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  • Board of Zoning Appeals approves Loren Naji Gallery’s parking variance request

    by Rich Weiss (Plain Press, July 2014) At a 9:30 a.m. hearing on Monday, June 23, on the 5th floor of Cleveland City Hall, The Board of Zoning Appeals (BOZA) approved a parking variance request for the Loren Naji Studio Gallery, located at 2138 W. 25th Street. The BOZA room was empty around 9 a.m.,…

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  • School Board passes draft of facilities plan extension

    (Plain Press, July 2014) After a series of Facilities Plan Open Houses where residents and stakeholders were asked to rank various scenarios in their school’s cluster, the Cleveland School Board met for three hours, on Monday June 23rd, to discuss various options and vote to approve a draft of a facilities plan extension at its…

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  • Ohio City Human Service organizations meet for a monthly dialogue

    (Plain Press, June 2014)For over two years now, the directors or staff representatives of Ohio City Human Service organizations have been meeting on a monthly basis. On the second Tuesday of each month, executive directors or staff representatives of the participating organizations meet to dialogue and listen to a speaker recruited to make a presentation…

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  • Mitchell’s Homemade Honored with Ambassador of Energy Efficiency Award

    (Plain Press, June 2014) Mitchell’s Homemade received Efficiency Smart’s Ambassador of Energy Efficiency Award on Tuesday, May 20 at its new Mitchell’s Ice Cream shop located at 1867 West 25th St. The award was presented to Mitchell’s Homemade in recognition of its commitment and innovation in reducing energy use, which was demonstrated by its successful…

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  • Deportations destroy families

        PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, May 3, 2014; The Immigrant Justice Solidarity Rally and March organized by the Greater Cleveland Immigrant Support Network: Supporters of immigrant rights begin a march from Market Square Park on W. 25th and Lorain Avenue. The demonstrators called for an end to deportations that are breaking up families.

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  • Springtime brings transitions for several area organizations and individuals

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Thursday, May 1, 2014, Megan Meister Moves On Party, Los Dos Fronteras, 3292 Fulton Road: (L-R) Detroit Shoreway Community Development Organization Executive Director Jeff Ramsey, Ward 15 Councilman Matt Zone, Megan Meister, Ward 14 Councilman Brian Cummins, and Ward 12 Councilman Anthony Brancatelli.  Friends of Megan Meister gathered to wish her…

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  • W. 25th Street Gallery given ample time to comply with law prior to liquor inspection

    by Henry Senyak (Plain Press, June 2014) In the past few weeks you may have read in the Plain Dealer and Cleveland Scene articles and opinions regarding a liquor inspection by State of Ohio Department of Public Safety agents at the Loren Naji Gallery. The Gallery is a located at 2138 West 25th Street. Some…

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  • Bound for Gordon Square, Near West Theatre stages big musical farewell to its 36-year home

    (Plain Press, June 2014) It all started in 1978 with 13 teens, an $800 budget, a young director named Stephanie Morrison-Hrbek and a production of Godspell in the St. Patrick Catholic Church Club Building in Ohio City. Near West Theatre has grown and grown since then and is headed for a new home in the…

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  • Committee of 500 Years of Dignity and Resistance’s Opening Day Protest March

    PHOTO BY DEBBIE SADLON Friday, April 4th, 2014; W. 25th and Detroit Avenue, Committee of 500 Years of Dignity and Resistance’s Opening Day Protest March: Philip Yenyo, Executive Director of the American Indian Movement of Ohio, speaks to Members of the Committee of 500 Years of Dignity and Resistance and their supporters as they begin…

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  • Mitchell’s Ice Cream

    PHOTO BY DEBBIE SADLON Wednesday, April 23, 2014; Mitchell’s Ice Cream, 1871 W. 25th: Mitchell’s Ice Cream opened its new ice cream shop, headquarters and production facility on Monday April 21st, after completing an extensive renovation of a building that originally housed the Rialto Theater. The facility opened in time for the Ohio City celebration…

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