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Planning effort hopes to make Clark Avenue corridor a more livable community
by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, March 2015) Residents and stakeholders received an update on the Transportation for Livable Communities Initiative planning study for Clark Avenue at a February 12th meeting at Pilgrim Church on W. 14th Street. A final plan is expected to be ready by the end of March. The plan commissioned by Tremont…
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Residents and stakeholders receive updates at Ohio City meeting
by Chuck Hoven. (Plain Press, January 2015) Residents and stakeholders, attending a December 9th Ohio City Incorporated (OCI) Community Meeting at Franklin Circle Church, received updates on the Lorain Avenue streetscape plan and a plan for mixed use development at 3219 Detroit Avenue. They also viewed a presentation on the Brite Winter Festival to be…
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Stakeholders share views at second planning meeting for Clark Avenue
by Chuck Hoven. (Plain Press, January 2015) On December 11th residents and stakeholders along the Clark Avenue corridor gathered at Clark Recreation Center for a Transportation for Livable Communities planning meeting for a 2.5 mile stretch of the Clark Avenue corridor from Quigley to W. 65th. This was the second of three public meetings on…
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Lincoln Heights Block Club seeks solution to traffic woes on Scranton
(Plain Press, November 2014) Traffic on Scranton Road north of Clark was once again a major topic of discussion at the Lincoln Heights Block Club’s October 20th meeting. Block Club Chairperson Henry Senyak said he has seen no evidence that traffic studies have been underway as City of Cleveland Commissioner of Traffic Engineering and Streets…
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West 25th Street resurfacing set to begin in mid September
(Plain Press, September 2014) Plans for road resurfacing on W. 25th Street were revealed at a public meeting at Applewood Center, 3518 W. 25th, on August 25th. The resurfacing of W. 25th Street between I-71 and Detroit Avenue is expected to begin in mid September and be completed by August of 2015. Shelly Company was…
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Max Hayes Car Show
PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, May 24th, 2014; Car Show, Max Hayes Career and Technical High School, 4600 Detroit Avenue: Jim Ables of Columbia Station gives this 1928 Pontiac 2-Door a rubdown. Ables says he has owned the vehicle since 2000.
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Race to the MAX, Max Hayes High School
PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Sunday, April 6, 2014; Race to the MAX, Max Hayes High School, 4600 Detroit Avenue: Curt Bachus, age 48, finishes first in the 5k (3.1 mile race) with a time of 17 minutes and 21 seconds. Runners traversed a route from the current Max Hayes High School to the site the…
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Lack of parking at the West Side Market
Open letter to Steve Bitto, Executive Director of Marketing and Communications at GCRTA: Suggestion to alleviate parking problem at the West Side Market To the editor: One of the biggest issues there is lack of parking – all the merchants will tell you. And what about a shuttle between market and red line? And sell…
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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.…