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Plans for a shared use path from Edgewater Park to West Boulevard Cudell Rapid station resurrected
STATE CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDING SPURS NEW EFFORT PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Friday, June 26, 2026; Site of proposed shared use path at Lake Avenue and West Boulevard: (L-R) Ward 12 Cleveland City Council Representative Tanmay Shah, District 13 State Representative Tristan Rader, and Ward 11 Cleveland City Council Representative Nikki Hudson mount bicycles as they…
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Garden Walk Cleveland hosts annual tour (photos)
PHOTO BY DEBBIE SADLON Saturday, July 11, 2026; Garden Walk Cleveland, Monroe Street Cemetery and Green Space, 3207 Monroe Street: Hayden Bish, a board member of the Monroe Cemetery Foundation, leads a Garden Walk Cleveland tour of the cemetery grounds. PHOTO BY DEBBIE SADLON Saturday, July 11, 2026; Garden Walk Cleveland, 3301 Chatham Avenue: This…
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Reader expresses concern about plutonium pit production Draft PEIS:
To the editor: (Plain Press August 2026)I am writing as a concerned citizen in opposition to the draft Pit PEIS (Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement) and to the rushed plutonium pit program it was written to support. This document is incomplete, lacks full consideration of all the impacts of the push for new weapons, and…
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Council Candidate Nikki Hudson hikes trail with Friends of Snake Hill
PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Sunday, October 5, 2025; Snake Hill Trail, Ward 11 City Council Candidate Nikki Hudson, and Alex Manuk, co-founder of Friends of Snake Hill, hike the trail. by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press November 2025) Ward 11 Cleveland City Council Candidate Nikki Hudson joined with Friends of Snake Hill to hike the…
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West Side Creation Care Team goes on a Pilgrimage of Hope in honor of the 10th anniversary of Laudato Sí
PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, September 20, 2025; 2459 Washington Avenue: Members of the West Side Creation Care Team, an ecumenical grassroots organization promoting care for creation, return to St. Malachi Church after a Pilgrimage of Hope walk to Wendy Park on Whiskey Island. (Plain Press October 2025) The West Side Creation Care Team,…
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Old Brooklyn residents enjoy a Saturday morning tree walk
(Plain Press September 2025) Old Brooklyn Tree Stewards and Friends of Harmody Park combined for the first Old Brooklyn Tree Walk on Saturday morning August 9th. The event included scavenger hunts, tree talks, a demonstration of how to measure a tree’s age nondestructively, and a survey of what improvements people would like to see…
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Precautions you can take to assure you are consuming lead-free water
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press August 2025) An article in the July Plain Press titled “History shows that nutrition education should play a greater role in efforts to prevent lead poisoning” addressed the importance of diet in helping prevent severe lead poisoning of Cleveland’s children. A reader responding to the article asked that the…
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The greening of Cleveland: coalition says “let there be trees”
by Gregory Cznadel (Plain Press June 2025) April Showers bring May flowers. This year it was trees: lots of trees, tree plantings, and tree give aways. God decided this was the year to help renew his green earth by increasing our tree canopy to scrub the carbon out of the air, bring shade back…
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Rooted in faith, growing in action: West Side churches embrace creation care
PHOTO BY RONALDO RODRIGUEZ JR. June 2024; Seeds of Love Community Garden on W. 14th Street: Members of the West Side Creation Care Team gather for a Litter Pilgrimage in the Tremont neighborhood. by Ronaldo Rodriguez Jr. (Plain Press June 2025) As the world mourns the passing of Pope Francis, his legacy endures here…
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John Marshall students’ efforts lead to City Council resolution creating Children’s Outdoor Bill of Rights
(Plain Press June 2025) Students from the Cleveland Metropolitan School District presented a proposal for a Children’s Outdoor Bill of Rights to Cleveland City Council’s Workforce, Education, Training, & Youth Development Committee at its April meeting. The CMSD high school students, and Advanced Placement Environmental Science scholars from John Marshall’s School of Civic & Business…
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