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Hispanic UMADAOP Youth Center celebrates grand reopening
(Plain Press, January 2015) The Hispanic UMADAOP Youth Center (Gruss Hall) at 3115 Scranton Road, celebrated its grand re-opening on December 8th. Jonathan Rivera, the Hispanic UMADAOP Youth Center’s new director, who grew up just down the street from Gruss Hall, says he used friends and contacts from the community to help with the renovation…
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Plans underway to complete northern section of Towpath Trail
(Plain Press, December 2014) On November 6th, about 150 people took the opportunity to view the proposed path for the missing links in the towpath trail as it winds its way along a five-mile stretch from Harvard Road to the proposed Canal Basin Park. A Towpath Trail Open House held at Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church…
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Cleveland Clerk of Courts employees’ donation brightens Thanksgiving for La Sagrada Familia Church
(Plain Press, December 2014) In October, employees of the Cleveland Clerk of Courts office donated $500, plus 10 boxes of canned goods to La Sagrada Familia Church on Detroit Ave. The employees have been raising money for the donation since hearing that someone robbed the church of money, equipment, and food for the poor this…
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Esperanza Threads provides Cleveland residents with job training while producing high quality products for sale
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, November 2014) The goals Esperanza Threads, a nonprofit organization in the Detroit Shoreway neighborhood, include training individuals to work in Cleveland’s sewing industries, and the making and selling of products to help support the organization and further its mission. Employment Training Thus far in 2014, twenty-five men and women from…