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A year in, County “Surge” in Central neighborhood still a work in progress

By Conor Morris ● Government ● July 22, 2022 July 21, 2022

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.

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Central residents long for a grocery store as negotiations drag on

By Conor Morris ● Social Equity ● July 22, 2022 July 21, 2022

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

By Rachel Dissell, Ilica Mahajan, Anna Flagg & Wesley Lowery ● Civic Engagement ● January 27, 2022 May 27, 2022

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

By Gregory Burnett ● Development ● September 16, 2021 May 27, 2022

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?

By Conor Morris ● Development ● September 14, 2021 May 27, 2022

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

By Conor Morris & Karin Connelly Rice ● Development ● September 13, 2021 May 27, 2022

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.