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  • Plain Press: Cleveland’s Westside Newspaper
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  • About: The Plain Press is an independent, nonprofit community newspaper serving the West Side neighborhoods of Cleveland, Ohio since 1971. The Plain Press covers neighborhood news not covered by the major media; gives critical support to the community (i.e. is an advocate, but criticizes when appropriate); covers grassroots issues and city, county, state and national issues that affect the community; provides self-help information and information about neighborhood services and events; and is a forum for discussion of community issues. The Plain Press distributes 21,000 newspapers monthly to over 500 locations. The primary distribution area ranges from Lake Erie on the north to the Upper Big Creek Valley on the south and from the Cuyahoga River on the east to W. 140th Street on the west. The distribution area includes the following Cleveland neighborhoods: Bellaire-Puritas, Brooklyn Centre, Clark Fulton, Cudell, Detroit-Shoreway, Edgewater, Jefferson, Ohio City, Old Brooklyn, Stockyard, Tremont, Westown, and West Boulevard neighborhoods.
  • Making lanterns at the Open House and Holiday Market at the Pivot Center for Art, Dance & Expression

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    January 4, 2022

  • Clark-Fulton leaders pitch ambitious vision for neighborhood development

    Clark-Fulton leaders pitch ambitious vision for neighborhood development by Lee Chilcote (Plain Press, November 2021) After two years of planning amidst the difficulties of the Covid-19 pandemic, stakeholders in Cleveland’s Clark-Fulton neighborhood on the west side have unveiled the fruits of their labor: a master plan that is aimed at guiding equitable development in the neighborhood.  “Together, residents,…

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    November 7, 2021

  • Painting Our Neighborhood

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    October 6, 2021

  • 7th Annual Festival El Rumbón Melón – Roberto Clemente Park

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    October 3, 2021

  • LatinUs Theater Company performs debut play in its new home   

    LatinUs Theater Company performs debut play in its new home         The LatinUs Theater Company is performing its debut play in its new home in the Pivot Center for Art, Dance and Expression at 2937 W, 25th Street. The play, “The House of Bernarda Alba” is by Federico Garcia Lorca (1898-1936), a Spanish poet, playwright and director…

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    October 3, 2021

  • Pop-Up Event to Celebrate Grand Opening of King’s Gas Depot

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    September 8, 2021

  • Parade the City

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    July 9, 2021

  • MetroHealth President and CEO Akram Boutros honored

    MetroHealth President and CEO Akram Boutros honored (Plain Press, July 2021)          MetroHealth President and CEO Akram Boutros, MD, FACHE, has been named one of America’s 50 Most Influential Clinical Executives by Modern Healthcare.      The honor, from one of the industry’s largest and most respected news outlets, recognizes the top clinicians in health care as selected by their…

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    July 9, 2021

  • Trap-Neuter-Return program benefits feral cats

    Trap-Neuter-Return program benefits feral cats by Bruce Checefsky (Plain Press, May 2021)    Anji Dunn and her boyfriend, Jesse Armaline, have been catching feral cats near their west side Cleveland neighborhood and bringing them to the Animal Protective League for months. To date, they captured and released more than eighteen cats from a colony of 25-30 strays. Others…

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    May 13, 2021

  • Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA) launches 25Connects Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project

    Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA) launches 25Connects Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project by Bruce Checefsky (Plain Press, April 2021)      During the height of COVID19 pandemic last summer, the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA) launched 25Connects, a community planning process that aimed to provide the design recommendations and tools to support a future West 25th…

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    April 16, 2021

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