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Fun & photo ops at Kamm’s Corners Ice Cream Co.

Fun & photo ops at Kamm’s Corners Ice Cream Co.

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Approximately 50-percent of the world uses social media, sources say. 

“…Photo ops are such a big thing with social media being so popular,” says Lisa Kay, proprietor and scoop specialist at Kamm’s Corners Ice Cream Co. “We thought ‘hey,’ we might be small but we can be mighty, and keep up with the Cleveland photo op scene!” 

A brand new neon sign at Kamm’s Corners Ice Cream Co. gives patrons and passersby an opportunity to have their own unique photo shoot. 

“We added the BEST neon sign–EVER!” Kay says, noting the sign is “ice cream, you scream, we all scream for Cleveland” and in their signature colors, ‘razmatazz pink,’ ‘lemon yellow,’ and ‘blue moo blue.’ 

Kay added a special thanks to her Shop Manager Tia for coming up with the design and the saying, “we just love it!” 

“We also added some Cleveland Street Art! Local Artist Kali Gibbons painted the best mural outside the shop which represents a few of our flavors. Our #1 seller Maxx’s Cookie monster sits atop the mural with our signature chocolate medallion and cookie monster eyes.” 

Two hot flavors for this summer? Kay says Lemon Square and Peach Basil Cream are current favorites.

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Cleveland residents can now opt in to new curbside recycling program

FROM THE STRAIGHT FROM CITY HALL NEWSLETTER

by Tatyana Mcknight

The City of Cleveland today announced residents can now opt in to the new bi-weekly curbside
recycling program. Residents interested in joining the program must sign up by October 22 via the
opt-in form or by calling 216-664-3030 and agree to the recycling program guidelines. The ongoing
recycling program changes are part of an effort to reduce contamination from curbside recycling,
reduce program costs, and improve efficiency of waste collection operations. View a link to an FAQ
sheet on the recycling program. The City intends for the new program to be in place by the end of
2021.

“For more than a decade, my administration has worked to build and solidify Cleveland’s reputation
as a ‘green City on a blue lake’” said Mayor Frank G. Jackson. “This opt in recycling program will
help us to work alongside residents to establish a more efficient and sustainable waste and recycling
collection process.”

The number of people who opt in during the 90-day period will help serve as an indication of the new
program’s potential interest level and help the city create routing plans. Residents who opt in can
expect to receive additional communications on participation once the program is fully operational.
Residents who choose not to opt in will have their blue recycling carts removed.

Bulk collection will also transition to bi-weekly – on alternate weeks from recycling collection – and
will eventually shift to an appointment-based program once the bi-weekly collection routes are
established. The Department of Public Works, Division of Waste Collection will also
resume issuing citations for violations of City of Cleveland waste collection and recycling
regulations beginning Monday, August 9, 2021. View the waste collection calendar and rules
for proper set-out.

As a condition of participation in the new recycling program, residents will be asked to sign a pledge
agreeing to follow all curbside recycling guidelines, such as only placing the acceptable materials in
their bins on their scheduled weeks and understanding that their bins may be removed if they are
found to not be properly participating in the program.

In spring of 2020, the City of Cleveland suspended its recycling program due to high contamination
rates and inability to solicit a favorable contract for recycling processing services. As a result, the City commissioned GT Environmental to develop a report evaluating the City’s Division of Waste Collection and Disposal operations, including the solid waste, recycling, and bulk collection programs.

“Since suspending our program last year, we have worked hard to evaluate Cleveland’s waste and
recycling programs and are developing new approaches to improve waste collection in our city,” said
Chief of Operations Darnell Brown. “As we begin to enroll residents into the recycling program, their
participation and commitment will be key to keeping contamination down, meeting our waste
diversion goals and ensuring the program’s success.”

Recommendations provided by the consultant focused on improving efficiency and supporting waste
reduction goals, while still maintaining high levels of service for our residents. As a result of the
evaluation, the City of Cleveland is also hiring a recycling coordinator to help implement the
recommendations and operational strategies in the report.

The City will begin meeting with potential recycling processing companies while the opt-in process
is open. The number of current participants will be used to help define a new partnership with the
vendor. The City intends to secure a recycling contract as soon as possible.

Changes to the waste collection and recycling program align with the launch of Circular Cleveland, a
two-year initiative to develop and implement circular economy strategies and programs in
Cleveland. The circular economy is a comprehensive approach to provide community-wide benefits
by designing waste and pollution out of our economic system, keeping products and materials in use
as long as possible, protecting and regenerating natural systems, and creating new jobs. For more
information about the Circular Cleveland initiative, click here.

For more information on the City of Cleveland’s waste collection and recycling programs, please visit
the Division of Waste Collection and Disposal’s website: www.clevelandohio.gov/waste.

