National writing directors visit Cleveland’s Lake Erie Ink, build community around elevating youth voices
The local youth writing nonprofit, which was founded in 2010, served 5,600 kids last year.
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Immigrants, refugees build trust, connections through Newcomer Navigators as city prepares to hire coordinator
Through a county-funded collaboration of several community organizations, about a dozen Newcomer Navigators help immigrants and refugees access jobs, housing, support services, and other resources.
Cleveland branch library renovations are well underway, add modernizations, community spaces
The 9-year project will see all 27 branch libraries renovated or replaced at a total cost of more than $100 million.
Cleveland’s not breathing easy: New sensors to collect more data on air quality
Federal air quality monitoring devices are scattered throughout the region, leaving large gaps in data. Now, with a new $500,000 federal grant on the horizon, local steps to improve monitoring have already begun.
ThirdSpace Action Lab opens a bookstore in Glenville
ThirdSpace Action Lab, a community hub and racial equity consulting firm, has opened a bookstore in its Glenville headquarters. ThirdSpace Reading Room is the only Black-owned bookstore in Cleveland.
Pride in the CLE returns to downtown on Saturday, June 4th
True to its grassroots ideal that Pride is not a moment but a movement, Pride in the CLE begins at noon this Saturday, with a march in downtown Cleveland followed by a festival on Malls B and C.
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.
“Everyone carries something”: Local artist creates powerful mural for our times
Every year, Cleveland Public Library and LAND Studio create a new, temporary public art installation at the Eastman Reading Garden downtown. This year, however, the “See Also” program is also being extended into the city’s neighborhoods, and a large new mural by artist Darius Steward recently went up at the Lee-Harvard branch at 16918 Harvard Ave.
Pianos as art: Join Piano Cleveland’s scavenger hunt
Get ready, get set, go! From June 11 to July 8, fifteen uniquely repurposed pianos will decorate Cleveland neighborhoods as part of The Grand Piano Pursuit, a musical scavenger hunt organized by Piano Cleveland where participants can win prizes in the lead up to the Cleveland International Piano Competition.
Cleveland’s libraries ready for next chapter as $100 million upgrade unfolds
From this June through 2029, all 27 Cleveland branch libraries are supposed to be replaced or improved. Then officials hope to renovate Main Library and the attached Stokes Wing. Voters backed the branch work in 2017 with a tax increase of 2 mills, costing $35 per year for a $50,000 home.
