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  • Library and Northwest Neighborhoods break ground for new Walz Branch, senior housing

                  (Plain Press July 2025) On Friday, June 6th the Cleveland Public Library and Northwest Neighborhoods Community Development Organization broke ground on the Walz Library-Karam Senior Living project at 7918 Detroit Avenue in Cleveland’s Detroit Shoreway neighborhood. The new development promises to bring to the neighborhood a new state-of-the-art library branch and affordable senior…

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  • Partnerships push Karam Senior Living towards its construction as a place where anyone can thrive

    ARCHITECTURAL RENDERING BY BIALOSKY CLEVELAND This architectural rendering shows a front view of the future Walz Campus of the Cleveland Public Library at W. 80th and Detroit Avenue which includes an addition called Karam Senior Living. Karam Senior Living will provide affordable housing to area senior citizens.    (Plain Press September 2024) Northwest Neighborhoods CDC…

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  • CWRU students’ video game helps children with disabilities

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, February 17, 2024; Grand opening of Studio 525, Louis Stokes wing of the Cleveland Public Library’s Main Library, 525 Superior Avenue, 1st Floor: Marta Kilmer, age 5, receives assistance from Case Western Reserve University Computer Science graduate students Haoen Lu and Tina Xu in playing the Choo Choo Zoo video…

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  • Library hosts grand opening of cutting-edge tech space for teens

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, February 17, 2024; Louis Stokes wing of the Cleveland Public Library’s Main Library, 525 Superior Avenue, 1st Floor: Grand opening of Studio 525, the Cleveland Public Library’s cutting-edge tech space for teens. Teens enjoy a video game in which pair of teens compete on a virtual basketball court.    (Plain…

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  • Cleveland City Council authorizes use of American Rescue Plan Act funds for three West Side projects

    (Plain Press, November 2023) At its Monday October 9th meeting, Cleveland City Council passed several ordinances using revenue recovery funding from the federal American Rescue Plan Act to award funds to community projects. Three of the projects funded are on the West Side of Cleveland – the May Dugan Center, Northwest Neighbors for the Karam Senior…

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  • Cleveland Public Library opens reimagined Lorain Campus

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, June 17, 2023; Grand Opening of the reimagined Lorain Campus Library, 8216 Lorain Avenue: Tamara Steward, Director of the Lorain Campus of the Cleveland Public Library, welcomes guests to tour the newly renovated library. The Cleveland Public Library celebrated the grand opening of its renovated Lorain Campus at 8216 Lorain…

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  • Jefferson Library Branch opens with new improvements and quiet rooms 

    PHOTO COURTESY OF THE CLEVELAND PUBLIC LIBRARY Saturday, October 15, 2022; Grand Opening of the reimagined Jefferson Branch of the Cleveland Public Library, 850 Jefferson Avenue: Community members gather for the reopening ceremony. by Bruce Checefsky               (Plain Press, November 2022) A ribbon-cutting ceremony on October 15 marked the opening of the Cleveland Public…

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  • New Neighborhood Housing Court Kiosk opens at the South Branch Library

    New Neighborhood Housing Court Kiosk opens at the South Branch Library by Bruce Checefsky Plain Press, August 2022        Cleveland Housing Court and Cleveland Public Library have teamed up to bring the court to the community. Starting this month, the new Neighborhood Housing Court Kiosk at the South Branch of the Cleveland Public Library, located at…

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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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  • Eastman Branch of Cleveland Public Library closes for renovations

    Eastman Branch of Cleveland Public Library closes for renovations (Plain Press, January 2022) The Eastman Branch of the Cleveland Public Library, located at 11602 Lorain Avenue, has closed for renovations. Branch Manager Jamie Lauver says, “We are scheduled to reopen in January 2023.”

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