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Programs offer leadership training
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATE LEADERSHIP PROGRAM (CDCLP) Community Development leaders from the Cleveland area participate in a session on real estate. The CDCLP is looking for leaders interested in joining its 2025 cohort. (Plain Press July 2025) If you are passionate, committed and dedicated to taking an active role in improving…
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HUD cuts will make it harder for City’s CDCs to stay open
by Bruce Checefsky Cleveland City Council introduced measures to overhaul funding for Community Development Corporations (CDCs) in January of this year. Ordinance No. 113-2025 would change how neighborhood development corporations get money by creating a Neighborhood Development Sub-fund. The program will provide grants to expand economic opportunities for low- to moderate-income residents. In Cleveland,…
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MRN shares plans for former Voss Aerospace complex with area residents
PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, January 18, 2025; the former Voss Aerospace site, 2138 W. 25th Street: The South of Lorain Block Club received an update on plans for the four-acre site at their January meeting. (Plain Press February 2025) Members of the South of Lorain Block Club received an update on plans for…
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Cleveland City Planning Commission approves demolition of buildings in Old Brooklyn’s Historic District
by Lynette Filips PHOTO COURTESY OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF OLD BROOKLYN 2005 Photo that accompanied the application of the South Brooklyn Commercial District to be on the National Register of Historic Places: On Friday, December 6th, the Cleveland Planning Commission approved the demolition of four buildings on the corner of Pearl Road and Memphis…
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Old Brooklyn’s Brookmere Cemetery included in nationwide cemetery tour
PHOTO BY JOHN RAKAUSKAS Monday, August 5, 2024; Brookmere Cemetery, 3645 Broadview Rd., in the Old Brooklyn neighborhood of Cleveland: Cleveland residents as well as residents of other cities in Ohio and neighboring states attended an outdoor workshop demonstrating how to clean, repair and reposition headstones. The workshop was conducted by Jonathan Appell, founder of…
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Roldo Bartimole shares views about Cleveland development
(Plain Press September 2024) Read in Scene magazine and August 15, 2024, article titled: Roldo: The Haslams will get what they want – Sports team owners are, after all, undefeated against local politicians at: https://www.clevescene.com/news/roldo-the-haslams-will-get-what-they-want-44930741 For an additional look at ROLDO’S WORK: http://www.clevelandmemory.org/roldo/ Read Roldo’ s comments on HOW CLEVELAND SPENDS ITS…
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Can a $23M redevelopment help Clark-Fulton add affordable senior housing while retaining history?
by Collin Cunningham, The Land (Plain Press September 2024) Nearly three years after Cleveland leaders launched a master plan for redeveloping the Clark-Fulton neighborhood with professional and residential input, one of its cornerstone housing developments is moving forward. The Arch at Saint Michael project will repurpose classrooms and offices into 46 new low-income multifamily…
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Community Development Leadership Program seeks 2024 applicants
(Plain Press August 2024) If you are passionate, committed and dedicated to taking an active role in improving your community, you may be excited by, and ready for, one of two valuable leadership development programs. The Neighborhood Leadership Development Program (NLDP) and Community Development Leadership Program (CDCLP) are programs of the Jack, Joseph and…
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Northwest Neighborhoods announces Executive Director Kent Márquez
(Plain Press August 2024) The Board of Directors of Northwest Neighborhoods CDC is pleased to announce its selection of Bridget Kent Márquez (she/they) as the organization’s Executive Director, following one year of her interim executive directorship. Under Kent Márquez’s leadership, a spokesperson for Northwest Neighborhoods says the nonprofit has evolved as an innovative provider of affordable housing and…
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Author speaks of impact of urban development on homelessness in Cleveland
(Plain Press July 2024) Daniel Kerr, associate professor of history at American University and author of Derelict Paradise: Homelessness and Urban Development in Cleveland, Ohio, gave the keynote address at the Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless (NEOCH) Housing Justice Summit on June 8th. He also was interviewed by Axios reporter Sam Allard the…
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