Rashidah Adbulhaqq and Conor MorrisThursday, December 23, 2021
An estimated 116,500 families in Ohio—including many in the Cleveland area—missed out on the $250-$300 monthly advance Child Tax Credit payments. What happened, and what can be done to remedy that problem?
In a joint partnership, Cuyahoga Arts & Culture and Neighborhood Connections awarded $59,587 in grants to support 22 artists and entrepreneurs working on projects related to the pandemic in Cleveland and East Cleveland.
A trio of local Community Development Corporation leaders are striving to accentuate the positive during the pandemic while casting ahead to a brighter future with the programs they've offered in their neighborhood this past year and the plans they are making for 2022.
Federal grant money from the U.S. Department of Transportation will allow for the planning and design of four small trail sections that make up 5.7 miles of trail and bicycle connections on Cleveland’s east side and find the best path from Euclid Creek Reservation to the lakefront and to connect the new Opportunity Corridor bike path to downtown.
Since its founding, the YMCA We Run This City program has worked with more than 1,000 students in 43 CMSD schools, preparing them to run in the Cleveland Marathon. Thanks to a grant from the Three Archest Foundation, the program is now coming to Lakewood.
FreshWater managing photographer Bob Perkoski provides a peek into the everyday lives of Clevelanders going about their business in the neighborhoods and on the streets of Cleveland.
Five community partners broke ground on a $52.8 million project in Cleveland’s Fairfax neighborhood on Tuesday, Dec. 16—bringing a Meijer store, jobs, and apartments to the neighborhood and bolstering ongoing development efforts by Fairfax Renaissance Development.
With 14 Dell PCs equipped with a range of software, the now-open AT&T Connected Learning Center in Esperanza is meant to add ammunition to one of Cleveland’s sorest setbacks—fixing its digital divide.
Cleveland Masterworks: Impressed with the 1933 Chicago World's Fair, Dudley Blossom led the effort to create the 1936-37 Great Lakes Exposition on Cleveland's lakefront—hoping the event would serve as a diversion from the Great Depression and a celebration the city's centennial.
The Cleveland Restoration Society unveiled the first marker on the African American Civil Rights Trail last week at Cory United Methodist Church during its annual community lunch, while also celebrating the church's role in the Civil Rights movement, the leaders who spoke there, and the restoration that's about to happen.
Cleveland Public Library leaders and Newburgh Heights officials opened its first Grab & Go Book Locker in the Village Hall—making it easier for everyone in the neighborhood to check out CPL materials.
FreshWater managing photographer Bob Perkoski provides a peek into the everyday lives of Clevelanders going about their business in the neighborhoods and on the streets of Cleveland.
Glenville native and marital arts grand master Greg Mayo has been teaching martial arts for more than 50 years—showing youth, seniors, and women how to exercise and strengthen the body while learning self-defense.
The StoneWater Rustic Grill has a classic holiday drink to warm the body and soul this season with Cleveland Glögg—the Swedish version of a spiced mulled wine, served warm with golden raisins and cinnamon sticks.
The beloved Rockefeller Park has been one of the city's most prized outdoor spaces for a century. How the 20-acre park came to be is a story of several benefactors—William Gordon, John D. Rockefeller, and Jeptha Wade—and park designer Ernest W. Bowditch.
Documentary filmmaker Carl Kiss enjoys telling the stories of how everyday Clevelanders and local business make Northeast Ohio a better place. Most recently, he capture Destiny Burns' story in his CLE Urban Winery documentary.
Harness Cycle has been a cult staple with spinning and fitness enthusiasts in Ohio City since 2013, but founder Anne Hartnett and CEO Andria Loczi have had their wheels turning on an even bigger vision in recent years.
The number of people behind on their water bills in the Cleveland area has doubled during the pandemic. Now, more than one in every five water accounts are behind by at least one bill, as the city has resumed water shutoffs for nonpayment. What can be done about this problem?
Western Reserve Land Conservancy just announced it has purchased the 28.5-acre Euclid Beach Mobile Home Park on Lake Erie in the North Shore Collinwood neighborhood. Now the planning begins.