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John Marshall students’ efforts lead to City Council resolution creating Children’s Outdoor Bill of Rights
(Plain Press June 2025) Students from the Cleveland Metropolitan School District presented a proposal for a Children’s Outdoor Bill of Rights to Cleveland City Council’s Workforce, Education, Training, & Youth Development Committee at its April meeting. The CMSD high school students, and Advanced Placement Environmental Science scholars from John Marshall’s School of Civic & Business…
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City of Cleveland will relocate west side clinic to Clark Fulton neighborhood
PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, May 10, 2025; Northern Ohio Blanket Mills building, 3466 St. Rocco Drive: The City of Cleveland Department of Public Health plans to move its west side clinic to this recently rehabilitated building. (Plain Press June 2025) In response to the growing demand for health care services in the Clark-Fulton…
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Cuyahoga Job and Family Services Bridge Beyond Benefits Program helps low-wage workers
(Plain Press June 2025) Cuyahoga Job and Family Services (CJFS) has renamed the Benefit Bridge program to Bridge Beyond Benefits and is launching new online tools to help low-wage workers to build their bridge to financial freedom. The rebranded program includes coaching, planning, personal finance education, and other incentives to help workers succeed. The new program…
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YWCA offers shelter and continuum of care when a woman needs a place to stay
PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVENSaturday May 10, 2025; 2710 Walton Avenue: The YWCA is using this former Volunteers of America shelter as a temporary home for its women’s shelter while its Norma Herr Women’s Center on Payne Avenue is being rehabilitated. by Edie Le Bouton (Plain Press June 2025) Two women’s shelters, the YWCA’s Norma…
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Three historic homes to be demolished to make way for townhomes
(Plain Press June 2025) The developer of Ferrante Village on W. 14th plans to demolish three historic houses to make way for new townhomes. The houses to be removed are at 2915, 2929 and 2937 W. 14th Street. Bob Gardin, who served on the City of Cleveland’s Near West Design Review Committee when…
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Cleveland welcomes climate refugees: live where you can save for a rainy day
by Cameron Mays (Plain Press June 2025) Well, it’s finally here. The day you’ve been dreading. You were warned for years, and even though you believed it true, part of you hoped it was an anxious myth. All those efforts to slow it down, the electric car, the raised foundation, the meatless Mondays. All…
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More information comes to light this past month concerning the Pearl Memphis project
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF OLD BROOKLYN One of the most prominent structures in the “South Brooklyn Commercial District” is the Pearl Broadview Building on the southeast corner of Pearl Rd. and Broadview Rd. After it was built in 1928, Hagedorn’s Drug was in the storefront at the corner, a jewelry store was…
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Documentary to explore legend of the Lake Erie Monster
IMAGE CREATED BY KEVIN KELLY A documentary on the Legend of the Lake Erie Monster, can be seen Monday nights at 9:PM on Cleveland Spectrum, Channel 1025. (Plain Press June 2025) Has anyone heard of theLake Erie Monster? The latest reported sighting was not too long ago. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources confirmed a report…
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