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Groundbreaking of Second Norma Herr Shelter Promises a ‘Dignified’ Stay for Unhoused Women
“We will do better, we will provide better, because our guests deserve better from all of us”
Mark Oprea
Mark Oprea is a staff writer at Scene. He's covered Cleveland for the past decade, and has contributed to TIME, NPR, the Pacific Standard and the Cleveland Magazine. He's the winner of two Press Club awards.
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Nosotros Rock Climbing Gym Closing in Lakewood, But Owner Hopes to Relocate With Community Help
Owner Peter Stancato is trying to raise $50,000 to move the gym to the Screw Factory
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Cleveland Planning Commission Gives Green Light for City’s First Four Outdoor, Public Bathrooms
“We’re very, very grateful because this is such an important service that the city ought to provide to our residents,” planning director Joyce Huang, noting pilot studies showed no safety issues
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Bibb: Browns Move to Brook Park Will Economically Harm Cleveland, Cuyahoga County
“It’s the wrong time not to choose Cleveland,” the mayor said in a solemn speech, noting the city had exhausted every option in negotiations with the team
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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
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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”