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LAByrinth events gather cornucopia of Cleveland artists
Literacy Cooperative raises awareness of Cleveland’s child literacy emergency
D.O.C. Studios makes acting an active community experience in Cleveland
Cleveland’s air quality response ramps up, eyes new standards, monitors, solutions
$1.25 million Edna House expansion fills recovery gap, adds long-term housing
Land conservancy wants to clean up vacant lots littering the city
There are more than 30,000 vacant lots in the city of Cleveland, many of them frequent targets of illegal dumping. A local nonprofit is trying to clean them up and help the city reclaim the title, “The Forest City.”
How can Cleveland’s nonprofits improve access to healthy food?
Rite Aid Healthy Futures is supporting three Cleveland food access programs: the Greater Cleveland Food Bank, The FARE Project, and Food Strong. With nearly 14 percent of Cuyahoga County food insecure, these efforts are fighting hunger in our area.
Cleveland working to promote convenient access to healthy foods in neighborhoods
A new Meijer grocery store on East 105th Street, a dollar store that sells groceries, and a program to bring fresh foods to corner stores are all part of the city’s efforts to bring healthy food to its neighborhoods.
Peer supporters transforming behavioral health care in Northeast Ohio
Peer supporters provide behavioral health care to people struggling with issues that they themselves have struggled with. That shared lived experience makes this approach effective, advocates say, and several Northeast Ohio service providers agree.