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Local public golf courses

Photo by Jerry Masek

West Park is blessed to have three public golf courses.

* 216-267-5626, Mastick Woods

* 216-941-9672, Little Me

* 440-331-1070, Big Met

On Aug 8, both Mastick Woods and Little Met will sponsor an 18-hole Championship for all ages. Meet at 2 p.m. at the Little Met Clubhouse, $35 per team, register on-line.

At 8 p.m. Aug. 20, Mastick Woods offers 9 holes of Moonlight Golf for all ages. Juniors must be accompanied by adults. $30, register online, Meet at the Mastick Woods Golf Course.

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City of Cleveland Kennel is Full, Adoption Fees Lowered


by Tatyana Mcknight
FROM THE STRAIGHT FROM CITY HALL NEWSLETTER

The City of Cleveland kennel is FULL! In an effort of getting more CITY DOGS adopted into their forever homes, the City of Cleveland‘s Division of Animal Care & Control has reduced its adoption fees to $21 for this weekend, Saturday July 10 and Sunday, July 11. Come visit our shelter and find your fur-ever friend.

Check out some CITY DOGS available for adoption below.

  • Diesel
  • Hannah
  • Jewell
  • Ollie
  • Mindy & Mork 
  • Rayana
  • Griffon

The City of Cleveland Kennel is located at 9203 Detroit Avenue. All adoptable dogs are vaccinated, microchipped, spayed/neutered and come with a Cuyahoga County license. 

To set up a meet with your new furever friend visit: www.tinyurl.com/meetacitydog

View all adoptable dogs at www.petango.com/cacc.

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July 2021 on-site exhibitions and virtual event listings for Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland Museum of Art 2021 Virtual In-person events

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On-site Exhibitions

Opening This Month!

Private Lives: Home and Family in the Art of the Nabis, Paris, 1889–1900

July 1 to September 19, 2021

The Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation Exhibition Hall

The exhibition explores beautiful and enigmatic artworks by four Post-Impressionists active in Paris in the 1890s: Pierre Bonnard, Édouard Vuillard, Maurice Denis and Félix Vallotton. In their work—focusing on images of domestic interiors, family life, music in the home and private gardens—emotion and subjective experience were more important than truth.

Private Lives: Home and Family in the Art of the Nabis, Paris, 1889–1900 is organized by the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Portland Art Museum.

Follow the CMA on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter for more information and get ready for a series of weekly photo challenges starting July 5.

Tickets Are on Sale Now

CMA members free; adults $15; seniors and adult groups $10; students and children ages 6 to 17 $8; children under 5 free.

Tickets can be reserved online at cma.org, at the box office or by calling 216-421-7350.

Major support is provided by the Florence Gould Foundation. Additional support is provided by Anne H. Weil. Generous support is provided by an anonymous supporter and by Sandra and Richey Smith.

The exhibition catalogue for Private Lives: Home and Family in the Art of the Nabis, Paris, 1889–1900 was produced with the support of the FRench American Museum Exchange (FRAME).

All exhibitions at the Cleveland Museum of Art are underwritten by the CMA Fund for Exhibitions. Major annual support is provided by the Estate of Dolores B. Comey and Bill and Joyce Litzler, with generous annual funding from Mr. and Mrs. Walter R. Chapman Jr., the Jeffery Wallace Ellis Trust in memory of Lloyd H. Ellis Jr., Janice Hammond and Edward Hemmelgarn, Ms. Arlene Monroe Holden, Eva and Rudolf Linnebach, William S. and Margaret F. Lipscomb, Tim O’Brien and Breck Platner, the Womens Council of the Cleveland Museum of Art, and Claudia Woods and David Osage.

Opening This Month!

A New York Minute: Street Photography, 1920–1950

July 10 to November 7, 2021

Mark Schwartz and Bettina Katz Photography Gallery

Street photography—spontaneous images of everyday life captured in public places—blossomed in New York City during the first half of the 20th century. This genre of photography was heir to the slightly earlier tradition of urban realism in painting and printmaking, as seen in the complementary exhibition Ashcan School Prints and the American City, 1900–1940, on view in the James and Hanna Bartlett Prints and Drawings Gallery. Both movements turned to depictions of the everyday activities of urban dwellers to explore the radical demographic, social and economic shifts then transforming the city.

 

All exhibitions at the Cleveland Museum of Art are underwritten by the CMA Fund for Exhibitions. Major annual support is provided by Bill and Joyce Litzler, with generous annual funding from Mr. and Mrs. Walter R. Chapman Jr., the Jeffery Wallace Ellis Trust in memory of Lloyd H. Ellis Jr., Janice Hammond and Edward Hemmelgarn, Ms. Arlene Monroe Holden, Eva and Rudolf Linnebach, William S. and Margaret F. Lipscomb, Tim O’Brien and Breck Platner, the Womens Council of the Cleveland Museum of Art, and Claudia Woods and David Osage.

