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  • Plain Press: Cleveland’s Westside Newspaper
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  • About: The Plain Press is an independent, nonprofit community newspaper serving the West Side neighborhoods of Cleveland, Ohio since 1971. The Plain Press covers neighborhood news not covered by the major media; gives critical support to the community (i.e. is an advocate, but criticizes when appropriate); covers grassroots issues and city, county, state and national issues that affect the community; provides self-help information and information about neighborhood services and events; and is a forum for discussion of community issues. The Plain Press distributes 21,000 newspapers monthly to over 500 locations. The primary distribution area ranges from Lake Erie on the north to the Upper Big Creek Valley on the south and from the Cuyahoga River on the east to W. 140th Street on the west. The distribution area includes the following Cleveland neighborhoods: Bellaire-Puritas, Brooklyn Centre, Clark Fulton, Cudell, Detroit-Shoreway, Edgewater, Jefferson, Ohio City, Old Brooklyn, Stockyard, Tremont, Westown, and West Boulevard neighborhoods.
  • Westown Winter Frolic

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    January 5, 2016

  • Westown and Ohio City projects awarded Ohio Historic Preservation Tax Credits.

    Westown and Ohio City projects awarded Ohio Historic Preservation Tax Credits. (Plain Press, January 2016) Developers planning the rehabilitation of the Variety Theatre, the Heyse Apartments, and the Forest City Bank and Seymour Block were among the winners in a statewide competition for Ohio Historic Preservation Tax Credits. On December 16, 2015, the Ohio Development…

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    January 1, 2016

  • College Now program aims to help CMSD students increase scores on ACT tests

    by Chuck Hoven Plain Press, December 2015 College Now Greater Cleveland’s ImpACT the 216 program is working to help Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) high school students be better prepared to take the ACT test. The test measures college readiness and is used by colleges to select students for admission. ImpACT the 216 offers an…

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    December 3, 2015

  • Neighborhood Family Practice

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    November 7, 2015

  • Neighborhood Family Practice to expand services with new funding from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

    (Plain Press, October 2015) Neighborhood Family Practice (NFP), a federally qualified non-profit community health center serving patients from five office locations on Cleveland’s near west side, was recently awarded more than $1 million in Affordable Care Act funding from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HSS). “The HHS funds go hand in hand…

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    October 4, 2015

  • Sidewalk art using drywall as chalk

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    August 29, 2015

  • Work Smart Clothing Factory

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    July 17, 2015

  • Cleveland Metropolitan School District updates plans for school construction

    (Plain Press, April 2015) The Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) held a series of open houses, over the past month, to gather community input on its updated construction plan for Issue 4 funds passed by voters this past November. The school district anticipates the bond issue will raise $200 million and the state of Ohio…

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    April 16, 2015

  • Councilwoman Brady joins residents in effort to restore police mini stations

    (Plain Press, March 2015) On Tuesday, February 22nd, in front of the City Council Committee Room in Cleveland City Hall, Councilwoman Dona Brady, Rose Zitiello, Westown CDC Executive Director and community activists presented petitions and comments to Police Chief Calvin Williams prior to budget hearings of the Cleveland Police Department. The petitions contain over 1500…

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    March 2, 2015

  • Halloran Park Skating Rink

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    February 9, 2015

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