The Beachland certainly has dedicated show-goers. But they also are like a regular bar in that they rely on a percentage of people to drop in regardless of who is playing.

Entertainment businesses are also disproportionately affected by visitor experience ... Have trouble finding parking, have to park on a side road that looks unsafe, get stuck in traffic ... This is the sort of thing that will increase the likelihood that you'll just stay home the next time for anything entertainment-related. And this is a business located in a neighborhood that's not exactly centrally-located, with scant public transportation options, in a city that's quite clearly pretty automobile-centric.

 

I remember several years ago, CPAC did a survey throughout northeast Ohio that asked respondents what the biggest reasons were for not attending local arts-related events. The #1 answer? Not price, not artistic content, not busy time schedules ... I kid you not, the #1 reason was perceived lack of options for easy and free parking. So if that is still true today, I'd say that that does present some big challenges for arts districts like Waterloo when major streetscape work happens.

 

I wish that major infrastructure projects which occur in developed areas include either competitive grants or low-interest loans for businesses that experience hardship as a result of those projects.

 

Well, we're in luck, since $80,000 in competitive grants are being distributed to affected business owners on Waterloo for arts projects that drive visitation to the district during construction (and more fundraising occurring to expand this pool) :) It's modeled after a similar program launched in St. Paul opposite light rail construction (www.irrigatearts.org), where it has been considered a pretty smashing success. If it works here, and an investment that small can really make a different for Waterloo businesses, I think it will be far more likely that we'll see similar efforts opposite other streetscape work in the city.

That's great to see, 8ShadesofGray. I hope we see that with additional major road projects that threaten to disrupt business activity.

Northeast Shores has approved the first two Collinwood Rising Vibrancy projects (http://welcometocollinwood.com/index.php/help/vibrancy-grants/, small art projects designed to drive visitors into the arts district during streetscape construction ... Look to see about 30 such projects popping up between now and next June). All events are free and open to the public, so come out and have some fun ... And support some great independent merchants while you're out. Show some UrbanOhio love, guys! :D

 

Cocoa in the Courtyard, December 6, 12:00 - 1:30 and 5:30 - 7:00, Zaller Building (16006 Waterloo). Kick off the holiday shopping season with this coffee and cocoa "happy hour" and unveiling of a new mural. You'll also get a map of the district, a list of merchants' holiday specials and info on upcoming community events.

 

Caribbean Christmas Festival, December 20, 6:00 - 10:00, Callaloo Cafe and Bar (15602 Waterloo). Come see another new mural and enjoy a live performance by Panic Steel Ensemble, as the cafe celebrates the holidays Tobago-style.

 

 

At its November meeting, the Gund Foundation awarded "$55,000 to Zygote Press for operating support and the opening of an annex in the Waterloo neighborhood" (http://gundfoundation.org/news-publications/news/gund-foundation-awards-8-7-million-at-november-board-meeting-2/) Waterloo keeps a-pluggin'!!!

 

That move was referenced in a Fresh Water article in September:

 

"Zygote Press is working on setting up its own satellite here, and while the group has not yet signed on the dotted line, co-founder Liz Maugans says the project likely will move ahead. The letterpress shop will use the E. 156th location for commercial printing services that increasingly are being squeezed out at its E. 30th Street headquarters.

 

Maugans envisions printing for businesses on the street and teaching classes to local residents. She’s particularly excited about the opportunity to be involved in the neighborhood's arts community. “We could have just moved upstairs in our current building, but the sexiest part for us was the collaboration with other businesses like the Beachland," she says."

 

... More available at http://www.freshwatercleveland.com/features/keepcollinwoodweird092613.aspx

^Thanks for all of your hard work for the neighborhood.  Its nice to see the lower east side of Cleveland getting some love.

Do any of the Waterloo projects spill over into other parts of Collinwood, like E. 185th?

^ Collinwood is about as UPPER east side as you can get in Cleveland. Haha.

 

From my understanding, generally not. A lot of CDC services (home repair, weatherization, etc.) cover the entire North Collinwood area, and the extensive marketing of vacant properties for sale, locally and nationally, touches residential properties on both the Waterloo side of the neighborhood and the East 185th side. Outside of that, most of these arts-related investments seem to be getting made on the Waterloo side, with a real attention to wanting to build critical mass around Waterloo and not dilute the impact of the arts approach by trying to dilute it too broadly across the entire neighborhood (the residential area immediately surrounding the Waterloo Arts & Entertainment District has a population of about 1,500, while North Collinwood is a much broader geography with 15,000 residents).

