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Former President of West Side Market Tenants Association shares thoughts after closing his stand
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, April 2017) “The West Side Market is one of the most amazing places you are ever going to find,” said Ohio City Executive Director Tom McNair at the Ohio City Incorporated annual meeting on March 21, 2017. Former President of the West Side Market Tenants’ Association Vince Bertonaschi said…
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Community Roundtable– Cleveland Police Reform
To the editor: (Plain Press, April 2017) There was much to learn from the community roundtable on Cleveland police reform and consent decree held on March 22nd at the Urban Community School in Ohio City. But, it might not have been obvious. That is because people tend to focus on content instead form, “substance”…
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Cleveland Neighborhood Progress awards community development grants
(Plain Press, April 2017) Cleveland Neighborhood Progress’ Strategic Investment Initiative awards for the 2017-2020 funding cycle will go to twelve Community Development Corporations in the city. A total of $4.2 million was awarded in nine grants. Three of the grants involved collaborative efforts. On the West Side of Cleveland, three grants were awarded. Detroit…
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Project 29 and the future of Hingetown
by Bruce Grossman (Plain Press, March 2017) In the end, it was just about a building. I am talking about the December 12 meeting at Franklin Circle Church where I heard about Project 29 and the future of “Hingetown”, the area around Detroit and 28th and 29th Streets. But it was also about dreams and desires,…
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Reader recommends Citizen Police Academy as means to bridge gap between police and community
To the Editor, (Plain Press, March 2017) Regarding the photo exhibition put together by Al Wasco and featured in the February issue of the Plain Press– in 1999, I had an idea similar to Mr. Wasco’s so I enrolled in Cleveland’s Citizen Police Academy, hoping to encourage communication between police and minorities, outcasts, the psychiatrically-labeled…
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Offended by Black and Blue Side By Side
To the Editor: (Plain Press, March 2017) I attended the discussion at the Black and Blue Side By Side exhibit which you pictured in the February 2017 Volume 44 edition of the Plain Press. Portraying black male subjects with police officers seems to be an attempt to gloss over the many instances of the crimes…
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