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Neighborhood Spotlight

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Re-New Beginning Consignment Shop — A family affair with flair! There are many reasons to walk into Re-New Beginning Consignment Shop at 12726 Larchmere Blvd. It’s green, budget-friendly, filled with beautiful clothes and fun! Cherie Campbell first opened the doors in February 2009 and has welcomed a stream of recessionistas — that means fashion mavens on a budget — ever since. The shop carries gently used and new higher-end fashions.
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Money Matters

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In these difficult economic times, families are struggling just to make ends meet. Many residents, particularly those in underserved communities, are frustrated with social service and financial systems that are difficult to access and often do not cater to their diverse needs. Many residents rely on money center services and payday lenders that often charge high fees for services many banks offer for free. Perhaps financial missteps.
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Three Steps for Getting the Most Out of Your Tax Return

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We are in the middle of tax season again. Beginning Jan. 30, more than 120 million households started filing their tax returns, according to the Internal Revenue Service. For many taxpayers, though, tax season is a confusing time, especially when it comes to tax credit eligibility. One refundable credit you could be missing out on is the Earned Income Tax Credit, or EITC. The EITC is available.
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Green City Growers Opens

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Green City Growers, a new commercial greenhouse in Central, officially opened Feb. 25. The greenhouse, which sits on more than three acres between East 55th Street and Kinsman Road, hired area residents and is training them to become employee-owners. The goal is to create and nurture generational wealth for residents in the Central area. The greenhouse's workers (now about 18 people) will be invited to become employee-owners after performance reviews at.
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Cleveland Saves Week is Back

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We are paying you to save. From February 25  – March 2, deposit your change into a savings account or sign up as a Saver for a chance to win $25! Promotion 1: Bring in your rolled or loose change. Deposit it into a savings account for a chance to win a match up to $25. Promotion 2: NEW Savers who sign up during Saves Week can win up.
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Neighborhood Spotlight: Stephanie FallCreek

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When you talk with Larchmere resident Stephanie FallCreek, you start to understand how well her Doctorate of Social Welfare degree informs her role as president and CEO of Fairhill Partners — a campus built to support the concept of successful aging. “At its core,” Stephanie notes, “successful aging is simply successful living – always preparing for the next stage of life.” “My focus is on the second half.
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Local Entrepreneur Opens New Business

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Anthony Howell turned his idea into a pure profit business. Howell's company Ink Cartridge Enterprise, of Glenville, collects empty ink cartridges from local businesses and sells them to companies who refill them and sell them at a discounted price. The idea is that by recycling the cartridges and having them refilled, people can buy them at a lower cost when they need new ones. Howell picks up ink.
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New Shop Coming to Garrett Square

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Join Cleveland City Councilman Kevin Conwell for the groundbreaking of the new Advance Auto Parts store at noon on Nov. 17 at 11905 Superior Ave. Also learn about future projects in Ward 9, including the Lakeview Avenue street project and three new parks/green spaces. Advance Auto Parts will join Sav-A-Lot and Forman Mills at the shopping plaza, site of the former TOPS Market.   Councilman Conwell's community.
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Building Generational Wealth: Innovative Housing Program Helps Workers Buy Homes Here

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Ron Jones, CEO of the Evergreen Cooperatives based on East 105th Street, knew he had a problem and it was affecting his business. Evergreen, which includes solar energy, laundry and greenhouse businesses, hires folks from the surrounding neighborhoods and teaches them to become worker-owners. The worker-owners end up with a stake in the business and voting power about hiring new workers. But Jones said he and other.
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Community Meeting to End Mass Incarceration of People of Color

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Foreground: Latisha James with author Terrie Williams, April 9, 2012 at Case Western Reserve University. Background: Mental Health Forum committee planning meeting at CWRU, November 9, 2012.
Tuesday, November 13, 6pm Olivet Institutional Baptist Church 8712 Qunicy Ave Cleveland, Ohio 44106 216.721.3585 Book Resource: The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, Michelle Alexander From Case Western Reserve University's The Daily, September 20, 2012: At the center of Alexander’s message is how the U.S. prison system is creating a population of second-class citizens. Many African-Americans are “warehoused” in prison, she says, and return to society labeled as.
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Neighborhood Spotlight: Rebecca’s Shaker Barber Shop

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When you enter a barber shop, you’re following a tradition that can easily be traced to Roman times, and centuries earlier. From that time to this, barber shops have cut hair and served as community gathering places. Rebecca’s Shaker Barber Shop continues both these practices in the shop Rebecca DeVenanzio has run at 12808 Larchmere since September 1992. “When I started on Larchmere, my daughter was.
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Obama local campaign office is ‘the place to be’

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 On Sept. 14, 2012, it was official: President Obama's  campaign office in East Cleveland had its grand opening with great success. Guests came in from 5 to 10 p.m. as we celebrated and discussed the importance of this election. As many of you may know, voter suppression is on the rise. Forces that be are trying desperately to stop people from voting. Too many have fought and died.
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Now Hiring

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Mitchell's Ice Cream at Uptown in University Circle Full and part time positions Apply at mitchellsicecream@gmail.com or write to: Mitchell's Ice Cream 26161 Detroit Rd. Cleveland  OH  44145.
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‘PNC Fairfax Connection’ Open House Saturday

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The PNC Fairfax Connection – a new community resource center in Cleveland’s historic eastside community – will be officially dedicated today by PNC Bank to the residents and businesses of Fairfax.  Representing a bold new strategy for community engagement, the PNC Fairfax Connection will feature a variety of programs designed to foster community empowerment and revitalization. Opening events include remarks by James E. Rohr, PNC chairman.
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Helping People After Prison

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“In 1972 there were only four prisons in the state of Ohio. There are now 32 prisons in the state of Ohio.” Curtis Scruggs, executive director of the Northeast Ohio Re-Entry Coalition, told me this as I sat in his office in utter disbelief. Within the span of 40 years, the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction has expanded and accepted with open arms more and more.
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