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Development projects seek Tax Increment Financing
PHOTO BY DEBORAH ROSE SADLON Tuesday, March 21, 2023; Lakeview Community Center, 1290 W. 25th Street: A plan called Lakeview Connects hopes to establish links between the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority’s Lakeview Terrace community and the surrounding Ohio City neighborhood. by Chuck Hoven It has become a trend in Cleveland for big projects to…
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Development at W. 11th and Fairfield rushed while issues raised at block club go unresolved
PHOTO BY DEBORAH ROSE SADLON Tuesday, March 21, 2023; W. 11th and Fairfield: Despite objections raised at the Board of Zoning Appeals meeting on June 27,2022, the Board of Zoning Appeals approved a variance allowing 5,000 square feet of retail space as part of a project by 1209 Fairfield LLC in a multi-family residential district.…
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City of Cleveland announces formation of the new Cleveland Public Market Corporation
(April 2023, Plain Press) The first months of this year have brought major developments for the West Side Market, including the founding of the new non-profit, the naming of the inaugural board, the initiation of the executive director search, and the release of the first phase of the Market master plan. Articles of incorporation…
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Roundtable discussion with Mayor Justin Bibb sheds some light on City’s development agenda
(April 2023, Plain Press) Mayor Justin Bibb and WOVU 95.9 FM radio station hosted a Community Media Roundtable on February 15th. The roundtable served as an opportunity for community news outlets to dialogue with Mayor Bibb on topics of concern in the neighborhoods they serve. Managing Editor Chuck Hoven represented the Plain Press at…
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Letters to the Editor
Variance for Youth Drop-In Center applauded To the Editor: I have been a resident of the Near West Side for over 25 years, and I am grateful that the City of Cleveland Board of Zoning Appeals granted the variance needed for the Youth Drop-In Center project on Franklin Blvd. Finally, a new project…
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PB Cle plan postponed
PHOTO BY BRUCE CHECEFSKY Monday, January 9, 2023; Participatory Budgeting Cleveland’s (PB CLE) People’s Budget Press Conference, Cleveland City Hall, 601 Lakeside Avenue: Robin Brown, a PB CLE founding member and the founder of Concerned Citizens Organized Against Lead, would like to see a People’s Budget provide additional resources to address Cleveland’s long standing lead…
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Danny Kelly replacing Ward 11 Councilman Brian Mooney
Councilman Brian Mooney has named Danny Kelly as his replacement to represent Ward 11 on Cleveland’s West Side. Kelly is very familiar with Cleveland, having grown up in Collinwood before moving to the West Side more than 20 years ago. A proud 45-year member of Laborers’ Local 310, Kelly worked as a laborer on jobsites…
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Ward 8 Councilman Michael Polensek speaks his mind
by Bruce Checefsky Ward 8 Councilman Michael Polensek speaks his mind. He has no plans to stop anytime soon. He has served the neighborhoods of northeast Cleveland since 1978, making him the longest-serving City Council member in the history of Cleveland. For nearly four decades, Councilman Polensek has represented the Collinwood Neighborhood. Polensek,…
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Inside the Bricks: My Changing Neighborhood Gordon Square
by Bruce Checefsky (Plain Press, December 2022) In the second season of Inside the Bricks: My Changing Neighborhood, reporter and podcast host Justin Glanville talked to his neighbors in the Detroit Shoreway neighborhood about gentrification and the socially and economically diverse changes that come with it. With an influx of new housing construction to…
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