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  • Council Candidate Nikki Hudson hikes trail with Friends of Snake Hill

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Sunday, October 5, 2025; Snake Hill Trail, Ward 11 City Council Candidate Nikki Hudson, and Alex Manuk, co-founder of Friends of Snake Hill, hike the trail. by Chuck Hoven    (Plain Press November 2025) Ward 11 Cleveland City Council Candidate Nikki Hudson joined with Friends of Snake Hill to hike the…

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  • Cleveland Metroparks Zoo hosts Asian Lantern Festival (photos)

    (Plain Press October 2025) PHOTO BY DEBBIE SADLON Saturday, August 23, 2025; Asian Lantern Festival, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, 3900 Wildlife Way: Beehive lantern PHOTO BY DEBBIE SADLON Saturday, August 23, 2025; Asian Lantern Festival, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, 3900 Wildlife Way: Dragon lantern PHOTO BY DEBBIE SADLON Saturday, August 23, 2025; Asian Lantern Festival, Cleveland Metroparks…

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  • Carlos Jones performs at Edgewater Beach on his birthday(photo)

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Thursday, August 14, 2025; Cleveland Metroparks Edgewater Beach Concert featuring Carlos Jones and the P.L.U.S. (Peace, Love, Unity Syndicate) Band entertaining the crowd with reggae music. Carlos Jones entertains the crowd while celebrating his birthday.

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  • Cleveland Metroparks, LAND Studio receive $10.8 million federal grant to support Irishtown Bend construction

       (Plain Press November 2024) On September 25th, 2024, Cleveland Metroparks, together with LAND studio, announced the awarding of a $10.8 million grant from the National Park Service’s Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership (ORLP) Program for the development of the future Irishtown Bend Park. The planned park is on the hillside above the Cuyahoga River just…

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  • Irishtown Bend Park construction underway 

    PHOTO BY BRUCE CHECEFSKY August 25, 2023; Rivergate Park, east bank of the Cuyahoga River, across from Irishtown Bend:  Master of Ceremonies Ward 3 Councilman Kerry McCormack kicked off the announcement of the beginning of the Port Authorities’ riverbank stabilization project for Irishtown bend.  A park is planned for the site once the riverbank stabilization is…

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  • Blossoming trees celebrate springtime and hospitality in Cleveland

    PHOTO BY ERIK AULT Friday, April 14, 2023; Brookside Reservation, 3900 John Nagy Blvd: A blossoming branch of a sakura at the Brookside Reservation, gives hope of another spring coming to Cleveland. The sakura, also known as the Japanese cherry blossom, is the national tree of Japan and was given to Cleveland as a gift…

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  • Summer Resource Fair at Market Square Park

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  • Cleveland City Council weighs proposals to change Cleveland’s tax abatement policy

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Monday, May 16, 2022; Cleveland City Council Meeting, Cleveland City Hall, 601 Lakeside Avenue: During the Public Comment period at the Cleveland City Council Meeting, Ward 4 resident David Beach addresses Cleveland City Council on the issue of the reauthorization of the City’s residential tax abatement program.  Speaking of the Justin Bibb…

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  • Cleveland’s approach to community development should put people before developers’ profits

    Cleveland’s approach to community development should put people before developers’ profits by Chuck Hoven Plain Press, May 2022             The City of Cleveland’s tax abatement program is coming up for renewal at the end of May. For many years, the City has used tax abatement as a means of attracting new residents and improving its housing stock…

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  • Residents enjoy winter walks and kite flying at Edgewater Park

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