October 16, 2024

Carrying the Torch - One year as Cuyahoga River AOC's Champion of the River

October 16, 2024/ Share the River

Yesterday’s Bedrock & Cleveland Cavaliers Cleveland Clinic Global Peak Performance Center ground-breaking event gave Share the River executive director Jim Ridge a moment to reflect. “It’s wonderful how a natural resource a city turned its back on is now being considered as a place people want to use as its front porch.'“ “Bedrock and the Cavs embrace of a revitalized natural resource like the Cuyahoga River is heartening and it’s sobering to consider some of us may be gone before the 15-20 years it will take to complete the $3.5 billion, 35-acre riverfront development project”.

November 22, 2023

What a stray cat taught me about the healing power of the outdoors

November 22, 2023/ Share the River

It all started when a stray cat decided he would adopt us. You don’t choose the cat - the cat chooses you. He showed up in June 2022 and encouraged by the food my wife left out, decided to hang out.

April 21, 2023

Happy 53rd Anniversary Earth Day! Blazing Paddles Paddlefest is the photo-op for the comeback Cuyahoga River

April 21, 2023/ Share the River

For several years we used to recognize Earth Day by prowling the Cuyahoga River shoreline, in an effort to show still images and video of how the comeback Cuyahoga River looked and felt now - as opposed to pulling up five decade-old images from the bad ol’ days at the dawn of Earth Day.

March 13, 2023

Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival and the Cuyahoga River Adventure in Your Back Yard - Blazing Paddles Paddlefest!

March 13, 2023/ Share the River

The recent two-night Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival at the Capitol Theater in Cleveland gave attendees a vicarious night of adventure while they watched epic human-powered feats, life-affirming challenges and mind-blowing cinematography.

June 07, 2022

Cleveland's Waterfront is Open for Business presser & Cuyahoga River Safety Task Force Mixer

June 07, 2022/ Share the River

A tremendous amount of knowledge was dropped at our 2nd annual "Cleveland's Waterfront is Open for Business" presser and Cuyahoga River Safety Task Force Mixer On May 25 at Collision Bend Brewing Company during #NationalSafeBoatingWeek.

May 21, 2022

Share the River's Pep Club Dance Party for the Union Home Mortgage Cleveland Marathon is Back!

May 21, 2022/ Share the River

It’s been two years since our Pep Club Dance Party has had a chance to do our thing so we’re putting together an impromptu version of our annual cheer zone for the Union Home Mortgage Cleveland Marathon runners tomorrow, May 22, from 7:45 a.m. to about 9:30 a.m.

March 31, 2022

Register for Blazing Paddles Paddlefest for a chance at winning two free tickets for “The Erie Situation” at Cleveland International Film Festival

March 31, 2022/ Share the River

Share the River will select two Blazing Paddles Paddlefest registrants at 9 am on Saturday morning, April 2, 2022 to receive two sets of tickets to “The Erie Situation”. at the Cleveland International Film Festival. at Playhouse Square. Winners can choose to attend either the world debut of “The Erie Situation” on Sunday, April 3, 2022 at 7:25 p.m. or the second showing on Monday, April 4, 2022 at 4:50 p.m. Tickets will be e-mailed to the winners.

March 26, 2022

On a cold and blustery spring day, you sure could use a Blazing Paddles stoke vid, right?!

March 26, 2022/ Share the River

Dunno ‘bout where you live but here on the north coast of Ohio we were treated to freezing temperatures, snow flurries, and big gusty winds today. In other words, it’s spring in name only! But calmer days and warmer temps are not far away! We figured today was a good day to drop the 2022 Blazing Paddles Paddlfest stoke video to boost your paddling spirits!

March 10, 2022

Opening Day for the 2022 Maritime Season on the Cuyahoga River - Dorothy Ann/Pathfinder

March 10, 2022/ Share the River

On Thursday, March 10, Interlake Steamship Company's Dorothy Ann/Pathfinder kicked off the 2022 Maritime season on Cleveland's Cuyahoga River with an iron ore shuttle run from the Port of Cleveland’s bulk terminal on Lake Erie to Cleveland-Cliffs!

February 27, 2022

Brite Winter returns to the west bank of the Flats

February 27, 2022/ Share the River

After a one-year virtual hiatus, Brite Winter returned to the west bank of Cleveland Flats with its vibrant mix of music, art, food, and beer. It was a great reminder that spring isn’t far away and Cleveland’s Waterfront is open for business!

