A property exchange agreement between the city of Cleveland and Cleveland Metropolitan School District will pave the way for a new Marion C. Seltzer Elementary School at Cudell Commons and open up development opportunities on the east and west sides.
The 80,000-square-foot “Pivot Center for Art::Dance::Expression” unites arts and social services, including a program led by a victim of a notorious kidnapping nearby. Gina DeJesus helps families like hers on the same square block where she was held captive for nine years.
Platform Beer Co. has plans to spruce up its pandemic-inspired beer garden on Lorain Avenue and make it a permanent fixture of the local beer scene by adding seating, restrooms, a bar area and a space to sell merchandise.
Minute Men, a 53-year-old staffing company that is one of the largest staffing firms in the nation serving private employers, plans to consolidate and expand its headquarters at 3740 Carnegie Ave. in Midtown Cleveland.
At gatherings of Cleveland City Council, members of the public are not allowed to address the council. A group called Citizens for Public Comment is trying to change that in the run-up to the 2021 elections, hoping to foster public participation in decision making at a time when the mayoral race, and all 17 council seats, are up for grabs.
Slavic Village Development announced Monday that it received a $50,000 gift from an anonymous donor. The donation was made in response to a January 2021 story by Daniel Polletta, “Facing eviction, residents struggle to find help,” published by The Land, Ideastream, FreshWater Cleveland, paid for and commissioned by the Northeast Ohio Solutions Journalism Cooperative.
The Bellaire-Puritas neighborhood on Cleveland’s west side will break ground on two new projects in the coming weeks: a 60-foot-long mural honoring and celebrating individuals who have developmental disabilities, and the first new house to be constructed in Ward 16 in decades.
Several Cleveland School of the Arts students in the Cleveland Orchestra’s Music Mentors program have branched out as teachers themselves, using what they’ve learned to train younger players at Cleveland’s Mound STEM School.
Ohio City Inc. and Tremont West Development Corporation have teamed up to form the Near West Land Trust with a mission to increase permanent, affordable housing in the midst of a hot housing market. The two nonprofit community development groups have plans to build 40 new, single-family homes on vacant lots scattered throughout Ohio City, Clark-Fulton and Tremont.
Utilities for All, Sunrise Movement Cleveland and InterReligious Task Force on Central America (IRTF) have joined forces to push for more affordable utility rates and a moratorium on shutoffs from Cleveland Public Power and Cleveland’s Division of Water.
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