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  • Art Ledger named to Ohio Taxidermists Hall of Fame

    (Plain Press, May 2014)Art Ledger, owner of A & K Taxidermy on W. 48th Street in the Stockyard neighborhood is a 2014 inductee into the Ohio Taxidermists Hall of Fame. Ledger is the first African American to be inducted into the Ohio Taxidermists Hall of Fame. He is the co-founder of Ohio’s First Taxidermy Association…

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  • Tend-R-Lean Steak Company closes its doors

    Thirty-seven years after he started working at Tend-R-Lean Steak Company, owner Marty Kreinberg has decided to close down the company and sell the building at 7106 Lorain Avenue. Kreinberg said he had been negotiating with a potential buyer for the business, but the sale did not materialize. Kreinberg will continue to work in the neighborhood…

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  • Denison Avenue resurfacing delayed to better notify residents and businesses

    PROJECT LINKED TO NEW CLEVELAND PUBLIC POWER UTLITY UPGRADE by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, February 2014) At a Public Information Meeting, held on January 9th, residents and businesses along the Denison Avenue corridor from Ridge Road to I-176 were presented with final plans for a proposed Cleveland Public Power utility upgrade and street reconstruction project.…

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  • Community Forum addresses concerns related to Imperial Avenue tragedy

    (Plain Press, January 2010, Chuck Hoven) In the wake of the eleven murders of women on Imperial Avenue on Cleveland’s East Side, Stockyard Redevelopment Organization and the Women’s Center of Greater Cleveland brought together key representatives of area institutions offering assistance to those afflicted by some of the same tragic circumstances. The resulting Community Forum,…

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  • Effort underway to create a plan for future of Stockyard and Clark Fulton neighborhoods

    (Plain Press, January 2010, Chuck Hoven) The Stockyard Redevelopment Organization (SRO) invited community leaders to a December 10th meeting at W. 58th Street Church of God, for the first of three meetings designed to help create a plan for the future of the Stockyard and Clark Fulton neighborhoods. Those in attendance included representatives of block…

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