February 06, 2022

Slow River Episode 10: The Frieghter Alpena Returns to Cleveland's Cuyahoga River for Winter Layup

February 06, 2022/ Share the River

Local Great Lakes freighter fans were abuzz on a balmy first day of February when the classic freighter Alpena made its way from Lake Erie to its winter layup on the Cuyahoga River.

August 19, 2021

Kids That Tri Cleveland Gets Kids Out for Open Water Swimming in Lake Erie Before Tri CLE Rock Roll Run Triathlon

August 19, 2021/ Share the River

On a beautiful Sunday morning at Cleveland Metroparks Edgewater Beach, youngsters from the Kids That Tri Cleveland program took their first open water strokes in Lake Erie after a winter and spring of pool-only training. The swim was part of the broader Kids That Tri program, in partnership with the Parker Hannafin Downtown YMCA, that was created to provide a pathway for children of the Greater Cleveland area to learn how to swim, bike, and run and participate in a competitive triathlon.

August 15, 2021

Slow River Episode 9: Great Republic Turn on the Cuyahoga River

August 15, 2021/ Share the River

This week’s Slow River happens during the Veteran's Memorial Bridge Open House in 2017 as the 635 foot-long Great Republic (1981) navigated the Superior Bend portion of Cleveland's Cuyahoga River.

August 09, 2021

Ohio River Paddlefest Celebrates 20 Years of Paddling the Ohio

August 09, 2021/ Share the River

Saturday’s 20th Annual Ohio River Paddlefest in Cincinnati, OH was a return to normalcy for almost 2,000 paddlers hungry for the opportunity to reconnect with each other and the Ohio River.

July 31, 2021

One Week After the 3rd Annual Blazing Paddles Paddlefest

July 31, 2021/ Share the River

One week ago on what some are calling a history-making day on Cleveland’s hard-working, scenic, and historic Cuyahoga River, many of you were part of the 3rd Annual Blazing Paddles Paddlefest. During a short vacation (and an exhilarating whitewater rafting trip down the Cheat Narrows) in Dryfork, WV we’ve had a chance to reflect on what transpired on that amazing Saturday morning and we wanted to share a few thoughts. And some background.

July 26, 2021

The 3rd Annual Blazing Paddles Paddlefest Drone Video (and photo galleries & media): An Amazing Morning on Cleveland’s Cuyahoga River

July 26, 2021/ Share the River

Wow. Saturday's Blazing Paddles Paddlefest was an amazing sight for us to watch unfold. Brett Fisher's drone video footage gave us the opportunity to synthesize the vibrancy of Cleveland's hard working, historic, and scenic Cuyahoga River on that epic Saturday morning

July 22, 2021

Happy Birthday Cleveland! Share the River's Photo Album for Our Ideastream Public Media Sound of Ideas Convo with Rick Jackson

July 22, 2021/ Share the River

As fate would have it, our founder, Jim Ridge, will be on Ideastream Public Media/WCPN/The Sound of Ideas to talk with pro’s pro Rick Jackson about the July 24 Blazing Paddles Paddlefest at Rivergate Park/Cleveland Metroparks Merwin’s Wharf/Cleveland Rowing Foundation. But the convo will also touch upon Cleveland’s (and Cleveland’s waterfront) history! Jim will open the show from appx. 9:04 to 9:25 am. You can stream this morning’s interview here. Jim starts the show at the top of the hour.

July 16, 2021

Recreational Paddle Event at Blazing Paddles Paddlefest to be Named in Memory of Conservation Hero Dave Vasarhelyi

July 16, 2021/ Share the River

Share the River is grateful and honored to announce the new event for the July 24, 2021 3rd Annual Blazing Paddles Paddlefest, an 8.6 mile recreational paddle and float on Cleveland’s Cuyahoga River, will be named in memory of Dave Vasarhelyi, a northeast Ohio conservation hero.

July 03, 2021

New York City's Shade Throw Shines a Light on Cleveland's H20 History

July 03, 2021/ Share the River

It was the tweet that launched 4,100 replies and counting. We surmise on a late Friday afternoon heading into the Fourth of July weekend a young staffer was flipped the keys to the City of New York’s Twitter account and in a misguided attempt to throw literal shade at the City of Cleveland, they sparked a flurry of responses from proud Clevelanders and others.

June 20, 2021

Slow River: Blazing Paddles Paddlefest Sights on the Cuyahoga River

June 20, 2021/ Share the River

This week’s Slow River is a journey up a glassy Cuyahoga River on a brilliant morning in Cleveland. In addition to the tour of bridges that any trip up the river provides, it’s a reminder of the scenic beauty of Cleveland’s hard-working river.

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