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Pride in the CLE returns to downtown on Saturday, June 4th
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.
Frontline Development brings modern homes to Hough
Sheila Wright and Angela Bennett of Frontline Development are spearheading the Allen Estates, located at the corner of E. 66th and Lexington Avenue in Cleveland’s Hough neighborhood, as part of a neighborhood-wide push for revitalization.
PCs for People is offering 10,000 free computers and hotspots to Cuyahoga County residents
As part of their collaboration with Cleveland Public Library to bridge the digital divide, PCs for People is offering 10,000 free computers and hotspots to qualified Cuyahoga County residents who need them most during the pandemic.
Old school still rules: Lee-Harvard’s high census response rate could teach other neighborhoods a few tricks
Miles Hackney has lived in the Lee-Harvard neighborhood for more than 50 years. The brick and vinyl-sided colonial on the city’s east side was new when he bought it in 1968, and so was the neighborhood. Historically known as Cleveland’s “Black suburb in the city,” Lee-Harvard was a place of opportunity where Black people could afford to buy homes and raise their families in a good neighborhood.
Construction on Circle Square development could begin in March
A long-planned development project in Cleveland’s University Circle neighborhood that features a new public library, apartments, and office and retail space may begin construction in March, according to a developer on the project.
