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  • Plain Press: Cleveland’s Westside Newspaper
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  • About: The Plain Press is an independent, nonprofit community newspaper serving the West Side neighborhoods of Cleveland, Ohio since 1971. The Plain Press covers neighborhood news not covered by the major media; gives critical support to the community (i.e. is an advocate, but criticizes when appropriate); covers grassroots issues and city, county, state and national issues that affect the community; provides self-help information and information about neighborhood services and events; and is a forum for discussion of community issues. The Plain Press distributes 21,000 newspapers monthly to over 500 locations. The primary distribution area ranges from Lake Erie on the north to the Upper Big Creek Valley on the south and from the Cuyahoga River on the east to W. 140th Street on the west. The distribution area includes the following Cleveland neighborhoods: Bellaire-Puritas, Brooklyn Centre, Clark Fulton, Cudell, Detroit-Shoreway, Edgewater, Jefferson, Ohio City, Old Brooklyn, Stockyard, Tremont, Westown, and West Boulevard neighborhoods.
  • Short & Sweet Holiday Shop at Art House

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    January 5, 2016

  • Winterfest at Jefferson Park

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    January 5, 2016

  • Saigon Plaza Holiday Market

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    January 5, 2016

  • Bike Giveaway provides incentive to help boost attendance in Cleveland schools

    (Plain Press, January 2016) At two Bike Giveaway ceremonies held on December 17th, two hundred and seven Cleveland Metropolitan School District students received a bicycle as a reward for improving their attendance from last school year to this school year.  Herb Washington, a McDonald’s Owner/Operator, organized the McMiracle with H.L.W. Fast Track Bike Giveaway.  H.W.…

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    January 5, 2016

  • 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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    January 1, 2016

  • 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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    January 1, 2016

  • 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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    January 1, 2016

  • January 2016 Plain Press – PDF

    PLPJan16Website

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    January 1, 2016

  • 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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    December 3, 2015

  • Contra Dance, St. Patrick’s Church Hall

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    December 3, 2015

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