Paul’s Serv-Rite Food Market is a cornerstone of community in the Central neighborhood
For nearly 65 years, the Arnold family has run Paul’s Serv-Rite, a convenience store and community hub in the Central neighborhood.
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Former teen mom Linda Howard mothers young mothers, builds political power
Linda Howard makes it her life’s work to provide care to young moms when family and governmental and nonprofit assistance aren’t enough. She provides person-to-person help with material goods, low-cost rent, mental health care, and mentoring – and she’d do even more, if it weren’t for a decade-old conviction that bars her from participation in some efforts.
As vacant grocery property is sold, Dave’s Collinwood customers give feedback on shuttle service
Since their local Dave’s Market closed in April, a free shuttle takes North Collinwood shoppers to its Euclid location. As the property remains vacant, residents of this food desert give feedback on the shuttle service.
A year in, County “Surge” in Central neighborhood still a work in progress
It’s been more than a year since Cuyahoga County executive Armond Budish announced a “surge” of support to lift up the Central neighborhood in Cleveland. Some residents say they’ve noticed little material change since.
Central residents long for a grocery store as negotiations drag on
It’s been three years since Dave’s Supermarket left the Central neighborhood. How are residents getting by, and what’s being done to bring a grocery store back to a neighborhood that sorely needs it?
Who’s electing judges in the Cleveland area? Not those ensnared in the system
In Cuyahoga County, voting patterns have resulted in mostly White judges deciding the fate of mostly Black criminal defendants.
Sisters of Charity keep their end of the deal with Central neighborhood ‘Promise’ program
The Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine have worked in Cleveland for more than a century. Their social services programs have proliferated in Central over the past 10 years, and they started the C.O.P.E (Central Opportunities for Purposeful Engagement) program there at the beginning of the pandemic.
Central neighborhood will be first to get “surge” of support, but will it be what residents want?
Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish and other local politicians caught an earful when they gathered at a shopping plaza in Cleveland’s Central neighborhood in mid-August to discuss a “surge” of funding to address poverty and inequity in the area. Neighborhood residents who gathered in the plaza’s parking lot said these ideas didn’t meet their needs.
Cuyahoga County partners with Digital C to expand internet coverage in Central as part of surge
Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish announced a major project last week to expand wireless internet access to approximately 70% of Cleveland’s Central neighborhood, and provide Internet equipment to 500 of 2,500 households. He called it part of a broader effort to revitalize Cleveland’s urban core.
