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Tremont West Board Names Interim Executive Director
(Plain Press, October 2023) Tremont West Development Corporation (TWDC) has named Julie Dahlhausen as Interim Executive Director, following the departure of Cory Riordan, who served as Executive Director for 11 years. Riordan left to accept a position at Cleveland Neighborhood Progress. Moving forward, Dahlhausen will lead TWDC’s operations, oversee the 2024 strategic planning process,…
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Community Board
AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS MERRICK HOUSE FREE YOUTH SERVICES PROGRAM for Cleveland residents, Monday thru Friday from 2:30-5:30 pm. at 1050 Starkweather Avenue in the Tremont neighborhood for students ages 6-17. Program offers homework assistance, snacks, arts and crafts, field trips, fitness activities and service projects. Some programs offered are Youth Leadership Council, Junior Achievement Curriculum, Ambassador…
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In Memory – Henry P. Senyak
May 17, 1963 – August 9, 2023 PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, August 13, 2022; Lincoln Heights Block Club party and tribute to Henry Senyak, Porco Lounge, 2527 W. 25th Street: Henry Senyak holds up a Certificate of Appreciation from the Lincoln Heights Block Club noting the formal dedication of the Henry P. Senyak Lincoln…
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Residents Rally to save historic trees
PHOTO BY CASANDRA VASU Cudell Commons Park, W. 98th Street, North of Madison: The Cleveland Metropolitan School District plans to build a new Marion C. Seltzer school in what is now Cudell Commons Park. Plans call for eliminating trees to make way for the new school building. This Bald Cypress is one of the mature…
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Public Debate on Participatory Budgeting
by Bruce Checefsky City Council member Kris Harsh, who represents Old Brooklyn and part of the Stockyard neighborhoods, published an Op-Ed piece in the Plain Dealer and cleveland.com calling for a public debate with PB CLE (Participatory Budgeting) coalition. The event is for September 26 at 6 pm in the Little Theatre inside Public Auditorium.…
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Cleveland Clinic’s Lutheran Hospital employees are prepared to strike
PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Wednesday, August 16, 2023; Service Employees International Union (SEIU) 1199 Solidarity Picket, Lutheran Hospital, 1730 W. 25th Street: Two hundred SEIU members and friends and supporters from throughout the Greater Cleveland area came to show their support for SEIU 1199 members who are unsatisfied with the working conditions, benefits and compensation…
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Protesters urge Board of Education to save trees at Cudell Commons Park
PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Tuesday, August 22, 2023; Cleveland Metropolitan School Board Meeting; East Professional Center, 1349 E. 79th; Faouzi Baddou, Nikki Hudson and James Pieknik, Friends of Cudell Commons Park, protesting the planned demolition of a historic cypress tree in the Cudell neighborhood. by Chuck Hoven The Friends of Cudell Commons Park came…
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Master Plan for West Side Market unveiled at public meeting
PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Wednesday, August 16, 2023; West Side Market at W. 25th and Lorain Avenue as viewed from the United Building. A committee has been set up to raise funds to implement plans for the future of the West Side Market. A standing room only crowd filled the Truss event space on the…
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Area development corporations announce executive departures
Executive directors at Northwest Neighborhoods Community Development Corporation (NWN), Tremont West Development Corporation (TWDC) and Ohio City Incorporation (OCI) are departing to other jobs in the Cleveland area. Northwest Neighborhoods Executive Director Adam Stalder resigned from NWN on June 14th to take a new position at the Cuyahoga Land Bank as Director of Community…