The Cleveland Museum of Art is funded in part by residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture.

This exhibition was supported in part by the Ohio Arts Council, which receives support from the State of Ohio and the National Endowment for the Arts.

 

Opening This Month!

Ashcan School Prints and the American City, 1900–1940

July 17 to December 26, 2021

James and Hanna Bartlett Prints and Drawings Gallery

Ashcan School Prints and the American City, 1900–1940 presents prints of city life made by urban realists during a time of rapid demographic, social and economic transformation. With New York City as an epicenter of change—packed with vibrant new communities of immigrants from Europe and Latin American countries, and Black Southerners who had migrated north—artists responded to the everyday lives and experiences of city dwellers, incorporating advertising and mass media techniques into their depictions of the lower classes, immigrants, working women and social elites alike.  

Principal support is provided by the Print Club of Cleveland.

All exhibitions at the Cleveland Museum of Art are underwritten by the CMA Fund for Exhibitions. Major annual support is provided by Bill and Joyce Litzler, with generous annual funding from Mr. and Mrs. Walter R. Chapman Jr., the Jeffery Wallace Ellis Trust in memory of Lloyd H. Ellis Jr., Janice Hammond and Edward Hemmelgarn, Ms. Arlene Monroe Holden, Eva and Rudolf Linnebach, William S. and Margaret F. Lipscomb, Tim O’Brien and Breck Platner, the Womens Council of the Cleveland Museum of Art, and Claudia Woods and David Osage.

Variations: The Reuse of Models in Paintings by Orazio and Artemisia Gentileschi

Through August 22, 2021

Julia and Larry Pollock Focus Gallery

Recent conservation of the CMA’s Italian Baroque painting Danaë by Orazio Gentileschi (1563–1639) has revealed a more vibrant and refined painting than has hitherto been possible to perceive. It is an extraordinary work now conveying the artist’s trademark virtuosity in painting drapery and flesh tones. Danaë is the second version of a picture painted in Genoa around 1621–22 by Orazio, who often copied his own works; these subsequent versions can rival the original in quality. In the exhibition, Danaë is at the center of an intimate group of paintings by Orazio and his daughter, Artemisia, that beautifully distill the artists’ capacity to modify and manipulate forms across subjects.

Generous support is provided by an anonymous gift in honor of Professor Edward J. Olszewski.

All exhibitions at the Cleveland Museum of Art are underwritten by the CMA Fund for Exhibitions. Major annual support is provided by the Estate of Dolores B. Comey and Bill and Joyce Litzler, with generous annual funding from Mr. and Mrs. Walter R. Chapman Jr., the Jeffery Wallace Ellis Trust in memory of Lloyd H. Ellis Jr., Ms. Arlene Monroe Holden, Eva and Rudolf Linnebach, William S. and Margaret F. Lipscomb, Tim O’Brien and Breck Platner, the Womens Council of the Cleveland Museum of Art, and Claudia Woods and David Osage.

Generous support for public programs related to this exhibition is provided by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation.

Rinpa (琳派)

Through October 3, 2021

Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation Japanese Art Galleries | Galleries 235A & B

Rinpa is a style of Japanese art focused on abstracted natural motifs and allusions to classical literature. Coined in the early 1900s, Rinpa means “Rin School,” after painter Ogata Kōrin (1658–1716), whose work was critical to the later transmission of the tradition. This rotation tells the story of later Rinpa style, introducing works by important artists active in the 1700s, 1800s and early 1900s, including Kōrin and his brother Ogata Kenzan (1663–1743); Sakai Hōitsu (1761–1828), the Edo-based (present-day Tokyo) dynamo who revolutionized Rinpa painting; and Kamisaka Sekka (1866–1942), the Kyoto-based master of graphic design who delighted with his prints and drawings. 

Interpretation of Materiality: Gold

Through October 25, 2021

Korea Foundation Gallery

This exhibition illuminates how Korean artists from ancient times to the present day creatively used and interpreted gold and its distinctive materiality. One highlight is the 13th-century Buddhist text Avatamsaka Sutra No. 78. Mixed with ink and glue, refined gold powder was applied on the smooth surface of the dark blue, indigo-dyed mulberry paper. In the practice of copying a Buddhist sutra, gold served as the perfect medium to visualize the splendid world of Buddhas and their awakening teachings.

The establishment of this gallery was made possible by the support of the Korea Foundation and the National Museum of Korea, Republic of Korea.

