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  • 2024 Plain Press Community Guide

    2024 Plain Press Community Guide (Plain Press March 2024) EMERGENCY NUMBERS Addiction Crisis Information & Referral Hotline ..  623-6888 Bellefaire JCB Homeless & Missing Youth 24/7 Hotline                     www.bellefairejcb.org ……………….. 570-8010 Fire • Police • Medical…………………………………………………911 Frontline Service ……………………….………….. 623-6555 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline ………………………….. 988 Poison Control Center……………..………….1-800-222-1222 Public Utilities Emergency Numbers                   Water                        …

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  • Cleveland Owns’ incubator promotes economic democracy

    PHOTO COURTESY OF CLEVELAND OWNS The Cleveland Owns team at a co-op farm in Cincinnati. (L to R) Craig Ickler, Energy Democracy Organizer; Jonathan Welle, Executive Director; and Bogdan Vitoc, Co-op Organizer. by Bruce Checefsky                   (Plain Press March 2024) Economic democracy proposes a shift of ownership and decision-making from shareholders and the board of…

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  • CWRU students’ video game helps children with disabilities

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, February 17, 2024; Grand opening of Studio 525, Louis Stokes wing of the Cleveland Public Library’s Main Library, 525 Superior Avenue, 1st Floor: Marta Kilmer, age 5, receives assistance from Case Western Reserve University Computer Science graduate students Haoen Lu and Tina Xu in playing the Choo Choo Zoo video…

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  • City Council members listen to residents’ concerns about inequities in City’s budget

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Tuesday, February 13, 2024; Estabrook Recreation Center, 4125 Fulton Road, Ward 7 City Council Representative Stephanie Howse-Jones interacts with residents at a meeting hosted by some City Council members to talk with residents about the City of Cleveland Budget. PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Tuesday, February 13, 2024; Estabrook Recreation Center, 4125…

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  • March 2024 Plain Press community board

    (Plain Press March 2024) ARTS THE CONGRESSIONAL ART COMPETITION is accepting submissions now through Friday, April 5.The competition is open to all high school students living in the Eleventh Congressional District of Ohio, which encompasses all of Cleveland and much of Cuyahoga County. Winners from each district will be honored at an annual awards ceremony…

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  • Lorain Midway project should result in a safer more vibrant street

    by Abe Kurp             (Plain Press March 2024) In September 2017, at the intersection of Fulton and Lorain, a young woman named Ashley Shaw was struck by a car while waiting at a red light on her bike. Shaw, who then worked for Ohio City Inc. and is now executive director of Midtown Cleveland Inc.,…

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  • Pilot program aims to transform mental health crisis response in Cleveland

         (Plain Press March 2024)  A new Innovative Care Response Pilot Program which aims to transform mental health crisis response in Cleveland will launch in zip codes 44102 and 44105 later this year. This innovative Care Response pilot program will have mental health professionals and peer supporters respond to individuals having a mental health or…

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  • New club brings Esperanto back to Cleveland

    PHOTO BY ERIK AULT Sunday, February 18, 2024; Nervous Dog Coffee, 2101 Richmond Rd, Beachwood; Jeremy Genovese showing his Esperanto flag, a symbol of the international language. The green represents hope, the white represents peace and the five points on the star represent each of the continents. by Erik Ault      (Plain Press March 2024)…

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  • Cuyahoga County Board of Developmental Disabilities offers a variety of services

         (Plain Press March 2024) March is Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month. The Cuyahoga County Board of Developmental Disabilities (Cuyahoga DD) mission is to support and empower people with developmental disabilities to live, learn, work, and play in the community.      People who qualify for services can benefit from our expertise in the following areas and…

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  • More chaos and unanswered questions at CAC Board meeting

    by Bruce Checefsky             (Plain Press March 2024) The dysfunction and chaos continued at the most recent board meeting of the Cuyahoga Arts & Culture (CAC), the organization tasked with collecting the cigarette tax and distributing funding to arts organizations and artists. Having alienated the very arts community they are required to support, the CAC’s…

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