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CONNECTING CLEVELAND See how every Cleveland neighborhood connects to form one vibrant city

SEEKING CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS

Mayor Justin M. Bibb

Learn how to participate in 100s of bid opportunities that improve neighborhoods house by house.

Our Division of Neighborhood Services needs construction contractors to perform repairs and rehabs for City Seniors, address lead hazards in housing to protect children, and revitalize single and multi-family homes for affordable homeownership and rentals.

Minority, Women and Cleveland-Based contractors are strongly urged to participate.

Contractors can call the Division of Neighborhood Services at 216-664-2045

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A sign-only rebate is also available for commercial tenants.

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UPFRONT 2 MEET THE MAYOR 4 FROM DOWNTOWN CLEVELAND ALLIANCE AND CLEVELAND NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRESS

DEPARTMENTS 8 LET’S EAT From the newest hits to longtime local favorites, check out 10 dining destinations to add to your summer bucket list.

12 GET OUTSIDE Discover a variety of ways to hike or bike your way through Cleveland’s blossoming neighborhoods.

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16 LIVING THE LIFESTYLE Achieve the ultimate work-life balance atmosphere through the city’s array of open workspaces, outdoor living environments and service-based retail options.

20 EXCITING EVENTS Mark your calendar for a variety of fun-filled, familyfriendly events, from the Cleveland Tall Ships Festival and Juneteenth Freedom Fest to One World Day, Larchmere Porchfest and more.

52 HOME, SWEET HOME Whether you’re searching for a new build, recently renovated space or older home that’s waiting for your creative touches, get the scoop on ways to make downtown Cleveland your permanent address.

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Cleveland’s neighborhoods, which are built along corridors that connect the city, offer something for residents, businesses and visitors alike.

44 EDUCATION FOR EVERYONE Get a closer look at the Cleveland Metropolitan School District’s dedication to empowering students to make the most of their education.

RESOURCES 42 DOWNTOWN CLEVELAND ALLIANCE Meet the local ambassadors who are dedicated to taking care of downtown and keeping residents safe.

54 PROPERTY PROFILES From the Residences at 55 to Park Place Townhomes and North Park Place, don’t miss some of the city’s most exciting destinations to call home.

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MEET THE MAYOR

Mayor Justin Bibb

shares what drives him, what he wants to accomplish and a few Cleveland favorites.

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Interview by Linda Feagler Nonprofit executive, civic leader, businessman. Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb’s lifelong dedication to his hometown is clearly steadfast. Born and raised in Cleveland’s Mount Pleasant neighborhood, he co-founded Hack Cleveland in 2014 following the death of Tamir Rice and launched Cleveland Can’t Wait, a nonprofit focused on advancing racial equity and economic opportunities in underserved neighborhoods. Bibb, 35, who has a bachelor’s degree in urban studies from American University in Washington, D.C., interned for President Obama when he was in the U. S. Senate. Now serving his first term as the city’s leader, he’s committed to putting Cleveland at the forefront of criminal justice reform and strengthening the city’s renown as a cutting-edge center for technology and innovation.

You have a storied career as an executive and nonprofit leader. What are the accomplishments you’re proudest of in these roles?

I don’t think there’s just one accomplishment. I grew up on one of the toughest blocks in the city, so to be sitting in my seat at City Hall as the first millennial mayor, the second-youngest mayor and the youngest black mayor in Cleveland’s history is an accomplishment in and of itself. I credit that to the sacrifices my parents and my grandmother made to get me here.

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In your online bio, you admit that you weren’t a politician before all of this.

What made you decide to run for mayor of Cleveland?

I ran for mayor because I believe the city is in dire need of new, dynamic, visionary, bold leadership, and the events of 2020 really elevated that sense of urgency. The theme of our campaign was “Cleveland Can’t Wait.” I saw our city’s response to the pandemic, I saw our response to the tragic murder of George Floyd and our own issue of police brutality after the trag-

ic murder of Tamir Rice in 2014. It was that dual pandemic — COVID along with the the lack of true equity and justice in our criminal justice system — that really fueled my desire to run last year.

How did growing up in Mount Pleasant shape you?

We had so much love and community in my family that I didn’t realize the level of poverty we were living in. My parents were divorced, so I was with my mom and my grandmother in Mount Pleasant, and my

dad was in Shaker Heights. Early on, I had a lot of exposure to this tale of two worlds — a poor, black inner-city neighborhood that we had in Mount Pleasant, and a very affluent, predominantly white suburban community in Shaker Heights. It wasn’t until I got older that I realized how policy was a big driver on the level of inequity between both of those neighborhoods. It was that experience as a child navigating those worlds that really inspired me to want to study urban studies in college and put me on the trajectory of being mayor of Cleveland.

Who are your role models and why?

My three important role models are from childhood: My mother, who could barely read or write when she graduated from high school, worked hard to get her education to become a social worker. She taught me the importance and the power of a good education and what it can do to create a pathway to a middle-class life. My father, who served our country in the Vietnam War, was a Navy diver and was one of the first black firemen and police officers in Cleveland Heights. He taught me the importance of a tireless work ethic and putting others first.

And then there’s my grandmother, a feisty activist who, at age 92, is still holding down the block on Dove Avenue — and she is the best politician you’d ever meet. She’d organize community block club meetings in our living room that focused on crime prevention to make sure the block was a safe place for her grandkids to play.

What does the job of mayor of Cleveland entail?

It requires everything under the sun that you can imagine. There was a recent article

“My job as mayor is to always put our people and neighborhoods first.”

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in The Washington Post highlighting Greg Fischer, the mayor of Louisville and a dear friend I’ve gotten to know over the last couple of months. He talked about how, because of the problems we have to face, being mayor is the second-hardest job in politics outside of being president. The [issues] include everything from snow removal and criminal justice reform to fixing a broken public education system and rallying our colleagues from across the country to back the mayors in Ukraine who are in a war right now. I think the job of being mayor is one that’s vexing and challenging and very nuanced. But to me, it’s probably the best job I’ll ever have in politics.

What are Cleveland’s best attributes?

Our greatest asset is the resiliency of our people. No matter what challenges we’ve faced in the past, we always find a way to come together to elevate and fight for good change. Cleveland is also a center for arts and culture, and we have some great healthcare institutions here, including Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals. We also have world-class companies such as Cleveland-Cliffs and SherwinWilliams, that are on the forefront of global innovation.

What do you want, and hope, to bring to the job as mayor?

I want to deliver on the promises I made during the campaign — having a modern and responsive city government that better serves young people, families and senior citizens; and ensuring Cleveland can be a model for America, not only on police reform and accountability, but also on the hard work of fighting violent crime all across our city. And I want to make sure we truly have an inclusive economy that works for everybody. I want to see cranes

in the sky at Lee Harvard, Mount Pleasant and Buckeye like we see in Ohio City, Tremont and downtown. I believe mayors across the country will be on the vanguard of fighting for climate justice for this country. I’ll join them, and move Cleveland toward a greener economy to leverage the fact that we’re truly a green city on a blue lake. My job as mayor is to always put our people and neighborhoods first.

What are some of the things you love about Cleveland?

My favorite restaurant is Mt. Pleasant BarB-Q, home of the best “Q” in the city. I usually get the short rib dinner with extra sauce, fries and coleslaw. I love the art museum, and going to my spin studio at Harness Cycle in Hingetown.

What would be the perfect weekend itinerary for first-time visitors to Cleveland?

I recommend starting with a trip to the West Side Market, attending a show at Playhouse Square and a Cavs game and stopping for a nightcap at the Velvet Tango Room.

What are your hopes for Cleveland in the next decade?

Grow our population. If we can get to half a million people over the next 10 or 15 years, it would be a major, major win for our community. Be one of the smartest cities in the country with technology and innovation. And have a lakefront that rivals any lakefront in America.

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Tremendous Opportunities DOWNTOWN CLEVELAND’S CLEAN, SAFE AND WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT has made it the region’s fastest growing neighborhood. Downtown’s rich amenities, historic architecture, invigorating public spaces and inspiring vistas deliver a welcome refuge from the uniformity of suburban life.

Downtown hallmark value proposition is walkability and convenience. The ability for residents to access daily errands, work, shops, restaurants, waterfronts and trails within a short walk, bike or scooter ride make it a model 15-minute neighborhood.

Downtown living is for everyone. Our neighborhood’s increasingly diverse portfolio of housing options makes downtown living accessible to a broad range of households.

As one of Cleveland’s most diverse neighborhoods, downtown delivers a welcoming and inclusive environment that people want to be a part of. While Generation Z and Millennials make up the largest percentage of the downtown population, older members of Generation X and Baby Boomers are among the fastest growing demographics.

Downtown living is also for families. A number of high performing schools are available to Downtown Cleveland residents, including the Campus International School, an International Baccalaureate institution that is partnership between Cleveland Metropolitan School District and Cleveland State University. The Say Yes to Education program creates a high school-to-college pipeline that offers scholarships to eligible students who graduate from CMSD schools.