The casework in the Korea Foundation Gallery has been generously funded by the National Museum of Korea, Republic of Korea.

From Caves to Tombs: Chinese Pictorial Rubbings from Stone Reliefs (從石窟到墓祠—石刻拓片)

Through November 14, 2021

Gallery 240A

The exhibition explores the tradition of making and mounting ink rubbings from stone reliefs, practiced in China at least since the 500s. Before high-resolution color photography was available, life-size rubbings taken from ancient sites and cultural relics in China played an important role as primary source and study material. This display celebrates the recent conservation of two monumental rubbings from the Buddhist caves of Longmen in central China. 

Fashioning Identity: Mola Textiles of Panamá

Through January 9, 2022

Arlene M. and Arthur S. Holden Textile Gallery

The exhibition explores the mola, a hand-sewn cotton blouse and a key component of traditional dress among the Guna women of Panamá, as both a cultural marker and the product of an artistic tradition. It demonstrates the important role women artists play in the construction of social identity.

All exhibitions at the Cleveland Museum of Art are underwritten by the CMA Fund for Exhibitions. Major annual support is provided by the Estate of Dolores B. Comey and Bill and Joyce Litzler, with generous annual funding from Mr. and Mrs. Walter R. Chapman Jr., the Jeffery Wallace Ellis Trust in memory of Lloyd H. Ellis Jr., Ms. Arlene Monroe Holden, Eva and Rudolf Linnebach, William S. and Margaret F. Lipscomb, Tim O’Brien and Breck Platner, the Womens Council of the Cleveland Museum of Art, and Claudia Woods and David Osage.

The Cleveland Museum of Art is funded in part by residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture.

This exhibition was supported in part by the Ohio Arts Council, which receives support from the State of Ohio and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Medieval Treasures from Münster Cathedral

Through August 14, 2022

Gallery 115

Gold and silver reliquaries, jeweled crosses, liturgical garments and illuminated manuscripts are among the rare treasures kept in the Cathedral of Saint Paul in Münster, in northwestern Germany. Because the cathedral was the heart of both the diocese and the secular territory of the bishop, many art objects were commissioned for, or gifted to, the cathedral. For the medieval Christian, collections of relics and reliquaries held spiritual power and political clout. Many of Münster’s reliquaries, created between the 1000s and 1500s, were permanently displayed on the altar, while others were brought out only during liturgical celebrations. Medieval Treasures includes eight of these reliquaries.

All exhibitions at the Cleveland Museum of Art are underwritten by the CMA Fund for Exhibitions. Major annual support is provided by the Estate of Dolores B. Comey and Bill and Joyce Litzler, with generous annual funding from Mr. and Mrs. Walter R. Chapman Jr., the Jeffery Wallace Ellis Trust in memory of Lloyd H. Ellis Jr., Ms. Arlene Monroe Holden, Eva and Rudolf Linnebach, William S. and Margaret F. Lipscomb, Tim O’Brien and Breck Platner, the Womens Council of the Cleveland Museum of Art, and Claudia Woods and David Osage.

The Cleveland Museum of Art is funded in part by residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture.

This exhibition is supported in part by the Ohio Arts Council, which receives support from the State of Ohio and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Art of the Islamic World

Gallery 116

Artwork from the Islamic world is as diverse and vibrant as the peoples who produced it. The objects presented in this gallery were created during the 8th through 19th centuries, a period of great cultural and geographic expansion. As a result, these works represent a vast area including Spain, North Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia. While these pieces originate within the Islamic world, they reflect the unique artistic and cultural traditions of disparate regions. 

Contemporary Art Reinstallation

Betty and Max Ratner Gallery | Contemporary Corridor 224A

Toby’s Gallery for Contemporary Art | Galleries 229A, 229C

Paula and Eugene Stevens Gallery | Gallery 229B

These galleries fall within the S. Mueller Family Galleries of Contemporary Art.

The reimagined galleries focus on the careers of women artists and artists of color and present fresh conversations among artworks. Spanning the past six decades, the contemporary reinstallation carries forward in time stories whose beginnings are told throughout the CMA’s collection.

The reinstallation of these galleries is made possible with principal support provided by the Sandy and Sally Cutler Strategic Opportunities Fund.

CMA at Transformer Station

New Histories, New Futures

Through September 12, 2021

This exhibition centers on three contemporary artists’ engagement with time and historical revisionism. Johnny Coleman (based in Oberlin, Ohio) revitalizes the marginalized history of one family’s journey on the Underground Railroad. His deep archival research on Lee Howard Dobbins, a four-year-old enslaved child whose journey north ended in illness and who was laid to rest in Oberlin in 1853, is the source of an ongoing series of large-scale installations. Antwoine Washington (based in Cleveland, Ohio) paints portraits of his own young family to counteract the stereotype of the absent Black father in a style that pays homage to artists of the Harlem Renaissance. The North Star series by Kambui Olujimi (based in Queens, New York) features paintings and video of weightless, floating Black bodies “freed from the gravity of oppression,” imaging a future in which a politics of resistance can result in true bodily freedom.

