January 7, 201114 yr I think the biggest issue facing Waterloo is the lack googlemaps streetview coverage.
January 7, 201114 yr This area has more going for it than many areas near downtown, and stabilizing it might help EC and UC. The east side needs all the help it can get. How many neighborhoods have an anchor as solid as the Beachland to build around? If we're gonna promote the city with rock music, which we're sorta locked into, we need to invest in the neighborhoods around concert clubs.
January 7, 201114 yr It'd be nice if the rapid made it out to Collinwood, but this neighborhood isn't all that isolated. The 39 gets you downtown in under 30 min. It doesn't run on weekends, which is a drawback, but for people that drive it is only about 10 min by car to downtown due to the easy access to I-90. The 37 takes you right to the Red Line (UC in 25 min, downtown in about 37, including the 6 min layover at the Windermere station) and does run on weekends (albeit with 1 hour headways). There definitely is a west-side bias on this board. Collinwood is in better shape than Gordon Square was not too long ago (and I still think the Grovewood Tavern is better than any restaurant there), has a nice housing stock, and has the Beachland Ballroom to build upon. It is no more "isolated" than Old Brooklyn. Really, I don't see any reason North Collinwood/Waterloo couldn't become one of the great Cleveland neighborhoods with some revitalization efforts. I don't understand why someone would not want anyone to put anything in the neighborhood "because the shops could go to Gordon Square or Ohio City". The same logic could be used on any neighborhood. Why does Tremont exist instead of those places just setting up shop in Gordon Square or Ohio City? How about E. 4th? Couldn't those places just have been located in the WHD? IMO it is a great thing to develop multiple great neighborhoods rather than put all your eggs into one basket and let the rest of the city go to pot. I say good luck to Waterloo.
January 7, 201114 yr ^Yeah, that generally makes sense. Though I doubt anyone really wishes anything bad on Waterloo. I suspect there's just a general frustration that we have several partly revitalized neighborhoods and really none that are "complete," so it's easy to wish that the cool places we do have are all really close together instead of spread around. Doesn't matter what any of us think though, it's all up to individual entrepreneurs and what they think is best for their business. In some cases (Room Service), they too want to consolidate geography to build critical mass, but clearly several others find their local niche works just fine.
January 8, 201114 yr how many times were developments in gordon sq. or Edgewater or suburbs like the heights lamented like Waterloo has been in this thread?
January 10, 201114 yr Author I would agree with that; there's been an incredible amount of revitalization effort in African American neighborhoods, particularly in the NPI-funded nabes of Buckeye, Fairfax, Glenville and Slavic Village. For the record, if we were trying to concentrate artist-based community development around the areas where artist concentrations are already the highest, then the Heights are where that development would occur. I would love to say that downtown is the nexus of activity, but the overwhelming center of artists' places of residence in Cuyahoga County is in Cleveland Heights, with the Near West Side a distant second (I'll be able to share more specific data shortly and will probably start a new thread where we can talk about artist efforts at the city level). Personally, I understand the frustration of all of these fragmented commercial corridors coming back all over town, without a whole lot of connectivity. But on the other hand, part of the joy of Cleveland is the distinctness of its neighborhoods, and we would lose a lot of the character of the city if all our efforts were centered on the Near West Side. Even if you think artist housing in Collinwood is poorly sited, look at the larger lesson this is showing: In a neighborhood that's got its fair share of revitalization challenges, that's spatially separated from other nodes of activity, that just a few years ago was anchored by only two arts organizations (Beachland and Arts Collinwood), the CDC has been able to leverage a VERY modest budget to attract buyers in ... Buyers who in some cases are taking over extremely distressed housing. I walk from that saying, wow, what would happen if we did this citywide? Who could we attract in with a modest marketing effort? In Paducah, KY, a small mill town of 20,000 that's 2 hours from any major city, has attracted 50 artists from across the U.S. into a distressed neighborhood full of distressed housing: http://www.paducahalliance.org/artist_relocation_program.php. Two Pittsburgh CDCs collaborated to create the Penn Avenue Arts Initiative in a neighborhood somewhat similar to Collinwood; over a decade, vacancy rates have plummeted from 78% to 22%: http://friendship-pgh.org/paai/. What would happen if instead of redirecting Collinwood's efforts to the Near West Side, we started marketing those neighborhoods too ... And Buckeye and Asiatown and Westown and Edgewater? If Paducah can attract 50, could Cleveland attract 1,000? And what would that do for these neighborhoods?
