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Old school still rules: Lee-Harvard’s high census response rate could teach other neighborhoods a few tricks

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September 23, 2020

Miles Hackney has lived in the Lee-Harvard neighborhood for more than 50 years. The brick and vinyl-sided colonial on the city’s east side was new when he bought it in 1968, and so was the neighborhood. Historically known as Cleveland’s “Black suburb in the city,” Lee-Harvard was a place of opportunity where Black people could afford to buy homes and raise their families in a good neighborhood.

Local Heroes: Westown resident’s ability to see silver lining turns house into home

By Nate Paige

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Development

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September 16, 2020

For many, a primary goal in life is to one day own a home. Guyana native Prida Mahase recently achieved that dream when she purchased a distressed property through Westown Community Development Corporation (WCDC) and the Cuyahoga Land Bank.

Construction on Circle Square development could begin in March

By Paige Bennett

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Arts & Culture

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September 16, 2020

A long-planned development project in Cleveland’s University Circle neighborhood that features a new public library, apartments, and office and retail space may begin construction in March, according to a developer on the project.

Project ACT: Supporting approximately 1,000 at-risk CMSD children and their families

By Sydney Kornegay

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Education

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September 16, 2020

Sylvia Rucker has been a caretaker most of her life. As the head cook at Hannah Gibbons Elementary School in Collinwood, she prepares meals for approximately 250 students daily, and has four adult children of her own.

The big corporate rescue and the America that’s too small to save

By Lydia DePillis, Justin Elliott & Paul Kiel, Propublica

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Entrepreneurs

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September 16, 2020

On a recent Thursday evening in downtown Chagrin Falls, a Cleveland suburb named for a picturesque cascade in a nearby river, little was amiss: Diners in loafers and sundresses dropped off their BMWs and Alfa Romeos with valets before positioning themselves on patios at prudently spaced tables. Teens ranged around manicured parks taking selfies, while well-groomed women dipped in and out of The Artful Yarn, A Bit of Skirt, and other boho boutiques, cryo spas and vintage home goods stores.

Saving lives is the goal of Cleveland Peacemakers Alliance

By Rhonda Crowder

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Government

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September 16, 2020

The Cleveland Peacemakers Alliance (CPA) has a checkered past. The Cleveland Peacemakers Alliance (CPA) has a checkered past. However, four years later, their future looks brighter thanks to their affiliation with the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Cleveland, support from their funders, and a newly appointed executive director.

Cleveland startup makes masks a new way

By Grant Segall

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Entrepreneurs

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September 9, 2020

A masked worker in a brightly lit factory in southwest Cleveland is lining up a spool of cotton in a machine to make more masks.

Cleveland writer Angie Schmitt investigates pedestrian safety crisis in hard-hitting book

By Paige Bennett

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Government

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September 8, 2020

In 2018, a pedestrian was killed in a traffic crash in the United States every 84 minutes on average, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Thousands of pedestrians die every year in traffic accidents, and the issue of pedestrian safety has grown significantly in the last decade.

Pandemic delays visits, court for parents working to reunite with children in foster care

By Rachel Dissell

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Government

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September 8, 2020

Lionel scooped up his daughter, Imari, and planted a kiss on the 1-year-old’s chubby cheek, then carried her to the car that would take the baby and her brothers away from him and back to their foster home.

Covid-19 and crime accelerate economic struggles in Mt. Pleasant neighborhood

By Christopher Johnston

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Development

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September 8, 2020

Bullet holes peppering the aluminum entrance to the Southern Café East hint at the sobering story of distress tormenting the Mt. Pleasant neighborhood. Owner and Executive Chef Tony Fortner, who has invested in the community only to find his opportunity for success stymied by Covid-19, currently finds himself living a nightmare that’s far from finished.

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