All exhibitions at the Cleveland Museum of Art are underwritten by the CMA Fund for Exhibitions. Major annual support is provided by the Estate of Dolores B. Comey and Bill and Joyce Litzler, with generous annual funding from Mr. and Mrs. Walter R. Chapman Jr., the Jeffery Wallace Ellis Trust in memory of Lloyd H. Ellis Jr., Janice Hammond and Edward Hemmelgarn, Ms. Arlene Monroe Holden, Eva and Rudolf Linnebach, William S. and Margaret F. Lipscomb, Tim O’Brien and Breck Platner, the Womens Council of the Cleveland Museum of Art, and Claudia Woods and David Osage.

The Cleveland Museum of Art is funded in part by residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture.

This exhibition is supported in part by the Ohio Arts Council, which receives support from the State of Ohio and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Transformer Station, the CMA’s sister contemporary art museum
1460 West 29th Street
Cleveland, OH 44113

For hours and other information, visit transformerstation.org.

Virtual Events

In Conversation: Johnny Coleman, Antwoine Washington, and Kambui Olujimi

Wednesday, July 7, 2021, 6 p.m. (EDT)

Register for the free event

Join artists Johnny Coleman (Oberlin, Ohio), Antwoine Washington (Cleveland, Ohio) and Kambui Olujimi (Queens, New York) and CMA curator Nadiah Rivera Fellah on a virtual walk-through of the exhibition.  

Together, they discuss how contemporary artists both engage with concepts of the past, present and future and create artworks to revise history, combat stereotypes and give image to new political possibilities.  

This program is organized in tandem with the CMA exhibition New Histories, New Futures.

Fabric and Fashion: Pattern and Design in the Art of Édouard Vuillard 
Wednesday, July 21, 2021, 6 p.m. (EDT) 

Édouard Vuillard painted alongside his mother and sister, both of whom were dressmakers. How did this exposure to fabric and fashion impact Vuillard’s art?

Join fashion historian Catherine Amoroso Leslie of Kent State University and CMA chief curator Heather Lemonedes Brown as they discuss the styles of dress popular in late 19th-century Paris and how Vuillard’s bold use of pattern reflects the fashions of the time.

This program is organized in tandem with the CMA exhibition Private Lives: Home and Family in the Art of the Nabis, Paris, 1889–1900. 

The above events are part of the museum’s free, dynamic digital initiative Home Is Where the Art Is, which showcases the CMA’s globally recognized digital resources and offers a variety of newly created fun and engaging programs for people of all ages. These sustainable digital experiences continue to complement the in-person museum experience now that the CMA has reopened. Visit cma.org/digital to access all of the available programming. 

The ARTLENS Gallery has reopened, and beginning June 30, the museum will resume extended hours Wednesdays and Fridays, remaining open until 9 p.m.

The Cleveland Museum of Art is currently open Tuesday to Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The museum is closed Mondays.

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About the Cleveland Museum of Art

The Cleveland Museum of Art is renowned for the quality and breadth of its collection, which includes more than 63,000 artworks and spans 6,000 years of achievement in the arts. The museum is a significant international forum for exhibitions, scholarship and performing arts and is a leader in digital innovations. One of the top comprehensive art museums in the nation, recognized for its award-winning Open Access program and free of charge to all, the Cleveland Museum of Art is located in the University Circle neighborhood.

The museum is supported in part by residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture and made possible in part by the Ohio Arts Council (OAC), which receives support from the State of Ohio and the National Endowment for the Arts. The OAC is a state agency that funds and supports quality arts experiences to strengthen Ohio communities culturally, educationally and economically. For more information about the museum and its holdings, programs and events, call 888-CMA-0033 or visit cma.org.

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Justin Bibb: State’s broadband ban undermines cities

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Last week, the Ohio State Budget passed the Senate with a last-minute amendment to ban public broadband in cities across the state. This sweeping legislation snuck in by Republicans would have a lasting impact on Clevelanders. Mayoral candidate Justin Bibb is calling on the Statehouse and Governor Mike DeWine to urgently remove the ban during budget negotiations or by line-item veto.  

“Our city was recently ranked the least connected city in America and U.S. Census data shows that one in three households do not have access to the internet. This divisive piece of legislation will deepen that problem,” said Justin Bibb, candidate for Cleveland Mayor. 