July 21, 201113 yr Author North Collinwood wins $500k arts-based development grant Lee Chilcote, Fresh Water Thursday, July 21, 2011 The Community Partnership for Arts and Culture (CPAC) announced Tuesday that it has selected North Collinwood for its Artists in Residence Program, an effort to use artist-based development to help revitalize one urban neighborhood. The two-year, $500,000 pilot program will provide a small loan program for artists buying or rehabbing homes in the target area, a small grant program to support artists' work in carrying out community-based projects, and artist home ownership services such as credit counseling and saving programs. A panel of arts, community development and planning experts selected the target neighborhood through a competitive process. Seth Beattie, Strategic Initiative Director for CPAC, said the panel was impressed by the grassroots, arts-based approach of Northeast Shores Development Corporation, the nonprofit that serves the neighborhood. A total of 13 community development corporations from various Cleveland neighborhoods applied to the program ... ... More available at http://www.freshwatercleveland.com/devnews/w83rdstreetproject072111.aspx
July 21, 201113 yr Author And if you haven't gotten an opportunity to see up close and personal what art and artists are doing for Collinwood, check out Walk All Over Waterloo, this Saturday from 4 p.m. to late in the eve ... featuring the 2011 Ohio State Yo-Yo Contest, Music Saves' 7th Anniversary, an old car show and music and video tributes to The Clash :) http://northeastshores.blogspot.com/2011/07/waow-this-saturday.html The district has really started to fill in this year. I only mention this because I feel like I'm there relatively frequently and still didn't realize how much is going on along the corridor: - Slovenian Workmen's Home, 15335 Waterloo, 85-year-old Slovenian cultural association; fish fry and Sunday polka dances and whatnot - Fotina's Family Restaurant, 400 East 156th, restaurant where Cleveland Magazine says you can get a "top-notch breakfast" - Azure Stained Glass Studio, 15602 Waterloo, specialize both in repair of historic glass pieces and in contemporary stained glass design - Arts Collinwood, 15605, neighborhood-based nonprofit art gallery and cafe - NEW Cloud9 Boutique, 15613, Clothing boutique, specializing in local and regional independently designed fashion - The Head Shop, 15615, they put the bong in ... wait, what was I saying? - Rebel City Tattoo Shop, 15701, tattoos, silly - Beachland Ballroom, 15711, beloved indie music venue - This Way Out Vintage, 15711, vintage clothes with a rock-and-roll flair; in the basement of the Beachland - Music Saves, 15801, great indie music store specializing in indie rock - Star Pop Vintage + Modern, 15813, Interesting little vintage store, with a focus on 80s toys and 80s memorabilia (I just bought a "Cleveland is a Plum" pin!) - Native Cleveland, 15813, eclectic shop featuring independent local designers and crafters - Cleveland Yo-Yo Club, 15813, crazy yo-yo tricks, silly - Blue Arrow Records & Boutique, 16001, record store with an impressive and eclectic vinyl collection - Zaller Gallery, 16006, an alternative art gallery - SS&W Boardwalk, 16011, neighborhood bar with quite a bit of live entertainment and good chili - Waterloo 7 Gallery & Studio, 16006, art gallery with a focus on sculpture and metalwork - NEW No Problem Printing & Design Studio, 16006, indie graphic design and printing group ... that also has a gallery space and a skate shop
July 21, 201113 yr That strip on the northwest corner of Waterloo and 156th has had a sign for some time about some redevelopment. I assumed it was a victim of the recession. Any updates on that?
