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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.
  • Future Ink Graphics celebrates grand opening at Pivot Center

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    January 4, 2022

  • RTA’s holiday trolley car visits Open House and Holiday Market at Pivot Center for Art, Dance & Expression

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    January 4, 2022

  • Future Ink Graphics Community Gallery

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    January 4, 2022

  • Making lanterns at the Open House and Holiday Market at the Pivot Center for Art, Dance & Expression

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    January 4, 2022

  • Clark-Fulton leaders pitch ambitious vision for neighborhood development

    Clark-Fulton leaders pitch ambitious vision for neighborhood development by Lee Chilcote (Plain Press, November 2021) After two years of planning amidst the difficulties of the Covid-19 pandemic, stakeholders in Cleveland’s Clark-Fulton neighborhood on the west side have unveiled the fruits of their labor: a master plan that is aimed at guiding equitable development in the neighborhood.  “Together, residents,…

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    November 7, 2021

  • Light Up the Park celebration

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    October 3, 2021

  • Shalom & Tranquility Garden Cultural Carnival

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    October 3, 2021

  • Clark School students and neighborhood youth asked to help plan a new park

    (Plain Press, January 2021)  CMSD NEWS BUREAU  Clark School students might soon be playing in a park that they had a hand in designing.    The Trust for Public Land, a nonprofit with an office in Cleveland, is asking Clark and other neighborhood students to indicate features they want to see in a small City of Cleveland park planned…

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    January 6, 2021

  • MetroHealth offers updates on its planning and development projects

    MetroHealth offers updates on its planning and development projects by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, November 2020)           At a September 30th virtual community meeting MetroHealth Medical Center offered an update on progress of construction of the new hospital building on its main campus, a progress report on the Institute for Health Opportunity Partnership and Empowerment (HOPE), and updates…

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    November 6, 2020

  • Art at A Distance, temporary art exhibit of the work of eleven local artists in response to their experiences with Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, W. 30th and Meyer

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    November 5, 2020

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