East Cleveland, Fairfax, Glenville,
Hough, Little Italy
and University Circle, written by citizen journalists
As the tax deadline approaches, PNC Bank has teamed up with local partners to provide free assistance for low-income tax filers on “Super Saturday.” That's this Saturday, April 14, at the Cuyahoga Community College Technology Learning Center, Room 153 as part of the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program. The Technology Learning Center is at 2900 [...]
Posted by: lmills Posted on: 13 April 2012
PNC announced plans last week to create the “PNC Fairfax Connection,” a new community resource center in Cleveland’s historic Fairfax neighborhood. The space will offer residents and business owners a variety of resources, from education programs and online resources to events and unique local cultural programs. “PNC’s goal is to provide a new, innovative [...]
Posted by: lmills Posted on: 28 March 2012
On Wed., March,14, Commodore Place Apartments held its first annual Chili Cook-off Fundraiser. The proceeds will go towards a summer trip that will benefit all the residents who attended the cook-off Toya A. Rogers, the new service coordinator in the apartment building at Euclid Avenue and Ford Drive, got the idea from the monthly Women's [...]
Posted by: LIngram Posted on: 27 March 2012
Veyonne Washington is turning her passion for children and her community into a career. January marked the one-year anniversary of her store Grow Outs Resale Shop, 12206 Larchmere Blvd. After 12 years of running a child care center out of her house as her own children grew up, Washington decided she needed another challenge. She [...]
Posted by: Robert Rozboril Posted on: 11 March 2012
While my pickup truck has in excess of 110,000 miles on it, it still looks and runs excellent … and it’s a good thing it does since I have no plans to ever replace it. This one will have to last me to the onset of my dotage. I plan to be buried in it. [...]
Posted by: lmills Posted on: 07 March 2012
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Posted by: M. LaVora Perry Posted on: 02 February 2012
KeyBank partners to offer free income tax service on Super Refund Saturday. The free service helps taxpayers access Earned Income Tax Credit. KeyBank is once again offering its free Super Refund Saturday tax preparation service on Feb. 4, in partnership with St. Ignatius High School, United Way, Cleveland Housing Network and the EITC Coalition. [...]
Posted by: lmills Posted on: 02 February 2012
A Courtyard by Marriott hotel is coming to University Circle. It is being built just behind the Starbucks at Cornell Drive and Euclid Avenue. About 40 local officials and business members, including County Executive Ed FitzGerald, Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson and County Councilwoman Yvonne Conwell, attended the groundbreaking ceremony Jan. 19 in the former Uptowne [...]
Posted by: lmills Posted on: 01 February 2012
Looking for a career in manufacturing or healthcare? WorkAdvance is a collaboration of Northeast Ohio workforce organizations and employers. The group's goal is to help prepare people for careers in manufacturing or healthcare. Learn more at www.waneo.wordpress.com or call 216-696-5750 ext. 225 or email WAinfo@towardsemployment.org. Read the latest Neighborhood Voice job postings here.
Posted by: lmills Posted on: 01 February 2012
Textile Republic, a design company based in Novelty, Ohio, is giving local artists and designers an opportunity to be recognized and even paid for their work. The company, founded in 2007 by the brother-sister team of Kimberly Osborne-Milstein and Brian Osborne, specializes in products featuring original designs that customers can choose to put on any [...]
Posted by: Robert Rozboril Posted on: 27 January 2012
Homeowners, neighborhood leaders and the nonprofit group Empowering and Strengthening Ohio's People, better known as ESOP, launched a campaign urging federal officials, banks and mortage companies to save homes from foreclosure. Community members delivered letters to bank branches across the Cleveland area asking bank CEOs to support their demand that Ed DeMarco, acting director of Federal Housing [...]
Posted by: lmills Posted on: 04 January 2012
Green consciousness has a new attitude. It is being packaged and delivered to local young adults in the form of a comic book series and now a play called “Rid-All: A Green Movement,” directed by Marvin Wright-Bey. The play is based on the first three issues of the comic series called “Brink City: Green in [...]
Posted by: lmills Posted on: 21 December 2011
Parts of Ashbury Avenue received a $45,000 makeover thanks to an Urban Development Action Grant received by the City of Cleveland. The city also spent $250,000 to repave the road from East 105th Street to Lakeview Road. Ward 9 Councilman Kevin Conwell, who lives on Ashbury Avenue, took part in a ribbon cutting ceremony Nov. 19 to [...]
Posted by: lmills Posted on: 18 November 2011
Pastor Andrew Clark, Sr., of Trinity Outreach Ministries on Ashbury Avenue, announced in October a plan that encourages every church in Glenville to open its doors during the week for tutoring and workshops on financial literacy, crime prevention and health. Clark, the founder of Glenville Ministry in Missions Alliance, announced the plan, dubbed the [...]
Posted by: lmills Posted on: 16 November 2011
New stores, including a Save-A-Lot, are coming to Garrett Square to fill the former Tops Friendly Markets building. The building has been vacant since Tops closed in 2006. Cuyahoga County Councilwoman Yvonne Conwell said the 48,000 residents of Glenville have been part of a “food desert” since then. Tracey Nichols, Cleveland’s economic development director, said: [...]
Posted by: lmills Posted on: 09 November 2011
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