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Renovation updates for Cleveland Public Library’s branches and StoryWalk introduced at Carnegie West Branch
Renovation updates for Cleveland Public Library’s branches and StoryWalk introduced at Carnegie West Branch by Bruce Checefsky Plain Press, July 20220 Cleveland Public Library (CPL) ranked fourth among America’s Star Libraries, earning a prestigious Five-Star rating from the Library Journal, the oldest and most respected publication covering library service. The Library Journal index, published annually, compares…
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Cleveland nonprofit hospitals get millions in property tax breaks. Many are asking, ‘Is it worth it?’
Cleveland nonprofit hospitals get millions in property tax breaks. Many are asking, ‘Is it worth it?’ by Stephanie Czekalinski & Michael Indriolo Plain Press, July 20220 Nora and David Brown live in a two-story single-family home in Cleveland’s Fairfax neighborhood. The modest home on East 100th Street, with a gabled roof and an enclosed porch, is just a block away…
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Local and state politicians show more empathy to developers than to Cleveland’s children
Local and state politicians show more empathy to developers than to Cleveland’s children by Chuck Hoven Plain Press, July 20220 Cleveland’s new tax abatement policy set to start on January 1, 2024, while better than the current policy, does little to address the glaring need to substantially increase the flow of property taxes to the Cleveland…
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Max Hayes High School’s Construction Shop
PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Thursday, May 19, 2022; Max Hayes High School’s Construction Shop, 2211 W. 65th Street: (L-R) Tenth grade students Lekicha Hicks and Mareona Clemons hold up the artwork they are creating. The students built the frames of the canvases they painted, stretched the canvas, stapled the canvas onto the frames, and built stands…
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Cleveland’s approach to community development should put people before developers’ profits
Cleveland’s approach to community development should put people before developers’ profits by Chuck Hoven Plain Press, May 2022 The City of Cleveland’s tax abatement program is coming up for renewal at the end of May. For many years, the City has used tax abatement as a means of attracting new residents and improving its housing stock…
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Merrick House celebrates reopening of newly refurbished gym and tech loft
Merrick House celebrates reopening of newly refurbished gym and tech loft (Plain Press, March 2022) Merrick House celebrated the reopening of its newly refurbished gym and tech loft on February 18th with a ribbon cutting ceremony, speeches, a live DJ, a slam dunk contest, and ball handling drills for the children. Merrick House in a press…
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Cleveland Board of Education meeting features a plethora of public comments
Cleveland Board of Education meeting features a plethora of public comments by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, January 2022) The Cleveland Board of Education meeting at Garrett Morgan High School on December 14th featured several highlight events: including a proclamation and farewell video in honor of Mayor Frank Jackson’s 16 years of service to the school district; a…