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Op-ed: Nonprofit owner always intended to force Euclid Beach Mobile Home residents to move. It’s not too late to save their affordable housing.

By Molly Nagin ● Community Journalism ● October 23, 2023

Western Reserve Land Conservancy and Cleveland Metroparks intend to create a park on the site of the Euclid Beach Mobile Home Park, effectively evicting the residents. It’s not too late to save their homes.

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the front of the greater cleveland food bank's Collinwood community resource center with a pick up truck parked in front and construction workers working on it.

Food Bank’s new Community Resource Center in Collinwood will fight hunger and social inequity

By Sandra Golden ● Social Equity ● October 18, 2023

The Greater Cleveland Food Bank’s Community Resource Center in Collinwood will bring services beyond food distribution to the neighborhood.

Imaj'n'Nation MultiPod owner Jami Taylor leans against a beam in her studio. She is wearing a black t-shirt and ripped jeans.

The power of dance and coming together: Q&A with Jami Taylor, owner of Imaj’n’Nation MultiPod/Imaj Dance Center

By Alice Jackson ● Community Journalism ● October 11, 2023

Jami Taylor is the creator/owner of Imaj’n’Nation MultiPod/Imaj Dance Center, a Cleveland Heights dance studio that is a gathering place for creative people to express themselves. Community journalist Alice Jackson recently caught up with her to learn more.

Sprint task force addresses shortage of youth mental health providers

By Cindy Hill ● Health ● October 5, 2023

Across Cuyahoga County, demand for mental health services for youth diagnosed with anxiety, depression and behavioral problems has been rising, forcing many patients to wait longer for critical services.

Cleveland artist Jasmine Golphin is forging her own path, helping other ‘outsider’ artists

By Silk Allen ● Arts & Culture ● October 3, 2023

Golphin, the associate artistic director at Maelstrom Collaborative Arts, experiments with video, photography, VR, and performance in her own artistic career.

Dreaming of affordable home ownership in Central, and figuring out where to begin

By La Queta Worley & Sharon Holbrook ● Social Equity ● September 29, 2023

Community journalist La Queta Worley wants to own a home in the Central neighborhood, but is facing both neighborhood and personal barriers.

Yellowcake Shop finds permanent home in Gordon Square, will host Barbie-themed grand opening

By Rachelle Miller ● Entrepreneurs ● September 21, 2023

Owner Valerie Mayen founded her sustainable handmade clothing store in 2009. The new location will also house El Corazon, a marketplace of select small businesses.

Collinwood pastor tackles Black mental health with ‘Mentally Mangled’ programming

By Octavia S. Hicks ● Health ● September 15, 2023

This September, Mentally Mangled is collaborating with faith leaders on a “mental health tour,” with free events around Cleveland.

Community journalists, friends of The Land gather in Collinwood

By Lee Chilcote ● Community Journalism ● September 14, 2023

The Land’s free community journalism program has graduated more than 50 students, and a new cohort of students will begin Oct. 2.

National writing directors visit Cleveland’s Lake Erie Ink, build community around elevating youth voices

By George Blake ● Arts & Culture ● September 6, 2023

The local youth writing nonprofit, which was founded in 2010, served 5,600 kids last year.