 

That being said, there is a lot of attention on the 185th corridor. There's a business development specialist on Waterloo and a separate one on East 185th. A market analysis of the 185th corridor has been completed. Work continues on trying to bring the historic LaSalle theater back. And it looks like a program called ActiVacant, which is designed to repopulate vacant storefronts on East 185, is moving ahead, with some seed funding from Cleveland Neighborhood Progress. So while the arts investments aren't necessarily spilling over, I think we'll be seeing a lot of revitalization energy picking up steam there.

It sucks that Waterloo is at the southern end of the neighborhood, completely cut off by the highway and railroads. Makes it tough for it to become a neighborhood center.

^ True, but it's a pretty narrow neighborhood ... From the southern corridor that is Waterloo to the northern boundary that is the lake is only 2/3 of a mile, a leisurely-paced 14-minute walk ... Or if you must, a 4-minute drive :D

 

Pretty comparable to West 25th, which I think successfully serves as a neighborhood center of Ohio City, despite its location on the far east of the neighborhood, 0.8 miles from its westernmost residents, a 16-minute walk and 3-minute drive.

 

Make Waterloo enough of a destination and I don't think distance will be much of a barrier for neighborhood participation, particularly since many residents and workers already arrive and depart via the highway. a block to the south.

^ Collinwood is about as UPPER east side as you can get in Cleveland. Haha.

 

From my understanding, generally not. A lot of CDC services (home repair, weatherization, etc.) cover the entire North Collinwood area, and the extensive marketing of vacant properties for sale, locally and nationally, touches residential properties on both the Waterloo side of the neighborhood and the East 185th side. Outside of that, most of these arts-related investments seem to be getting made on the Waterloo side, with a real attention to wanting to build critical mass around Waterloo and not dilute the impact of the arts approach by trying to dilute it too broadly across the entire neighborhood (the residential area immediately surrounding the Waterloo Arts & Entertainment District has a population of about 1,500, while North Collinwood is a much broader geography with 15,000 residents).

 

That being said, there is a lot of attention on the 185th corridor. There's a business development specialist on Waterloo and a separate one on East 185th. A market analysis of the 185th corridor has been completed. Work continues on trying to bring the historic LaSalle theater back. And it looks like a program called ActiVacant, which is designed to repopulate vacant storefronts on East 185, is moving ahead, with some seed funding from Cleveland Neighborhood Progress. So while the arts investments aren't necessarily spilling over, I think we'll be seeing a lot of revitalization energy picking up steam there.

 

Awesome to hear!  I say lower, because every time I would say I was from the East side of Cleveland nearly all of the responses would be, "Oh, where in the Heights?"  So Lower as compared to Heights.

'Waterloo Brew,' east side Cleveland micro brewery, in works for Slovenian Workmen's Home in Waterloo

By  Joe Crea, Northeast Ohio Media Group 

 

 

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Alan Glazen's "Operation Light Switch" in Cleveland's Waterloo district takes another step forward, with the entrepreneur's announced plans to bring a craft brewery to the east side neighborhood.

 

"Our working name is 'The Waterloo Brew,' " says Glazen, the outspoken force behind an ongoing project to reinvigorate the proud section of the Collinwood area. He adds that the name of the building where the new brewing operation will be housed will remain the Slovenian Workmen's Home.

 

Glazen is developing his latest project with restaurateurs Randy Kelly and Linda Syrek, who are also husband and wife. Together they operate XYZ the Tavern, Ontario Street Cafe and two ABC The Tavern locations, all in Cleveland.

 

In revisiting the building's facilities, which he and his partners took over late last year, Glazen realized that the space once occupied by bowling lanes -- stripped away years ago -- deserved further consideration for a new use.

 

http://www.cleveland.com/dining/index.ssf/2013/12/east_side_cleveland_brewery_in.html

Cleveland's Collinwood neighborhood still being revived by artists 14 years after Beachland opened

 

 

By John Petkovic, The Plain Dealer

on February 21, 2014 at 9:00 AM, updated February 21, 2014 at 9:50 AM

 

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Waterloo was a road long written off for dead.

 

Then came the opening of the Beachland Ballroom & Tavern in 2000 to provide a small sign of life. Calling it a spark would have been hyperbole back then. Lunacy would be more accurate.

