Affordable housing in Hough, Midtown could get a lift from ARPA dollars
The city of Cleveland is proposing using $511 million in American Rescue Plan (ARPA) dollars to help get The Allen Estates and Warner Swasey developments off the ground.
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Follow the $500M: Cleveland’s ARPA budget includes $2M for problem-plagued NEON Health Services
NEON Health Services is requesting $2 million from the city’s ARPA budget to provide community health programming and repair the Hough Medical Center, which suffered a fire in May of this year. Yet the agency has been running up deficits, defaulting on its debts, and losing patients and staff for years, leading concerned employees to question the future of the organization.
Justin Bibb and Kevin Kelley will face off in Cleveland mayoral race
With 100% of ballots recorded, nonprofit executive Justin Bibb and city council president Kevin Kelley led the Cleveland mayoral primary and will face off in the general election.
Scenes from the election: Voters turn out for Cleveland’s primary
The Land visited polling locations across the city to talk with voters and campaign workers about why they’re voting this election, what changes they want to see in their neighborhoods, and who they’re supporting.
Defying critics who cast him as the ultimate political insider, Kevin Kelley says ‘Change will come’ if he’s elected mayor
On an early September evening, about a dozen neighbors gathered in the backyard of Phil and Christina Buck on Cleveland’s west side for a meet-and-greet with City Council president and mayoral candidate Kevin Kelley. The candidate, dressed casually in a short-sleeve shirt and leaning forward in his lawn chair, listened intently as an Ohio City resident complained about absentee landlords.
Basheer Jones’ bold approach lifted Ward 7. But will that energy win him the election?
In the multifaceted race to replace Cleveland’s status-quo mayor Frank Jackson, there may be no other candidate as passionate as Basheer Jones. The second youngest candidate after 34-year-old Justin Bibb, Jones has garnered a dedicated base of the majority Black Ward 7 with fervent religiosity and a youthful ambition. Such energy has spurred numerous development badges just as it has doubts from his critics.
Voters first: What did residents think of CLE mayoral candidates’ responses on economy and education?
Questions during the second Cleveland mayoral debate challenged the mayoral candidates to envision a city with a strong economy, a clean and safe environment and a robust public education system. Just as we did after the first debate, the Northeast Ohio Solutions Journalism Collaborative reached out to residents who asked questions to see what they thought of the candidates’ responses.
City Council set to vote on rules change allowing public comment
Cleveland City Council is set to vote Wednesday, August 18th on a rules change allowing the Clerk of Council to establish rules and procedures for public comment at its meetings. The vote follows months of public debate and wrangling about the need for public comment, intensified by pressure from advocacy groups amidst the elections. All 17 council seats are up for grabs this fall, and council president Kevin Kelley is running for mayor.
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.”
What did residents think of mayoral debate answers?
Northeast Ohio residents got the opportunity to question seven candidates for Cleveland mayor about their priorities on public safety, racial equity and more last week during a mayoral debate coordinated by Ideastream Public Media and the City Club of Cleveland.
