Plastic monster launched into Lake Erie to boost awareness of microplastics, pollution
The ironic sculpture was part of the "Rally for a Plastic-Free Cleveland" event.
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Country’s 1st disability-focused book seller Nightlight Books seeks physical space in Cleveland
"As far as I know. . . we're the only ones in the U.S. I know of disabled booksellers, I know disabled writers and publishers, but not bookstores where that's the specific focus...People in the wild who are facing a chronic disability, when they see our booth (at events), it's almost like they emotionally or mentally sit down for a moment."
Krayzie Bone’s Spread the Love Foundation immerses Cleveland youth in the business of music
The group gives Cleveland youth an inside look at the art and business of making music.
Forests of trash: Cleveland stakeholders to invest $11M in former National Acme Plant
Before 2026 ends, developers and contractors will use millions in public funding for demolition and asbestos removal at an abandoned factory that once employed thousands in Collinwood. The workload's $11 million price tag is compounded by years of decay and illegal dumping, rendering the former National Acme factory in Collinwood one of Cleveland’s largest dilapidated "brownfield" sites.
20 performances in 3 nights: Cleveland Public Theatre’s SoftLaunch examines how theater meets art
From Jan. 23-25, as part of its inaugural SoftLaunch event, Cleveland Public Theatre will open typically off-limits parts of its campus to the public to experience 20 installation pieces that weave painting, acting, music, video, poetry and food into experiential pockets of immersion.
New law seeks to honor Tanisha Anderson’s legacy while making police accountable for mental health scenarios
Relatives of Tanisha Anderson partnered with Cleveland City Council members and Case Western Reserve University students to author a new piece of legislation. As proposed, “Tanisha’s Law” would revise training regimens for mental health crises via a new Department of Community Crisis Response. This new team would try to prevent incidents like Anderson’s November 2014 death, which occurred after Cleveland Division of Police officers detained her while responding to a mental health emergency at her East Side home.
Experts weigh in: Are better lead testing and abatement efforts the key to prevent poisoning in Cleveland children?
Cleveland’s city government is revising its dual-department approach to addressing local cases of lead poisoning. The goal is to enact stricter testing measures to help better identify which owners still need to rid properties of the toxic metal.
Op-ed: Where politics have failed cities, Hough’s Brookdale Orchard unfurls a blueprint for healing
Alongside longtime neighborhood resident, advocate and St. Matthew United Methodist Church trustee and chairperson Mittie Jordan, Hough inhabitants and church congregants have quietly spent the last decade building their Brookdale Orchard into a bulwark against blight along Superior Avenue and Wade Park.
NOACA prepares to distribute $500K for polluted brownfields: Examining Northeast Ohio’s role in developmental remediation
Vacant multi-acre parcels throughout Cuyahoga County are readying for redevelopment as brownfield sites – places of heavy industry where stakeholders are chasing the next Intel-sized tenant for the Cleveland market. As NOACA prepares to distribute over $500,000 in federal loans for new brownfield development in the coming months, land utilization policy experts discuss Northeast Ohio’s role in the nationwide brownfield development trend.
Bike Cleveland advocates for progress on upcoming citywide transportation plan amid rise in traffic deaths
Despite Bike Cleveland’s ongoing advocacy efforts to improve road safety across the 6,000-plus streets comprising the city’s grid, Cleveland has already experienced an uptick in traffic-related deaths with 12 cyclists and pedestrians killed in vehicular accidents, an increase over the nine who died in 2023. That puts tough questions and discussions before the nonprofit as members gather data to help local leaders craft the municipality’s first mobility plan since 2007.