The amendment undermines cities and its government partners like schools and libraries from working with telecommunications providers to offer low-cost internet services through a municipal broadband strategy. It also restricts the use of American Rescue Plan dollars to close the digital divide. 

“If signed into law, this ban on broadband will make closing the digital divide in Cleveland virtually impossible,” said Justin Bibb. “When a third of our residents are not online, they are held back economically and educationally. Access to high-speed, reliable internet is a must today to complete homework, find employment, access health care, start a business, or just stay informed.” 

“The biggest barrier to internet access is affordability and this amendment will only continue to put profit over people. It hands over the keys to the big telecommunications companies and blocks our shot at making the internet accessible to everyone,” he added. 

“I’m asking all Clevelanders, community organizations, activists and civic leaders to join me in calling on our state legislators to urge them to remove this midnight amendment to ensure residents have access to necessary online services. We must go a step further and demand limitations on American Rescue Plan funding are reversed and digital inclusion programs are funded,” said Bibb.  

“Ultimately, this amendment undermines the home rule of cities. I urge Governor DeWine to veto the amendment if the statehouse fails to remove it.” 

“As the least connected city in the country, we can’t afford more barriers to digital equity. Cleveland needs a municipal broadband strategy and as mayor, I’ll fight to connect every resident to the internet.” 

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West Park resident Ross DiBello announces filing record-setting petitions to qualify as candidate for Mayor of Cleveland

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Ross DiBello announces he has filed nominating petitions on Tuesday at the Board of Elections seeking to appear on the ballot in 2021 for Mayor of the City of Cleveland. 

The 38-year old West Park attorney submitted a total of 4,712 signatures. DiBello himself witnessed approximately 3,844 signatures, an unofficial record in Cleveland history for an individual candidate. With the majority of signatures being from his own West Park neighborhood, DiBello gained a comprehensive understanding of what Clevelanders want from their government. 

“West Parkers want the same thing as Clevelanders in Glenville, Slavic Village and Hingetown,” said DiBello. “They want representatives that will work for them all the time, on every issue, and build a Cleveland that cares about equity. Many are embarrassed by City Hall, and have been for decades, unfortunately. They will no longer tolerate the status quo and the consistent waste of our city’s resources.” 

In addition to those signatures personally witnessed by DiBello, a team of 44 volunteers and one canvasser, paid at the rate of $16 per hour, accumulated signatures far in excess of the required total. 

“While other candidates have spent months raising money from outsiders in order to pay outsiders to canvas, our team was focused on meeting and listening to Clevelanders,” said DiBello, who remains the only candidate to propose any legislation. “Work ethic and a commitment to service are the strengths of our campaign. A blue-collar town needs a blue-collar candidate. Being able to see so many Clevelanders agree with my platform and approach to community governance was a very pleasant surprise and a reiteration of why I am running. Our city deserves a leader who is a true public servant.” 

DiBello launched his candidacy proposing numerous legislative reforms to improve equity, democracy and free will in Cleveland. He proposes significant campaign finance reform, ending tax handouts to the wealthy, term limits for councilpersons and the Mayor, and a repeal of any further appointments of councilpersons, among other much needed changes. 

Learn more about Ross DiBello and his campaign by visiting www.rossdibello.com

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Annual 4th of July Parade in West Park

Annual 4th of July Parade West Park

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The Annual 4th. Of July Parade has deep roots and history in our West Park Community.

Forty-two years ago in 1968, the Cub Scouts from our Lady of Angels under the guidence of then Cub Scout Master of Troop 182 Bill Waters, with help from Jim Stanton, Mike Wulk and Jack Lavelle, stepped off for the 1st ever parade with “Floats” fashioned out of coaster wagons along with many neighborhood participants. The following year the Boy Scouts from the Our Lady of Angels Troop 82 also became involved. The Parade flourished and grew larger every year for the next 19 years. The Parade became to large for the Scouts to logistically maintain. The Parade almost became obsolete when Howard Schreibman, a West Park Kiwanian, stepped in and convinced his fellow West Park Kiwanians to sponsor and continue the parade. Since then the Parade has continued to be an annual Community event of great importance for the last 23 years.

Last year’s Parade featured well over a hundreds registrations that covered over a mile and a half in length and viewed by 18,000 people.

The Parade is the largest Independence day Parade in the city of Cleveland and it gets better every year.

To Day (5/11/21)

-PARADE IS 51 YEARS OLD

-CUBS ARE 19 YEARS OLD

-KIWANIS 32 YEARS OLD

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It was a busy, booming year in West Park

Story and Photos by Jerry Masek

  • Conceptual plans presented for new West Park Plaza

The COVID-19 pandemic attracted many headlines for the past 12 months, but West Park continued to move forward in so many other ways. 

