East Cleveland, Fairfax, Glenville,
Hough, Little Italy
and University Circle, written by citizen journalists
I have two children in Cleveland schools and I worry that we're setting our kids up to fail. The new juvenile detention center in the Fairfax community bothers me. The school district's budget cuts bother me. It’s a frustrating problem. Nonetheless, complaining neither adds nor subtracts any of the facts on this matter. I want [...]
Posted by: lmills Posted on: 04 May 2012
About 80 students, community activists, and leaders joined together to POWER UP! Saturday April, 21. They participated in the inaugural Social Justice Student Leadership Conference sponsored by CWRU's Social Justice Institute. The university’s offices of Inclusion, Diversity and Equal Opportunity; Multicultural Affairs; Planning and Institutional Research; as well as the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) [...]
Posted by: M. LaVora Perry Posted on: 01 May 2012
The Euclid Beach Park Grand Carousel will spin again in Cleveland. A ceremonial groundbreaking in University Circle yesterday marks the beginning of construction on an all-glass pavilion to house the carousel. As soon as late 2013, two local nonprofit carousel organizations expect to complete their $2 million project to build the pavilion, restore the carousel, [...]
Posted by: lmills Posted on: 18 April 2012
This is the true story of my life. I hope it inspires you to never give up on your dreams. My passion for fashion design began at the age of 14. I began designing and making my own clothing. After graduating from high school, I enrolled at Virginia Marti College of Art and Design [...]
Posted by: lmills Posted on: 15 April 2012
The Free Medical Clinic of Cleveland is closed weekends — and Saturday medical treatment is available there. Confused? Listen up. Since fall 2011, the original Free Clinic has housed a tenant every second and fourth Saturday: Case Western Reserve University’s Student Run Free Clinic (SRFC). It’s open to walk-ins from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The SRFC [...]
Posted by: M. LaVora Perry Posted on: 06 April 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
At Case Western Reserve, community service is more than another extracurricular activity — it’s part of our character, our collective campus DNA. We strive to share who we are and what we do best with everyone around us. As a premier research institution, we offer a variety of community engagement programs in the STEM fields [...]
Posted by: lmills Posted on: 07 March 2012
Community Development and Urban Renewal is a class offered at Hawken School. Because of the school’s unique schedule — three week immersion courses both before winter break and summer — this class was able to thrive. Hawken School has a third campus in addition to its Lyndhurst and Gates Mills campuses, called the Gries Center, [...]
Posted by: SMierke Posted on: 07 March 2012
As a senior at Hawken School, I took an Intensive course called Community Development and Urban Renewal. The Intensive was held at the Gries Center in University Circle, allowing us access to the amenities of the area such as Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals and Wade Park. In addition, we were in close proximity [...]
Posted by: SMierke Posted on: 07 March 2012
Apply for a grant from Neighborhood Connections. Proposals are due at 5 p.m. this Friday, Feb. 10. Neighborhood Connections provides financial assistance to groups led by community members in the city of Cleveland and East Cleveland and funds projects that improve the quality of life in local neighborhoods. Groups do not need to be an official [...]
Posted by: lmills Posted on: 07 March 2012
Click the flyer to download it. Click here to download flyer page 2 for online registration instructions. Or register online here. The Greater University Circle Job and Resource Fair is scheduled for 9 a.m.- 3 p.m. March 16 at the Thwing Student Center, 11111 Euclid Ave., just across the street from the new Seidman Cancer Center in University Circle. A [...]
Posted by: M. LaVora Perry Posted on: 02 March 2012
This column was written by Dr. Linda D. Bradley, a doctor at the Cleveland Clinic who was raised in the Hough and Lee Harvard neighborhoods .Read more of her “Ten Ways to Put our Doctor out of Business” here. 3: LOWER YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE Speaking of taking care of your heart, hypertension, or high blood pressure, [...]
Posted by: LBrad Posted on: 28 February 2012
While looking on Facebook the other day, I came across an advertisement for The Media Club. The ad was looking for members from the fields of film, photography, social Media, web design and art. The ad mentioned interest in students, small business owners, entrepreneurs and media enthusiasts from all areas. So I went on a [...]
Posted by: lmills Posted on: 07 February 2012
The current economy is gloomy. But the health care business is booming. Thanks to our glutinous western eating habits and couch and mouse potato lifestyles, which include iPad’s, iPod’s, computers, TVs with remote control and lack of exercise, doctors are in high demand. Three of four people will die of heart disease, diabetes or stroke—which [...]
Posted by: LBrad Posted on: 07 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
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