Downtown residents also enjoy the services of Downtown Cleveland Alliance’s Clean, Safe and Welcoming Ambassadors.

The ambassadors provide a mobile, visible, uniformed presence year-round, seven days a week from 7 a.m. to Midnight. They work closely with Cleveland police officers to ensure safety and are trained, with support from dedicated specialists, to connect individuals in need with services and shelter.

I am proud of the convenient, safe and welcoming City Life we are building. I look forward to welcoming you and seeing you around the neighborhood.

MICHAEL DEEMER PRESIDENT AND CEO, DOWNTOWN CLEVELAND ALLIANCE

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Cleveland’s New Energy THERE IS A NEW ENERGY IN CLEVELAND. You feel it on the streets as you walk from shop to shop along Lorain, Larchmere, Pearl, Murray Hill and Euclid. You see it Downtown as the new Sherwin-Williams headquarters rises above the sidewalks. You hear it in our parks. And you can practically taste it at City Hall, where there is a bold, new flavor of innovation and collaboration with our Mayor and City Council.

From Downtown to Buckeye and from West Park to Glenville and Fairfax, residents and businesses are eager to show you what makes our neighborhoods special. Cleveland neighborhoods are attractive places with diverse amenities and so much opportunity.

And our partners at community development corporations work tirelessly to make sure every neighbor has an active hand in attracting, shaping and benefiting from those opportunities.

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ees work there. That growth pays dividends for the entire city. For example, Cleveland has a new program for “middle” neighborhoods such as West Park, Old Brooklyn, Collinwood and Lee-Harvard that will improve housing and small businesses. And residents, civic leaders and small businesses in the Southeast Side neighborhoods are developing a new plan for their communities that we all need to support, because their success will be shared across the region.

And when our success is shared, our city will thrive. That is why now is a great time to call Cleveland your home.

So, this year we are highlighting Cleveland’s main streets and how they connect our neighborhoods. There is an abundance of businesses, restaurants, parks, events and activities for you to explore. All of them are authentically Cleveland. All you have to do is walk, bike or scoot down one of our main streets to see all the opportunities that lie ahead for you.

Welcome to City Life.

TANIA MENESSE PRESIDENT AND CEO, CLEVELAND NEIGHBORHOOD PROGRESS

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LET’S EAT

GRAB A SLICE With Cleveland awarded the number two spot in the Top 10 Pizza locations in the country*, these pizza restaurants rise to the top as some of the best in town.

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Make sure these Cleveland dining destinations — new and old — are on your list.

EDISON’S // Tremont & Edgewater Grab an oversized slice of deliciousness and then claim a seat next door at Edison’s Pub for drinks.

MAMA SANTA’S // Little Italy A longtime staple and Little Italy destination featuring medium-thick crust pie served in a traditional, casual setting.

CITIZEN PIE // Ohio City, Collinwood & Downtown Its sauce, crust and toppings have garnered rave reviews since the opening of this brick oven pizza restaurant.

GALUCCI’S // Midtown Sheet pizza is the mainstay at this Euclid Avenue Italian grocery.

IL RIONE // Gordon Square This neighborhood favorite has thin-crust pizza that many deem the best in town.

VINCENZA’S PIZZA AND PASTA // Downtown New York-style, thin-crust pizza is its claim to fame.

KAFELA // St. Clair-Superior

L’ALBATROS BRASSERIE // University Circle

KAFELA // St. Clair-Superior

Kafela owner Kayla Dial wanted “to bring an L.A. vibe to Cleveland,” she says.

Its menu of tacos, nachos, Asian, Latin, Italian, Jerk Jamaican and American is created by and is prepared by Dial.

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A native of the St. Clair-Superior neighborhood, this is where her parents had a corner store, which included a market and a deli. “I transformed it into a place where someone can get smoothies or milkshakes, plant-based items and burgers.

It’s modern with a ‘new day’ twist.”

Kafela is a 10-seat restaurant focused primarily on carryout business.

6710 St. Clair Ave., 216-862-9603

BETTS // Downtown

Casual dining with a dose of tonguein-cheek fun defines Betts, a breakfast, lunch and dinner restaurant in the Schofield Building.

Ambassador of Awesome Nicole Bakker describes the menu as healthfocused, offering vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free, keto and dairy-free items.

But there are also traditional favorites. In fact, the Schofield Burger with homemade bacon jam, Amish white cheddar and cornichon aioli is the top-selling item on the menu.

Brunch items include Boozy Blueberry Pancakes with bourbon maple syrup and Braised Short Rib Toast with a toasted everything bagel, gravy and chorizo sausage.

BETTS // Downtown 2000 E. 9th St., 216-357-2680

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Zack Bruell is “returning to his roots” focusing on his original vision for L’Albatros Brasserie.

“My culinary influences are from the ’50s, ’60s and early ’70s, but a lightened version of those periods. Because my interpretation of the food isn’t as rich, it allows guests to order multiple courses and not feel uncomfortable. The fact is, food, like everything else, goes full circle,” he says.

In fact, Bruell was the first in the city to introduce organic wines.

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its busiest days, Slyman’s sells upward of a couple of thousand sandwiches, according to Freddie Slyman.

“We’re unique in that we are family owned and operated. We are built on quality and quantity, but most significantly, we care about the product that we put out,” he adds.

3106 St. Clair Ave., 216-321-3760 HANSA BREWERY // Ohio City

HABESHA ETHIOPIAN AND ERITREAN RESTAURANT // West Park

This Ethiopian and Eritrean restaurant was originally a stand at various farmers markets throughout Cleveland. In December 2020, it opened as a neighborhood restaurant.

Jamal Musa, who owns the restaurant with Hiriyti Weldeslie and Tigist Gebremichael, emigrated here 20 years ago from Eritrea.

Habesha’s vegan menu, derived from family recipes, is served family-style in the 50-seat restaurant. Its injera bread is made fresh using teff, an ancient, gluten-free grain with origins in North Africa, and barley. “Our food is traditionally spicy, but we can cook anything to the customer’s taste.” A coffee ceremony is also offered.

16860 Lorain Ave., 216-400-6539

Microbreweries are not new to Boris Music, owner of Hansa. He had one in Europe. So, when he opened Hansa in 2016, “I tried to brew in the German tradition,” he says.

His 12 on-tap beers have been successful locally, with Schwarzbier taking double gold at the International Beer Competition in New York. But beer is not all Hansa has to offer. Its central European menu includes schnitzel, a sausage platter with sauerkraut and schweinebraten (pork roast). Music boasts that his beef carpaccio is “the best in town according to my guests.”

2717 Lorain Ave., 216-631-6585

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Prior to last year’s opening of Primo African Quisine, Cleveland’s West African population had to travel to Columbus for authentic African food.

Today, popular cultural dishes are available Downtown. The Primo menu includes Nigerian Egusi Soup with melon seeds, leaf vegetables and meat; Beninese Amiwo with chicken stock, tomato paste and corn flour turned into a dough; and Sahel Thiep, a couscous dish with carrots, potatoes, eggplant and cabbage.

Drinks are creative and include a rumbased, green, orange and red Taste of Benin (styled to look like the country’s flag) and Chocolate Covered Plantain with six liqueurs and a graham cracker, chocolate rim.

2123 E. 2nd St., 216-400-6207

You’ll probably sense a similarity between Aladdin’s and its sister restaurant, Boaz Fresh Lebanese. But the eclectic newcomer’s main differentiation is that it targets a younger demographic — aka “the walk-up community.”

The most popular item on the Boaz menu, according to Aladdin’s Marketing Director Samantha Kauffman, is Pick Your Own Bowl. Guests choose from a base of greens, lentils and brown rice, then add a protein, hummus or baba, vegetables and a dressing.

“Providing access to healthy food is important to us,” she explains. In fact, pita, hot sauce, falafel, grape leaves and hummus are all made from scratch at the company’s bakery and distribution center.

2549 Lorain Ave., 216-458-9225 Pho and bahn mi aficionados have been flocking to Superior Pho, an awardwinning Vietnamese restaurant, since it opened 20 years ago.

The restaurant’s original pho recipe can be traced back to owner Mahn Nguyen’s mother, although he attributes the final recipe and Super Pho’s successful dish to trial and error.

The bahn mi is reminiscent of his youth in Saigon. “When I was little, I loved a certain bahn mi,” he says, recalling the French pate made from homemade ham, homemade mayonnaise and the addition

KOKO BAKERY // AsiaTown

For the past 18 years, John Xu and his staff at KoKo Bakery have been tempting Clevelanders with their Asian-style buns, pastries, cakes and bubble teas.

“Our recipes are not too sweet,” Xu explains. “Our buns and donuts use the same recipes with different fillings.

We use whipped cream with our cakes.

Everything is a healthier alternative to a heavier, sweeter dessert.”

Traditional buns filled with red bean, lotus and green tea take their place in displays adjacent to more unusual chicken mushroom and curry beef options. Koko Bakery offers 16 rice bowls, too. “We serve them all day long.”

