• Zone Recreation Center Christmas Party


  • Residents and stakeholders receive updates at Ohio City meeting

    by Chuck Hoven.  (Plain Press, January 2015) Residents and stakeholders, attending a December 9th Ohio City Incorporated (OCI) Community Meeting at Franklin Circle Church, received updates on the Lorain Avenue streetscape plan and a plan for mixed use development at 3219 Detroit Avenue. They also viewed a presentation on the Brite Winter Festival to be…


  • H. Barbara Booker and Sherwin-Williams create a special holiday celebration for students

    (Plain Press, January 2015) H. Barbara Booker School staff joined with employees of Sherwin-Williams to create a special holiday celebration for students of the school at 2121 W. 67th. The celebration began with the school choir led by director Cynthia Braun singing holiday songs while students in the audience at times sang along while awaiting…


  • Santa Shuffle


  • Stakeholders share views at second planning meeting for Clark Avenue

    by Chuck Hoven.  (Plain Press, January 2015) On December 11th residents and stakeholders along the Clark Avenue corridor gathered at Clark Recreation Center for a Transportation for Livable Communities planning meeting for a 2.5 mile stretch of the Clark Avenue corridor from Quigley to W. 65th. This was the second of three public meetings on…


  • Clark School earns top value added ranking among Ohio urban schools in Fordham study

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11/6/2014.  (Plain Press, January 2015) The Thomas B. Fordham Institute has released a report comparing schools in Ohio’s eight largest urban districts, the Cleveland Metropolitan School District’s Clark PreK-8 School is ranked No. 1 for the gains its students make in one academic school year. The report titled, “Poised for Progress” examines both…


  • Tremont Art Walk


  • Plain Press January 2015 Issue

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  • Cleveland Teachers Union President David Quolke initiates discussion with community on education policy

    by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, December 2014) On November 15th, Cleveland Teachers Union (CTU) President David Quolke and CTU First Vice President Tracy Radich met with parents and other community members to discuss school policy and to address parents’ concerns about their child’s education. Quolke tackled some tough questions and concerns of parents and brought…


  • Plans underway to complete northern section of Towpath Trail

    (Plain Press, December 2014) On November 6th, about 150 people took the opportunity to view the proposed path for the missing links in the towpath trail as it winds its way along a five-mile stretch from Harvard Road to the proposed Canal Basin Park.  A Towpath Trail Open House held at Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church…