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Horizon Science Academy – Denison students compete in science fairs
(Plain Press, June 2011) This school year, a highlight for students at the Horizon Science Academy (HAS) Denison campus, 1700 Denison Avenue, involved preparation for and competition in science fairs. Students in grades 5-8 worked hard testing, investigating and compiling data in order to complete their projects in time for a mid February Science Fair…
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MetroHealth helps spur development on W. 25th Street corridor
by Gabriella Tomaro & Karen Mowls (Plain Press, June 2011) MetroHealth Medical Center is attracting new businesses and projects to the surrounding areas east of W. 25th Street, an area on the cusp of recovery. “Metro Health as an institution has turned itself around,” said Abe Bruckman, grants coordinator for the city of Mentor. “It…
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Lincoln West bests Marshall, heads to Senate Championship game
by Anthony Gray (Plain Press, June 2011) The Lincoln West Wolverine baseball team beat the John Marshall Lawyers 7-3 in a May 10th game between the two teams competing at Brookside Park for the right to go to the Senate Championship. Over 200 people in attendance at the game witnessed the first meeting of the…
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Grassroots group challenges City of Cleveland officials to better address vacant houses in Ward 14
by Joe Narkin (Plain Press, June 2011) Ward 14 has been slighted by the City of Cleveland in the inspection, condemnation, and demolition of vacant and abandoned properties, according to a group of 70 residents who gathered at St. Rocco’s Church on May 11, 2008 to hold to account Building and Housing Director Ed Rybka…
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Environmentalists question waste to energy plant proposed for Ridge Road Transfer Station
by Joe Narkin (Plain Press, June 2011) The City of Cleveland has applied to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency for an air permit to build a $180 million waste to energy plant at the Ridge Road trash transfer station. If constructed, the facility would be the first of its kind in the United States. The…
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Near West Intergenerational Charter School to open at Garrett Morgan
(Plain Press, June 2011) The Cleveland Municipal School District (CMSD) plans to move the New Tech Academy from Garrett Morgan School to the annex at May Hayes on W. 45th and Detroit Avenue. The annex was formerly used as an Adult Learning Facility. The proposed plan calls for the vacated space in the basement at…
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Merger creates new organization to serve homeless families
(Plain Press, June 2011) New Life Community and Interfaith Hospitality Network of Greater Cleveland (IHN) have come together to form Family Promise of Greater Cleveland, the largest organization in Greater Cleveland focused exclusively on helping homeless families transform their lives and achieve long-term stability while helping families remain together. The merger was effective May 1, 2011. New…
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Crop Bistro to reopen in United Bank Building on Lorain Ave. at W. 25th
by Deon Broyles (Plain Press, June 2011) By August 1 2011, Ohio City will reap its own unique harvest when Crop Bistro and Bar re-opens in a new location at 2537 Lorain Ave. The joint ownership of Jackie and Steve Schimoler decided to move their restaurant into the first floor of the old United Bank…
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Locally owned shops create a unique flavor in the West Side Market District
by Howard Primer (Plain Press, June 2011) The owner of Salty Not Sweet wasn’t sour on her location near the Beachland Ballroom on the East Side; it’s just that Ohio City was where she wanted to be all along. “When this space came up, it was ‘See ya Collinwood.’ This is where I’d rather be,”…
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Buildings on Lorain Avenue are linked to better the West Side Catholic Center
by Amanda Duncan (Plain Press, June 2011) Many a pedestrian walking along Lorain Avenue at W. 32nd Street has wondered what the story was behind the thin modern structure linking two buildings, one labeled Moriah. Clearly it’s not wide enough to occupy, making it the grounded version of a skyway. The two buildings on Lorain…
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