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COURTESY HABESHA ETHIOPIAN AND ERITREAN RESTAURANT / COURTESY SLYMAN’S RESTAURANT / COURTESY BOAZ FRESH LEBANESE

It’s not just hard to get a mouthful of a Slyman’s corned beef sandwich; it’s darnright impossible. Weighing in at nearly 12 ounces (a full pound including bread and cheese), the sandwich that has enticed thousands is stacked high with corned beef goodness.

Since opening its downtown location in 1964, the Slyman family has been handson operators of this Cleveland staple. On

PRIMO AFRICAN QUISINE // Downtown

BOAZ FRESH LEBANESE // Ohio City

SUPERIOR PHO // AsiaTown SLYMAN’S RESTAURANT // St. ClairSuperior

of fresh Vietnamese herbs and vegetables.

Over time, this, too, has been perfected leading to his current, very popular version.

3030 Superior Ave. #105, 216-781-7462

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GET OUTSIDE

Cleveland’s Neighborhoods Offer Opportunities for Recreation and Culture No matter where you live in Cleveland, adventure awaits.

NO ONE APPRECIATES A BEAUTIFUL DAY LIKE CLEVELANDERS. A sparkling lake, blue skies, shady lush parks — and lots of people out riding bikes, strolling through neighborhoods, kayaking, playing ball and walking dogs. Whether it is a self-guided tour of city streets to see artwork or astounding architecture or a run along the waterfront, Cleveland’s outdoor opportunities add to the city’s livability.

ENJOY OUR PARKS

Recent, extraordinary projects involving Cleveland Metroparks have greatly added to Clevelanders’ access and enjoyment of the outdoors. Mary Rouse, director of outdoor experiences for the park district, points to the completion of the Towpath Trail in 2021 that gives cyclists, hikers, history buffs and nature lovers continuous a 104-mile path from Lake Erie south. Also, the 500-foot-long Wendy Park Bridge now links Ohio City with lakefront parks, including Whiskey Island and Edgewater Park. In addition, the new Lindsey Family Play Space in Edgewater Park is a nature play area for kids, with boulders, sand and water, as well as climbing features.

Cleveland Metroparks also has partnered with the City of Cleveland to provide outdoor experiences and skill building opportunities, including nature hikes, clean-ups, backpacking and paddlesports. Sonya PryorJones, the City’s chief of Youth and Family Success, says seniors are not forgotten when it comes to outdoor activities. Summer Senior Walks encourage older residents to walk their East Side or West Side neighborhoods.

Individuals from public safety and the Department of Aging accompany the seniors.

2022 GARDENWALK CLEVELAND

Q. WHAT’S THE PURPOSE OF GARDENWALK?

A. “We really try to focus on neighborhood pride and gardeners’ creativity. We are not trying to show the biggest dahlia or fanciest pergola. It’s about what people imagine and their hard work. The gardens are all different — some simple, some fancy. But they all feed the soul of the gardener.”

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Q. WHAT’S THE INSPIRATION?

A. “Some gardeners do it because they love to be outside and are nurtured by nature. Others enjoy creating something beautiful out of nothing. Others like to be experimental and have interesting plants and unusual cultivators.”

Q. WHAT ADVICE DO YOU HAVE?

A. “If you talk to every gardener (some people will be in their gardens, others

won’t), you won’t have time to see everything. Pick a neighborhood that interests you. Some neighborhood gardens are clustered. But it’s worth it to visit some of the far-flung gardens. They may have something special to see like beekeeping or raising chickens.”

KYLE LANZER, CLEVELAND METROPARKS / GARDENWALK CLEVELAND

GardenWalk Cleveland 2022 is 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, July 9, and Sunday, July 10.

Saturday’s neighborhoods are Fairfax, Glenville, West Park, Old Brooklyn and Tremont.

Sunday’s are Collinwood, Little Italy, Broadway/Slavic Village, Clifton-Baltic and Detroit Shoreway.

The event, featuring about 300 private home and community gardens and green spaces, is free and open to the public. “GardenWalk Cleveland” signs will be posted in participating gardens and neighborhood information will be located in each area. Go to gardenwalkcleveland.org for more information. Bring an umbrella in case of rain.

Marie Kittredge, GardenWalk Cleveland president, is ready show off her own garden with its amazing, colorful flowers. Here, she answers some questions:

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maybe see into the future. Self-guided and in-person tours (the latter beginning in June) are available. Fourteen different tours highlight cultural sites, legacy architecture, local history and progress.

New this year are the Ohio City and the Superior Arts District Tours. Both tours will be available in August and September.

Last year, Tremont, North Coast Harbor, Grand Department Stores and Historic Hotel Tours were added to the roster of free, 60-minute tours.

“Along the way, you’ll see companion videos and meet professional actors who portray individuals who contributed in some way to Cleveland,” says Eileen Cassidy, vice president and chief operating officer for Neighborhood Engagement at the Downtown Cleveland Alliance.

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BIKE CLEVELAND

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how many people ride bikes in Cleveland either because they are car-free by choice, because they can’t afford a car or they rely on other methods of transportation. We want to make sure there are safe opportunities for everyone.”

EXPLORE THE CITY ON FOOT

Rather walk than bike? No problem.

Take A Hike Walking Tours in downtown Cleveland and historic neighborhoods is a marvelous way to learn more about Cleveland’s past, what’s happening now and

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More than 1,000 riders participated in the Bike Cleveland Fundo last year, a fundraiser for the nonprofit advocacy group.

This year Jason Kuhn, communications and events manager for Bike Cleveland, expects to see even more participants at the August 27 event that begins and ends at Edgewater Park. Riders have their choice of clearly marked courses of 10, 30 or 60 miles. Cyclists can pedal any kind of bike, including touring, mountain, three-wheelers, BMX and Class 1 electric bikes. Rest stops, support vehicles and a lakeside, post-ride meal add to the day’s comfort and enjoyment.

“Fundo is a great way to get out and see what is new for cyclists,” says Kuhn. “We try to include a new trail or new bike route each year, and just encourage people to explore by bike.”

But Bike Cleveland is more than just a one-day event. The organization provides information to anyone who is interested in cycling for recreation or uses it as a means of transportation.

“The bike network in Cleveland adds about 10 to 15 miles each year, and that’s good,” says Kuhn. “But in our next phase we would like to see a protected network as well. Some people think bike lanes are just for recreation. But you would be surprised

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LIVING THE LIFESTYLE

Achieving Work-Life Balance The city is waking up again and as residents explore what live-work means today, an evolving approach to mixed-use development is taking shape.

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“Companies are taking different approaches to figure out the right balance,” acknowledges Aaron Pechota, executive vice president, NRP Group, a national real estate developer and contractor with its headquarters in Cleveland and local projects in Gordon Square, Slavic Village and Scranton Peninsula.

Similarly, developers are also examining what drives city life — and ultimately, it’s activation and connection, Pechota says. He adds that developers should keep the residential component top of mind as more people seek the amenities city life has to offer, especially in a post-COVID world.

Those amenities might include open workspaces, outdoor living environments and access to service-based retail. And as we enter summer, “You can see all the signs of life,” Greaner says of the city.

A NEW MIXED-USE

Residential developments like Electric Gardens in Tremont include the coworking company Limelight — a modern, airy, 8,000-squarefoot work area. Residents can join at a discount. In MidTown, the Tech Hive by DigitalC offers an in-house cafe, parking passes, desks and meeting spaces and even phone booths and private offices. Ohio City’s Church + State also provides open space for plugging in.

Meanwhile, integrating work and life in the city doesn’t have to look vertical, Pechota says. “Mixed-use can be having an office build-

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ore balance, more flexibility, more connectivity — the call for mixed-use living is especially strong in the city as people return to live, work and enjoy all of the entertainment and amenities that Cleveland offers.

“At the end of the day, people come downtown because they want opportunities to connect with other people,” says Ivy Greaner, COO at Bedrock, developer of Tower City Center and The May. Proximity to experiences is paramount.

“Whether it’s in your residential building, walking out on the street, grabbing a cup of coffee or running down the block to get dinner, keeping everything tight eliminates commute times,” Greaner says, adding that the convenience of walking a few doors down from your home to an office is a real draw for downtown neighborhoods.

Many people are ready to return to a better social-work balance where there’s a water cooler and conference room, in-person gatherings and lunch out. Sure, the flexibility many gained with hybrid or work-from-home arrangements has benefits. “Great, you’re home working — but you’re on Zoom 24/7 and you never get to leave your work space, so there are definitely people who are coming back into the office. They are ready to socialize again,” Greaner quips.

Overall, employers are in a position where they must re-evaluate how their teams work — and this plays into how downtowns, including Cleveland, will develop, evolve and deliver.

“Expanding my curiosity about life is what it’s all about.”

Completely engaged. That’s how Joe Coyle feels about his life at Judson Manor.

“ Expanding my curiosity about life is what it’s all about.”

An award-winning journalist who has lived in Paris, Santa Fe, and New York City, he arrived in July 2020 via the suggestion of a fellow resident. He’s been delighted ever since.