Things are looking up

West Park Shopping Center: The City Planning Commission approved plans for the site of the now-vacant Kmart building. Three national retail stores will occupy the main building, with a grocery store and drive-thru coffee bar nearby. Work should begin later this year.    

Luxury apartments are planned for the West Park-Fairview Park border, on Brookpark Road, near the NASA Glenn Research Center. 

West Park Animal Hospital breaks ground on a larger new building on its existing property on Rocky River Drive.    

New Master Plan was unveiled, to guide the development of Hopkins International Airport for the next 20 years.    

Libraries are getting a facelift. The West Park branch is closed for a year of renovation, and plans to build a new Rockport Branch continue. 

Good news for good food

100th Bomb Group Restaurant will re-open as the Aviator Event Center on Brookpark Road, across from Hopkins International Airport.    

Arbys plans to remodel the former Steak-and-Shake at Kamm’s Corners. Plans are being reviewed by the City.     

Hospitality continues to be an area strong point. 

Your tax dollars at work

Voters will see a crowded mayoral race this year, plus a contested battle for the Ward 17 City Council seat.    

Old Lorain Road. Metroparks planners proposed a new, safer access trail to the Rocky River Reservation. Work will progress when funding is secured.    

Speak Up. City Council reform moves closer to reality. There may soon be a public comment period at all meetings.

 Summer fun Jump in. After some downtime, swimming pools re-opened at Gunning Recreation Center and Impett Park.    

To market, to market. The colorful, award-winning Kamm’s Corners Farmers Market is now in its 15th season on Albers Avenue.    

Centerpiece. The Independence Day parade, organized by the West Park Kiwanis, steps off at 9:30 a.m. Monday, July 5. Happy birthday, USA. 

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State Senator Sandra Williams first to file petitions for Mayor of Cleveland

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State Senator Sandra Williams today became the first candidate for Mayor of Cleveland to file her petitions for the September 14 primary election.

Greeted by supporters as she entered the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, Williams pledged a campaign focused on Cleveland’s future. “We stand at the threshold of a new day for the City of Cleveland.” Williams told the crowd. She went on to note the challenges our city still faces and how for too many it is hard to imagine better days ahead.

Senator Williams then shared her belief that this moment of peril has presented our best opportunity in decades to rebuild our city. Sharing her vision of a new, better Cleveland she said, “I see a city of opportunity for all Clevelanders; a city where economic, racial and gender inequality are extinguished;  where a good education is within the grasp of every student; and where fear and crime have plummeted..”

Williams also noted that in November Cleveland  voters will have the chance, as we did 50 years ago, to breakdown old barriers by electing the first female African American mayor.

Williams finished by pledging that her campaign will focus on every neighborhood and community in Cleveland. “This will be a campaign of bringing Clevelanders together in a crusade to build a community we can all be proud of, a city where our families and our children see a future brighter than today. Moving forward together is our path to a better tomorrow.  And together nothing can stop us.” Senator Williams concluded. 

Senator Williams filed a total of 4,971 signatures from across the city, well in excess of the 3,000 required to earn a place on the ballot.

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Join tomorrow’s Consent Decree Community Conversation #6 about Families and Communities Building Resilience

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The sixth virtual Cleveland Consent Decree Community Conversation takes place tomorrow, June 9th from 6:00-7:30 p.m., focusing on Families and Communities Building Resilience. The session is co-presented by United Way of Greater Cleveland and NAACP – Cleveland Branch.  


MEET OUR JUNE CONVERSATION LEADERS
PANELISTS

Brenda Bickerstaff, sister of Craig Bickerstaff who was 27 years old when hedied in 2002 
Alicia Kirkman, mother of Angelo Miller who was 17 years old when he died in 2007 
Samaria Rice, mother of Tamir Rice who was 12 years old when he died in 2014 
Bernadette Rolen, mother of Daniel Ficker who was 27 years old when he died in 2011
Dr. Victoria Winbush, Professor of Social Work, Cleveland State University

MODERATOR

Rick Jackson, Senior Host & Producer, WVIZ PBS & WCPN NPR

A livestream will be available on the City Club of Cleveland’s YouTube channel by clicking here. A replay will also be available immediately after the session concludes.  Registration is free and open for all to join the conversation at unitedwaycleveland.org.


This 11-month virtual event series is complimentary and open to the public. The 2021 initiative is part of United Way of Greater Cleveland’s Public Policy Agenda to advocate, convene and support issues that impact Greater Cleveland. The series is possible through partnership with The City Club of Cleveland.