 

“Banks thought we were crazy trying to open a club in this neighborhood,” said Beachland co-owner Mark Leddy in a 2003 interview with The Plain Dealer. “Things were so bad that no one would even give us a loan.”

 

Either the world has gone crazy or Waterloo is starting to look like a sane bet.

 

http://www.cleveland.com/music/index.ssf/2014/02/clevelands_collinwood_neighbor.html

^ True, but it's a pretty narrow neighborhood ... From the southern corridor that is Waterloo to the northern boundary that is the lake is only 2/3 of a mile, a leisurely-paced 14-minute walk ... Or if you must, a 4-minute drive :D

 

Pretty comparable to West 25th, which I think successfully serves as a neighborhood center of Ohio City, despite its location on the far east of the neighborhood, 0.8 miles from its westernmost residents, a 16-minute walk and 3-minute drive.

 

Make Waterloo enough of a destination and I don't think distance will be much of a barrier for neighborhood participation, particularly since many residents and workers already arrive and depart via the highway. a block to the south.

My brother lives on E. 156th north of Lakeshore, and his neighborhood isn’t bad.  But the stretch between him and Waterloo is pretty shaky.  One of the best restaurants in Cleveland (Fanny’s) used to lie in that gap, closer to Waterloo, but they’ve long since shut down.

 

Waterloo indeed has huge potential, but I’d focus on building it towards the freeway, then north “block by block”.  It will be awhile before it hits Lakeshore. 

 

Grovewood Tavern, one of the most underrated eateries in the City IMO, is still very close by.  Also, from my perspective, the more "shaky" parts of the neighborhood are that slice between 152 and 140, south of Lakeshore and north of the freeway.  The areas east of 152 are held back due to that proximity.

Grovewood Tavern, one of the most underrated eateries in the City IMO, is still very close by.  Also, from my perspective, the more "shaky" parts of the neighborhood are that slice between 152 and 140, south of Lakeshore and north of the freeway.  The areas east of 152 are held back due to that proximity.

 

That's very true.  Indeed, Lakeshore is definitely a dividing line of sorts, and not necessarily economic.  The houses in my brother's section are small and do not have driveways.  What they don't have is that adjoining area.

 

Was in N Collinwood this past weekend and finally got out of the vehicle and took pictures of this old school Cleve commercial district in th midst of its streetscape makeover.

THere appears to be just 1 picture posted on this entire thread so im putting the full length of photos here.

About time Waterloo got some picture love

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Was in N Collinwood this past weekend and finally got out of the vehicle and took pictures of this old school Cleve commercial district in th midst of its streetscape makeover.

THere appears to be just 1 picture posted on this entire thread so im putting the full length of photos here.

About time Waterloo got some picture love

From Sunday...

 

 

 

Thanks for posting these! I've been looking all over the web for some recent pictures of Waterloo and have never been able to find any

This could be one of my future favorite Cleveland neighborhoods. Hopefully home renovations start happening.

I am happy for the improvements in Collinwood. But is this another streetscape project that does not involve removing the utility poles. I don't understand this.

^Exactly what I was thinking. I am certain I read somewhere the burying of utilities were included in the budget.

5^ Great pics! The many murals featured in the photos are part of the Zoetic Walls program (http://artscollinwood.org/zoetic-walls/) ... a curated mural program of Waterloo Arts, featuring top international street artists like Ever and Gaia, that put up 20 murals in about a five-month span last year.

 

^^^ Northeast Shores is doing a pretty amazing job on the home rehab front ... Something like 22 buyers in 2013, many artists, some recruited from elsewhere in the US with no existing connection to Cleveland and mostly in the blocks surrounding the Waterloo corridor. A big draw of their program is that they sell vacant houses that are in the best condition for $6,500, with the buyer taking on the rehab ... In most cases, that's acquisition and rehab up to city code for less than $30,000. You're also starting to see some private renovation picking up, particularly around Waterloo. The CDC is also leading some additional mixed-use rehab this year (like the "brick" ceramics co-op that appears) and some brownstone rehab on East 156th. I've even heard talk of new construction (!) along the East 156th corridor. And Operation Light Switch is alive and well, so we should see a handful of restaurants opening up in 2014. So lots of vacant buildings continuing to come back to life!