July 21, 201113 yr http://www.theonion.com/articles/variety-of-unsustainable-business-models-make-up-e,19261/
July 21, 201113 yr Author ^ Haha :) But you could have said the same thing about Coventry 30 years ago. Not that I think Waterloo has any inclination to gentrify into something like the Coventry of today. I don't know ... I think that the low costs of launching a storefront business in Cleveland, and in neighborhoods like Collinwood, is pretty compelling. Having some space to test an "unsustainable business model" and see if you can make it sustainable ... Well, that's just not a luxury you enjoy in a lot of faster growth cities, where the rent pressures could mean less entrepreneurial experimentation. And if this new initiative is successful, and we can get artists to take an ownership stake in the neighborhood and develop a demand-side market for distressed housing and take the passion and creativity of artists and apply it to addressing community issues, all the better :) ^^ I unfortunately don't know. I would put a call to Northeast Shores ... Probably the Real Estate Development Director or the Commercial District Manager. 216.481.7660.
July 21, 201113 yr That reminds me in the PD yesterday, Salty Not Sweet, an artsy store that opened on Warterloo last year, but didnt get any foot traffic, ended up moving to 25th street in Ohio City (in the area near Room Service), where the small amount of foot traffic equates to "much more". In many places you could have easily lost your shirt barely having any business for nearly a year, but not in Cleveland's low rent commercial districts... "After opening up her quirky alt-craft and gift shop Salty Not Sweet on Waterloo Road in the spring of 2010, she just didn't get the foot traffic she'd hoped for. "We could go days without any walk-ins," says Squire, who co-owns Salty Not Sweet with fellow artisan Melissa Major and makes -- yes, you've got it -- the salty-but-not-sweet greeting cards and stationery that the store carries." "It's going really well, there's so much more traffic in the neighborhood. It's so much more alive any day, but especially on market days," says Squire. http://www.cleveland.com/goingout/index.ssf/2011/07/salty_not_sweet_moves_into_ohi.html
July 23, 201113 yr Plain and simple...if we want to see other areas revitalize, we have to put the money where the mouth is and go out and support the businesses...in areas besides the the usual gentrified areas.
July 24, 201113 yr North Collinwood wins $500k arts-based development grant Lee Chilcote, Fresh Water Thursday, July 21, 2011 The Community Partnership for Arts and Culture (CPAC) announced Tuesday that it has selected North Collinwood for its Artists in Residence Program, an effort to use artist-based development to help revitalize one urban neighborhood. The two-year, $500,000 pilot program will provide a small loan program for artists buying or rehabbing homes in the target area, a small grant program to support artists' work in carrying out community-based projects, and artist home ownership services such as credit counseling and saving programs. A panel of arts, community development and planning experts selected the target neighborhood through a competitive process. Seth Beattie, Strategic Initiative Director for CPAC, said the panel was impressed by the grassroots, arts-based approach of Northeast Shores Development Corporation, the nonprofit that serves the neighborhood. A total of 13 community development corporations from various Cleveland neighborhoods applied to the program ... ... More available at http://www.freshwatercleveland.com/devnews/w83rdstreetproject072111.aspx Great news!
July 25, 201113 yr More from the PD: Waterloo Road to court artists with money to buy, fix homes Published: Sunday, July 24, 2011, 10:05 PM Thomas Ott, The Plain Dealer CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Waterloo Road area long ago rolled out the welcome mat for artists. Now it's also dangling cash. A new $500,000 program will provide small loans to help artists buy and renovate homes in the growing East Side arts and entertainment district. Artists also can receive grants for neighborhood projects. The Community Partnership for Arts and Culture, a Cleveland advocacy group, received half of the $500,000 from New York-based Leveraging Investments in Creativity. The national, foundation-backed initiative seeks to build support for artists and strengthen their contributions to society. The partnership, which will raise the balance of the $500,000, then picked Waterloo in a citywide competition among nonprofit neighborhood development groups. Data showed other areas had higher concentrations of artists, artists by neighborhood, but judges saw a chance for Waterloo's proposed Artists in Residence program to "play a transformative role," said Seth Beattie, the partnership's strategic initiative director. http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2011/07/waterloo_artists_can_get_money.html