“As a writer, I enjoy spending time alone, and these surroundings are perfect: my apartment is quiet, and the views overlooking the Cleveland Museum of Art are lovely. But by far the best part of Judson is the people. Everyone is so knowledgeable about art and culture. I wanted to have stimulating company to spend my time with, and I’ve found that here. These are wonderful, interesting people,” says Joe.

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The city continues to take a creative approach to offering a true live-work-play environment. “We are working on all kinds of activations so people have a reason to partake whether you live downtown or in another incredible Cleveland neighborhood,” Greaner says.

Tower City held a series of Battle of the Land events to invite local performers to compete to be the opening act for Bone ThugsN-Harmony. Real Black Friday during the NBA All-Star weekend attracted 200 pop-up tenants. During the winter holiday season, there were choral singers and facepainting for kids. “We are just making sure we have really interesting activities for people of all ages,” Greaner says.

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Pechota agrees, “We need to animate and activate with destination events, concerts and other reasons to get out.” Downtown is populated with venues and public spaces for this purpose. “Even our peer cities do not have the same concentration of different types of entertainment venues as Cleveland does in such a tight area,” he says.

Today, restaurants are filling up and game days are drawing crowds. And developers are evolving properties to accommodate the New Normal. “People are coming back, and we are headed in the right direction,” Greaner says of a gradual and palpable return.

“People never gave up on Cleveland.”

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ing next to a residential building — different spaces with different uses,” he says. “And where we are seeing success in downtowns across the country is where there is a lot of residential next to entertainment venues.”

Again, it’s about activation. That’s what some residential properties are accomplishing by including amenities such as lounges, fire pits, courtyards programmed with entertainment, and conveniences like retail and dining.

At Tower City, Bedrock is focused on long-term plans to reinvent the site from a mall with national chain stores to a marketplace featuring local, small businesses. Fifteen new tenants moved in during the last six months, Greaner says. The pandemic created opportunity and space for entrepreneurs wanting to take a leap. “There was interest from local, small businesses to open up and people continued to lease, which is pretty amazing,” she says. Tower City’s service-oriented tenants provide for those who live close by.

“We are reimagining Tower City and how it can serve the community, customers and residents so it can have its next long life,” Greaner says.

Across town in Glenville, the GlenVillage retail incubator gives aspiring entrepreneurs space to test ideas and build skills through mentorships. The project is part of Cleveland’s Neighborhood Transformation Initiative.

Importantly, today’s mixed-use also means integrating indoor and outdoor experiences. This will be a focus on the Scranton Peninsula, Pechota says. “We are integrating three-season and outdoor amenities, and this is sought after because people are almost always yearning to get outside,” he says.

So, connectivity goes beyond socializing and extends to physically linking neighborhoods, retail, services, amenities and outdoor assets.

This is where Cleveland is a step ahead, especially with trails, Pechota says. An example is the Red Line Greenway linking the Cleveland Foundation Centennial Lake Trail to two RTA Red Line Rapid Transit stations. This paves the way for people to walk, bike, scoot and commute from W. 65th Street to downtown and beyond. “That connectivity is incredibly important and will help connect residents and other people to downtown and Cleveland’s other neighborhoods,” he relates.

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Mark your calendar for these fun events throughout the city.

Clevelanders are always happy to honor our ethnic pride, come together as a neighborhood or show off our lake and lakefront. There is a festival or celebration for everyone.

CLEVELAND TALL SHIPS FESTIVAL

July 7 through July 10; 515 Erieside Ave., north of FirstEnergy Stadium The Port of Cleveland was established for mighty ore freighters and tough tugboats. But you have to admire the eight beautiful and traditionally rigged ships from the United States, Canada and Spain that make this waterfront festival so special. You can catch a good glimpse of the ships’ arrival on July 7 from Wendy Park or Voinovich Bicentennial Park. The USS Cod will be part of the Tall Ships Festival, as will the Putzfrau, a tug that was used to clean up the Cuyahoga River decades ago and is now a vessel that promotes environmental education.

The restored and replica Tall Ships create a gorgeous backdrop for the festival’s live entertainment. Standard tickets for the festival include boarding each ship one time. Separate tickets are required for sailing or receptions. tallshipscle.com

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LARCHMERE PORCHFEST 2022

June 25; Larchmere neighborhood, Cleveland It’s back! Twenty-two local bands on 22 porches will each perform approximately 35-minute sets at Larchmere Porchfest 2022. Bands begin playing at 2 p.m., with 10-minute breaks in between. Bring law chairs or blankets because you will be part of the audience in someone’s front (side or back) yard. Two finale concerts are scheduled for 6 and 7 p.m. But the toetapping doesn’t stop, because local restaurants with outdoor space will host musicians until 10 p.m. Also look for art displays and mini theatrical performances. larchmereporchfest.org 20

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Sam Miller Park, East 88th St. and St. Clair Ave., across from Rockefeller Greenhouse Dig out that polyester mint green pants suit in the back of your closet during Senior Appreciation Day on June 25 from noon to 4 p.m. The theme of this “grand barbeque” is the ’70s, and wearing favorite outfits from that decade is encouraged.

Live music, festival food and games are featured at this celebration for those 60 and over. No children, please. Let their grandparents have this day.

Recess Cleveland brings hula hoops, Wiffle Ball, jump ropes, soccer, Pictionary and all sorts of fun during Back to School on Aug. 27, from 2 to 7 p.m. Activities are guaranteed to let kids forget about video games and are geared to promote fitness and community building. A school supply giveaway will help students get a good start in class this year. This free festival is hosted by Famicos Foundation and Cleveland Councilman Anthony Hairston. famicos.org

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June 18; Mall C, Downtown Cleveland Cleveland’s proud heritage of African American arts and culture is spotlighted at this second annual event. Juneteenth is observed across America as the commemoration and celebration of slavery’s ending in this country on June 19, 1865.

The family-friendly event features live music and spoken word performances, storytelling, food trucks, games, art demonstrations and more. A vendor village of black businesses and entrepreneurs, as well as community-sponsored booths, will be part of the festival, which runs from Noon to 10 p.m. The free event is a partnership of Karamu House, Downtown Cleveland Alliance, Ingenuity Cleveland and the Tri-C Jazz Fest. juneteenthcle.com

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FEAST OF THE ASSUMPTION

August 12-15; Little Italy, 12021 Mayfield Road, Cleveland For 122 years, the Parish of Holy Rosary Church has celebrated the Feast of the Assumption as a sacred religious event. Mass is conducted, the Rosary is prayed daily at 6 p.m. and a candlelight procession to honor the Blessed Virgin Mary are among the activities observed by the area’s Catholics as well as others.

But the church also recognizes the Feast as a day for family, tradition and fun. This year, entertainment in the churchyard and along Mayfield Road includes the Italian Band of Cleveland, Primavera Band and the Swamp Boogie Band, as well as other musical groups.

A cavatelli dinner, casino and other activities help support the education of Catholic children and maintenance of church buildings and grounds. holy-rosary.org ONE WORLD DAY

2023 CLEVELAND ASIAN FESTIVAL

May 2023; Cleveland AsiaTown, east of Downtown, from E. 30th to E. 40th between St. Clair and Chester avenues You have to be patient until 2023 for the next Cleveland Asian Festival, but good things come to those who wait. One of Cleveland’s fastest growing and most popular festivals, this event celebrates Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and helps support economic development in the neighborhood.

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Every Wednesday from May to September, Perk Plaza at Chester Commons, East 12th Street, Downtown Cleveland Is it our imagination, or does eating outdoors make most food taste better? Judge for yourself at Walnut Wednesday, one of the area’s more diverse and biggest food truck rodeos. Pies, fries and definitely a few surprises are available. Downtown workers mingle with residents, tourists and shoppers who relax in this urban oasis while chowing down on vegetarian delights or thick burgers.

Something is always going on, including live music, cornhole, chess and checkers games, impromptu poetry readings, giant Jenga and bubbles floating in the air.

WALKABOUT TREMONT

Second Friday of each month; Professor Avenue and surrounding streets, Tremont Tremont celebrates its heritage as a haven for artists who have lived and walked in a quirky neighborhood where homes, shops, studios and restaurants create a unique experience on every street. It makes Tremont a fascinating place. Walkabout Tremont presents a different theme each month with open galleries, music, artists and restaurant specials.

June’s theme is Walkabout on the Wildside; July will highlight American Classics; August will have a Let’s Luau theme; and September’s theme is Walkabout Like a Pirate.