 

^ This is kind of a weird streetscape plan in that respect ... IIRC, it calls for burying utilities on one side of the street and leaving them up on the other. You can see plans at http://northeastshores.org/initiatives.php in the "Waterloo Streetscape Engineering Plan" section. When I went through there a couple weeks back, I was surprised to see all the poles still up, but hopefully, this is still in the plan ... I seem to recall the poles coming down toward the end of the Gordon Square streetscape project, so maybe that's the case on Waterloo, too.

I had the opportunity to take part in the interior demo of "Ink House" at 156th and Waterloo.  I hadn't walked through the neighborhood in some time (Yeah, I've been to a show or three  at the Beachland over the last couple of years but that's about it)

 

I was surprised when Liz Maugans told me they were adding a Zygote Press annex there.  When we came start the house renovation on a beautiful morning last weekend I finally understood. 

 

I see this neighborhood running in parallel just a few years back of Gordon Square.    I was really pleasently surprised.

 

 

^ I wonder if I saw you there, Dergon :)

 

There are definitely some clear parallels with Gordon Square, with both neighborhoods having a clear focus on leveraging the arts for a broader community good and both neighborhoods having a bit of social justice bent. That being said, there's been some pretty big distinctions in terms of approach. When it comes to the arts, Gordon Square has focused heavily on really shoring up and resourcing and then leveraging a handful of high-visibility, anchor arts groups like Cleveland Public Theatre and Near West Theater. Waterloo definitely has a growing presence of arts nonprofits but the CDC focus has been much more decentralized and more geared toward serving at the individual artist level, with a real focus on very small arts groups and arts businesses, as well as increasing artist homeownership in surrounding blocks.

 

Detroit Shoreway has taken an approach of acquiring and maintaining ownership of a lot of space along its commercial corridor, allowing the organization to in perpetuity curate the mix of tenants, arguably increasing their ability to support local businesses even if national chains come a-knockin'. Northeast Shores, meanwhile, has an almost exclusive focus on commercial space ownership for the end user, meaning that groups like the Beachland, Music Saves, Blue Arrow, etc. (and now Zygote!) has complete control through ownership over if and when they would leave the neighborhood.

 

Detroit Shoreway is facilitating a lot of private development, which has resulted in a very visible and very quick stream of new housing and housing rehab. Northeast Shores has taken a slower, more hands-on approach that has helped maintain access to very low-cost homeownership but has arguably been less visible at a regional level.

 

I think there are clear advantages and disadvantages to both approaches ... Just noting that they could result in considerably different outcomes 10, 20 years down the line for their respective arts districts.

Waterloo District 'Project Light Switch' plans October debuts for Waterloo Brew, The Fillmore, more

Joe Crea, The Plain Dealer

July 14, 2014

 

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- More lights will be turning on in the Waterloo Arts District this fall.

 

Waterloo Operation Light Switch will announce today that two new businesses will open October 3 on Waterloo Road in the Collinwood neighborhood.

 

- Waterloo Brew, the much-anticipated microbrewery and restaurant that will feature four indoor bocce courts, a restaurant and bar area. Operated by restaurateurs Randy Kelly and Linda Syrek (ABC The Tavern, XYZ The Tavern and Ontario Street Cafe) with business partner Alan Glazen - a key player in the neighborhood's renaissance - Waterloo Brew takes over the bar and bocce portion of the Slovenian Workmen's Home, 15334 Waterloo Road ...

 

... More available at http://www.cleveland.com/dining/index.ssf/2014/07/waterloo_districts_project_lig.html

I have reason to believe that we're going to start seeing more afoot along East 185th ... A new thread or renaming this one to be more North Collinwood-inclusive? Hmmmmm :)

 

Cleveland's East 185th Street could see 5 new business in 3 years

By Amy Popik, The News-Herald

July 13, 2014

 

East 185th Street soon could have new businesses, thanks to a new development initiative called ActiVacant.

 

The program has hopes to open five new businesses simultaneously within the next three years and is offering special incentives for entrepreneurs.

 

“ActiVacant came out of small-business development in North Collinwood,” said Brian Friedman, executive director of Northeast Shores Development Corp., a local nonprofit community development corporation. “What we do in small-business development is let businesses work on their business plans in a collective classroom setting ... (so) if it’s good for them to do business development, training and planning in group, then we think it would be interesting to see what it would be like to launch in a group setting” ...

