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Effort underway to keep Fifth Third Bank from closing Ohio City branch
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, December 2016) A petition drive is under way to collect signatures of people who would like to keep the Fifth Third Bank branch at 3500 Lorain Avenue in the neighborhood. Fifth Third bank recently announced it would be closing the branch by the beginning of next year. Working out…
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Residents urged to help maintain the historic nature of residential housing in Ohio City
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, December 2016) Ohio City resident Tim Barrett, an architectural historian and historic preservation advocate, made a presentation to the Fulton/Lorain/Bailey Block Club on Saturday, November 19th urging opposition to the zoning changes proposed by the City of Cleveland Planning Department for the Ohio City neighborhood. If implemented, Barrett argued the…
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Concerns about West Side Market parking fees raised at community discussion
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, November 2016) Residents and stakeholders in the area around the West Side Market attended a meeting at Franklin Circle Church on October 18th to discuss proposed parking rates for the West Side Market and Hicks parking lots. Mayor Frank Jackson’s Chief of Staff Ken Silliman presented the City of…
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ODOT tackles pedestrian and vehicle safety issues near Shoreway ramps on W. 25th and W. 28th
(Plain Press, November 2016) At an October 6th meeting at Lakeview Towers, Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT), officials and contractors involved with the Lakefront West Project offered an update on construction work related to the turning of the West Shoreway into a Boulevard. The focus of the meeting was on concerns expressed by residents…
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Poverty growth in Cleveland neighborhoods continues
CHILD POVERTY GROWS IN ALL NEIGHBORHOODS SERVED BY PLAIN PRESS by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, October, 2016) Despite the many community development projects in Cleveland neighborhoods, the poverty rate in Cleveland was estimated to be higher in 2012 than it was in the year 2000. The 2000 Census listed the poverty rate in Cleveland at…
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