• Stakeholders share views at second planning meeting for Clark Avenue

    by Chuck Hoven.  (Plain Press, January 2015) On December 11th residents and stakeholders along the Clark Avenue corridor gathered at Clark Recreation Center for a Transportation for Livable Communities planning meeting for a 2.5 mile stretch of the Clark Avenue corridor from Quigley to W. 65th. This was the second of three public meetings on…


  • NOBLE makes platform recommendations for next Ohio Budget

    by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, December 2014) The dust had barely settled after the November election in the State of Ohio when Northern Ohioans for Budget Legislation Equality (NOBLE) gathered to start organizing to have an impact on the next biennial State of Ohio Budget. At a Saturday, November 15th meeting NOBLE members gathered to…


  • 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…



  • Planning Commission tells Lorain Avenue used car dealer – it is time to move on

    by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, November 2014) At the October 17th City Planning Commission Meeting in Cleveland City Hall the application of A & E Auto Services and Sales at 4157 Lorain Avenue for a conditional use permit to continue operating at their current location was turned down. In 2011 the area of Lorain Avenue…


  • Lincoln Heights Block Club seeks solution to traffic woes on Scranton

    (Plain Press, November 2014) Traffic on Scranton Road north of Clark was once again a major topic of discussion at the Lincoln Heights Block Club’s October 20th meeting. Block Club Chairperson Henry Senyak said he has seen no evidence that traffic studies have been underway as City of Cleveland Commissioner of Traffic Engineering and Streets…


  • SCFBC Program Director Megan Meister heads to Neighborhood Family Practice

    (Plain Press, May 2014)  Stockyard Clark Fulton Brooklyn Centre (SCFBC) Program Director Megan Meister will be leaving the organization on May 2nd to take a community based position at Detroit Shoreway Community Development Organization Executive Director Jeff Ramsey made the announcement in an April 24th email to friends of the Stockyard Clark Fulton Brooklyn Centre…