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The People’s Budget Cleveland loses the election, but wins the campaign
by Bruce Checefsky (Plain Press December 2023) Cleveland voters defeated an amendment to create a participatory budgeting process called the People’s Budget (PB CLE), allowing residents to propose and vote on city-wide and neighborhood-specific projects using money allocated to the People’s Budget Fund. Issue 38 would have allowed Cleveland residents aged 13 and over…
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Cleveland Metropolitan School District projects huge deficits beginning next school year
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press December 2023) The Cleveland Metropolitan School District’s (CMSD)Five-Year Forecast projects huge deficits beginning in the 2024-25 Fiscal Year. Presented at the November 21st Board of Education meeting held at Max Hayes High School, the forecast indicates an unencumbered positive cash balance of $125.1 million at the end of this…
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Losing Medicaid coverage and what you can do about it
(Plain Press December 2023) Many Ohioans are losing their Medicaid coverage. Some because they are no longer eligible, but many more because they failed to respond to the Department of Medicaid’s request for updated information. In an article in the May 2023 Plain Press titled Post-pandemic changes to Medicaid may impact coverage, Legal Aid…
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December 2023 Plain Press Community Board
ARTS FREE CONCERT: Roman Rudnystky, professor emeritus of Youngstown State University’s Dana School of Music, returns to perform on Saturday, December 2, at 2 pm on the third floor of the Main Branch of the Cleveland Public Library (325 Superior Ave. NE) WALKABOUT TREMONT: “Light up your holidays” with this free, arts-focused event around Tremont,…
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Blanket Mills project receives $1 million grant
(Plain Press December 2023) At its Monday November 14th meeting, Cleveland City Council passed Ordinance Number 1153-2023 which provides a $1 million economic development grant to LB Blanket Mill Main, to partially fund the Northern Ohio Blanket Mills mixed use project. The funds were made available from revenue recovery funds the City received from…
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Cleveland City Council turns over management of West Side Market to a nonprofit organization
(Plain Press December 2023) At its November 14th meeting, Cleveland City Council approved legislation that will turn management of the West Side Market over to the Cleveland Public Market Corporation, a newly formed nonprofit organization. Ward 3 Councilman Kerry McCormack advocated for this change in management which is outlined in Ordinance Number 1093-2023. Under…
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Reader shares some history of development site at Pearl and Memphis
(Plain Press December 2023) To the Editor: The Old Brooklyn Community Development Corporation (OBCDC) has been trying to put together a mega revitalization project at the northwest corner of Memphis Ave. and Pearl Rd. on the site of the current Greenline building and the former St. Luke’s United Church of Christ building. When the…
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November 7, 2023, Unofficial Election results from the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections
(Plain Press December 2023) Cleveland City Council Ward 11 Danny Kelly received 1,762 votes or 58.91% of the votes cast to win over Michael Hardy who received 1,229 votes, or 41.9% of the votes cast. Issue 38 – Cleveland Participatory Budgeting Charter Amendment 33,387 voters voted against the charter amendment or 51.06% of the votes…
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Chaotic Cuyahoga Arts and Culture board meeting sheds little light on its operations
by Bruce Checefsky (Plain Press December 2023) Chaos broke out during the quarterly board meeting of Cuyahoga Arts & Culture (CAC) on Wednesday, November 15, taking place at the Cleveland Public Library downtown. At the beginning of the meeting, three speakers gave presentations of support for CAC during public comments. Dobama Theatre Artistic…
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