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  • Programs offer leadership training

      PHOTO COURTESY OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATE LEADERSHIP PROGRAM (CDCLP) Community Development leaders from the Cleveland area participate in a session on real estate. The CDCLP is looking for leaders interested in joining its 2025 cohort.    (Plain Press July 2025) If you are passionate, committed and dedicated to taking an active role in improving…

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  • Three historic homes to be demolished to make way for townhomes

       (Plain Press June 2025) The developer of Ferrante Village on W. 14th plans to demolish three historic houses to make way for new townhomes. The houses to be removed are at 2915, 2929 and 2937 W. 14th Street.    Bob Gardin, who served on the City of Cleveland’s Near West Design Review Committee when…

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  • HUD cuts will make it harder for City’s CDCs to stay open

    by Bruce Checefsky      Cleveland City Council introduced measures to overhaul funding for Community Development Corporations (CDCs) in January of this year. Ordinance No. 113-2025 would change how neighborhood development corporations get money by creating a Neighborhood Development Sub-fund. The program will provide grants to expand economic opportunities for low- to moderate-income residents.      In Cleveland,…

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  • Tremont West Board Names Interim Executive Director

    (Plain Press, October 2023) Tremont West Development Corporation (TWDC) has named Julie Dahlhausen as Interim Executive Director, following the departure of Cory Riordan, who served as Executive Director for 11 years. Riordan left to accept a position at Cleveland Neighborhood Progress.    Moving forward, Dahlhausen will lead TWDC’s operations, oversee the 2024 strategic planning process,…

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  • Area development corporations announce executive departures

    Executive directors at Northwest Neighborhoods Community Development Corporation (NWN), Tremont West Development Corporation (TWDC) and Ohio City Incorporation (OCI) are departing to other jobs in the Cleveland area.    Northwest Neighborhoods Executive Director Adam Stalder resigned from NWN on June 14th to take a new position at the Cuyahoga Land Bank as Director of Community…

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  • Tremont residents and stakeholders gather for annual TWDC membership meeting

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Thursday, May 18, 2023, Tremont West Development Corporation Annual Meeting, Scranton Road Bible Church, 3095 Scranton Road: Tremont West Development Corporation presented Henry Senyak with the Gail Long Lifetime Achievement Award for many years of sharing his time, efforts, skills, and experience with the people in his community. PHOTO BY CHUCK…

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  • Development at W. 11th and Fairfield rushed while issues raised at block club go unresolved

    PHOTO BY DEBORAH ROSE SADLON Tuesday, March 21, 2023; W. 11th and Fairfield: Despite objections raised at the Board of Zoning Appeals meeting on June 27,2022, the Board of Zoning Appeals approved a variance allowing 5,000 square feet of retail space as part of a project by 1209 Fairfield LLC in a multi-family residential district.…

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  • Tremont residents should examine how to maintain a diverse neighborhood

    Tremont residents should examine how to maintain a diverse neighborhood by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, October 2022)  Tremont residents should be encouraged to participate in Ideastream’s Justin Glanville My Changing Neighborhood discussions where there is an examination of how to maintain a diverse neighborhood when gentrification is occurring.    The Tremont neighborhood could use some…

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  • Lincoln Heights Block Club honors Henry Senyak for his many contributions to the neighborhood and the City of Cleveland

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, August 13, 2022; Lincoln Heights Block Club party and tribute to Henry Senyak, Porco Lounge, 2527 W. 25th Street: Henry Senyak holds up a Certificate of Appreciation from the Lincoln Heights Block Club noting the formal dedication of the Henry P. Senyak Lincoln Heights Development Fund. Lincoln Heights Block Club…

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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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