down with outgoing Akron Mayor Dan Horrigan.
Guests:
- Ronn Richard, Board Chair, LEEDCo
- Rosemary Mudry, Executive Director, West Side Market
- Don Whitaker, President, West Side Market Tenants Association
- Dan Horrigan, Outgoing Mayor of Akron
- Anna Huntsman, Akron/Canton Reporter, Ideastream Public Media
Also this hour, the Icebreaker wind turbine project has been subject to numerous challenges and roadblocks over its nearly 15-year existence.
That project, which was a proposal to construct six turbines roughly eight miles off the coast in Lake Erie, has now officially been paused by the Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation board of directors.
LEEDCo is the public-private nonprofit that has been overseeing the project since it was first unveiled in 2009.
LEEDCo released a statement on Dec. 8, 2023, that cited rising capital costs, along with higher interest rates and delays to due numerous court challenges as the reasons for the break.
While the project was hailed by some as a step toward more green, renewable energy creation in the region, environmental and birding groups were some of Icebreaker's harshest critics.
We'll talk to Ronn Richard, former president and CEO of the Cleveland Foundation and board chair of LEEDCo, about Icebreaker's status and what could be next.
Finally on the program, Ideastream Public Media's Anna Huntsman sits down with outgoing Akron Mayor Dan Horrigan.
Guests:
- Ronn Richard, Board Chair, LEEDCo
- Rosemary Mudry, Executive Director, West Side Market
- Don Whitaker, President, West Side Market Tenants Association
- Dan Horrigan, Outgoing Mayor of Akron
- Anna Huntsman, Akron/Canton Reporter, Ideastream Public Media
December 18, 2023