[FOBC news] Tour Historic Lower Big Creek Valley - Enjoy PopUPPearl festival - Sat., 5/17 during RiverDay 2014

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*HISTORIC LOWER BIG CREEK VALLEY TOUR Saturday, May 17, 2014*
1:00 - 2:30 pm
 [image: Under Pearl - old bridge]

[image: Under Pearl - historic industry]

[image: Lower Big Creek Greenway Redevelopment & Restoration Plan]
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*-SAVE THE DATE- Saturday, May 31, 2014*

*16th Annual Big Creek Watershed Clean Up*
9 AM-Noon
[Download flyer<http://friendsofbigcreek.org/programflyers/BigCreekCleanUp2014.pdf>
]

Three locations:
• Brookfield Park,
Brookfield Ave. (Off W. 130th)
• Brooklyn City Fire Station
(8400 Memphis – Brooklyn)
• Snow Road Picnic Area
along Big Creek Parkway

Discover Big Creek’s history hidden under the Pearl Road
(Brooklyn-Brighton) Bridge. Learn about two of Cleveland's earliest
settlements and adjoining industry. View historic bridge remnants and other
infrastructure, review historic full-color maps. Learn about the Greenway
Plan for the valley. Refreshments.

Afterwards, visit *Pop UP Pearl *Complete Street Fair above the valley, a
celebration of the historic Brighton Village area, Cleveland's Old Brooklyn
neighborhood, with live music, food trucks, local vendors and entertainment
3-8 PM: *www.popuppearl.com* <http://www.popuppearl.com/>

Meet for Tour: In the parking lot behind Sal's Restaurant, 3850 Pearl Road,
north end of the bridge near Denison.
[Map<http://maps.google.com/maps?q=3850+Pearl+Road,+Cleveland,+OH&hl=en&ll=41.450382,-81.704893&spn=0.020651,0.036521&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=44.47475,74.794922&oq=3850+Pearl+&hnear=3850+Pearl+Rd,+Cleveland,+Cuyahoga,+Ohio+44109&t=m&z=15>]


To RSVP or for more information, contact Bob Gardin at
bgardin at friendsofbigcreek.org or 216-269-6472.

Sponsored by Friends of Big Creek and Old Brooklyn Community Development
Corporation. Download
flyer<http://www.cuyahogariver.net/RiverdayBrochure2014.pdf>
.

*RiverDay 2014*
Explore this piece of our history (and future!) with FOBC. Be sure to check
out other RiverDay events too! The 24rd annual RiverDay is a day of service
and celebration in the Cuyahoga Watershed with many regional activities
celebrating the Cuyahoga River and its recovery toward the fishable,
swimable goals of the Clean Water Act. Visit
http://www.cuyahogariver.net/riverday.htm

[image: Big Creek as it flows in the valley]


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