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Poverty growth in Cleveland neighborhoods continues
CHILD POVERTY GROWS IN ALL NEIGHBORHOODS SERVED BY PLAIN PRESS by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, October, 2016) Despite the many community development projects in Cleveland neighborhoods, the poverty rate in Cleveland was estimated to be higher in 2012 than it was in the year 2000. The 2000 Census listed the poverty rate in Cleveland at…
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Stockyard, Clark Fulton & Brooklyn Centre Community Development Office gets new name
(Plain Press, September 2016) After a vote by community residents and stakeholders, the Stockyard, Clark Fulton & Brooklyn Centre Community Development Office has changed its name. The new name is the Metro West Community Development Organization.
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Menlo Park Academy plans new school at Joseph and Feiss site
(Plain Press, August 2016) Menlo Park Academy, a K-8 school serving gifted children, is working to clean-up and rehabilitate the former Joseph and Feiss Clothcraft Warehouse at 2149 W. 53rd as its new home. The Joseph & Feiss site, which once housed a large clothing manufacturer, has been abandoned for years. The clothing factory was…
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Debris clean up from Winimac lot in Stockyard neighborhood
(Plain Press, July 2016) Residents and business owners on the South side of Clark between W. 54th and W. 56th were pleased to see the City of Cleveland had the vacant lot behind them on Winimac cleaned up in early June. The debris strewn lot was featured in a photo in the May issue of…
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Ward 15 residents receive update on school construction plans
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, June 2016) Seventy people attending a Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) Master Plan Update Meeting on May 18th at Waterson-Lake School building learned of plans that involve four school sites: Halle/H. Barbara Booker PreK-8; Waverly Prek-8; West Side High School at the old Max Hayes site; and Joseph M. Gallagher…