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Plans presented for major work on Clark Avenue
(Plain Press, May 2016) Residents attending an April 20th meeting at Clark Recreation Center learned of plans to rehabilitate Clark Avenue from Lorain Avenue (W. 90th and Clark) eastward to W. 41st. Plans designed by the firm Arcadis Design & Consultancy call for the 8-million-dollar rehabilitation project to be divided into four segments. The work…
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Voters approve local option for Brewnuts Donut Bar
Plain Press, December 2015 At the November 3rd Election voters in Ward 15, Precinct M approved a local option for a liquor permit for Brewnuts donut bar at 6501 Detroit Avenue by a vote of 210 – 41. They also approved a local option for Sunday sales at the same location by a vote of…
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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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Residents vote to remove landmark status for historic Watterson Lake building to make way for demolition
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, April 2015) At a March 18th Community meeting held in Bethany Presbyterian Church, residents voted 22 to 3 to have historic Watterson Lake School Building on W. 74th and Detroit Avenue removed from its landmark status and demolished. The school, built in 1906 and designed by architect Frank S. Barnum,…
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Grants awarded to help food businesses in Gordon Square Arts District
(Plain Press, January 2015) Charter One Foundation, Ward 15 Councilman Matt Zone and the Detroit Shoreway Community Development Organization announced the awarding of seven grants totaling $25,000 to food businesses in the Gordon Square Arts District. The grants, ranging from $2,200 to $4,000, were awarded to four new food businesses and to three existing neighborhood…
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Stockyard Clark-Fulton and Brooklyn Center Community Development Office celebrates another year of progress
(Plain Press, November 2014) The Stockyard Clark-Fulton and Brooklyn Center Community Development Office (SCFBC) held its annual Community Celebration on October 2nd at the W. 58th Church of God. The organization, which serves over 26,000 residents in an area that spans parts of five City Council Wards, distributed its annual report to those in attendance…
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Community members offer input to Gordon Square Arts District Community Master Plan
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, October 2014) Advocates for a more inclusive planning process would be pleased with the questions and comments from the audience that the Gordon Square Arts District (GSAD) Community Master Plan meeting held on September 24th at W. 78th Street Studios. Eighty Detroit Shoreway residents and stakeholders made it clear by…
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Madison’s Pathway Garden of All Seasons brightens corner of W. 105th and Madison
(Plain Press, September 2014) Neighborhood residents have transformed the corner of West 105 and Madison into the Madison’s Pathway Garden of All Seasons. The effort to change a vacant lot into a flower garden began in 2010 when W. 105th Street resident Clarissa Thompson approached Cudell Improvement Executive Director Anita Brindza to seek permission to…
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Staff view construction of new Max Hayes
(Plain Press, September 2014) CMSD NEWS BUREAU Dozens of teachers and other staff from Max S. Hayes High School donned hard hats and safety glasses on August 11th for a tour of a new building that the school will move to next year. The new Max Hayes, at West 65th Street and Clark Avenue, will…
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