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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.
  • Community Health Improvement Plan seeks health and wellness for all the people in Cuyahoga County

    (Plain Press, July 2015) The Health Improvement Partnership (HIP) – Cuyahoga released the first ever, countywide Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP) on June 11th at the Ariel International Center on E. 40th Street in Cleveland. The plan, many years in the making, was spurred along in response to a 2009 analysis of life expectancy in…

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    July 17, 2015

  • My MetroHealth, My Community Family Festival

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    July 17, 2015

  • St. Michael Archangel Parish

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    July 17, 2015

  • The Lorain Laundromat Building

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    July 17, 2015

  • Tiny house planned for vacant lot in EcoVillage neighborhood

    (Plain Press, July 2015) The Tiny House movement is coming to Cleveland’s EcoVillage in the Detroit Shoreway neighborhood. On May 28th on the Northwest corner of W. 58th and Pear Avenue, Detroit Shoreway Community Development Organization, Citizens Bank and Ward 15 Councilman Matt Zone announced plans to build a tiny 557 square foot house on…

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    July 17, 2015

  • West 25th Street Furnishings plans to close by end of July

    (Plain Press, July 2015) West 25th Street Furnishings at 2104 W. 25ht Street, housed on a corner that has historical ties to the West Side Market, is closing for good at the end of July. Brothers Tom and Alex Feuerman, the business owners, say they have been unable to renew their lease at an affordable…

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    July 17, 2015

  • Work Smart Clothing Factory

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    July 17, 2015

  • Plain Press July 2015

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    July 2, 2015

  • Station Hope Block Party

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, May 9, 2015; Station Hope Block Party, St. John’s Church, Church Avenue between W. 26 and W. 28: Joan Southgate tells the audience of the role of Cleveland, which had the code name “Hope”, in the Underground Railroad that “brought freedom seekers to freedom.” Southgate brought attention the history of…

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    June 12, 2015

  • Clark-Fulton Dog and Cat Wellness Day

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    June 12, 2015

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