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  • Boys & Girls Clubs coming to Gallagher and Lincoln West

    PHOTO BY LIAM KYLE Boys and Girls Club at Walton School, 3409 Walton Avenue: Children engage in an art project at the Walton Boys and Girls Club. The club will be relocating to Joseph Gallagher Elementary School at W. 65th and Franklin Boulevard in January of 2020.   Boys & Girls Clubs coming to Gallagher…

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  • Max Hayes Food Drive collects donations for St. Augustine Hunger Center

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Tuesday, November 26, 2019; St. Augustine Church, 2486 W. 14th Street: Max Hayes student Christian Harris unloads a box of donated food from the truck. Students and staff from Max Hayes High School brought donations to the St. Augustine Hunger Center from their school’s food drive. Max Hayes High School’s food…

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  • Mayor Frank Jackson explains rationale behind planned location for new police headquarters

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Friday, December 13, 2019; CLE Small Press Roundtable, Cleveland City Hall, E. 6th and Lakeside: Mayor Frank Jackson explains the rationale behind plans to locate the new Cleveland Police Headquarters along the Opportunity Corridor in the Kinsman neighborhood. Mayor Frank Jackson explains rationale behind planned location for new police headquarters by…

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  • Miracle on 47th Street Holiday Event

      PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, December 7, 2019; W. 47th Street Block Club’s Miracle on 47th Street Holiday Event, W. 47th Street between Bridge and Franklin: Youths try to stay warm by the fire while visiting with Santa and enjoying the holiday cheer.  

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  • Listening Sessions: Residents express concerns about Tax Abatement Policy

    Listening Sessions: Residents express concerns about Tax Abatement Policy by Bruce Checefsky       (Plain Press, January 2020)    Residential property tax abatement is an economic development policy that many people in Cleveland find confusing. Who benefits the most from tax abatement? Why raise residential property taxes 200% to 300% in some cases to compensate for an…

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  • Reader comments on Cleveland City Council’s examination of tax abatement policy

    Reader comments on Cleveland City Council’s examination of tax abatement policy To the editor: (Plain Press, January 2020)  “A tax abatement is a reduction of taxes granted by a government to encourage economic development. The most common type of tax abatement is a property tax abatement granted to a business as an incentive to come…

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  • Correction

    Correction (Plain Press, January 2020)  A reader kindly pointed out that we misspelled the word “altar” in an article about St. Stephen’s Church in the December 2019 issue of the Plain Press. The Plain Press website contains a corrected version of the article. We apologize for this error.

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  • Cleveland Public Power fails to give its customers proper shutoff notices

    Cleveland Public Power fails to give its customers proper shutoff notices by Jacie Jones & Delaney Jones (Plain Press, January 2020) This article is the second in a series based on issues that came out of the Cleveland End Poverty Now Coalition’s October 17th public hearing about utility shutoffs through Cleveland Public Power (CPP). The…

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  • January 2020 Community Board

    January 2020 Community Board The Plain Press Community Board is a listing of a variety of free activities and resources for neighborhoods served by the Plain Press. Printing for it is sponsored by Organize! Ohio through donations from readers and supporters. ARTS/MUSIC/THEATRE BAND SUBMISSIONS NOW OPEN FOR CLEVELAND METROPARKS SUMMER CONCERTS: The Cleveland Metroparks is…

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  • January 2020 Issue of the Plain Press

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