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June 2023 Community Board
ARTS STATION HOPE: Station Hope is a free event and will take place on Saturday, May 27, beginning at 7:00 p.m. on the grounds of St. John’s Episcopal Church, located at 2600 Church Avenue, The event is open to all ages and will feature pieces inspired by Jesse Owens, Toni Morrison, a legendary Cleveland jazz club, a…
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Lakefront plans should include Cleveland’s children
by Chuck Hoven The roll out of plans for Cleveland’s downtown lakefront offers an illustrative example of how the community development industrial complex works in Cleveland. The players lining up in support of downtown lakefront planning and spending public dollars on the project include the Cleveland Brown’s owners Jimmy and Susan Haslam; the City…
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Tremont residents and stakeholders gather for annual TWDC membership meeting
PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Thursday, May 18, 2023, Tremont West Development Corporation Annual Meeting, Scranton Road Bible Church, 3095 Scranton Road: Tremont West Development Corporation presented Henry Senyak with the Gail Long Lifetime Achievement Award for many years of sharing his time, efforts, skills, and experience with the people in his community. PHOTO BY CHUCK…
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Max Hayes students learn how to work safely in a lead paint environment
PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Thursday, May 18, 2023; Max Hayes High School, 2211 W. 65th Street: Max Hayes Construction Program 10th Grade students Yandi Chacon, Derek Gonzalez and Zahyr Scott were among 19 students who completed a Renovation, Repair and Painting Course. The curriculum for the course was designed through a joint effort by the…
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PB CLE re-emerges as People’s Budget Cleveland, launches ballot initiative
PHOTO BY LOH A member of Coordinating Committee of the People’s Budget Cleveland flashes a peace sign. People’s Budget Cleveland launched a campaign for a ballot initiative on Friday May 26th on Cleveland Public Square. People’s Budget Cleveland hopes Clevelanders will embrace the idea of citizens participating directly in deciding how to spend a small…
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Sixty graduates at Natividad Pagan International Newcomers Academy receive bi-literate certificate for achieving fluency in two languages
At a May 24th graduation ceremony at Natividad Pagan International Newcomers Academy 60 students received a Bi-Literate seal on their high school diplomas along with a separate certificate indicating they are fluent in two languages. Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) Multilingual and Multicultural Family Engagement and Student Support Coordinator Senaida C. Perez says the…
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Residents voice opposition to proposed Caribe Party Center
PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Thursday, May 18, 2023; Caribe Bake Shop, 2906 Fulton (between Erin Avenue and Seymour Avenue): At a May 15th meeting of the Cleveland Board of Zoning Appeals residents from the Roberto Clemente Park Block Club voiced their opposition to Caribe Bake Shop’s plans to build a Party Center on the rear…
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Blossoming trees celebrate springtime and hospitality in Cleveland
PHOTO BY ERIK AULT Friday, April 14, 2023; Brookside Reservation, 3900 John Nagy Blvd: A blossoming branch of a sakura at the Brookside Reservation, gives hope of another spring coming to Cleveland. The sakura, also known as the Japanese cherry blossom, is the national tree of Japan and was given to Cleveland as a gift…
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Changes to Ohio law may increase chances of eligibility for record sealing or expungement of criminal records
by Tonya Sams In April, changes went into effect in Ohio to the record sealing and expungement law. This allows even more people to be eligible than before. The first change was clarifying the true definitions of “record sealing” and “expungement”. An expungement erases a criminal record. The record will be almost non-existent…
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