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Neighborhood Leadership Development Program (NLDP) & Community Development Corporation Leadership Program seek 2024 applicants
(Plain Press July 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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Clevelanders are right to doubt promises of grandiose development plans
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press May 2024) Cleveland residents have a right to be skeptical when offering their thoughts about tax subsidies in support of big downtown lakefront and riverfront projects. Specifically coming to mind are the Shore to Core to Shore Tax Increment Financing plans put forth by the Justin Bibb Administration and…
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Ohio City Inc. committed to affordable housing at Fairview Gardens
PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Tuesday, March 19, 2024; Fairview Gardens, 3207 Franklin Boulevard: Ohio City Incorporated (OCI) is taking steps to reduce the property tax bill at Fairview Gardens and is committed to keeping the apartments affordable for senior citizens. (Plain Press April 2024) Some concern has been expressed in the Ohio City neighborhood…
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Old Brooklyn corner slated for redevelopment has spooky history
PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Friday, February 16, 2024; 4200 Pearl Road, Pearl Road United Methodist Church: The lawn of this church provides a rare green space on this stretch of Pearl Road. by Lynette Filips (Plain Press March 2024) This month we continue to look at the history of the northwest corner of Pearl…
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Open letter urges Mayor Bibb to save Cudell Commons
To the Editor: (Plain Press February 2024) Dear Mayor Bibb and Area Leaders: We are writing to you to voice our concerns about Cleveland Metropolitan School District’s plans to build a new Marion Seltzer Elementary School on what is now parkland at Cudell Commons Park, land that was gifted to the City of Cleveland…
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Pearl Memphis intersection has long history
PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN November 18, 2023, Pearl Road at Memphis Avenue: This former St. Luke’s United Church of Christ sits on the site of a proposed new development in the Old Brooklyn Historic District. The building was one of the key factors in the Historic District receiving its designation on the National Register of…
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Metro West’s new executive director issues State of the Community Address
(Plain Press, October 2023) Emily Lee, the new Executive Director of Metro West Community Development Organization issued a State of the Community Address on the Metro West website at www.metrowestcle.org. The Metro West Community Development Organization serves the Stockyard, Clark-Fulton, and Brooklyn Centre neighborhoods. Lee, who began serving as executive director of Metro West…
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Area development corporations announce executive departures
Executive directors at Northwest Neighborhoods Community Development Corporation (NWN), Tremont West Development Corporation (TWDC) and Ohio City Incorporation (OCI) are departing to other jobs in the Cleveland area. Northwest Neighborhoods Executive Director Adam Stalder resigned from NWN on June 14th to take a new position at the Cuyahoga Land Bank as Director of Community…
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Trailblazing from Cleveland’s past to a green future
by Erik Ault Every city is a work in progress. Cleveland has known many economic bumps and headwinds which can demoralize citizens and divert political focus. Many projects languish after years of frustration and hopelessness. But Tim Donovan and Tom Yablonsky saw the decline of industry along the Cuyahoga River valley as the opening…
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