• Zone Recreation Center: Ribbon Cutting for Outdoor Renovations

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, August 4, 2012; Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for outdoor renovations at Zone Recreation Center, W. 65th and Lorain Avenue: Children in attendance at the ribbon cutting ceremony assist Ward 15 Councilman Matt Zone with the ribbon cutting.


  • Zone Recreation Center: T-Ball

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, August 4, 2012; Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for outdoor renovations at Zone Recreation Center, W. 65th and Lorain Avenue: Two teams from the Ohio City T-Ball League, Champion Fire and Lutheran Hospital, play the first game on the new T-Ball field at Zone Recreation Center. Katherine Coyne, age 6, of the…


  • Zone Recreation Center – Swing Set

    PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN Saturday, August 4, 2012; Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for outdoor renovations at Zone Recreation Center, W. 65th and Lorain Avenue: Emma Romero, age 3, is among the first to try the new outdoor swing set. Her sister, Isabella Lopez, age 7, gives her a push.


  • Community celebrates completion of Zone Recreation Center’s outdoor renovations

    Community celebrates completion of Zone Recreation Center’s outdoor renovations by Chuck Hoven (Plain Press, September 2012) On August 4th, 2012, a planning process that began a decade ago came to fruition with a ribbon cutting for the $3 million dollar outdoor renovations on the 22 acres of the Michael J. Zone Recreation Center grounds. The…


  • New park construction at Zone and Cudell recreation centers

    (Plain Press, August 2011) In late June, city officials and community members gathered to celebrate the groundbreaking at Zone Recreation Center, 6301 Lorain Avenue, and the ribbon cutting at Cudell Recreation Center, 1910 West Blvd., both for the construction of new park features. The new and improved features planned for Zone include: two renovated ball…