Tremont also hosts Arts in August, held in Lincoln Park on weekends, which has included everything from dance performances to Shakespeare. The 2022 Tremont Arts and Cultural Festival, Sept. 17 and 18 in Lincoln Park, is a free multiracial and multicultural festival. The weekend features fine art, sculpture, jewelry, children’s activities, musicians and performers. experiencetremont.com

THIRD FRIDAYS

Every Friday; 78th Street Studios, 1300 W. 78th Street An event that now spans the Gordon Square Arts District, Third Fridays began in the early 2000s with humble roots spotlighting creative individuals inside the 78th Street Studios. Today the sprawling art and design complex is one of the largest of its kind in Greater Cleveland. From 5 to 9 p.m., check out four floors of galleries, visual displays, music, furniture and cuisine. An Open House, held every Friday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. with a handful of open galleries, is a quieter experience. 78thstreetstudios.com — JILL SELL

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August 28; Cleveland Cultural Gardens, Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard Members of Cleveland’s Ukrainian community in traditional costumes will proudly carry their heritage country’s blue and yellow national flag during One World Day’s Parade of Flags down Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard at noon. Because of recent world events, other flag bearers and parade watchers are asked to respect and appreciate the event’s theme, “Peace through Mutual Understanding.” Additional flags and parade participants will represent the 38 countries that comprise the green spaces of the Cleveland Cultural Gardens, as well as other countries without gardens. clevelandoneworldday.org

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“We lucked out and were able to get a view of Public Square,” he relates. He and his spouse work downtown and have hybrid schedules that allow for working at home some days. After commuting downtown from Cuyahoga Falls, Boggs says he wouldn’t trade his minutes-long shuffle to the office for anything.

Plus, he appreciates the diversity and activity. “You see people of different races and ethnicities gathering — it’s truly a diverse atmosphere,” Boggs says.

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corridor from Tower City to University Circle, Boggs takes advantage of dining spots including Mabel’s on East Fourth Street, LJ Shanghai and Masthead Brewing Company on Superior Avenue and

Parnell’s Pub in Playhouse Square. The Dollar General Express at Reserve Square “is very convenient,” and Heinen’s is a short walk from his apartment.

“Having lived here for a little over four years, we still haven’t seen and done it all,” Boggs says.

With the introduction of new businesses in Tower City and beyond, there will be more to see and do. “We are working on bringing in tenants to provide for people downtown and be as full-service as we can,” says Ivy Greaner, COO of Bedrock,, which owns and operates the downtown retail center.

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onnecting the city’s two largest business districts and linking Cleveland’s entertainment venues to its world-class art institutions is the main vein: Euclid Avenue.

For downtown resident Adam Boggs, 40, all of the conveniences including a short walk to work and plenty of places to play are reasons for living in this bustling corridor.

“It’s centrally located,” he says. “We can walk to Playhouse Square, East Fourth Street and go a bit further to the Cleveland Cultural Gardens.”

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Residential opportunities along the Euclid corridor continue to expand for empty nesters like Yarnell, as well as families and young professionals like Boggs.

“Being the second-largest employment center in the city with Case, University Hospitals and Cleveland Clinic, continues to drive a demand for being here,” Yablonsky says. Multimodal transportation and walkability to arts, dining and retail make the district a true live-work-play environment.

Looking ahead, Yablonsky says the corridor will continue picking up traffic as programming returns. She says, “We are looking forward to a pre-pandemic level of activity in University Circle, and we have an active summer planned with community concerts, Saturday family programs and camps and entertainment at Wade Oval.”

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Introducing new retail and services to Tower City will create more of a marketplace for residents and visitors. The property has invited 15 new business owners during the last six months, including 360 Clothing Studios with outfits ranging from $50 to $300 and Feet Geeks shoes.

Jaxon’s Closet is a children’s clothing store; Miamour is a women’s boutique — and all are locally owned. Peach Fuzz offers eyebrow threading and waxing, and for the men there’s CityBreaks Barbershop. Red Velvet Men’s Grooming Co. makes vegan-based cologne, beard care items and soaps.

At the other end of the Euclid Corridor in University Circle, new businesses and expansions include welcoming Plum Market on Euclid Avenue and East

115th Street, which is close to a growing retail corridor at East 105th Street, says Elise Yablonsky, vice president of community development for University Circle Inc. “Despite the pandemic, we have had seven new businesses located in University Circle along Euclid and two existing businesses move into new, renovated spaces — and even more exciting, seven are locally and either minority- or womanowned,” Yablonsky adds.

Among them are Sittoo’s eatery, Capo’s Steaks, Lee’s Seafood Boil, Kake Kutters, Uptown Nutrition, Chopsticks, Indian Flame and Beyond Juicery + Eatery.

“We have a mix of longstanding businesses and established retailers,” Yablonsky adds, referencing mainstays like L’Albatros, Coffee House University Circle and Michelson and Morley Restaurant.

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“It’s a dynamic, vibrant and global area with so much energy with our everchanging student population, an employment population that is increasingly global and looking to live near where they work, the growing residential population and more than 40 amazing nonprofits in one square mile,” Yablonsky says.

“And we really can’t talk about University Circle without referencing that there is always something new and different to see at our museums and cultural institutions, particularly as a USA Today ‘Best Arts District in America,’” she adds.

The Euclid corridor is a 10-minute walk from the circle’s cultural heart at Wade Oval. “There is a lot of interplay between the two,” Yablonsky adds.

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“One of the reasons we like this area is because it’s very walkable and I don’t have to jump into my car to find conveniences,” Yarnell says.

“The Cinematheque is across the way — the art museum, Barnes & Noble. We like doing ‘Cleveland things.’”

Sometimes the couple hikes up Murray Hill to walk around Lakeview Cemetery. Also, Yarnell is a member of the Cleveland Botanical Gardens and earned her horticulture certificate.

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includes new, historical and restored older homes, as well as about 1,200 units of affordable housing. It’s known as an arts center, featuring the Gordon Square Arts District and the 100-year-old Capitol Theatre, which was restored in 2009. Unique businesses also call the corridor home.

“It’s the gateway to downtown and to the west side of Cleveland, and it’s growing,” McNair says.

“Along Detroit there are 800 new living units and over $300 million in investment between West 25th and West 33rd streets. We’re finding ways to connect to the lakefront.”

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McNair says more than 100 new businesses have sprouted in Ohio City over the past 10 years, including numerous restaurants and brew-pubs.

Ohio City also has several offices, and with Cleveland Clinic’s Lutheran Hospital is the third-largest job center in

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“About 6,000 people work in Ohio City daily,” McNair says.

“It helps give it a 24/7 feel.”

For those needing recreation, the Cleveland Metroparks’ Red Line Greenway trail runs through the neighborhood.

The trail connects two Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority rapid stations to the Cleveland Foundation Centennial Trail Lake Link.

Meanwhile, about 1,300 neighborhood children participate in sports programs at Near West Recreation, founded

by Ohio City Inc. Schools in Ohio City include St. Ignatius High School; The

Music Settlement, which consists of centers for music, early childhood and music therapy; and Paul L. Dunbar Academy and Orchard STEM School, both part of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District.

To provide an alternative to all the new construction and rehabbed homes, Ohio City Inc. and Tremont West Development Corp. created Near West Land Trust to preserve affordable, single-family homes, which will help these neighborhoods continue being mixed-income communities.

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At Irishtown Bend, government and nonprofit partners will convert an empty hillside into a 24-acre park at Detroit Avenue and West 25th Street. The park will include an all-purpose path that will connect to the Ohio and Erie Towpath Trail.

Tom McNair, executive director of Ohio City Inc., one of the nonprofit partners leading the Irishtown Bend effort — says tree clearing has started on the site. Stabilization of the hillside adjacent to the proposed park is scheduled to begin this summer.

Irishtown Bend promises to draw even more residents and visitors to Cleveland’s already popular Ohio City, Detroit Shoreway and Edgewater neighborhoods.

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Gordon Square, a district tucked along Detroit Road, contains not only Capitol Theatre, part of the Cleveland Cinemas chain, but also four other theaters.

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“Gordon Square is the heart of the Detroit-Shoreway neighborhood,” says Josh Jones Forbes, marketing director of Northwest Neighborhoods CDC, which serves the Detroit Shoreway, Edgewater and Cudell neighborhoods. “We’re really proud of that.”

Local artists display and sell their work at 78th Street Studios at West 78th Street and Lake Avenue, just north of Detroit.

Popular restaurants in Gordon Square are Rincon Criollo, which serves Puerto Rican dishes, and The Happy Dog, a hotdog bar that doubles as a live music venue.

Other Gordon Square businesses include Cool World, owned by a local artist who sells her original pieces and vintage items. Oceanne sells jewelry and clothes and teaches customers how to make their own jewelry. Then there’s Superelectric Pinball Parlor, where pinball wizards can play scores of machines.

The Detroit Shoreway neighborhood also features The Boiler 65, a Cajun seafood eatery; Astoria Cafe & Market, which serves Mediterranean dishes; Ninja City Kitchen & Bar, where diners can enjoy Asian street food and Luxe Kitchen & Lounge, serving new American dishes.

Also in the Detroit Shoreway area is the LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland, which Jones Forbes says is unique to the region. The center, which opened in 2019 in a new building, provides programs, services and events for residents.

As for housing, new homes, both to rent and own, are being constructed on West 73rd and West 76th streets in Battery Park. Students can attend the

new Garrett Morgan High School, which offers education in engineering, leadership and innovation.

