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Pilot aims to transform community response to mental health crises
PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Monday, April 22, 2024; A sign sponsored by the Alcohol Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board of Cuyahoga County promotes calling 988 for mental health and addiction crisis services. by Abe Kurp (Plain Press May 2024) Residents of some Cleveland neighborhoods will soon have access to a new tool…
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Digital Diversity Dialogue luncheon tackles digital divide in Cleveland
PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, April 20, 2024; 9926 Lorain Avenue: Ashbury Senior Computer Community Center (ASC3) and PC’s For People, housed at 9926 Lorain Avenue, joined with Westown Community Development Corporation to host a Digital Diversity Dialogue on April 24th. by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press May 2024) The Ashbury Senior Computer Community Center…
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Advocates rally to oppose criminalization of homelessness
PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Monday, April 22, 2024; Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless response to Supreme Court Case on homelessness, Franklin Circle Church, 1688 Fulton Road: Josiah Quarles, Director of Organizing and Advocacy for the Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless, explains why advocates for the homeless are concerned about the Grants Pass vs.…
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City Council approves funds for May Dugan refugee program
(Plain Press May 2024) At its April 22nd meeting, Cleveland CityCouncil approved providing the May Dugan Center $50,000 in funding to provide services to refugees arriving in Cleveland. The funds will be used by the HIAS program (formerly the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society) which is “the Jewish humanitarian organization that provides critical services to…
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Legal Aid has new tool to protect Cleveland residents and neighborhoods from blight
PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, April 20, 2024; 3279 W. 58th Street: This house in the Stockyard neighborhood was severely damaged by fire over three months ago. by Tonya Sams (Plain Press May 2024) There is a new tool to help Cleveland improve the conditions of its housing stock. As properties change hands…
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Are prominent citizens still buried at the Old Burying Ground at Pearl-Memphis intersection in Old Brooklyn?
by Lynette Filips (Plain Press May 2024) This month we continue to look at the history of the northwest corner of Pearl Rd. and Memphis Ave. which the Old Brooklyn Community Development Corporation (OBCDC) is seeking to “revitalize” with a $31 million new construction project. It is the most historic section of Cleveland’s Old…
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Local documentary recounts Cleveland’s June 8, 1953 twister
(Plain Press May 2024) This up-coming June 8, 2024, will be the 71st anniversary of an F-3 tornado that cut through Cleveland’s West Side. 1953 was a unique year for record size tornadoes that killed hundreds across the United States. These monsters devastated major cities like Waco, Texas, Flint, Michigan and Worcester, Massachusetts. Except…
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Mayor reaches out to Friends of Cudell Park
To the editor: (Plain Press May 2024) On Monday, April 22nd, Earth Day, Mayor Bibb personally called members of the Friends of Cudell Commons Park group to convey that he’s been following what’s going on with Cudell Park and that the Mayor’s Office of Capital Projects (MOCAP) and CMSD are working on a new…
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Former Nunn Family Funeral Home demolished after fire (photo)
PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, April 20, 2024; 4434 Lorain Avenue: The former Nunn Family Funeral Home, built in 1865, succumbed to a fire on April 10th and has been demolished. The My Place Group, headed by President Chad Kertesz, proposed development, 45 West, called for the building to be one of three buildings that…
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