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COMMUNITY BOARD DECEMBER 2016
A listing of a variety of free activities and resources for the Near West Side. ADULT BASIC EDUCATION SEEDS OF LITERACY is a non-profit organization that provides FREE basic education and GED® preparation to adults in the Cleveland area. Together with students, volunteers, and donors, they are working to break a root cause of poverty: illiteracy. To…
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Effort underway to keep Fifth Third Bank from closing Ohio City branch
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, December 2016) A petition drive is under way to collect signatures of people who would like to keep the Fifth Third Bank branch at 3500 Lorain Avenue in the neighborhood. Fifth Third bank recently announced it would be closing the branch by the beginning of next year. Working out…
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Residents urged to help maintain the historic nature of residential housing in Ohio City
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, December 2016) Ohio City resident Tim Barrett, an architectural historian and historic preservation advocate, made a presentation to the Fulton/Lorain/Bailey Block Club on Saturday, November 19th urging opposition to the zoning changes proposed by the City of Cleveland Planning Department for the Ohio City neighborhood. If implemented, Barrett argued the…
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Menlo Park Academy breaks ground at Joseph & Feiss Clothing Company site
(Plain Press, December 2016) On Wednesday, November 16, Menlo Park Academy, a school which specializes in serving gifted children, broke ground on its renovation of the historic Joseph & Feiss Clothing Company property on W. 53rd in the Stockyard neighborhood’s Fenwick area. When the renovation is completed, Menlo Park Academy plans to move the…
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Rita Moreno delights crowd at Convención Hispana
(Plain Press, November 2016) At the Convención Hispana 2016, hosted by the Hispanic Roundtable at Max Hayes High School on October 8th, Keynote Speaker Rita Moreno shared her life story in a lively interview. Responding to questions from Hispanic Roundtable Chairman José Feliciano, the Puerto Rican born, 84-year-old performer shared her life story with…
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Parishioner Cecilia Andrews celebrates 100th birthday with donation to light St. Wendelin Church’s towers
(Plain Press, November 2016) On Saturday, October 15th, St. Wendelin Parish celebrated the 100th birthday of long time parishioner Cecilia Andrews with a party in the rectory after the evening mass. Across the parking lot from the celebration, the towers of the church were shining their bright lights. Andrews, who will be 100 years…
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Hawken School to establish a West Side presence
(Plain Press, November 2016) Hawken School, which has facilities in Gates Mills, Lyndhurst and University Circle on the East Side of Cleveland, recently announced plans to expand its presence on the West Side of Cleveland. In an October 10th letter addressed to the Hawken Community, Hawken School Board of Trustees Chair Charles Cooley and…
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