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Edgewater is home to Cleveland Metroparks’ 147-acre Edgewater Park, with its 9,000 linear feet of Lake Erie shoreline, fishing piers, picnic areas, boat ramps and dog beaches. However, there’s more here.

“We characterize Edgewater as a lakefront neighborhood known for stately homes along the shoreline and streetcar-era commercial districts on Clifton Boulevard and Detroit Avenue,” Jones Forbes says. “The neighborhood has many LGBTQand locally owned businesses.”

Brothers Lounge, a jazz club and restaurant, and Earth Bistro Café, a vegan eatery, are in the Edgewater area. No Class, a new bar/concert venue on Detroit, will bring underground, indie music to Cleveland. It replaces Now That’s Class.

Jones Forbes says people from all over the region shop at Flower Child, a vintage furniture and clothing store on Clifton.

Also, hidden in a residential neighborhood is The Kirby Co., which has its headquarters on West 116th Street.

Fun activities in Edgewater include the annual NeighborFest, which took a break last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic but is returning June 26. The fest features live music and art activities at Clifton and West 116th Street.

The LGBTQ community in Edgewater has its own sports leagues, drag shows and concerts. Two famous gay bars in this section of town are Twist Social Club and The Hawk.

Choosing the Right Place Sam McNulty is responsible for much of West 25th Street’s look and feel. He co-founded several businesses there, including Market Garden Brewery and Nano Brew Cleveland, both brewpubrestaurants in the heart of the neighborhood.

In total, McNulty has opened five restaurants in Ohio City. He says he’s loved the area since he was a kid, when his family shopped there, because it’s dense, walkable, diverse and close to Lake Erie and the Cuyahoga River.

“Ohio City is the opposite of what I call the ‘soulless suburbs,’ where it’s all strip malls and chain restaurants, with no local or unique character,” McNulty says. “It’s a special place.”

Serendipity led McNulty into the brewpub-restaurant field. As a student at Cleveland State University (CSU), where he studied urban planning, he took a proposal writing course.

Then, as student body president, he attended a faculty meeting where professors discussed putting out an RFP for a restaurant/bar on campus that was looking for an operator to take over.

“I saw an opportunity,’ McNulty says.

McNulty’s CSU barrestaurant, Café 101, lasted eight years and led to a career for an Ohio City devotee.

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building with 72 units on West 25th at Sackett Avenue. The apartment is the first of three buildings that MetroHealth will build here. Eventually Via Sana will consist of more than 250 apartments and about 36,000 square feet of retail space.

MetroHealth’s master plan for the area also includes a 6- to 8-acre park for both the hospital and surrounding community.

Meanwhile, Metro West and Levin Group Inc., a Cleveland developer, are converting the

former Blanket Mills industrial building on West 33rd into an apartment complex with 60 affordable, multi-family housing units. The bottom floor of the building will have retail and social services.

Large century homes stand proudly in the Jones Home Historic District, named after the landmark Jones Homes

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wo years ago, the nonprofit Pivot Center for Art, Dance and Expression opened in a former factory-warehouse on West 25th Street in the Clark-Fulton neighborhood of Cleveland. The center hosts art exhibits, teaches the arts and provides social services for area residents, many of whom are Latinx. The 74,000-squarefoot center is home to LatinUs Blackbox Theater, too. The Pivot center has become an important focal point in the neighborhood.

The area also contains the main campus of The MetroHealth System, which is undergoing a $1 billion renovation and expansion that includes the construction of new housing along West 25th.

“It’s a diverse area with a strong Latinx population, which is reflected in the businesses and organizations as well,” says Kristyn Zollos, Interim executive director of Metro West Community Development Organization, which serves the Clark-Fulton, Stockyard and Brooklyn Center neighborhoods.

“People often view it as a passthrough surrounded by freeways, but if you take the time to really look at the community, it just has this vibrant, beautiful culture,” Zollos adds.

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Residents and visitors to the historic district can buy food, secondhand items and works by local artists at the semiannual Archwood Street Sale. Also on Archwood is the Julia Burgos Cultural Arts Center, another Latinx-focused institution in the former Archwood United Church of Christ building. The center offers arts and dance programs for youth and adults.

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for Children building. The district, off Pearl Road and West 25th, features mostly colonial revival homes and some in the Queen Anne style.

Diversity also plays a role in locally owned establishments.

Prominent businesses include The Old San Juan Jewelers on Clark and Dickey’s Lanes on West 25th, along with new establishments like Half Moon Bakery and Pupuseria y Antojitos Guanaquitas, a Salvadoran restaurant. There’s also CityBreaks Barbershop, a relatively new business on West 25th.

Another Clark-Fulton hotspot is Phunkenship by Platform Brewery on Sackett. It’s a brewery and beer-tasting room with a sand volleyball court outside and a bocce court inside. Also on Sackett is the popular Floressa, a cafe, coffee shop and bakery.

Clark-Fulton also hosts fun events for residents and visitors. These include the annual late-summer Italian Festival organized by St. Rocco Parish on Fulton, and La Placita, a Latinx festival featuring live music, food and art.

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Rachelle Yarnell, owner of The Studio: A Paul Mitchell Salon on Fulton Road, says her business has grown and thrived along with Ohio City.

“It’s a very eclectic area,” Yarnell says. “You get a range of people, some moving in, while others are lifelong residents.”

Yarnell’s clients are also eclectic. They include business professionals who need hair maintenance every two to four weeks and parents and children living in Ohio City.

“We have multicultural families,” Yarnell says.

“Sometimes, the moms don’t know where to take their kids because they’re unfamiliar with their hair type. We can take care of them here.”

Fun, Food and Family Cleveland Metroparks Zoo off Pearl Road is one of Old Brooklyn’s most famous draws. There’s also the 25acre Brighton Park, which opened in spring 2021 across from the zoo. Trails in Brighton Park lead to the zoo and surrounding neighborhoods like Tremont.

In the Brighton Corridor section of Old Brooklyn, restaurants include Irie Jamaican Kitchen; El Rinconcito Chapin, with Guatemalan cuisine; Opal, a wine bar serving steaks and seafood, and Coffee Coffee Coffee with its unique plantbased atmosphere and inspiring music.

Lucas Reeve, interim executive director of Old Brooklyn Community Development Corp., says Old Brooklyn is the ideal community in which to start a family. There are postWorld War II, single-family homes on the south and west sides. “No matter what your age or finances, there are plenty of options here,” he says.

The South Hills area of Old Brooklyn contains wellkept, older homes dating back to the early 1900s.

Ben Franklin Community Garden, one of the largest community gardens in Ohio, is also in South Hills.

The NRP Group hopes to soon build 50 affordable apartments and 3,000 square feet of commercial space at Pearl and Memphis Avenue.

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Cleveland’s Superior Avenue — which in addition to Glenville, St. Clair-Superior and Hough includes AsiaTown and portions of downtown — has a lot to offer residents and visitors for dining destinations, parks, new living spaces, historical sites and fun activities.

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This neighborhood is significant to Black history. In the 1950s and 1960s, a stretch of East 105th Street contained all Blackowned businesses, Mowery says. One building, called The Madison, was designed by Robert Madison, the first Black architect in the state of Ohio to own his own architectural firm.

He built The Madison for Black doctors who at the time weren’t wanted or allowed at other medical practices.

Today, The Madison is a 12-unit apartment complex, where rents are affordable for students attending nearby Case Western Reserve University.

Converting the building into apartments was a Famicos Foundation project, too.

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The Finch Group built a 63-unit apartment complex, called Glenville Circle North Apartments, on East 105th. Meanwhile, homebuilder Bo Knez has been constructing new houses in Glenville for several years.

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Famicos Foundation — the community development corporation for the Glenville, St. Clair-Superior and Hough neighborhoods — bought the former church in 2014 and plans to renovate it into office space for nonprofits that help underserved residents.

The office building would also act as a community center with basketball courts. The trick is securing funding for the project, something that Famicos has deep experience doing.

“The renovation of St. Mark’s is important for a number of reasons,” says Tara Mowery, director of marketing at Famicos.

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The home of Jerry Siegel, who co-created the comic book Superman with Joel Shuster, is still standing in Glenville. The home’s current owner didn’t know that Siegel once lived there when he bought the property, but he has grown accustomed to visitors looking from a distance.

Shuster’s boyhood Glenville home is no longer there, but signs mark its former location.

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The residential population in St. Clair-Superior includes people with Asian, African, Slovenian and Latinx heritage.

That diversity is reflected in businesses there.

There are soul food, barbecue, Caribbean, Thai and Vietnamese restaurants in St. Clair-Superior.

Empress Taytu Ethiopian Restaurant is a hot destination.

“Empress Taytu has a great reputation as a vegan restaurant,” Mowery says.

“People come from all over Ohio to dine there.”

Another popular business is He Loves Curves, owned by a single Black mom. It sells clothes for larger women, and Mowery says people from throughout northern Ohio shop there.

Meanwhile, the annual Cleveland Kurentovanje, a multiple-day Slovenian festival, celebrates the beginning of spring and the end of winter.

