• Grassroots group challenges City of Cleveland officials to better address vacant houses in Ward 14

    by Joe Narkin (Plain Press, June 2011) Ward 14 has been slighted by the City of Cleveland in the inspection, condemnation, and demolition of vacant and abandoned properties, according to a group of 70 residents who gathered at St. Rocco’s Church on May 11, 2008 to hold to account Building and Housing Director Ed Rybka…


  • Buhrer neighborhood faces foreclosure crisis

    by James O’Malley and Victoria Davis (Plain Press, June 2011) A sixth of the homes in the area between Scranton Road and W. 17th St. have been foreclosed since 2007, but new projects signal hope for the Buhrer area, in particular a link over the freeway to Steelyard Commons. Standing outside of a home now…