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  • Orange Blossom Press closes doors after 39 years

    (Plain Press, December 2014) After 39 years, Orange Blossom Press has closed its doors. The print shop opened as a worker co-op in 1976. The business later evolved into an employee owned business with a majority partner. A sign on the door of the now closed business at 1935 W. 25th reads “After 39 years……

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  • Brewnuts takes second in COSE Small Business Pitch Competition

    (Plain Press, December 2014) Brewnuts, a small business start-up operating out of the storefront of Tremont West Development Corporation’s building at 2406 Professor Avenue, won a second place prize of $10,000 in the Council of Smaller Enterprises’ (COSE) Small Business Pitch Competition.  In addition to the cash prize, Brewnuts will receive a one-year complementary membership…

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  • Federal officials applaud Cleveland’s efforts to expand access to quality preschool programs

    (Plain Press, December 2014) U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Julián Castro and Roberto J. Rodríguez, Special Assistant to the President for Education, came to Cleveland on October 28th to applaud PRE4CLE’s efforts to enroll more children in high-quality preschool and to preview a new national campaign that will focus on early…

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  • NOBLE makes platform recommendations for next Ohio Budget

    by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, December 2014) The dust had barely settled after the November election in the State of Ohio when Northern Ohioans for Budget Legislation Equality (NOBLE) gathered to start organizing to have an impact on the next biennial State of Ohio Budget. At a Saturday, November 15th meeting NOBLE members gathered to…

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  • OCI’s new Executive Director Tom McNair shares insights on neighborhood development

    by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, December 2014) Addressing the November 13th meeting of the Randall/Whitman/John/Woodbine Block Club, Ohio City Incorporated’s (OCI) new Executive Director Tom McNair said he was excited about his new role at an “exciting time” with the recent completion of a new strategic plan for the neighborhood. McNair, who previously served as…

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  • Sculpture honors the “fighting heart” of Cleveland boxing champion Johnny Kilbane

    by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, November 2014) On September 28th at W. 74th and Fr. Frascati Drive in Battery Park, the Irish American Archives Society celebrated the unveiling of a sculpture and plaza dedicated to the memory of Cleveland’s own Johnny Kilbane – featherweight boxing champion of the world from 1912 to 1923. The sculpture,…

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  • Issue 4: What does passage mean for neighborhood schools?

    (Plain Press, November 2014) Issue 4 on the November 4th Ballot asks Cleveland voters to extend the bond issue originally passed by Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) voters in 2001. Since Issue 4 is a renewal, the district stresses it will not raise taxes. The CMSD notes that the bond issue will cost the owner…

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  • Esperanza Threads provides Cleveland residents with job training while producing high quality products for sale

    by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, November 2014) The goals Esperanza Threads, a nonprofit organization in the Detroit Shoreway neighborhood, include training individuals to work in Cleveland’s sewing industries, and the making and selling of products to help support the organization and further its mission. Employment Training Thus far in 2014, twenty-five men and women from…

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  • COMMUNITY BOARD NOVEMBER 2014

    A listing of a variety of free activities and resources for the Near West Side. ARTS AND CULTURE DAY OF THE DEAD/DIA DE MUERTOS will be held on Saturday, November 1 from 11 am to 10 pm at the Cleveland Public Theatre Church and Parish Hall at 6205 Detroit Ave. Procession will begin at 3:30…

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