 

... More available at http://www.news-herald.com/general-news/20140713/clevelands-east-185th-street-could-see-5-new-business-in-3-years

 

 

as orange barrels fade, new businesses bloom on waterloo

Erin O'Brien, Fresh Water Cleveland

October 7, 2014

 

Last week, Collinwood's Waterloo neighborhood exhaled a collective sigh of relief when the barrage of orange barrels that defined a maze of closures, one-way paths and detours for more than a year was finally removed, marking the completion of a $5.5 million streetscape and repaving project.

 

Area residents and businesses celebrated the milestone during the neighborhood's Oct. 3rd Walk All Over Waterloo, which is held on the first Friday of every month. In addition to showcasing a clear street, Cyclops Tattoo Studio, 16006 Waterloo Road, held their grand opening, while Waterloo Brew, 15335 Waterloo Road in the Slovenian Workmen's Home, opened its doors for a soft opening.

 

"Waterloo brew is the oldest school possible kind of beer joint. It’s an old school nationality hall bar," says Brew Owner and Cleveland entrepreneur Alan Glazen, noting that two-thirds of his inaugural customers were from the neighborhood -- and they drank every drop of the pub's signature Waterloo Brew. "We sold out on the first night." A grand opened is scheduled for Oct. 10th ...

 

... More available at http://freshwatercleveland.com/devnews/waterloostreetscape100714.aspx

Anyone have any updated pics after all the construction?

Sadly, I don't ... Need to get out with my camera. It's looking really good, though ... Still some landscaping and paver work to be done, and I'm sure a lot of UrbanOhioans will be saddened by the number of unburied electrical still up. But still looking great :) Will try to get pics up soon.

It looks like there's some luxury action on Evergreen Place near E 156th:

 

http://www.trulia.com/property/1071139523-92-Evergreen-Pl-Cleveland-OH-44110?ecampaign=con_day_propertycomp_bk&eurl=www.trulia.com%2Fproperty%2F1071139523-92-Evergreen-Pl-Cleveland-OH-44110

 

http://www.trulia.com/property/1071139525-99-Evergreen-Pl-Cleveland-OH-44110?ecampaign=con_day_propertycomp_bk&eurl=www.trulia.com%2Fproperty%2F1071139525-99-Evergreen-Pl-Cleveland-OH-44110

 

Edit: Scratch that

 

 

Those listings are referring to North Royalton, Ohio.  It should say Evergreen Trail off Boston Road.  I know because I built a house next door.  From personal experience... Panorama Homes, would be the builder you want to go with.

 

EJK77, FYI you can edit your text by clicking on the "modify" button above your own posts.

 

 

Those listings are referring to North Royalton, Ohio.  It should say Evergreen Trail off Boston Road.  I know because I built a house next door.  From personal experience... Panorama Homes, would be the builder you want to go with.

 

Good to know, thank you.

While maybe not luxury action, the Glen Cove brownstone at E 156th and Pythias is currently being rehabbed into pretty unique live-work units ... And there are fundraising efforts to similar rehabs of other properties along 156 :)

This is a long block north of Waterloo.....

 

http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/designreview/drcagenda/2014/pdf/NE_DesignReview_Agenda_12-2-14.pdf

 

Northeast Design Review District

Agenda

(8:00a.m., Tuesday, Dec 2nd, 2014)

Memorial-Nottingham Branch, 17109 Lake Shore Boulevard

 

 

8:50am 3. NE 2014-035 —Salvation Army Temple Corp – New Construction (N)

Location: 17265 Grovewood Ave

Proposed construction of a 35,000 sq ft building and chapel for schematic/

conceptual approval.

Project Representative: Christopher Dewey & Christina Schmidtz, VAA

Is that address correct? On Google maps, that block is full of houses.  The Salvation Army is located between E. 176th and E. 177th... is it possible that a couple digits got inverted (i.e., 17625 Grovewood?)

Is that address correct? On Google maps, that block is full of houses.  The Salvation Army is located between E. 176th and E. 177th... is it possible that a couple digits got inverted (i.e., 17625 Grovewood?)

 

I dunno.

I haven't seen any information about the new planters(?) along Waterloo, designed to resemble huge black apples (olives????) - sometimes with stems - and all placed at a tilt.  Who designed them?  Are they all installed now?  Are they wood?  I'm glad to see this added decorative element and one I haven't seen' anywhere else, and I like the sporadic placements.  Actually, if a business gets at least one apple (olive?), does that mean  the business was the sponsor? 

 

What's going on with the plans for a new coffeehouse on East 185th to open?

 

 

 

Looks like a substantial recreation center....