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Community members needed to join sixth Cleveland Consent Decree Community Conversation sponsored by NAACP- Cleveland Chapter and United Way of Greater Cleveland: 6 p.m., June 9

By Rich Weiss, for Neighborhood & Community Media Association of Greater Cleveland

If you missed your chance to attend the May 12th public input meeting on the Cleveland Police Consent Decree, your input is still needed for the upcoming Consent Decree Community Conversation at 6:00 pm on June 9 (on Zoom).  This public meeting (co-sponsored by the local chapters of the United Way and NAACP) seeks your opinions and questions on progress of the Cleveland Division of Police in the areas of Families and Communities Building Resilience.

Rosie Palfy, who is a community advocate, a homeless advocate, a veterans advocate, and a member of the city of Cleveland Mental Health Response Advisory Committee since it was created in 2015, said, “I think that the event was really well received…and I’ve got nothing but positive feedback from the community. Strangers have reached out to me on social media, and it’s a small world out there. So somebody knows somebody, who knows me and they send me an email, and so I’m really glad I participated in it and I actually felt empowered afterwards. I was very pleasantly surprised at how it went.”

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City of Cleveland Honors Fallen Officers in Recognition of National Police Week 2021

From the City of Cleveland “Straight from City Hall” newsletter

Police Week 2021 was recognized in Cleveland this week with multiple events honoring officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty.

On Thursday, May 20, 2021, the badges of Patrol Officer Vu Nguyen, EOW 7/6/18 and James Skernivitz EOW 9/3/20 were added to the badge case display located in the Cleveland Police Museum. Surviving family members of both officers, including their wives and children, were present for a small, intimate ceremony.

On Friday, May 21, 2021, the Police Memorial Parade and Ceremony, hosted by the Greater Cleveland Peace Officer Memorial Society was held in downtown Cleveland. Police agencies from the local, state and federal levels attended, including a detail from Canada. During the 2021 ceremony, Detective James Skernivitz was honored. Detective Skernivitz was killed in the line of duty on September 3, 2021 while working as a Federal Task Force Officer on the law enforcement initiative Operation Legend. Chief Calvin D. Williams spoke of the many awards and accolades bestowed upon Detective James Skernivitz during his time as a Cleveland Police Officer. In honor of National Police Week, we remember our fallen heroes as we keep their memories alive and hold dear the hearts of their loved ones.

To view photos from the Badge Case Ceremony, click here. To view photos from the Police Memorial Parade and Ceremony, click here.

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Scholarship garage sale May 21 & 22

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Horizon Education Centers invites you to the Mary Smith Summer Camp Scholarship Garage Sale.
Horizon Education Centers is hosting its annual Mary Smith Summer Camp Scholarship Garage Sales this Friday and Saturday, May 21st and 22nd from 8 am to 4 pm at the Horizon Cascade Center (233 Bond Street, Elyria).
This garage sale funds the Mary Smith Summer Camp Scholarship Program which was started by the Horizon Board of Trustees in 2018.  This year with the donation and proceeds from last year’s garage sale, Horizon awarded 55 children with $100 scholarships to help with the cost of the summer camp. 
Along with the usual garage sale items such as furniture, garden tools, household items, and clothing Horizon also have received many donations of gift baskets that they will be raffling off during this garage sale.  These raffle baskets can be view on Horizon’s Facebook page – Horizon Education Centers.
Horizon Education Centers is a leader in quality early care and education, preparing children and families for life for 40 years.  Horizon is a mission-driven nonprofit making sure all families have access to high-quality programs regardless of income or where they live.   
Humbly Horizon Activities, which it was called back in 1978, was the brainchild of Mary Smith, a suburban mother in North Olmsted, Ohio.  Mary noticed that a large number of her children’s friends were “latch-key kids” who were only supervised by blinking television sets.  This problem, combined with Mary’s frustration of a lack of art programs in North Olmsted, she knew something had to be done.  Horizon was created from one center in North Olmsted to now 12 centers located across Lorain and Cuyahoga county.
Horizon Education Centers is proud to be one of Lorain and Cuyahoga County’s top-rated programs care and education programs.  All twelve of Horizon Education Centers are rated high quality under Ohio’s Step Up To Quality Rating System. This rating ensures that your child will experience:  qualified teachers, a proven curriculum, family engagement, developmental screenings, and electronic access to your child’s individual learning.  
Horizon offers programming for children 18 months to 12 years of age. Along with preschool, Horizon offers a high-quality Kindergarten Readiness curriculum and instruction and the best early care and afterschool educational programs offered across Lorain and Cuyahoga County.  Horizon understands that your choice of child/after-school care is very personal and an important decision. Horizon takes safety and security as our #1 priority.  When you leave your child at one of Horizon’s Center you will have peace of mind that your child is safely learning, having fun, and making new friends. 

Mary Smith passed away in November 2020 but her legacy will live on with Horizon and the need to help those less fortunate.