January 9, 201213 yr Home loan program to encourage artists in Cleveland's Waterloo Road area: Whatever happened to ...? Published: Sunday, January 08, 2012, 12:00 PM Thomas Ott, The Plain Dealer Details about the Artists in Residence program will be released over the next three weeks, starting today, according to Seth Beattie of the Community Partnership for Arts and Culture, also known as CPAC. The Northeast Ohio agency is administering the two-year program with the Northeast Shores Development Corp., a nonprofit that works to rejuvenate Waterloo and other parts of the Collinwood neighborhood. The groups have raised almost all of the $250,000 required to match an amount awarded during the summer by New York-based Leveraging Investments in Creativity. Organizers also have reached agreement with a lender that would make $150,000 in small, low-interest loans. The loans probably will total $5,000 to $15,000, Beattie said. Artists would use the money for renovation projects that a lender might not ordinarily cover -- for example, building or soundproofing a studio. Artists who live or work in the neighborhood also could apply for grants of up to $7,500 for neighborhood projects. http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2012/01/home_loan_program_to_encourage.html
January 10, 201213 yr Author ^ The Cleveland Arsenal launches ... Incentives for people doing grassroots marketing of the city to artists, etc. (referenced in the article) ... The Cleveland Arsenal Do you love Cleveland? How much and why? Not only do we want to know, we want to pay you to tell us – and more importantly, others – why this is the greatest city on earth. No, we’re not kidding. We recognize that there are those of you who extol the honest, hardworking, creative elements of our city without any compensation or praise. You are the true Clevelanders, and you deserve to be rewarded for your passionate advocating. Northeast Shores Development Corporation, in association with the Community Partnership for Arts & Culture, is excited to announce a citywide search for the 5 most passionate advocates who proudly – and loudly – call Cleveland their own. These 5 Cleveland-loving individuals will be tasked with promoting their favorite city and all its creative and artistic awesomeness. In exchange for doing what you’re already doing, we’re going to sweeten the pot with a $1,000 Award for Awesomeness. That’s correct: $1,000 just for telling people about the greatness of Cleveland ... ... More info and application at http://www.cpacbiz.org/ftp_file/11-12/ArsenalApplication.pdf
January 10, 201213 yr Honestly, I barely know anything about Collinwood other than Beachland and Kill the Irishman. You read stuff like North Collinwood is a mixed bag and South is pretty rough; anyone here have more detailed impressions?
January 10, 201213 yr Families love North Colinwood. It's a good mix of renovated, middle class, and lakefront roads. My partner lives in South Collinwood and I've never had a problem. Although, I've never really felt threatened anywhere in Cleveland...even E55.
January 10, 201213 yr Honestly, I barely know anything about Collinwood other than Beachland and Kill the Irishman. You read stuff like North Collinwood is a mixed bag and South is pretty rough; anyone here have more detailed impressions? Most of the north is decent but moving in the wrong direction. Increased gang activity forced the end of the neighborhood street fair in recent years. Retail on Lakeshore and 185th has seen much better days. Waterloo/Beachland area is rough but moving in a positive direction. The CDC and affiliated groups are very active in Collinwood. Waterloo is primed to be a major success story.
January 10, 201213 yr I'm from South Collinwood. Its not the greatest but its not that bad either. There's a significant elderly population there. Its fine. Could be better, could be worse.
January 10, 201213 yr Honestly, I barely know anything about Collinwood other than Beachland and Kill the Irishman. You read stuff like North Collinwood is a mixed bag and South is pretty rough; anyone here have more detailed impressions? I am in Collinwood a lot. I grew up in the general area (just up the hill) and a few of my closest friends live there now. Can't say I have ever seen any "gang activity".... although that descriptor is used far too often to describe misbehaving youths. People say it is going in the wrong direction, but those people really either have some prejudices at play or are lying to themselves about what the neighborhood once was. It was always a tough neighborhood in which you had to watch your back. Always. You could ask Danny Greene if he were still alive. It was never white picket fences which makes it my kind of neighborhood. 185th is a perfect example. People say it is rough now, but I feel FAR more comfortable there now that it is not such a biker hangout. And I know for a fact that my friends who live just off 185th don't miss so many choppers roaring up the street at 2am and beyond. There also is a difference of opinion as to what constitutes the dividing line between North and South Collinwood. Some people consider N Collinwood to be limited to just the small side streets north of Lakeshore (which resemble some of the suburbs to the south). I personally always thought of it as anything north of the RR tracks and highway. If I had to pick an area as most desirable from an objective standpoint (and not including the north of Lakeshore streets), I would say it is the area north of the highway and east of 185th. The only parts I would definitely not recommend are the areas around the abandoned warehouses lining Ivanhoe and anything west of 152nd heading towards EC.
