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Cleveland Secures $60M From Feds for Lakefront Redevelopment, Shoreway Conversion
There’s still about $180 million to go for the whole thing
Mark Oprea
Mark Oprea is a staff writer at Scene. He's covered Cleveland for the past decade, and has contributed to TIME, NPR, Narratively, the Pacific Standard and the Cleveland Magazine. He's the winner of two Press Club awards.
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A Non-Profit Gifted a Disabled Mentor 8-Year Old a Swim Spa for Physical Therapy. It’s Now Become the Center of an HOA Dispute
“You’re telling me, like, who’s allowed to play with my daughter in this swim spa?”
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Late Push for CMSD Levy Raising Awareness Before November Vote
Proponents of Issue 49 have spent the last month canvassing, deploying billboards and running spots
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East Cleveland City Council Optimistic Indictment of Mayor Brandon King Signals Opportunity for Turnaround
“It’s going to be a new East Cleveland. It’s a new day. I guarantee that.”
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NAACP Maintains 2019 Cleveland ‘Water Lien’ Case is Worthy of Class Action Suit With Thousands Affected
“A lot of Black Clevelanders that have been subject to the discriminatory lien policy and the discriminatory unfair billing policy.”
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A Dozen New and Upcoming Venues Are Bringing Fresh Energy to the Cleveland Music Scene
A spate of new openings is bringing diversity to Cleveland stages and helping to showcase local talent
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Cleveland Says New Program Housed 47 Unsheltered People This Year
“It’s only when move-in day comes, they realize that this is real”
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Cleveland City Council Targets Illegal Street Takeovers With New Legislation
Council’s new ordinance would ban “blocking intersections, burnouts, doughnuts, wheelies, drifting and stunt driving”
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Canal Basin Park Redesign Aims to Pair Heritage With (More) Waterfront Access
The 20 acres will see a renovation that’ll bring a playground, a park and true access at Cleveland’s front door to the Cuyahoga
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Cleveland’s First AI Security Camera Went Live on Public Square This Week
It’ll be on the lookout for “trouble,” including loitering and trespassing
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After Massive Weekend Street Takeovers Cause Havoc, Cleveland Police Create Task Force to Address Issue
“Me and my citizens are pissed. This isn’t just a one-time, one-off occasion. What are we actually doing?” said Council President Blaine Griffin
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A Movement is Underway to Uplift Slavic Village’s Main Street. Will Vacant Property Owners Buy In?
Owners sitting on unused property, which accounts for half of Fleet Ave., “are dragging down the city and the neighborhood along with them” said Councilwoman Rebecca Mauer