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  • Proposed zoning changes for Ohio City neighborhood to be unveiled at May 4th meeting

      (Plain Press, April, 2016)      Ohio City Inc. (OCI) announced on its website that a proposal for a comprehensive rezoning of the entire Ohio City neighborhood will be released to the public and discussed a community meeting on May 4th at Urban Community School, 4909 Lorain Avenue from 6-8 p.m.  Ohio City promises to…

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  • Ohio City celebrates accomplishments at annual meeting

    (Plain Press, April, 2016) At the Ohio City Incorporated annual meeting on March 22 at Urban Community School, the organization offered an update on its efforts in the neighborhood and presented a number of awards for those making special contributions to the neighborhood. The event was sponsored by Dave’s Markets and the keynote speaker was…

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  • Horizon Education Centers’ Market Square Horizon Center

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  • Two developments underway on Breakwater in Gordon Square area

    (Plain Press, April, 2016) The Edison at Gordon Square will feature 306 apartment homes between W. 58th and W. 65th on the north side of Breakwater. The NPR Group of Garfield Heights says the project is scheduled to open in 2017. Just west of the Edison at Gordon Square, the NPR Group plans to build…

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  • James Woods Center offers lunches and other services to Riverview residents

    (Plain Press, April, 2016) The James Woods Center of the Rose Centers for Aging Well, located in the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority’s (CMHA) Riverview Tower at 1795 W. 25th, offers lunches five days a week to residents of Riverview who are over sixty years of age, or who are under sixty but qualify for Supplemental…

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  • Seeks of Literacy grad to receive national award

    (Plain Press, April, 2016) Margo Hudson, a 2012 graduate of Seeds of Literacy, will be named the 2016 National Adult Learner of the Year by the Commission on Adult Basic Education (COABE) at their annual conference on April 11, 2016, in Dallas, Texas. COABE’s Adult Learner of the Year Award recognizes an individual who has…

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  • April 2016 Plain Press – PDF

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  • Stockyard, Clark-Fulton and Brooklyn Centre Community Development Office holds annual celebration and seeks a new name

    (Plain Press, March 2016) The Stockyard, Clark-Fulton and Brooklyn Centre (SCFBC) Community Development Office is seeking a new name. SCFBC, which opened to serve the three neighborhoods in the summer of 2010, announced a contest to rename the organization at its annual celebration on January 28th at Walton School. Adam Stalder, recently named as the…

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  • SELF-DEFENSE CORNER

    by DL White (Plain Press, March 2016) Picture it! You are driving down a back highway through a rural area. Trees line the road and the red orange sun is settling behind the mountain. Suddenly a deer jumps out of the shadows and runs across your path. Your heart is pounding wildly as you swerve…

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  • B & J Family Restaurant owners retire after 35 years

    by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, March 2016) After nearly 35 years, the two co-owners and operators of B & J Family Restaurant, Gus Smernos and Beverly Morris, have decided to pass their spatulas and aprons on to a new owner, Tony Farraj. Beverly Morris said she and Gus Smernos were dating, back in 1981, when…

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