The pandemic separates artists from audiences and unites them
Kate Blaszak looked up from her printout at Hedge Gallery and broke into a smile that her mask couldn’t hide. “I see it on your wall!”
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How a housing-first strategy could save domestic violence survivors during a pandemic
Things were finally looking up for Ohio resident Caroline earlier this year. After being forced to leave her home for a time because of domestic violence, she was in her own rental, raising her young children, with a job.
Old school still rules: Lee-Harvard’s high census response rate could teach other neighborhoods a few tricks
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.
The big corporate rescue and the America that’s too small to save
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
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
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.
Pandemic delays visits, court for parents working to reunite with children in foster care
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
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.
Cleveland becomes a parkland as trails and greenspaces multiply
Cleveland is a cleft land, and not just because of the Crooked River. For centuries, railroads, highways, ravines, utilities and more have barricaded us from each other and from our waterways, which didn’t attract us anyway. A confusion of roads and bridges high and low have linked us and kept us apart.
With fewer office workers and visitors, downtown businesses are leaning into a neighborhood-based strategy
Cathy’s, a gourmet ice cream sandwich shop located in The Arcade at East 4th and Euclid in downtown Cleveland, shut down for about two months when the Covid-19 pandemic first hit.
How a housing-first strategy could save domestic violence survivors during a pandemic
Things were finally looking up for Ohio resident Caroline earlier this year. After being forced to leave her home for a time because of domestic violence, she was in her own rental, raising her young children, with a job.
Old school still rules: Lee-Harvard’s high census response rate could teach other neighborhoods a few tricks
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.
The big corporate rescue and the America that’s too small to save
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
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
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.
Pandemic delays visits, court for parents working to reunite with children in foster care
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
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.
Cleveland becomes a parkland as trails and greenspaces multiply
Cleveland is a cleft land, and not just because of the Crooked River. For centuries, railroads, highways, ravines, utilities and more have barricaded us from each other and from our waterways, which didn’t attract us anyway. A confusion of roads and bridges high and low have linked us and kept us apart.
With fewer office workers and visitors, downtown businesses are leaning into a neighborhood-based strategy
Cathy’s, a gourmet ice cream sandwich shop located in The Arcade at East 4th and Euclid in downtown Cleveland, shut down for about two months when the Covid-19 pandemic first hit.
