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New owner of the Variety Theater shares her vision for its future
PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, September 10, 2022; Variety Theater, W. 118th & Lorain Avenue: Westown Executive Director Rose Zitello says the Variety Theater has new ownership. The new owner, Kelly Flamos, former co-owner of Mahall’s in Lakewood, is working on the restoration of the entire building with hopes of opening the theater as a…
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Cleveland City Council passes new tax abatement legislation
Cleveland City Council passes new tax abatement legislation Plain Press, July 20220 At a special meeting held on Wednesday, May 25, 2022, Cleveland City Council passed legislation that will restructure the City of Cleveland’s tax abatement policy. A press release immediately following the meeting from Cleveland City Council Chief of Communications Joan Mazzolini explains the new…
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Local and state politicians show more empathy to developers than to Cleveland’s children
Local and state politicians show more empathy to developers than to Cleveland’s children by Chuck Hoven Plain Press, July 20220 Cleveland’s new tax abatement policy set to start on January 1, 2024, while better than the current policy, does little to address the glaring need to substantially increase the flow of property taxes to the Cleveland…
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Cleveland City Council weighs proposals to change Cleveland’s tax abatement policy
PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Monday, May 16, 2022; Cleveland City Council Meeting, Cleveland City Hall, 601 Lakeside Avenue: During the Public Comment period at the Cleveland City Council Meeting, Ward 4 resident David Beach addresses Cleveland City Council on the issue of the reauthorization of the City’s residential tax abatement program. Speaking of the Justin Bibb…
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Cuyahoga County Department of Appraisals updates information on 2021 property taxes
Cuyahoga County Department of Appraisals updates information on 2021 property taxes by Bruce Checefsky (Plain Press, December 2021) Michael Chambers, Cuyahoga County Fiscal Officer, admits most people fail to understand how property taxes work. At the November Lincoln Heights Block Club meeting at the Tremont Taphouse, he talked about an update on 2021 property taxes. Chambers…
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference President and Chief Executive Officer Dr. Charles Steele denounces Sherwin-Williams
Southern Christian Leadership Conference President and Chief Executive Officer Dr. Charles Steele denounces Sherwin-Williams by Bruce Checefsky (Plain Press, December 2021) Dr. Charles Steele, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO0 of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), co-founded by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., traveled to Cleveland last month to meet with the CEO of Sherwin-Williams. …
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Legislation introduced to establish Ohio City Entertainment District
Legislation introduced to establish Ohio City Entertainment District (Plain Press, December 2021) Ward 3 City Council Member Kerry McCormack has introduced emergency legislation to Cleveland City Council to approve the application of Ohio City Legacy, LLC to establish an Ohio City Entertainment District. The entertainment district is designed to benefit prospective hospitality industry tenants in the…
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More cash means more stability for children and families
More cash means more stability for children and families by Will Petrik (Plain Press, August 2021) All children and families, no matter where they live or what they look like, deserve stability, security, and basic human dignity. But for decades, certain state and federal lawmakers have prioritized tax giveaways for the wealthy while 46% of Cleveland children…
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Cleveland Mayoral candidates crowd the field
Cleveland Mayoral candidates crowd the field by Bruce Checefsky (Plain Press, May 2021) More than a dozen candidates have registered with Cuyahoga County Board of Elections to raise money towards the Cleveland mayoral election scheduled to take place on November 2, 2021, with others expected to announce their candidacy in the coming weeks. Blaine Griffin announced…
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