Redrawing Ohio’s future with Issue 1 - The Land
Dec 26, 2024 · “Issue 1 will end gerrymandering in Ohio by putting citizens, instead of politicians, in charge of drawing maps,” explained Chris Davey, spokesperson for the Citizens Not Politicians campaign, which is leading the effort behind the amendment.. The proposed amendment outlines the selection process for the 15 member Citizen Redistricting Commission (CRC), which will consist of five members ...
Thanksgiving 2024: Upcoming holiday activities in Cleveland
Jan 13, 2025 · Cleveland Winterland – Nov. 30 – This all-day event (which technically runs from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.), will be held at Public Square. Formerly known as Winterfest, this holiday celebration includes lights, decorated trees, caroling, live music, hot cocoa and fireworks.
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Community powered journalism for a better Cleveland. Clevelanders, get ready for a first-of-its-kind milestone: the commissioning of the USS Cleveland, a Littoral Combat Ship that will carry our city’s name, pride and community spirit around the world.
Bessie's Angels helps Northeast Ohio women who've aged out of …
Dec 18, 2024 · Still, a small Cleveland nonprofit called Bessie’s Angels helps young women who’ve graduated from foster care to celebrate during the holidays and to thrive year-round.. At the group’s recent holiday party, co-hosted with Cuyahoga County Children and Family Services, former foster youth Abigail Wrayno said of Bessie’s leaders, “They are family.
Margaret Brouwer, Cleveland's unofficial composer laureate has no ...
Jan 16, 2025 · Much of what’s been keeping Brouwer so engaged has taken place close to home. Although, at this point, Brouwer’s music is liable to pop up just about anywhere, many of her most active and devoted interpreters are right here in Northeast Ohio, where she’s lived since 1996, when she began a 12-year stint as head of composition at the Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM).
'A perfect day for voting': Scenes from around Greater Cleveland …
Dec 27, 2024 · Grant Segall is a national-prizewinning reporter who spent 34 years with The Plain Dealer. Besides The Land, his freelance outlets have included The Washington Post, Time, Science, Reuters, The Boston Globe, Pittsburgh Magazine, Philadelphia Magazine, American Education, Black Issues in Higher Education, FreshWater Cleveland, the SHAD (Shaker Area Development) Connection, Shaker Life, and West ...
Six months in, Shaker Square’s new owners make plan to ... - The …
Dec 28, 2024 · Lee Chilcote is an award-winning writer and author whose work has been published in The Washington Post, The Associated Press, Vanity Fair, The Cleveland Plain Dealer, Cleveland Magazine and many others.His poetry chapbooks are The Shape of Home and How to Live in Ruins. He is a founder and past executive director of Literary Cleveland, an organization with a mission of “developing writers ...
Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge guides for the 2024 election
Dec 26, 2024 · [Graphic courtesy of The Marshall Project – Cleveland] Early voting is now underway in Ohio. Ahead of the upcoming general election on Nov. 5, The Marshall Project and Signal Cleveland published a judge guide designed to help voters make informed decisions about judicial candidates.
Henrietta Homes: an affordable lease-purchase project ... - The Land
Dec 28, 2024 · Rendering of Henrietta Homes (courtesy Famicos Foundation) The Famicos Foundation, a nonprofit community development corporation serving the Hough neighborhood and surrounding areas, is set to break ground early this year on the Henrietta Homes project, which will result in the construction of 40 lease-purchase homes in the League Park area.. The project, named after the organization’s ...
New law seeks to honor Tanisha Anderson’s legacy while making …
Dec 23, 2024 · Relatives of Tanisha Anderson partnered with Cleveland City Council members and Case Western Reserve University students to author a new piece of legislation. As proposed, “Tanisha’s Law” would revise training regimens for mental health crises via a new Department of Community Crisis Response. This new team would try to prevent incidents like Anderson’s November 2014 death, which ...