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Area around West Boulevard/Cudell Rapid Station called ripe for development
(Plain Press, July 2017) A study commissioned by the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency (NOACA) scored the area around the West Boulevard/Cudell Regional Transit Authority station as one of the top three areas in the city of Cleveland in terms of being ready for Transit Oriented Development. Representatives of AECOM, the company which did the…
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July 2017 – Plain Press Community Board
COMMUNITY BOARD JULY 2017 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 AND CULTURE WALKABOUT TREMONT. Art, fashion, music, food and drink, street performers and…
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Community Forum on Education offers input to State of Ohio Educational Plan
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, June 2017) At a May 22nd Community Forum on Education held at Max Hayes High School, over thirty educators, parents and community members from throughout Greater Cleveland had an opportunity to offer their input on the State of Ohio’s educational policy. The forum, hosted by Ohio State Board of Education…
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Hope for the future
by M. Yesenia Summers (Plain Press, June 2017) Hope is defined as “a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen.” On Cleveland’s west side, there is a place that provides hope to teenage youth; this place is called Esperanza; Spanish for Hope. Esperanza provides education, support and scholarships to Northeast…
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Everyone needs a hero
by M. Yesenia Summers (Plain Press, June 2017) Imagine a young child looking out of his hospital window. The weather is grey and gloomy; inside the room the atmosphere isn’t much better. Mom, dad and other family members are forcing artificial cheerfulness. This young boy is fighting a serious illness and sits in…
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Men Who Wish to Change helps teens move from numbers to agents of change
by John Kay (Plain Press, June 2017) In America, our society loves a good success story…the ones that contain second and third chances for any individual. But when it comes to incarceration, it seems that a curtain of doubt and disbelief is held up for those same opportunities. In 2014, a program, Men Who Wish…
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Plans unveiled for new high school building at former Max Hayes site on Detroit Avenue
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, June 2017) At a May 24th community meeting, area residents and stakeholders received an update on the new west side high school planned for the former Max Hayes High School site on Detroit Avenue between W. 45th and & W. 49th streets. The meeting, held at St. Paul’s Community…
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