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Local gardeners find inspiration and show off their green thumbs at GardenWalk Cleveland

By Zaria Johnson ● Arts & Culture ● July 12, 2021

Masses of tall, charming coneflowers and low, dainty larkspur blooms fill Sue Borton’s Collinwood front yard like a sea of vibrant, purple hues, with a teak dragon statue nestled within it all. It took more than 25 years for Borton to transform her garden from a cluster of six flowers into the luscious, self-sufficient garden it is today. “I’ve just always loved plants,” she said. “The people that [garden] love it, and our street has a lot of it.”

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The Blue Windmill Project: A growing community space for artists

By Brittany McCauley ● Arts & Culture ● June 4, 2021

The coronavirus pandemic drastically altered life over the last year and a half. Amidst fear and uncertainty, events were put on hold, meetings were halted, and interactions diminished. Now, as the weather warms and vaccines bring hope back to the communities, plans are being put into action. One example of this can be seen at 15517 Waterloo Road in Cleveland with The Blue Windmill project, a garden and performance area that will bring more life into the community.

Two new apartment projects on Fulton Road add to vibrancy of Ohio City

By Lee Chilcote ● Arts & Culture ● April 28, 2021

Two new developments on Fulton Road in Ohio City are adding more than 150 apartments to the neighborhood, but the real selling point is how they use context-based design as well as public art, restaurants and retail spaces to create more vibrancy at the street level.

Art Made in the Shutdown showcases artists’ response to the Covid-19 pandemic

By Michael Loderstedt ● Arts & Culture ● July 18, 2020

Art Made in the Shutdown, a large, salon-style exhibition at the Worthington Yards in downtown Cleveland, began as a public call for entries to capture artists’ responses to the pandemic and soon garnered more than 120 responses.