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Sprawl Gets Personal

Teachers...

Bring your lessons alive by using what students know best - the environment they live in - to teach critical thinking, writing, and speaking. Discover and examine with your students the impact of current development patterns on their lives. All the materials you will need are included on this website.

This study unit uses recent history and current events to help students place their style of living in the context of how society goes about developing our land and cities.

The materials fit requirements of the Ohio Department of Education's Academic Content Standards for Social Studies, grades 11-12. So, you're not a teacher? The materials in Sprawl Gets Personal will guide you. Go ahead and give it a try with any group! You may use the materials in any useful manner as long as the League of Women Voters is given credit as the source.

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Authorities, Boards, Commissions and Special Districts of Cuyahoga County Government

What are ABCD's? ABCD's refer to Authorities, Boards, Commissions and Special Districts of Cuyahoga County government. The Commissioners' Guide notes that "through these organizations and the leadership of their members, the Commissioners provide a multitude of services and programs covering a wide range of social, economic and environmental issues."

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Land Use and Transportation Policy in
Cuyahoga County: A Close Relationship.

Published by the League of Women Voters of Cuyahoga County in year 2000 and printed by Orange Blossom Press. The 65 page booklet is available on-line using Acrobat Reader. The shorter version is 748 KB. The longer version includes cover graphics and is 2.5 MB. You can download a free Acrobat Reader. Print version $10.00. Call LWV Cuyahoga Area at 216-781-0555.

What others are saying about this important
League publication:

"recently received a copy of your publication... and would like to know if we could receive an additional four copies to share with our staff as required reading."

David Abbott, President of University Circle, Inc.

"Great to see the League active in these issues. Please check out this excellent publication."

Kimberly Gibson, Columbus Coordinator for First Suburbs Consortium

"The time of your report's release is excellent! You've saved me time in producing 'Humanize University Circle' report to be released later this summer. I'll be citing your report."

Lee Batdorff, Adva Communications

"The publication looks great!... it seems very readable, very usable."

Janice Patterson, President of the League of Women Voters of Ohio

"Thanks for your good work. ... the report is appreciated!"

Carol Thaler, Cuyahoga County Planning Commission

"Great job!... I learned a lot from it and hope others will, too."

Pam Smith, Lakewood City Council

"This is an excellent report for the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, CWRU. We can use it in community development classes as just one example..."

Darlyne Bailey, Dean, MSASS)

Citizen Guide to Cuyahoga County Government:
Past, Present, Future

A publication of the League of Women Voters Cuyahoga Area Education Fund, Inc.

This guide features all aspects of the current government structure in Cuyahoga County, including: organizational charts, responsibilities of commissioners and other elected officials, options to modernize county government, a list of Cuyahoga communities, the origin of county government in Ohio, and more.

The LWV Cuyahoga Area Education Fund through the Marilyn G. Zack Memorial Fund - Rocky River Chapter, provided funding for the professionally printed and bound 5,000 of the publication. It has been distributed to all the mayors in Cuyahoga County, county commissioners and elected row officers, governor’s commission members, and many others.

The version of the guide here, on this website, is in an easy-to-download and print 8 ½ x 11 format.

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