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West 73rd Street Extension opens new route to Edgewater Park
West 73rd Street Extension opens new route to Edgewater Park (Plain Press, January 2016) A ribbon cutting ceremony on December 12th marked the opening of the new W. 73rd Extension to Edgewater Park. The $24 million Extension extends West 73rd Street from Father Frascati Drive northward under the Norfolk Southern railroad tracks and along the…
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Westown and Ohio City projects awarded Ohio Historic Preservation Tax Credits.
Westown and Ohio City projects awarded Ohio Historic Preservation Tax Credits. (Plain Press, January 2016) Developers planning the rehabilitation of the Variety Theatre, the Heyse Apartments, and the Forest City Bank and Seymour Block were among the winners in a statewide competition for Ohio Historic Preservation Tax Credits. On December 16, 2015, the Ohio Development…
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Forum seeks to shape vision for La Villa Hispana
Forum seeks to shape vision for La Villa Hispana (Plain Press, January 2016) Over 60 people filled the conference room in the basement of the bank building at W. 25th and Clark Avenue on December 1, 2015 to attend the La Villa Hispana Community Forum. They came to discuss the wants and needs of residents…
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Men Who Wish to Change reach out to Cleveland families of street violence victims
Plain Press, December 2015 Men Who Wish to Change, a group of prisoners in the Trumbull Correctional Camp, a state prison in Trumbull County, used their resources and contacts in Cleveland and Akron to host a condolence dinner for families of street violence victims. Men Who Wish to Change founder Rawn Nash recruited his Godmother,…
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La Villa Hispana, Dream Neighborhood and W. 25th Corridor projects outlined at neighborhood meeting
Plain Press, December 2015 Over 140 people gathered at Lincoln West High School on November 4th to learn more about three catalytic community projects: La Villa Hispana, the Dream Neighborhood and the West 25th Street Corridor. Ward 14 Councilman Brian Cummins stressed that all three projects involved building on existing resources and assets. He said…
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College Now program aims to help CMSD students increase scores on ACT tests
by Chuck Hoven Plain Press, December 2015 College Now Greater Cleveland’s ImpACT the 216 program is working to help Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) high school students be better prepared to take the ACT test. The test measures college readiness and is used by colleges to select students for admission. ImpACT the 216 offers an…
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