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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.
  • Ohio City celebrates accomplishments at annual meeting

    (Plain Press, April, 2016) At the Ohio City Incorporated annual meeting on March 22 at Urban Community School, the organization offered an update on its efforts in the neighborhood and presented a number of awards for those making special contributions to the neighborhood. The event was sponsored by Dave’s Markets and the keynote speaker was…

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    April 6, 2016

  • Horizon Education Centers’ Market Square Horizon Center

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    April 6, 2016

  • James Woods Center offers lunches and other services to Riverview residents

    (Plain Press, April, 2016) The James Woods Center of the Rose Centers for Aging Well, located in the Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority’s (CMHA) Riverview Tower at 1795 W. 25th, offers lunches five days a week to residents of Riverview who are over sixty years of age, or who are under sixty but qualify for Supplemental…

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    April 6, 2016

  • Wedding Celebration at Malachi House

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    March 18, 2016

  • Tombstone Tavern

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    January 5, 2016

  • Clevelanders show support for meaningful climate action at Paris talks

    (Plain Press, January 2016) Over fifty Clevelanders gathered in front of Market Plaza at W. 25th and Lorain on November 28th to show their support for meaningful climate action as world leaders gathered in Paris for the United Nations Conference of Parties Talks on Climate. Clevelanders displayed signs to passing cars in a rally that…

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    January 5, 2016

  • Bike Giveaway provides incentive to help boost attendance in Cleveland schools

    (Plain Press, January 2016) At two Bike Giveaway ceremonies held on December 17th, two hundred and seven Cleveland Metropolitan School District students received a bicycle as a reward for improving their attendance from last school year to this school year.  Herb Washington, a McDonald’s Owner/Operator, organized the McMiracle with H.L.W. Fast Track Bike Giveaway.  H.W.…

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    January 5, 2016

  • Westown and Ohio City projects awarded Ohio Historic Preservation Tax Credits.

    Westown and Ohio City projects awarded Ohio Historic Preservation Tax Credits. (Plain Press, January 2016) Developers planning the rehabilitation of the Variety Theatre, the Heyse Apartments, and the Forest City Bank and Seymour Block were among the winners in a statewide competition for Ohio Historic Preservation Tax Credits. On December 16, 2015, the Ohio Development…

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    January 1, 2016

  • Contra Dance, St. Patrick’s Church Hall

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    December 3, 2015

  • Glass Bubble Project

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    December 2, 2015

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