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Forum highlights role of mental health in the reform of Cleveland Police Department
Plain Press, November 2015 The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Ohio and Disability Rights Ohio held a forum on October 1 to highlight the role of mental health in the reform of the Cleveland Police Department. The forum held at the Max Wohl Civil Liberties Center at E. 45th and Chester featured a panel…
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Environmental activists trade notes on current fights
by Randy Cunningham (Plain Press, October 2015) Social media has become an important part of activism, regardless of the issue. But when all is said and done there is no substitute for activists getting together in the flesh to trade notes and war stories about their current organizing. They did just that on Sunday, September…
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Housing market in Cleveland rates as one of the worst in the nation
(Plain Press, September 2015) A recent study, by WalletHub, compared 300 United States, large, midsize and small size cities on the health of their housing market. Cleveland ranked 294 out of the 300 cities studied. This means, according to the study, that Cleveland does not fare well as a place to purchase a home when…
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Meeting reveals City of Cleveland’s parking plans for West Side Market District
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, August 2015) Ohio City Incorporated held a Community Meeting on July 16th to address changes to the West Side Market’s and Market District’s parking. The meeting was the third attempt to hold a meeting on the topic; two previously scheduled meetings, widely publicized in the Plain Dealer and other media,…
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Cleveland Leadership Development Program seeks 2015 applicants
(Plain Press, August 2015) In 2006, the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation, along with former Cleveland Mayor Michael White, established a leadership-training program for neighborhood leaders. The Neighborhood Leadership Development Program is a free, 15 session community engagement training program for residents of Cleveland, and its inner ring suburbs, who are working on projects…
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West Side Market threatened as customers from other businesses take over its traditional parking area
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, July 2015) A visit to the West Side Market on a recent weekday offered a demonstration of the parking problem. While the parking lot was full, the number of shoppers in the market did not come close to reflecting the number of cars in the parking lot. Vince Bertonaschi, a…
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Community Health Improvement Plan seeks health and wellness for all the people in Cuyahoga County
(Plain Press, July 2015) The Health Improvement Partnership (HIP) – Cuyahoga released the first ever, countywide Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) on June 11th at the Ariel International Center on E. 40th Street in Cleveland. The plan, many years in the making, was spurred along in response to a 2009 analysis of life expectancy in…
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Safety Tip of the Month
Personal Safety — General Safety Tips: (Plain Press, July 2015) 1 – The most effective way to prevent crime is through common sense, awareness, and basic safety precautions. Remember that your safety is your responsibility. Use your senses to always be aware of your surroundings. 2 – Let someone know where you are going and…
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Poor schools blamed for decline in property value. To the editor:
(Plain Press, July 2015) Almost Every other day someone gets killed in Cleveland – the Comeback City and no one is doing anything. Everyone in the photos in your paper is smiling. We have 19 Council Persons in City Hall making $80,000 a year salary. Other things: I’ve lived in Cleveland since 1991. I lived…
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Panel tackles police accountability and the use of body-worn police cameras
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, May 2015) At the April 18th meeting of the Greater Cleveland Civil and Human Rights Coalition, a panel of seven people with a variety of different areas of expertise weighed in on the question of whether or not Body-Worn Cameras will increase police accountability. Shakyra Diaz, a Policy Manager for…
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