“Warm weather shelters, cold weather shelters, specifically in our current climate, in communities like Cleveland and other places that have harsher winters or are even harsher summers, are lifesaving interventions."
A group of John Marshall School students presented the Children's Outdoor Bill of Rights to Cleveland City Council.
These include renovations to the east arcade, installation of a new HVAC system, and a complete overhaul of the 29,500-square-foot basement.Â
The funding will enable UWGC to establish the Tenants’ Rights Program, connecting residents with emergency housing assistance, tenant education, training on organizing, and legal and mediation services.
For Woodland Hills, one of five public charter schools in Breakthrough’s network serving students from kindergarten to eighth grade, the expansion is a long-awaited solution to space limitations at the school. With 659 students, Woodland Hills has no dedicated cafeteria, limited office and storage space, and an undersized gym.Â
This November, Ohio voters will have the chance to decide on the future of how district maps are drawn by voting on Issue 1, a proposed constitutional amendment that would shift the responsibility of redrawing congressional and legislative district boundaries from politicians to citizens.
At the corner of East 79th Street and Hough Avenue, a grass lot is all that remains of the Seventy-Niners Café, the bar where the spark of the 1966 Hough Uprising was ignited. Fifty-eight years later, a new Cleveland Civil Rights Trail marker stands in its place, commemorating the uprising and its significance in Cleveland’s civil rights history.Â
Cleveland has experienced one of the highest annual rent increases in the country over the past year. As rents continue to rise, Clevelanders face a growing challenge when searching for affordable housing.
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