January 10, 201213 yr Far too many people base their opinion of a neighborhood based on the way it was 10, 20, 30 years or more earlier because they have no direct experience with that area anymore. So all they rely on is biased anti-city rumors and old perceptions. You know... The Plain Dealer! "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
January 10, 201213 yr ^^Or what people who live in the neighborhood, albeit have biased anti-city opinions and distorted nostalgia, tell them (i.e. the old guy sitting out on his porch who only recently developed the 'keep off my grass' mission in life). ^They are about as similar as the west and east side can get. Good analogy. I used to be over there quite a bit when I spent a few summers working at my dad's best friend's garage (Bossard's) just around the corner. It is the one highway exit on the west side I can get off at and not feel lost.
January 10, 201213 yr The dividing line between north and south was the tracks, and later the freeway. And I can attest to the choppers at night in the late 90s and early 2000s- they definitely kept me up at night as a teen. E. 185 had a bar on just about every corner back then, which was both good and bad. The street is stil very walkabl, and might be one of the last true remaining "strips" left on the east side. Lakeshore has some BEAUTIFUL homes located right in the neighborhood- with a lot of what used to be middle income houing inbetween Lakeshore and the freeway. The streets along E. 156 were hit hard dueng the foreclosure crisis but are still ok areas. That area of Euclid bordering E. 185th has similarly styled homes- with mid sized single family units. In fact you wouldn't be able to tell where the boarder of Euclid and Cleveland was without the signs [and it still looks great- N Collinwood may be the city's most intact neighborhood]. Drive through and look around, or walk 185th or Waterloo. The neighborhood still has a nice vibe to it.
January 10, 201213 yr Author I've learned a lot about the neighborhood because I'm working on the Artists in Residence program described above. Here's some quick and random details about the neighborhood. I'm focusing on North Collinwood here - don't know a ton about South Collinwood except that Collinwood was once a contiguous neighborhood that had a lot of shared culture and identity, but the highway has largely separated that association. So here's some quick and dirty on North Collinwood: - It has a pretty quirky history. It was settled largely as a vineyard community. At one point in its early history, Collinwood was the largest domestic exporter of grapes in the country. With the railyards came an in-migration of new rail workers, with a very large eastern European and Irish population. Thousands of rail workers used to walk down Waterloo to their jobs every day. It's considered by some to be the birthplace of American polka ... Frankie Yankovich, the "king of polka", was raised in Collinwood, and there was a lively polka scene centered in the neighborhood. You can still hit up a polka and a fish fry at the Slovenian Workmen's Home on Waterloo. The neighborhood was also home to the beloved Euclid Beach amusement park, and lesser known, it was also home to the Cunningham Sanitarium, a large-scale wellness facility with the largest hyperbaric chamber ever constructed, before it was subsequently dismantled for tank metal in WWII. Now you know :) And then there is of course the much more visible legacy of Danny Greene. - The neighborhood's official boundaries (as recognized by the city and the CDC) make it a pretty big one ... roughly East 140th to East 200th, highway to the lake, bounded by Bratenahl, South Collinwood and Euclid. That's about 20,000 residents in two zip codes and five census tracts. - The neighborhood's really pretty stable. While it has a higher renter-to-owner ratio than the city overall, per capita income is also considerably higher than the city average. - North Collinwood gets a rap for being unsafe (I hear this over and over and over), but the data doesn't seem to support this conclusion. As of 2010, North Collinwood had the 10th lowest crime rate of the city's 36 neighborhoods (i.e. the planning areas that City Planning uses) and well below the city average. Crime rates also dropped a significant 13% between 2008 and 2010. So relatively safe and getting safer, compared to other areas of the city. There is a lot of resident activity to address public safety, including a very active block club around East 156th and block watch at East 185th. - The neighborhood's CDC, Northeast Shores, is pretty gangbuster. They landed the Artists in Residence program, are in line for a large-scale $5 million