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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.
  • Detroit Shoreway Community Development Organization’s Strategic Vision calls for new name and expanded focus

    by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, April 2015) In his remarks to those gathered for Detroit Shoreway’s 41st annual meeting, Detroit Shoreway Community Development Organization Board of Directors Chair Joe Tegreene focused on the organization’s new strategic plan. Tegreene told the crowd of over 150 people gathered at Our Lady of Mt Carmel’s Pope John Hall…

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    April 16, 2015

  • Brite Winter Festival

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    March 5, 2015

  • Police Department to roll out body worn cameras in Second District

    by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, March 2015) At the February 10th meeting of the Second District Community Relations Committee, Cleveland Police Department Deputy Chiefs Wayne Drummond and Leroy Morrow explained the planned roll out of body cameras in the Cleveland Police Department. Officers in the Second District will be issued body cameras during the month…

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    March 3, 2015

  • Planning effort hopes to make Clark Avenue corridor a more livable community

    by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, March 2015) Residents and stakeholders received an update on the Transportation for Livable Communities Initiative planning study for Clark Avenue at a February 12th meeting at Pilgrim Church on W. 14th Street.  A final plan is expected to be ready by the end of March. The plan commissioned by Tremont…

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    March 3, 2015

  • Snavely Group hopes development plans will transform corner of W. 25th and Detroit Avenue

    by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, March 2015) At a February 10th Ohio City Incorporated community meeting at Franklin Circle Church, Pete Snavely of the Snavely Group, offered an update on plans for a mixed use, mixed income residential project at W. 25th and Detroit Avenue. Pete Snavely hopes the project will transform three of the…

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    March 2, 2015

  • March 2015 Plain Press

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    March 1, 2015

  • February 2015 Plain Press PDF

    February 2015 Plain Press

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    February 11, 2015

  • Cleveland Public Library’s Carnegie South Branch Library building

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    February 9, 2015

  • Family Open Studio at Art House

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    February 9, 2015

  • Halloran Park Skating Rink

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    February 9, 2015

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