• Ohio City Incorporated celebrates annual meeting

    (Plain Press, April 2017)                At the Ohio City Incorporated (OCI) annual meeting on March 21, both Board President Chris Schmitt and Executive Director Tom McNair called for the organization to improve its connection to people in the community. Board President Schmitt called for creating an “environment that is welcoming and supportive to families of…


  • Malachi House receives grants for capital improvements

    (Plain Press, April 2017)                Malachi House, a home for the terminally ill who are in need, has received $159,000 in grants that it plans to use to update its kitchen, generator, resident furnishings, basement and laundry. Malachi House, located in the Ohio City neighborhood in a beautiful home-like setting, serves as many as 15…


  • St. Patrick’s Day


  • West Side School Fair showcases offerings at area high schools

    Two hundred people attended a West Side School Fair that showcased fifteen Cleveland high schools to families of sixth, seventh and eighth graders attending public, private and charter schools within the Cleveland Metropolitan School District. The Cleveland Transformation Alliance and Bellaire-Puritas Development Corporation hosted the fair held on March 2nd at John Marshall High School.…


  • Improvements planned at five older Cleveland school buildings

    (Plain Press, April 2017)                CMSD NEWS BUREAU: The Cleveland Metropolitan School District will begin more than $23 million in improvements this year at five older school buildings, funding the projects with money from a bond issue approved by voters.   Improvements are in store for William Cullen Bryant School (3121 Oak Park) and Benjamin…


  • Cudell Improvement celebrates 42nd annual meeting

    by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, February 2017)        In his remarks at the beginning of the Cudell Improvement 42nd Annual Meeting on January 25, Ward 15 Councilman Matt Zone told of the influence the late Judge Raymond Pianka had on his life. He said, “Ray was like a big brother to me.” He noted that…


  • Metro West celebrates its annual meeting & introduces its new logo

    by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, February 2017)        The Metro West Community Development Office’s annual meeting on January 26th began with Managing Director Adam Stalder talking about the organization’s new name and how happy he is not to have to say Stockyard, Clark Fulton, Brooklyn Centre Community Development Office anymore. The meeting ended with Stalder unveiling…


  • Friends at Riverview Towers


  • Vince’s Meats at the West Side Market

     


  • Black and Blue Side by Side