streetscape improvement along Waterloo that's slated to start shortly and are in the final running for at least one other large-scale national grant. Lots of good energy over here. The CDC is very committed to extending ownership opportunities in the neighborhood, both residential (like their emphasis on rehabbing vacant houses for artists) and commercial (making sure the businesses moving in have an immediate opportunity, or at least a strategy, for owning the storefronts they're occupying). - The neighborhood has three primary retail corridors ... Waterloo, where there's obviously a lot of arts attention, and for good reason - In the 11 years since the Beachland Ballroom opened, commercial vacancy along the corridor has dropped from around 70% to about 30%. The strategy seems to be working. Along East 185th, there's a solid, stable retail corridor ... Could be doing better but could be doing a lot worse. I can see the comparison to W. 117th, although I think East 185th has both more local business and is a lot more intact (although definitely some set-back fast food / convenience stuff, too. There used to be a lot (LOT) of bars along the street, and while I think it's yet to land on a cohesive identity like Waterloo, I think most residents seem to be happy that those late-night establishments are gone. The third corridor is along Lakeshore, which is perhaps the trickiest. It's almost exclusively big box, which is all the sadder, since the lake is pretty much across the street. Nonetheless, there are signs of life. A vacant KMart / Big Lots was converted into the city government's first LEED Gold building, a state-of-the-art new recreation center with amenities like an indoor water park. There is massive work being done along Lakeshore to address sewer runoff into the lake, which should also lead to some sustainable design elements being incorporated along the street. - Even though land planning could have been MUCH better in the neighborhood, it still arguably has the best lakefront access in the city, largely because the highway is so much further south here than to the west, meaning that unlike in much of Cleveland, you can walk to lakefront parks without the shoreway getting in the way. There are three different public lakefront parks in a line along the northern border of the neighborhood, while many of the residential streets end in private beaches. Privatizing the beach is controversial for some, but a case can be made that that amenity has attracted and retained a relatively high income population in the neighborhood. Even with all that private beach property, the neighborhood has the longest contiguous beach in the city (at Euclid Beach Park). In a recent resident and visitor survey we did (pretty worthwhile to check out if you want to know more about what people think of the neighborhood ... http://www.cpacbiz.org/ftp_file/11-12/CollinwoodPrioritiesFINAL.pdf), people reported that lake access was the Number 1 asset in the neighborhood.
January 10, 201213 yr Here's some stats on South Collinwood http://www.city-data.com/neighborhood/South-Collinwood-Cleveland-OH.html South Collinwood is fine, EVEN up to the EC border. I grew up close to that border and still live in the neighborhood. Its not the best but its not unsafe. Cross over into East Cleveland, however, and you're on your own. lol
January 10, 201213 yr More South Collinwood history: South Collinwood became part of the City of Cleveland when the villages of Collinwood and Nottingham were annexed to the City in 1910 and 1912, respectively. The area was first settled in 1812. Settlement increased with the establishment of numerous vineyards; and, by the 1870's, Collinwood had become the largest shipping point in the nation for grapes. By the 1890's, vineyards had been replaced by rail yards as the area's principal generator of economic activity. Industrial development accelerated rapidly following construction of the Collinwood Rail Yards, a major switching center the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad. Residential development also expanded as many Italian immigrants moved to the South Collinwood area in the early 1900's. In 1921, the Fisher Body Co. opened an automobile body plant at East 140th Street and Coit Road. By 1924 the plant employed 7,000 people and in 1926 Fisher Body became a division of General Motors. By World War II, the area around the Collinwood Rail Yards had become an international center for heavy manufacturing. During the war the plant made parts for tanks and employed 14,000 people. Land values in the Five Points area (the five-legged intersection of St. Clair, East 152nd and Ivanhoe) were the third highest in the City, exceeded only by those