• CORRECTION

    (Plain Press, August 2016) A listing in the Community Board in the July Issue of the Plain Press under FOOD incorrectly said FREE FRESH PRODUCE was available at MetroHealth Medical Center. The produce is not free. It is FOR SALE at the MetroHealth Farm Stand in the Women and Children’s Pavilion. The Plain Press apologizes…


  • COMMUNITY BOARD AUGUST 2016

      A listing of a variety of free activities and resources for the Near West Side. ARTS AND CULTURE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART in University Circle sponsors Free Second Sundays Family Days (August 14) from 11am to 4 pm. Hands-on art projects, games, music and more. For more information, visit ClevelandArt.org/summeratCMA. DETROIT SHOREWAY FREE SUMMER…


  • RNC Wrap Up – local activists deserve credit for organization, self-discipline and smart politics evident in rallies and marches

      by Randy Cunningham    (Plain Press, August 2016) The approach of the Republican National Convention has been like the approach of a hurricane for Cleveland.  No one knew what to expect but they did know that it was going to be big, noisy, expensive and second only to the Cavs winning the NBA championship…


  • Justice & Peace Coalition presents Justice and Peace Platform to Republican and Democratic national parties

    (Plain Press, August 2016) On July 21,2016, the last day of the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Cleveland, a coalition of more than two-dozen organizations that sponsored the “People’s Justice & Peace Convention” on July 16 and 17 presented a “Platform” to representatives of the RNC. The Platform contains several hundred specific proposed laws, regulations…


  • Archwood UCC Fruit and Vegetable Sale



  • The MetroHealth System opens Farm Stand to bring fresh produce to the community

    (Plain Press, August 2016) The MetroHealth System hosted a grand opening ceremony on July 14th for the MetroHealth Farm Stand. The produce stand offers for sale fresh, local, seasonal and affordable food from local community gardens and farms to the community. The MetroHealth Farm Stand is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesdays,…


  • Little Free Library dedicated at Baltic Children’s Park

    (Plain Press, July 2016) Children in the neighborhood by Baltic Children’s Park will now be able to have a nearby source of books to read. A new Little Free Library was dedicated in the park at W. 108th and Baltic at a ceremony on Saturday June 4th. The park is just west of Louisa May…


  • Rejected parking garage could have made a big difference in alleviating emerging West Side Market parking crisis

    by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, July 2016) Early in this decade, the West Side Market Tenants’ Association, with the help of neighborhood residents, looked into the possibility of building a 600 space parking garage on the Hicks parking lot located just northeast of the West Side Market. A project overview fact sheet was produced which…


  • MetroHealth and Cleveland Metropolitan School District to open first of its kind high school

    (Plain Press, July 2016) (CMSD News Bureau) The MetroHealth System and Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) are partnering on a new school that leaders believe may be the only one in the country located within a hospital. The new Lincoln-West School of Science and Health will be based partly at the MetroHealth System’s main campus.…