The event, at East 64th Street and St. Clair, includes a parade, ethnic food and drinks, live musical performances, a 5K race and something called Kurents — mythical creatures that chase winter away.

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The 200-acre Rockefeller Park is the border between the Glenville and Hough neighborhoods. The park includes a pond where visitors can fish, row and, during winter, ice skate. There are also tennis courts, picnic areas, playgrounds and a greenhouse.

The Cleveland Cultural Gardens are part of Rockefeller Park and include Italian, Hungarian, Hebrew, Lithuanian, Greek, African-American, Indian, Chinese and other ethnic gardens.

“The gardens are unique not only to Cleveland but the nation,” says Mowery.

Lining Rockefeller Park is picturesque East Boulevard, with historic homes that have been renovated to bring modern amenities while keeping their original architecture. Famicos hopes to construct 56 marketrate apartments at Chester Avenue and East 75th Street, appropriately naming the complex Chester 75.

Another Hough highlight is the restored League Park on Lexington Avenue. The original League Park was built in 1891 and was home to the Cleveland Indians until the opening of

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The Superior Arts Improvement District downtown features a variety of studios and galleries.

The Superior Arts Improvement Corp. is responsible for removing graffiti, arranging for safety escorts, picking up litter and paying off-duty police to provide security.

At Upcycle Parts Shop, patrons are encouraged to let their imaginations run wild.

This nonprofit destination sells secondhand crafting materials such as paint, canvases, jewelry, paper products, sewing supplies and fabrics.

“Upcycling is different from recycling in that it adds value to something,” says Nicole McGee, co-founder and executive director of the shop. “Our shop is unique to this area.”

McGee herself is a reuse artist, converting secondhand materials into art pieces. Art has been her side gig over the years as she worked as a community organizer, public relations and advertising professional, freelance writer and college instructor.

Since Upcycle opened in 2014, it has accepted 41 tons of donated materials, which it sells at low prices to artists, families and small businesses.

“When I see the shop fill up with people I don’t know, I realize this is working,” McGee says. “It’s bigger than I could have pictured it.”

AsiaTown is famous for its more than 35 Asian restaurants, grocery stores and gift shops. The neighborhood is bordered roughly by Interstate 90, East 55th Street and Perkins and St. Clair avenues. Its historic hub is on Rockwell Avenue between East 21st and East 24th streets.

“It’s the only space like it in the region,” says Karis Tzeng, vice president of planning at Midtown Cleveland Inc. “We don’t have another Asian cultural hub in the same way in Ohio. Visitors come from out of town to shop here.”

Tzeng says a dessert shop called Mango Mango opened April 15 at East 32nd Street and Payne. It serves Asian-style drinks, ice cream, crepes and soups. Within the next 12 months, a new Asian food hall called YY Time is scheduled to open at East 30th Street and Payne, in a space formerly occupied by a tire store.

AsiaTown is home to a diverse community of people from all racial backgrounds. Singlefamily and duplex houses occupy treelined side streets. An independent living community, Asian Evergreen, offers approximately 40 affordable apartments for older adults.

One neighborhood project involves establishing more cohesiveness between the historic Chinatown and the rest of AsiaTown, since I-90 divides the area.

One solution has been to install common streetscape elements, like AsiaTown bike racks and signs.

“Those types of repeating elements add to the neighborhood brand and help with wayfinding,” Tzeng says.

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New housing starts include single-family homes priced at $200,000 or less that offer amenities and the benefits of living in the heart of the city.

“Those are basically selling as quickly as we can build them,” Alvarado says of Trailside Slavic Village.

Meanwhile, multi-family apartment homes such as 5115 The Rising, a partnership with University Settlement and The NRP Group, include 88 affordable apartments and townhomes and more than 20,000 square feet of commercial space.

The 5115 is located at the former St. Alexis Hospital site.

Before, it was an empty lot and now it’s a promising real estate and business opportunity.

“We are attracting everyone from families wanting to own their first home and send their kids to school in Slavic Village to increasingly younger professionals,” Alvarado says.

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Centered in Cleveland’s southeast side, Broadway-Slavic Village is one of the city’s oldest neighborhoods, bordering Cuyahoga Valley with access to greenspace. “We’ve always had a focus on active living,” Alvarado says, relating that this applies to biking and walking the neighborhood or easily hopping onto the Towpath Trail or Downtown Connector Trail that will be completed soon.

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Heritage and tradition are the Slavic Village way — and this extends to community events and activities that residents and visitors anticipate. The neighborhood is bringing back its Pierogi Dash 5K run or 1-mile walk on June 5 for its 16th year after a pandemic hiatus. It kicks off at the Third Federal Savings on Broadway Avenue and finishes at the Trailside development. “Folks from around the region join us to run and then have pierogies, smokies, beer and live polka afterward,” Alvarado says.

The eighth annual “Rooms to Let: CLE” interactive exhibit transforms storefronts, outdoor spaces and homes into adapted temporary art installations.

Guests can pick up a map, follow the tour and shop an Artist Market, along with taking in performances. “It’s not just a matter of putting art on the walls, it’s using the walls and structures as the canvas,” Alvarado describes, sharing how the event was a onetime exhibition in Columbus to turn vacant homes into art galleries. Broadway-Slavic Village adapted and adopted the event. “We’ve been doing it every year with the exception of 2020,” he says.

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Several key commercial districts drive business in Broadway, starting with Slavic Village’s “downtown” at Broadway and East 55th Street. The intersection maintains pre-World War II buildings on all four corners and is home to more than 50 businesses and organizations.

This hub is being transformed into a mixed-use environment with retail, restaurants, housing and public space. Initiatives include a completed $9 million road and streetscape project.

Green streetscape is underway along with bicycle lanes in the Fleet Avenue and East 65th Street District.

Family-owned, entrepreneurial businesses thrive in this culturally rich corridor, where you’ll find ethnic restaurants and specialty shops. “Fleet Avenue is still Cleveland’s only ‘complete and green street’ where you have businesses like Red Chimney restaurant and new businesses like Belt Magazine and Saucisson butcher shop,” Alvarado says.

“These are smaller retailers that are neighborhood-oriented.”

Additional commercial districts include Warner Road

near the residential Mill Creek development and Cleveland Metroparks, Harvard Avenue with its convenience businesses including Dave’s Market, and the North and South Broadway area that covers the gamut from clothing to national chain restaurants.

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Sold on CLE Jacob Lavis bought into Downtown before he started attending law school and working on his MBA at Cleveland State University in 2018. “There was the convenience factor of walking to school every day, and I anticipated I’d be working downtown at some point,” says Lavis, who’d rather walk than sit in traffic on the freeway. So urban living was an immediate fit.

During undergrad, he lived in Little Italy, close to the Case Western Reserve University campus where he attended classes. For Lavis, an avid sports fan who loves the fact he can show up at a Cav’s game five minutes before tipoff without jockeying for a parking spot, chose the Pointe at Gateway when buying a home.

“You never have to leave downtown for anything,” Lavis says. “If I need a couple of eggs, Heinen’s is two blocks away. There’s a CVS on the next street over.

If I want a burger I can get it downstairs. For a young professional so focused on work, there’s not a lot of extra time to spend on commuting.”

EVOLVING LANDSCAPE. Lavis, a corporate attorney, is focused on real estate and bought into Downtown early.

“There has been a ton of change,” he says. “When I

moved in, The Beacon wasn’t here, The May wasn’t here, The Lumen…” And following a pandemic lull, momentum is returning. “Every time they announce a new apartment building going up, I think, ‘Where are the residents coming from?’ and then you look at the occupancy rates and it’s up there with cities in Florida and California.”

GAME ON. Lavis goes to a game or event downtown every week or so. And he says the sports scene has shined a spotlight on CLE. Big wins are a welcome sign. “You can feel the excitement after the AllStar Game, the NFL Draft — all great things,” he says. “I’m excited to see what is to come with Sherwin-Williams and that development, and updates to the Guardians’ stadium.”

SUNDAY MORNING. Walks with Golden Retriever Cooper can start at his condo and lead him into Voinovich Park. “He always jumps into the lake,” Lavis says. There’s plenty of greenspace to get out and waterfront for those doggy dives. With neighborhood accessibility, Lavis sometimes takes Cooper to Ohio City or The Flats.

THE POINTE. “It’s really impressive to see how much development is going on,” Lavis says.

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Many pockets of this corridor on Cleveland’s West Side are known for their locally owned restaurants, unique small businesses and cultural diversity among residents.

“It’s stable and unique in that we are walkable and have features that draw people to an urban area,” Molly Crawford, marketing and development manager of West Park Kamm’s Neighborhood Development, says of West Park. “It’s a welcoming place.”

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nine-story upscale apartment complex with nearly 300 living spaces, stores, restaurants and an event center on the top floor has become a centerpiece of Ohio City.

When completed earlier this year, Intro was the tallest mass timber building in the United States. Mass timber is a new type of construction that uses wood instead of concrete and steel. It’s more sustainable and environmentally friendly than concrete and steel and brings the look, feel and smell of wood into the building.

