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Seedlings of hope: Locals try to replenish the Forest City’s trees
After decades of decline, many government agencies and nonprofits are trying to replenish the Forest City’s trees, especially in the barest neighborhoods, and especially this month, when the 150th anniversary of Arbor Day falls on Friday.
From Christian evangelist to urban advocate, Joyce Pan Huang leads Cleveland Planning Department
Huang, the planning department’s first female director and first Asian-American director, hopes not so much to develop the city as to help residents develop it. “Residents should have the opportunity to determine the future of their neighborhoods.”
New leader of Enterprise in Ohio fights for safe, affordable homes
Ayonna Blue Donald spent about four years as Cleveland’s Building and Housing Director. Now, she’s fighting to secure equitable and affordable housing in Ohio with national nonprofit Enterprise Community Partners.
Mayor Justin Bibb’s top hires so far have a wide range of backgrounds
The leaders like to say they’re “E and E,” which means “emerging and experienced.” They vary not just in age and other demographics but in their careers, which span governments, businesses, universities, and philanthropies.
Outspoken interim councilwoman fights for the “cracked community” of Ward 4
Marion Anita Gardner is a retired machinist, a survivor of 15 brain surgeries, a community center founder and leader, and a fill-in for a convicted councilman. Grinning and glaring, praising and panning, she always speaks her mind.
Historic Labor Day parade resumes, drawing candidates new and old, near and far
A historic parade returned from a year’s hiatus this Labor Day, drawing political candidates from as far away as Cincinnati and as far back as 1997 for elections as far ahead as 14 months.
Dennis “Boy Mayor” Kucinich seeks to regain job at 75
Dennis Kucinich, once the youngest mayor ever of a big U.S. city, is bidding to become Cleveland’s oldest. “Time is an illusion to me,” the former mayor, state senator, and congressman said in a recent interview. “I don’t give it any thought at all.”
Third Federal, the biggest federally chartered thrift, bolsters Slavic Village
Third Federal Savings and Loan is Greater Cleveland’s biggest home mortgagor and the nation’s biggest federally chartered thrift. But it’s also a neighborhood bank, headquartered in Slavic Village, helping homeowners and nonprofits there and elsewhere.
Entrepreneurs from Ethiopia build Addis View apartments in Hough
A couple from Ethiopia provides Cleveland with home health workers, chicken fingers and apartments, including the forthcoming Addis View in Hough.
