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  • Near West Intergenerational Charter School to open at Garrett Morgan

    (Plain Press, June 2011) The Cleveland Municipal School District (CMSD) plans to move the New Tech Academy from Garrett Morgan School to the annex at May Hayes on W. 45th and Detroit Avenue. The annex was formerly used as an Adult Learning Facility. The proposed plan calls for the vacated space in the basement at…

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  • Merger creates new organization to serve homeless families

    (Plain Press, June 2011) New Life Community and Interfaith Hospitality Network of Greater Cleveland (IHN) have come together to form Family Promise of Greater Cleveland, the largest organization in Greater Cleveland focused exclusively on helping homeless families transform their lives and achieve long-term stability while helping families remain together. The merger was effective May 1, 2011. New…

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  • Crop Bistro to reopen in United Bank Building on Lorain Ave. at W. 25th

    by Deon Broyles (Plain Press, June 2011) By August 1 2011, Ohio City will reap its own unique harvest when Crop Bistro and Bar re-opens in a new location at 2537 Lorain Ave. The joint ownership of Jackie and Steve Schimoler decided to move their restaurant into the first floor of the old United Bank…

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  • Locally owned shops create a unique flavor in the West Side Market District

    by Howard Primer (Plain Press, June 2011) The owner of Salty Not Sweet wasn’t sour on her location near the Beachland Ballroom on the East Side; it’s just that Ohio City was where she wanted to be all along. “When this space came up, it was ‘See ya Collinwood.’ This is where I’d rather be,”…

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  • Buildings on Lorain Avenue are linked to better the West Side Catholic Center

    by Amanda Duncan (Plain Press, June 2011) Many a pedestrian walking along Lorain Avenue at W. 32nd Street has wondered what the story was behind the thin modern structure linking two buildings, one labeled Moriah. Clearly it’s not wide enough to occupy, making it the grounded version of a skyway. The two buildings on Lorain…

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  • Buhrer neighborhood faces foreclosure crisis

    by James O’Malley and Victoria Davis (Plain Press, June 2011) A sixth of the homes in the area between Scranton Road and W. 17th St. have been foreclosed since 2007, but new projects signal hope for the Buhrer area, in particular a link over the freeway to Steelyard Commons. Standing outside of a home now…

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