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In Our Back Yards (IOBY) crowdfunding campaign hopes to improve experience of Cleveland bus commuters
(Plain Press, September 2016) Two Cleveland residents have designed projects that received a boost from the second annual In Our Backyards (ioby) “Trick out my Trip” crowdfunding competition. Last year, no Cleveland projects were involved in the competition, so this is the first year that residents will have an opportunity to help raise funds that…
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Rejected parking garage could have made a big difference in alleviating emerging West Side Market parking crisis
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, July 2016) Early in this decade, the West Side Market Tenants’ Association, with the help of neighborhood residents, looked into the possibility of building a 600 space parking garage on the Hicks parking lot located just northeast of the West Side Market. A project overview fact sheet was produced which…
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Residents still wary of proposed zoning changes in Ohio City
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, July 2016) Over the past six months, Ohio City residents participating in meetings about rezoning the entire Ohio City neighborhood have learned quite a bit about how to read zoning maps and designations for use districts, area districts and height districts. On June 8th, at St. John Episcopal Church on…
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Block club opposes variance in effort widen corner of W. 40th Place and Burton Court
(Plain Press, July 2016) At the June 20th meeting of the Board of Zoning Appeals, members of the Fulton Lorain Bailey Block Club spoke in opposition to a proposal by B.R. Knez Construction to receive variances to build a two story single family residence on a lot at 2072 W. 40th Place, the corner of…
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West Side Market in danger of losing status as a “real market”
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, June 2016) West Side Market Tenants’ Association President Vince Bertonaschi has one simple question he would like members of local block clubs to ask themselves concerning the West Side Market, “Do you want a real market, or a tourist attraction?” Bertonaschi posed that question while speaking on May 17th at…
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