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  • Plain Press: Cleveland’s Westside Newspaper
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  • About: The Plain Press is an independent, nonprofit community newspaper serving the West Side neighborhoods of Cleveland, Ohio since 1971. The Plain Press covers neighborhood news not covered by the major media; gives critical support to the community (i.e. is an advocate, but criticizes when appropriate); covers grassroots issues and city, county, state and national issues that affect the community; provides self-help information and information about neighborhood services and events; and is a forum for discussion of community issues. The Plain Press distributes 21,000 newspapers monthly to over 500 locations. The primary distribution area ranges from Lake Erie on the north to the Upper Big Creek Valley on the south and from the Cuyahoga River on the east to W. 140th Street on the west. The distribution area includes the following Cleveland neighborhoods: Bellaire-Puritas, Brooklyn Centre, Clark Fulton, Cudell, Detroit-Shoreway, Edgewater, Jefferson, Ohio City, Old Brooklyn, Stockyard, Tremont, Westown, and West Boulevard neighborhoods.
  • West Side Market losing vendors, leaving many market stands empty

    by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, February 2019)          A shopper visiting the West Side Market on Saturday, January 19thwould have found many empty stands. Just a few short years ago, it would have been unheard of for there to be empty stands on a Saturday. Many of the empty stands are a result of merchants…

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    February 3, 2019

  • Market Plaza slated for demolition to make way for new development

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    February 3, 2019

  • Transit friendly apartments: Aspen Place at W. 61st & Lorain Avenue

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    February 3, 2019

  • Hands Across CLE Street Festival

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    October 1, 2018

  • Cleveland Public Library’s capital projects; Jefferson Branch repairs are underway

    (Plain Press, May 2018)       As Cleveland Public Library approaches its 150th anniversary, the Library is embarking on an ambitious, multiyear capital project to ensure its neighborhood branch libraries can continue to function as safe, inclusive, and sustainable environments. The first phase of this two-pronged revitalization project will address critical repairs to ten branches located throughout…

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    May 13, 2018

  • December 2016 Plain Press – PDF

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    December 1, 2016

  • Housing First development planned for Ohio City does not receive tax credits necessary for financing

    Housing First development planned for Ohio City does not receive tax credits necessary for financing by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, May 2012) Plans by the homeless advocacy coalition Housing First to build permanent supportive housing for the homeless in Ohio City have received a setback. The Emerald Alliance VIII mixed-use facility, planned by Cleveland Housing…

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    May 1, 2012

  • New park construction at Zone and Cudell recreation centers

    (Plain Press, August 2011) In late June, city officials and community members gathered to celebrate the groundbreaking at Zone Recreation Center, 6301 Lorain Avenue, and the ribbon cutting at Cudell Recreation Center, 1910 West Blvd., both for the construction of new park features. The new and improved features planned for Zone include: two renovated ball…

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    August 1, 2011

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