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Legal Aid may be able to help with estate planning and administration
by Tonya Sams (Plain Press January 2026) We all hope to live long, healthy lives, but it is also important to plan ahead to protect our assets. This means ensuring that loved ones will reap the benefits of our hard work and efforts in this life. This can be made possible through estate planning.…
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City of Cleveland and community partners break ground on new senior apartments (photo)
PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Wednesday, October 29,2025; Groundbreaking ceremony for Walton Apartments, just west of Fulton between Clark Avenue and Walton Avenue: Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb and Metro West Community Development Organization Executive Director Emily Lee joined about a dozen partners participating in the groundbreaking ceremony for Walton Apartments. The plans call for 52 apartments…
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May Dugan Center offers caring assistance to neighbors in need
PHOTO BY EDIE LE BOUTON Wednesday, November 5, 2025; May Dugan Center, 4115 Bridge Avenue: May Dugan Executive Director Andy Trares. by Edie Le Bouton (Plain Press December 2025) The May Dugan Center, 4115 Bridge Ave, was named in honor of the memory of May Dugan, a neighborhood lady who was a one-person advocate…
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In Memory: Mary Rose Oakar, March 5, 1940 – September 13, 2025
(Plain Press October 2025) Family and friends of Mary Rose Oakar gathered at Saint Patrick’s Church on Bridge Avenue on September 20th to celebrate her life. Speakers offering words of remembrance at the funeral mass included Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur, Mary Rose Oakar’s former legislative director Scott Frey, Mary Rose Oakar’s niece Cleveland Municipal…
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Library and Northwest Neighborhoods break ground for new Walz Branch, senior housing
(Plain Press July 2025) On Friday, June 6th the Cleveland Public Library and Northwest Neighborhoods Community Development Organization broke ground on the Walz Library-Karam Senior Living project at 7918 Detroit Avenue in Cleveland’s Detroit Shoreway neighborhood. The new development promises to bring to the neighborhood a new state-of-the-art library branch and affordable senior…
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Partnerships push Karam Senior Living towards its construction as a place where anyone can thrive
ARCHITECTURAL RENDERING BY BIALOSKY CLEVELAND This architectural rendering shows a front view of the future Walz Campus of the Cleveland Public Library at W. 80th and Detroit Avenue which includes an addition called Karam Senior Living. Karam Senior Living will provide affordable housing to area senior citizens. (Plain Press September 2024) Northwest Neighborhoods CDC…
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Can a $23M redevelopment help Clark-Fulton add affordable senior housing while retaining history?
by Collin Cunningham, The Land (Plain Press September 2024) Nearly three years after Cleveland leaders launched a master plan for redeveloping the Clark-Fulton neighborhood with professional and residential input, one of its cornerstone housing developments is moving forward. The Arch at Saint Michael project will repurpose classrooms and offices into 46 new low-income multifamily…
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Digital Diversity Dialogue luncheon tackles digital divide in Cleveland
PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, April 20, 2024; 9926 Lorain Avenue: Ashbury Senior Computer Community Center (ASC3) and PC’s For People, housed at 9926 Lorain Avenue, joined with Westown Community Development Corporation to host a Digital Diversity Dialogue on April 24th. by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press May 2024) The Ashbury Senior Computer Community Center…
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Social security office plans to move to W. 44th
PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Tuesday, March 19, 2024; Social Security Office, 7517 Lorain Avenue: Residents are alarmed about the revelation that this office plans to move eastward on Lorain Avenue to W. 44th and Lorain above the Sherwin Williams Paint Store. While the current location has plenty of parking for both staff and clients, that…
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Cleveland Westside Village helps residents age in place
PHOTO BY JULIA VAN WAGENEN Cleveland Westside Village members gather at the Cleveland script sign by the Abbey Avenue Bridge. by Pat Murray and John Bazyk One certainty in life is that, if we are fortunate, we all will experience old age. Important to many older adults is the ability to age in place,…
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