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City Club of Cleveland panel discusses Participatory Budgeting Cleveland (PB CLE) proposal
PHOTO BY BRUCE CHECEFSKY Wednesday, November 2, 2022, Happy Dog, W. 58th and Detroit Avenue: Kenny Medrano, Former Director, Participatory Budgeting, District 26, New York City, explains the merits of participatory budgeting. The City Club joined with Participatory Budgeting Cleveland (PB CLE) to host a panel discussion on participatory budgeting. by Bruce Checefsky (Plain…
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Meeting our Jewish neighbors
PHOTO BY ERIK AULT Friday, November 4, 2022; Beth Israel – The West Temple in West Park: Rabbi Enid C. Lader reading from the Sefer Torah. The Sefer Torah is a handwritten scroll of the first five books of the Bible in Hebrew and is used during worship services. She is using a yad to follow the…
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City of Cleveland hosts listening sessions on plans for downtown lakefront
by Erik Ault (Plain Press, December 2022) The City of Cleveland held a series of listening sessions regarding plans for the downtown lakefront. Members of City Hall and planers for Cleveland’s North Coast Connector gave presentations on four proposals and then asked attenders for feedback. Four possibilities were presented: No development; building a…
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Representative-elect to the Ohio House of Representatives shares agenda
(Plain Press, December 2022) To the Editor: When I decided to run for State Representative last January, the district maps were undecided and still being debated in Columbus. It appeared back then that there would be potentially four candidates, including myself, who would run in what was nominally considered to be House District 15.…
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December 2022 Plain Press Community Board
December 2022 Plain Press Community Board ACTION GREATER CLEVELAND CONGREGATIONS is sponsoring a Hearing on Youth Bindovers on Tuesday December 6 at 7 p.m. Youth Bindovers are when children are tried in adult court and sent to adult jails. In Cuyahoga County this disproportionately impacts people of color, to a much greater degree than Columbus…
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Housing experts work to address Cleveland’s housing issues
Kevin J. Nowak, Executive Director of CHN Housing Network, was one of the panelists at a Brown Bag Forum held at Cleveland State University’s College of Urban Affairs on September 27th titled “How should American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds address housing issues in Cleveland.” The forum was sponsored by the Ohio Fair Lending Coalition…
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Neighborhood and Community Media Association of Greater Cleveland’s press conference with Mayor Justin Bibb
(Plain Press, November 2022) At the Neighborhood and Community Media Association of Greater Cleveland first press conference with Mayor Justin Bibb, time allowed each news outlet just one question for the mayor. Below are the questions from the members of the Neighborhood and Community Media Association and Mayor Justin Bibb’s responses. Chuck Hoven,…
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MetroHealth Community Day
PHOTO BY ERIK AULT Saturday, October 8, 2022; MetroHealth Community Day in the new park in front of the MetroHealth Glick Center, 2500 MetroHealth Drive: A young artist, Jae Marie Spraggins, age one, draws on the sidewalk. PHOTO BY ERIK AULT Saturday, October 8, 2022; MetroHealth Community Day in the new park in front of…
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Jesse Owens Olympic Oak Tree wins big
PHOTO BY ERIK AULT Wednesday, October 12, 2022; Ceremony to plant a Jesse Owens Oak tree sapling to replace the original tree; James Ford Rhodes High School, 5100 Biddulph Road: Holden Forest and Gardens Tree Corps members planted a sapling propagated from one of four English oak trees given to Clevelander Jesse Owens upon winning…
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