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Lee Chilcote
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Rock climbing wall to rise at Saucy Brew Works
Indoor rock climbing gyms are growing in popularity across the nation. Nosotros, a local climbing gym, sees a trend that could help urban youth ascend to new heights.
Latinx community rallies to save Club Azteca, icon of Cleveland’s Mexican community
Developers have proposed a seven-story, 102-unit apartment building on Detroit Avenue, but Mexican-American activists say tearing down the club would erase an important part of their history.
Urban Community School adds new partners to Ohio City campus
Refugee Response, a nonprofit organization that empowers refugees resettled in Northeast Ohio to thrive in their new home, and Facing History and Ourselves, a group that uses lessons of history to challenge teachers and students to stand up to bigotry and hate, are relocating to the Urban Community School campus.
Shaker Heights pandemic grants help minority-owned businesses
It’s no secret that the Covid-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected minority-owned businesses. Recently, Shaker Heights launched a grant program to help them with health and safety improvements, PPE, and online marketing.
Developers team up to propose 23-unit apartment building in University Circle
A pair of Cleveland developers have teamed up on an apartment proposal on Hessler Street in University Circle that they say will fill a need for new housing and make the area more vibrant. But the building’s design has rankled some Hessler residents who say it’s too large and modern for this historic district.
For Slavic Village contractor, restoration is a labor of love
Anthony Andreoli first moved to Slavic Village when he was seeking treatment for drug and alcohol addiction in a halfway house. Now that he’s gotten clean from substance abuse, the resident and business owner is paying it forward — one rehabbed building at a time.