 

http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/designreview/drcagenda/2015/02062015/index.php

 

City Planning Commission

Agenda for February 6, 2015

 

NORTHEAST DESIGN REVIEW

NE2014-035 – Salvation Army Temple Corp New Construction

Project Address: 17625 Grovewood Avenue

Project Representatives: Christopher Dewey, VAA

Christina Schmidtz, VAA

 

 

 

 

Exciting neighborhood renewal in North Collinwood and St. Clair Superior via @FreshWaterCLE  | http://t.co/enKz7X71zr http://t.co/CXPfPj9sSl

This will actually be at East 152nd and St. Clair, so it's not in the Waterloo District. But this is the closest we have to a Collinwood thread....

 

May 28, 2015

 

Pawyica Woname

Community Integrated Services, Inc.

[email protected]

216-903-0977

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

NEON HEALTH CENTER AND CUYAHOGA LAND BANK COLLABORATION PROVIDES HOUSING FOR VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN COLLINWOOD

 

CLEVELAND, OH – May 28, 2015: Today the Cuyahoga Land Bank and Northeast Ohio Neighborhood Health Services (NEON) broke ground at East 152nd Street in Collinwood to provide housing for veterans as part of the health center’s Healthy Communities Initiative.

 

Local City of Cleveland officials, including Council Members Michael D. Polensek and Jeffrey Johnson, as well as other supporters gathered to launch the Program this morning.

 

Located in the Collinwood neighborhood in Cleveland and directly across the street from NEON’s Collinwood Health Center, the Veterans Housing Project is designed to provide safe, affordable and desirable living spaces for veterans and their families. Residents of the property will have access to support and health services provided by NEON as well as the Veterans Medical Center in University Circle.

 

“Our veterans and their families deserve to live in a safe, supportive and healthy environment,” said Willie F. Austin, president and chief executive officer, Northeast Ohio Neighborhood Health Services. “This Project provides for a holistic approach to housing. More than just a place to live, we will provide our residents with easy access to support and health services to improve their lives.”

 

The Cuyahoga Land Bank and NEON are working together to make quality affordable housing available for homeless veterans.  “It’s an important work that needs to be done, there is a growing need as each year goes by,” said Matthew Fitzsimmons, NEON Board Chair, who also mentioned getting a lot of inspiration in helping achieve the overall mission of NEON. The Cuyahoga Land Bank helped NEON acquire the property (two vacant and abandoned buildings) that NEON, through its development entity, Community Integrated Services will renovate and manage at a cost of more than $500,000.  The Cuyahoga Land Bank also contributed $50,000 to the project. Once complete, the property will feature 10 housing units, including 6 two-level row houses and a four-unit apartment building. All of the homes will include green amenities, such as energy efficient furnaces and energy-saving double-pane windows and insulated doors.

 

“The Veterans Project will help improve our neighborhood by restoring value to once abandoned and vacant properties and by creating modern, stable and affordable housing,” said City of Cleveland Councilman Michael D. Polensek.

 

“The men and women who serve our country have made many sacrifices,” said Cuyahoga Land Bank President Gus Frangos. “Providing veterans with affordable housing and support through programs like this is just one way of saying thank you.”

 

About Northeast Ohio Neighborhood Health Services

 

NEON (www.neonhealth.org) is a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) network of community health centers dedicated to improving access to health care and reducing health disparities in Greater Cleveland.  Our mission has expanded beyond primary care to helping to create healthy communities through implementing diverse health and wellness development initiatives designed not only to address illness, but to promote and sustain wellness.

 

About the Cuyahoga Land Bank

 

The mission of the Cuyahoga Land Bank (www.cuyahogalandbank.org) is to strategically acquire properties, return them to productive use, reduce blight, increase property values, support community goals and improve the quality of life for county residents.

 

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Artists to earn renter equity with innovative Glencove project

ERIN O'BRIEN | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 2015

 

Over the summer, a lucky group of yet-to-be-determined artists in North Collinwood will have a chance to lease amass equity in their living space without taking out a loan or making a single mortgage payment.

 

"This is a unique opportunity for artists who are not ready to own a home, but still want to have value in the community that they live in as well as earn equity for themselves," says Camille Maxwell, assistant director at Northeast Shores Development Corporation (NSDC).

 

The program will unfurl at the Glencove building, 231 East 156th Street, which has been undergoing renovations since June of 2014. Formerly home to a tavern of the same name and four residential units, the space has been vacant since 2005, when NSDC purchased it for $52,500.