in Downtown and University Circle. In the decades after World War II, the rise of freeways and the movement of heavy industry out of the nation's northeast and midwest regions resulted in the abandonment of many rail-oriented industrial properties in Collinwood. In the 1980's, the large Fisher Body plant was closed. While the population of South Collinwood had gradually declined after its peak in 1930, since 1970 the decline has sharpened. In 1990 the population was approximately half African-American and half white. The population is segregated, however, with most African-Americans living west of East 152nd Street and most whites living east of East 152nd Street. Recent efforts to improve the Five Points retail district, and to make it a focal point of both communities, have included the construction of a new fire station and development of a new McDonalds. http://www.nhlink.net/neighborhoodtournew/history.php?neighborhood=south-collinwood
January 10, 201213 yr "Recent efforts to improve the Five Points retail district, and to make it a focal point of both communities, have included the...... development of a new McDonalds." That gave me a chuckle
January 13, 201213 yr Author New $100,000 artist grant program up and running as of today ... Artists in Residence grants CPAC Website Brought to you by Northeast Shores and the Community Partnership for Arts & Culture. Through this exciting new program, we'll be giving artists who live and work in North Shore Collinwood an opportunity to propose creative solutions to some of the issues the neighborhood cares about the most. Guidelines available at http://www.cpacbiz.org/ftp_file/11-12/Summer2012Guidelines.pdf Application available at http://www.cpacbiz.org/ftp_file/11-12/Summer2012ApplicationForm.pdf
June 6, 201213 yr Whatcha say?? A Big Turn On Can Alan Glazen ignite Waterloo Rd? by Douglas Trattner Imagine igniting an entire neighborhood with the proverbial flick of a switch. That's what entrepreneur Alan Glazen has in mind for the North Shores Collinwood neighborhood, specifically the stretch of Waterloo Road by the Beachland Ballroom. Rather than open one new restaurant in the underperforming neighborhood, Glazen is working with multiple parties to simultaneously launch five — instantly turning the area into a destination. "I'm calling it Project Light Switch," says the 62-year-old owner of ABC Tavern, XYX the Tavern, and Viaduct Lounge. "I'm so excited about the idea of the best people in the city combining to go turn on a neighborhood." While far from a sure thing — Glazen puts the odds at around 30 percent — the obstacles continue to melt away. Glazen has spoken to all of the city's best chefs and operators, many of whom have expressed a desire to be a part of the project. Those chefs include Michael Symon, Jonathon Sawyer, Steve Schimoler, and others. Real estate deals are all but done on five separate spaces in the immediate area. "This began just as an idea but now I feel like there is no reason I can't pull this off," says Glazen. "I'm in a unique position to get this done; I can afford the altruism." http://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/a-big-turn-on/Content?oid=2984073
June 7, 201213 yr So far this neighborhood center exists on pure desire and ambition of some passionate people, not market forces. If this gets pulled off, it will be a miracle. My money is on a miracle! Go Waterloo!!!
June 11, 201213 yr Ohhhh, just keep watching. I think Waterloo's just getting warmed up :) Are you're talking about the "Rock-o-Meter to Waterloo" rumor*? You can't leave UO hanging!! We deserve gossip. *that I just made up
June 11, 201213 yr Author Yeah, I'm really thankful that's made up :) We made our first 6 Artists in Residence grants in the neighborhood (averaging $5,000 each in size), so look for more details very shortly on the artist-led community projects that will be happening in and around Waterloo. We anticipate that we'll be funding between 20 and 25 projects in the coming 18 months. Also, look for a relatively large announcement (not anything that's been mentioned to date) very, very shortly ... More arts-related investments in the area.
June 11, 201213 yr Yeah, I'm really thankful that's made up :) We made our first 6 Artists in Residence grants in the neighborhood (averaging $5,000 each in size), so look for more details very shortly on the artist-led community projects that will be happening in and around Waterloo. We anticipate that we'll be funding between 20 and 25 projects in the coming 18 months. Also, look for a relatively large announcement (not anything that's been mentioned to date) very, very shortly ... More arts-related investments in the area. Brilliant!
