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”.

April 22, 2024

Earth Day - this is Cleveland's Cuyahoga River NOW!

April 22, 2024/ Share the River

We do wish more journalists (and their editors) would flip the script and instead of looking back on the bad old days, they take a look at the ONE river in the world that can elegantly and directly speak to how far the ecological movement has come for a variety of reasons.

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.

February 26, 2023

Blazing Paddles Paddlefest thoughts at Brite Winter 2023

February 26, 2023/ Share the River

As we finalize planning for our Fifth Annual Blazing Paddles Paddlefest on July 21-22, 2023 we’re VERY curious about what you’d like us to provide (remember, “a vision without resources is a hallucination” and YES, sponsorship and organization partner opportunities are available) so our rapidly growing Cleveland waterfront event sustainably and properly represents Cleveland’s cool summer vibe that Brite Winter does so well in winter.

June 13, 2021

Slow River: View from Shooters of Cleveland Air Show Scrum on the Cuyahoga River at NS1

June 13, 2021/ Share the River

We dig into the archives for this week's third installment of Slow River: The day was the 2018 Cleveland Air Show viewed from Shooters on the Water.

July 03, 2019

The 2019 Blazing Paddles Paddlefest Blazes a New Cuyahoga River Narrative

July 03, 2019/ Share the River

A new narrative for Cleveland was blazed as 250 paddlers on kayaks, paddleboards, and canoes took part in a historic celebration on the Cuyahoga River, 50 years to the day since the 1969 fire ignited the environmental movement.

February 08, 2019

Our Look at the Epic Ohio River Paddlefest as We Plan for an Expanded Blazing Paddles on the Cuyahoga River

February 08, 2019/ Share the River

Last September we headed to the Sustainable Cleveland Summit where we shared with attendees our experience of hosting Blazing Paddles on June 23, 2018, one year before the 50th anniversary of the 1969 Cuyahoga River fire. If you’re not familiar with the fun that happened at Blazing Paddles this year, check out our blog post Blazing Paddles Paddleboard Race Stokes the Cuyahoga River.

October 22, 2018

Here comes the Cuyahoga River Water Trail Open House at Merwin's Wharf!

October 22, 2018/ Share the River

After a recent Open House, ODNR’s Tom Arbour reflected on the unique nature of the Cuyahoga River. “What’s amazing about the Cuyahoga River are the diverse paddling experiences it offers. From the calm, forested headwaters, to the raging rapids in the gorge and ending at its mouth at Lake Erie with amazing views of the Cleveland skyline, the Cuyahoga River has something to offer for every recreational paddler.”

May 18, 2018

The Faces and Voices of RiverSweep

May 18, 2018/ Share the River

Saturday's RiverSweep saw over 700 volunteers fan out across the Cuyahoga River corridor to be part of what Canalway Partners calls "Ohio's largest done-in-a day clean-up". Individuals, students, and organizations descended upon 9 clean-up sites in the Cuyahoga River watershed and after three hours of effort, headed to Hart Crane Park for Sainato's pizza and music.

January 15, 2018

Martin Luther King Jr.'s Impact on the Cuyahoga River

January 15, 2018/ Share the River

Today our nation remembers, commemorates, and celebrates the birth of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and we're reminded of King's impact on something he may not be widely recognized for: the rebirth of the Cuyahoga River.

November 22, 2017

Things We're Thankful For

November 22, 2017/ Share the River

Thanksgiving provides a wonderful time for family and friends to gather and celebrate a modern "harvest" together. It's also a time that allows people the opportunity to consider the many things we have to be thankful for. In that spirit, we wanted to reflect on the many things (in no particular order) we're thankful for with regards to Cleveland's waterfront.

August 23, 2017

The City Club of Cleveland's Ride and Learn: The Future of Riverfront Development

August 23, 2017/ Share the River

Yesterday a large group of cyclists/urban explorers joined The City Club, Bike Cleveland, Ohio City Bicycle Co-op and Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative for a "Ride and Learn" that served as a prelude to a riverfront development forum at Merwin's Wharf later that evening.

July 11, 2017

Critical YAK on the Cuyahoga River

July 11, 2017/ Share the River

Last Friday we caught up with the inaugural Critical YAK, an informal aquatic gathering where kayakers put in at Cleveland Metroparks' Merwin's Wharf dock, paddled 1.7 miles down the Cuyahoga River out to Lake Erie, hung a left and beached at Wendy Park for some fun at Whiskey Island Still and Eatery before returning to Merwin's Wharf.

June 29, 2017

Burning River Ramble Wrap and Thank You

June 29, 2017/ Share the River

One week ago today something magical happened along the banks of the Cuyahoga River and we feel compelled to provide a wrap that's one part thank you and one part Greater Cleveland pep-talk

May 22, 2017

Where the Cleveland Marathon Crossed the Cuyahoga River

May 22, 2017/ Share the River

If you ran the 2017 Rite Aid Cleveland Marathon, maybe we caught you in the 190 photographs and video we shot!

May 20, 2017

Today is River Day!

May 20, 2017/ Share the River

Today is Cuyahoga River Restoration's River Day, where 29 different events and activities give you an opportunity to spend some time along the Cuyahoga River and its system of wetlands, tributaries and, of course, Lake Erie, where the river flows into