 

MORE:

http://freshwatercleveland.com/devnews/glencove061015.aspx

Collinwood wins $200K ArtPlace America grant for 'Ballot Box Project"

Steven Litt, The Plain Dealer

July 13, 2015

 

CLEVELAND, Ohio – In a novel program, residents, employees and city staff devoted to the Collinwood neighborhood will organize a community "Ballot Box Project" to decide how to spend a new $200,000 grant from ArtPlace America.

 

The Northeast Shores Development Corporation announced the grant Monday. It's the second big infusion from the ArtPlace program following a $500,000 grant in 2012 for the Collinwood Rising arts program, aimed at recruiting artist-residents to the neighborhood ...

 

... More available at http://www.cleveland.com/arts/index.ssf/2015/07/collinwood_wins_200k_artplace.html

Woo hoo....

 

http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/designreview/drcagenda/2015/pdf/NE_Design_Review_Agenda_9-1-15.pdf

 

Northeast Design Review District

Agenda

(8:00a.m., Tuesday, September 1st, 2015)

 

 

2. NE 2015-018 —Dollar General Store – New Construction (N)

Location: 16015 Lakeshore Blvd

Waterloo Design Review District

Seeking preliminary approval of a proposed single-story, general merchandise

retail store.

Project Representative: David Pietrantone, Riverstone Survey

 

Not great but in keeping with it's surroundings.  Hopefully someday we'll see that whole area redeveloped as a pedestrian district.

Wow! No way! That's the very last thing I would have ever expected to hear being build in a Cleveland neighborhood!

I would take that new construction in DEteoit shore way any day. we have THE WORST dollar store in the entire city. Just awful. U can go to the worst parts of the city and they have a nicer one. Need it because there are plenty low income people but I can't believe it hasn't been spruced up

(Mods, if this isn't the proper place, please move)

 

This is a great building that is filling up fast. My company just moved here and it could be catalytic for the area.

 

Former Parker Hannifin home will be transformed

 

"“For almost 100 years, there's been no access for the community to this property,” Johnson said of the complex surrounded by a chain-link fence topped with barbed wire. “For this to flourish, it has to become a community center, a home for businesses and activities associated with the community.”

 

Johnson, a friend and former general counsel for real estate developer and I-X Center operator Ray Park, plans to use what he learned working with Park: Don't spend money carving up space for tenants, but find space within the complex that works for them. Cleanups and fixups are the orders of the day. The well-maintained property has cabling and telephone wiring suitable for its former role providing computer and telephone services for the Clinic's far-flung properties.

 

“That's the only way to offer low rents,” Johnson said.

 

Heather Phillips, a Clinic spokeswoman, said the health care institution found in Johnson what it promised the city of Cleveland when it said it was moving about 700 employees to offices it owns in Beachwood and shutting the Cleveland property."

 

http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20150823/NEWS/308239993/former-parker-hannifin-home-will-be-transformed

Can someone explain this city ordinance and why Waterloo Brew was forced to close?

 

Malley's chocolatier, reggae promoter to open bar-club in Cleveland

 

By  John Petkovic, The Plain Dealer 

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on October 19, 2015 at 6:00 AM, updated October 19, 2015 at 9:07 AM

 

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Packy Malley has been hanging out in bars for 30 years. Now he has one to call his own.

 

The reggae promoter, Malley's chocolatier and wedding DJ will be taking over Waterloo Brew, located in the Slovenian Worker's Home, 15335 Waterloo Road, in Cleveland's Collinwood neighborhood.

 

By February, Waterloo Brew was shut down and left dangling in limbo, due to a Cleveland ordinance that stipulates that a brewer cannot also operate a bar more than a mile away from the brewery.

 

"They own four other bars around town all outside the one-mile radius and were not about to sell those establishments," says Malley. "When they had to close Waterloo Brew due to the license problem, they called me up and wanted to set me up in the bar business."

 

http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2015/10/malleys_chocolatier_reggae_pro.html#comments

^I might be going next Friday

Can someone explain this city ordinance and why Waterloo Brew was forced to close?

By February, Waterloo Brew was shut down and left dangling in limbo, due to a Cleveland ordinance that stipulates that a brewer cannot also operate a bar more than a mile away from the brewery.

 

Good question.  Sounds like someone got a law passed to benefit a campaign donor(s).

 

I wouldn't be surprised to learn the one mile limit also applies to suburban bars....