June 12, 201213 yr Can't wait! "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
June 12, 201213 yr Author You know I wasn't going to make my friends at UrbanOhio wait long ;) A new national $500,000 investment in the nabe ... One of 47 grant recipients (the only one in Ohio) among 2,200 applicants ... AND the 4th largest award nationwide ... AND we're one of the leads in the national press release. Yaya Cleve! CONTACT (ARTPLACE): Tim Halbur, 415.948.1398 [email protected] CONTACT (NORTHEAST SHORES): Seth Beattie, (216) 481-7660, ext. 27 [email protected] Waterloo Arts & Entertainment District to Bring Artistic Energy & New Vibrancy to Vacant Spaces, Thanks to ArtPlace Grant ArtPlace releases 47 grants supporting creative placemaking initiatives in 33 communities nationwide (CLEVELAND, June 12, 2012) The Waterloo Arts & Entertainment District is fast becoming one of the top night-time destinations for Clevelanders, with an assortment of funky music venues, art galleries and independent stores. A $500,000 grant from ArtPlace, announced today, will add even more energy to a district that is already fast on its way to success. ArtPlace funding will support the launch of “Collinwood Rising”, a collaborative effort to transform the North Shore Collinwood neighborhood by engaging artists in creatively combating urban vacancy and foreclosure at the community level. Central to the plan is reimagining vacant land into an artist-designed playground, converting a vacant house into an artist storefront and converting a vacant storefront into a performing arts incubator. It also involves the important task of engaging residents in reimagining vacant spaces through a yearlong series of pop-up events, gallery exhibitions and small artist-led projects. Having a portfolio of strategies for revitalization with art at the core is central to the type of creative placemaking supported by ArtPlace, a collaboration of 11 major national and regional foundations, six of the nation’s largest banks, and eight federal agencies, including the National Endowment for the Arts, to accelerate creative placemaking across the U.S. To date, ArtPlace has raised almost $50 million to work alongside federal and local governments to transform communities with strategic investments in the arts. "Across the country, cities and towns are using the arts to help shape their social, physical, and economic characters," said NEA Chairman Rocco Landesman. "The arts are a part of everyday life, and I am thrilled to see yet another example of an arts organization working with city, state, and federal offices to help strengthen and revitalize their communities through the arts. It is wonderful that ArtPlace and its funders have recognized this work and invested in it so generously." “ArtPlace’s investment in North Shore Collinwood is truly important not only for our neighborhood,” said Brian Friedman, Executive Director of Northeast Shores Development Corporation, “but for the entire city of Cleveland. This support will help us not only transform a number of vacant properties into meaningful community assets but will reframe how our neighborhoods think about vacancy and the opportunities we have to harness creative energy.” ArtPlace received almost 2,200 letters of inquiry from organizations seeking a portion of the $15.4 million available for grants in this cycle. Inquiries came from 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, U.S. Virgin Islands. The 47 projects selected each take a unique and locally-focused approach to creative placemaking, from the creation of a Jazz and Heritage Center in New Orleans’ historic Tremé neighborhood to generate vibrancy and economic growth for the local community to ARTSIPELAGO, a comprehensive revitalization strategy that combines a number of unconnected arts and cultural initiatives in Eastport, Maine, for greater effect. “These projects all exemplify the best in creative placemaking,” explained ArtPlace’s Carol Coletta. “They demonstrates a deep understanding of how smart investments in art, design and culture as part of a larger portfolio of revitalization strategies can change the trajectory of communities and increase economic opportunities for people.” In September, ArtPlace will release a new set of metrics to measure changes over time in the people, activity and real estate value in the communities where ArtPlace has invested with its grants. Participating foundations include Bloomberg Philanthropies, The Ford Foundation, The James Irvine Foundation, The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, The Kresge Foundation, The McKnight Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The Rockefeller Foundation, Rasmuson Foundation, The Robina Foundation, The William Penn Foundation and an anonymous donor. In addition to the NEA, federal partners are the departments of Housing and Urban Development, Health and Human Services, Agriculture, Education and Transportation, along with leadership from the White House Office of Management and Budget and the Domestic Policy Council. ArtPlace is also supported by a $12 million loan fund capitalized by six major financial institutions and managed by the Nonprofit Finance Fund. Participating institutions are Bank of America, Citi, Deutsche Bank, Chase, MetLife and Morgan Stanley. A complete list of this year’s ArtPlace awards can be found at http://www.artplaceamerica.org/articles/artplace-announces-47-new-grants/
June 12, 201213 yr Very very excellent. I can't wait to see what the improvements will look like. Congratulations.
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