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Plans for a shared use path from Edgewater Park to West Boulevard Cudell Rapid station resurrected
STATE CAPITAL PROJECT FUNDING SPURS NEW EFFORT PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Friday, June 26, 2026; Site of proposed shared use path at Lake Avenue and West Boulevard: (L-R) Ward 12 Cleveland City Council Representative Tanmay Shah, District 13 State Representative Tristan Rader, and Ward 11 Cleveland City Council Representative Nikki Hudson mount bicycles as they…
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South of Lorain Block Club seeks answers about Greenwood Pool closure
STAFFING, POOL MAINTENANCE AND SPLASH GROUNDS DISCUSSED by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press August 2026) The closing of Greenwood Pool was the topic residents of the South of Lorain Block Club came to discuss at a July 7th meeting at the offices of Ohio City Incorporated. At the meeting, block club members had an opportunity…
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In Memory: Lennie Stover, March 11, 1957- April 22, 2026
PHOTO BY LORELEI MAMIE Sunday, October 5, 2025; Snake Hill Trail: Lennie Stover hikes the Snake Hill Trail with the Friends of Snake Hill and City Council candidate Nikki Hudson. by Greg Cznadel (Plain Press June 2026) Lennie Stover was the man. As Brenda Theuer described him, “A mountain of a man with a…
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Friends of Snake Hill’s first encounter with Metroparks takes place in the freezing cold
by Greg Cznadel Friends of Snake Hill braved Cleveland’s cold on December 19th to gather at its trailhead in Old Brooklyn at 3800 Muriel Avenue in the Edgewood Neighborhood for a planned meeting with a representative of the Cleveland Metroparks. The trailhead is just northwest of the intersection of Memphis and Pearl. The temperature…
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Cleveland Parks & Greenspace Coalition gives green teams across city chance to write their own headlines
by Greg Cznadel (Plain Press January 2026) Cleveland Parks and Greenspace Coalition held its 2025 Park Advocate Night December 2nd at the ThirdSpace Action Lab, 1464 E. 105th Street. Tait Ferguson (Trust of Public Land), Erika Hood (Syatt), and India Hobbs led the group in an eventful night with twelve Cleveland neighborhoods and over…
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Enough is Enough: People Before Profits!
(Plain Press January 2026) To the editor: Here we go again spending gobs of taxpayer money with high-priced consultants to decide how Cleveland’s lakefront might be developed. And like ravenous hogs at the overflowing trough of public money, private interests are scrambling breathlessly to find ever more creative and clandestine ways to gorge themselves…
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Council Candidate Nikki Hudson hikes trail with Friends of Snake Hill
PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Sunday, October 5, 2025; Snake Hill Trail, Ward 11 City Council Candidate Nikki Hudson, and Alex Manuk, co-founder of Friends of Snake Hill, hike the trail. by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press November 2025) Ward 11 Cleveland City Council Candidate Nikki Hudson joined with Friends of Snake Hill to hike the…
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Community efforts result in newly redesigned Storer Park
PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, September 6, 2025; Storer Park, W. 67th and Storer Avenue: Betty Jo Palmer celebrates at the ribbon cutting ceremony for the redesigned and refurbished Storer Park. Palmer initiated a “Light up the Park” campaign five years ago and worked persistently to build a coalition of supporters to see a community…
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Cleveland Metroparks Zoo hosts Asian Lantern Festival (photos)
(Plain Press October 2025) PHOTO BY DEBBIE SADLON Saturday, August 23, 2025; Asian Lantern Festival, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, 3900 Wildlife Way: Beehive lantern PHOTO BY DEBBIE SADLON Saturday, August 23, 2025; Asian Lantern Festival, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, 3900 Wildlife Way: Dragon lantern PHOTO BY DEBBIE SADLON Saturday, August 23, 2025; Asian Lantern Festival, Cleveland Metroparks…
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Old Brooklyn residents enjoy a Saturday morning tree walk
(Plain Press September 2025) Old Brooklyn Tree Stewards and Friends of Harmody Park combined for the first Old Brooklyn Tree Walk on Saturday morning August 9th. The event included scavenger hunts, tree talks, a demonstration of how to measure a tree’s age nondestructively, and a survey of what improvements people would like to see…
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