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Call to action: Cleveland needs to address lack of low-income housing options
Call to action: Cleveland needs to address lack of low-income housing options To the Editor: (Plain Press, May 2021) My name is Paul Sherlock and last Friday (April 9th) my friend Jim Schlecht and I staged a protest of four apartment development sites currently underway on the Near West Side of Cleveland. We were protesting the lack…
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Cleveland Mayoral candidates crowd the field
Cleveland Mayoral candidates crowd the field by Bruce Checefsky (Plain Press, May 2021) More than a dozen candidates have registered with Cuyahoga County Board of Elections to raise money towards the Cleveland mayoral election scheduled to take place on November 2, 2021, with others expected to announce their candidacy in the coming weeks. Blaine Griffin announced…
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Basheer Jones eyeing up mayor’s race
Basheer Jones eyeing up mayor’s race by Bruce Checefsky (Plain Press, May 2021) Ward 7 Councilman Basheer Jones was elected in November 2017, representing an area which includes the historic Hough district, as well as the St. Clair-Superior, Midtown and Asia Town neighborhoods. His first order of business once in office was to open a food distribution…
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Members of Cudell Improvement and Detroit Shoreway Community Development Organization vote on merger
Members of Cudell Improvement and Detroit Shoreway Community Development Organization vote on merger (Plain Press, May 2021) Members of Cudell Improvement and Detroit Shoreway Community Development Organization received a packet of information about the proposed merger of the two community development corporations. Members were asked to cast a ballot either for or against the merger during…
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Ohio City and Tremont respond to calls for more affordable housing
Ohio City and Tremont respond to calls for more affordable housing by Marc Lefkowitz, The Land (Plain Press, April 2021) A new land trust on Cleveland’s near west side has a mission to increase permanent, affordable housing in the midst of a hot housing market. Ohio City and Tremont West Development Corporation have teamed up to form…
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