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include Habesha Ethiopian and Eritrean Restaurant, Thai Elephant Restaurant and Jackie Chen’s Dragon Tower Chinese Restaurant.

Also on Lorain are West Park Station, which serves classic American food, and Hatfield’s Goode Grub, with its southern barbecued ribs, pulled pork and burgers.

Imagine That & More on Rocky River Drive sells yarn and fabrics and offers sewing lessons. Carol & John’s Comic Book Shop is on Lorain in Kamm’s Plaza. “They have a wide variety of comic books, and if they don’t have what you are looking for, they can get it for you,” Crawford says.

Meanwhile, Burlington, Big Lots and a Ross department store will soon open new locations at Lorain and West 150th Street in West Park. Another new building on the same site will house Aldi and Starbucks.

A portion of the Cleveland Metroparks Rocky River Reservation is in West Park.

Gunning Recreation Center, Impett Park and several pocket parks are sprinkled throughout the West Park community.

This summer, The Hooley, an Irish street festival in West Park, is making a comeback on June 18. The Hooley — which means “hangout” or “get together” — was on hold in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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When Seven Seas Seafood first opened in 1964 on Lorain Avenue, a priest at nearby St. Patrick’s Church warned West Park Catholics they no longer had an excuse to only eat fish on Fridays during Lent. Seven Seas is still providing fresh fish after nearly 60 years in business in the original location.

“West Park is a great place to live and work,” says Andy Dudik, who runs Seven Seas with his father Bob Dudik.

“There are plenty of restaurants and things to do, and the bar scene is pretty good.”

Dudik’s grandfather, Cleveland native Al Yanus, established Seven Seas Seafood after serving in the miliary during World War II. Dudik worked there part-time as a boy.

Seven Seas carries a variety of seafood and serves fried fish takeout. Its most popular items are Al’s Gourmet Shrimp and Tarter sauces, invented by Dudik’s grandfather and grandmother, Ann Yanus. The sauces are sold in local grocery stores.

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Cudell, an historic neighborhood, is named after Frank E. Cudell, a German immigrant who inherited a large estate from his father-in-law and bequeathed it to the city of Cleveland in 1916.

“Residents have characterized it as welcoming, with long residential streets containing turn-of-the-century homes,” says Josh Jones Forbes, marketing director of Northwest Neighborhoods, a nonprofit community development organization.

Cudell just received a huge lift. Amazon recently opened a Last Mile Facility, from where packages are delivered directly to customer doorsteps. It’s at the site of the former Madison Industrial Park and is expected to create several hundred new jobs.

For the most part, housing in Cudell consists of one- and

two-family homes, although apartments are near the Red Line rapid transit close to Detroit and West Boulevard.

The Cleveland EcoVillage is within a quarter mile of the Lorain-West 65th Street RTA rapid station. The idea here is to situate all village residents within walking distance of everything they need, a pushback against suburban sprawl. The project was spearheaded by the Detroit Shoreway Community Developement Organization, which recently merged with another community organization

to become Northwest Neighborhoods CDC. EcoVillage residents, for example, can walk to the rapid station, bus stops, churches, community gardens and the Michael J. Zone Recreation Center. Tiny homes and other types of environmentally friendly buildings are in the village.

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Eating Around the Globe You can find food from many cultures in these neighborhoods. Cleveland Mofongo Latin Grill; Der Braumiester, a German eatery; Himalayan Restaurant, which specializes in Nepali and Indian cuisine; Jamaica Signature Restaurant, with Caribbean dishes like curry chicken and goat; and Kifaya’s Kitchen, which serves Somali food, are all in Westown.

Westown also is home to Luchita’s Mexican Restaurant; Kabob Grill with its Middle Eastern food; Palazzo Italian Restaurant; Pupuseria La Bendicion, which serves El Salvadorian dishes; and Tapatias Taqueria, specializing in Mexican street food. Businesses in Westown include Almadina Imports, which carries Middle Eastern groceries and dishes, and Assad’s Bakery, a grocer that sells a variety of exotic foods.

Ohio City contains La Borincana Foods on Fulton Road. La Borincana sells groceries and produce from more than 20 countries.

Perhaps the most famous pull to Ohio City is West Side Market at Lorain Avenue and West 25th Street. The market, now in its 111th year, is home to approximately 100 locally owned food sellers.

Just south of Lorain in Ohio City is Mason’s Creamery on Bridge Avenue.

The shop serves unique flavors of ice cream, egg waffles and ice cream sodas, plus hand-pressed affogato, a coffee-based dessert; churros, a Spanish/ Portuguese fried dough; and cookie-and-macaron ice cream sandwiches.

Frank’s Falafel House, located on West 65th Street, specializes in Middle Eastern food.

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By Kristen Hampshire “transformation neighborhood” with a $1.2-million investment from the city, “that created a lot of buzz and we are leveraging that,” Johnson says. She calls Buckeye the “next up-andcoming neighborhood for people who want to get in on the ground floor.”

During the last six months, Buckeye residents have collaborated to design a comprehensive plan identifying development priorities. “They share what they’d like to see

to help shape some of these investments and guide interest in the neighborhood,” she adds.

Updated housing is on the list.

“We have a lot of homes that are nearly 100 years old, so the footprints don’t necessarily accommodate today’s needs.”

Burten, Bell, Carr is initiating a renovation project starting with as many as 25 pilot homes they will acquire and renovate.

“We’ll bring them up to 21st Century standards so we can sell them and provide a new option

for folks in the neighborhood,” Johnson says.

Behind-the-scenes activity includes cleanout, assessments and obtaining building inspections. “We are intentional about making sure that the folks working on these buildings reflect the people in the community, so a lot of minority-owned, femaleowned businesses are doing the preliminary work,” Johnson says.

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plans with pull-down beds and moveable furniture (included) for one payment that covers rent, utilities, WiFi and trash removal. 121 Larchmere is LEED Silver Certified with a range of floorplans and city views.

This helps fulfill a demand for housing in the area, Johnson says. “There is definitely an interest in city neighborhoods like Buckeye that have grocery stores, a movie theater, drug stores, modes of public transportation and multiple housing types,” she says.

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shops, art, antiques, restaurants, bakeries and services including a new fitness center.

On the horizon, Johnson envisions the Buckeye Road district buzzing like nearby Shaker Square and Larchmere.

“Buckeye is primed for that,” she says. “We are getting the physical spaces ready to attract the right mix of businesses to create the energy I know it can have.”

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on each. “You can see the difference as you drive down some of those neighborhood streets,” she says.

Burten, Bell, Carr also owns roughly 70,000 square feet of commercial and residential space on Buckeye Road, which is one of the neighborhood’s three main commercial thoroughfares. “We saw several new businesses open during the pandemic, and many were female-owned or African American-led,” Johnson says.

The neighborhood also gained two residential properties: Mikros on Larchmere and 121 Larchmere. Mikros’ allinclusive “smart suites” offer convertible one-bedroom floor

Montessori school opened there and is thriving. Zanzibar Soul Fusion’s owner Akin Affrica purchased the Square’s former Yours Truly location and opened a dual-concept restaurant: the Cleveland Breakfast Club and the Cleveland Vegan Club.

The third major corridor, Larchmere, “has experienced a renaissance.” The 10-block district includes locally owned

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have access to home-delivered meals, socialization activities that help them continue to live independently and, when necessary, resources to help them care for grandchildren.

These attributes add up to neighborhoods that have earned the distinction of having the city’s most stable homeownership. Located on Cleveland’s southeast side, LeeHarvard is filled with houses that have been painstakingly cared for since they were built in the 1930s and ’40s. With easy access to I-480, the neighborhoods are in close proximity to many East Side attractions.

“Residents are proud of their communities,” Gohlstin says.

“They work together to ensure they stay much the same as when they moved in 50 or 60 years ago.”

Homeowners in the LeeHarvard neighborhood appreciate the close proximity of the Lee-Harvard Shopping Center Plaza, a thriving 73-yearold business complex composed of namebrand stores, including Walgreen’s and Dave’s Market, as well as banks, The Keratin Barber College, Oak Street Health Primary Care and small,

locally owned, mom-and-pop shops. Originally built in 1949, it’s the first African Americanowned and -managed shopping center in the country.

“Our senior citizens who don’t drive anymore like the fact that the shopping center is within easy walking distance,” Gohlstin says.

The Lee-Miles-Seville neighborhood contains treelined streets, as well as the 114-acre Cleveland Industrial Park, the community’s largest development site, that’s home to Fortune 500 companies.

“It’s a nice mixture,” Gohlstin says. “The west side of the neighborhood is a hub for industry, and the east side features a variety of well-kept houses. What’s exciting about this neighborhood is that many of the homes were built by black contractors and architects.”

For more than 70 years, the Lee-Miles-Seville Citizens Council has made it a mission to ensure new residents understand and respect the neighborhood’s storied history.

“Members meet monthly to discuss concerns and ways to solve problems that come up,“ Gohlstin says. “Our oldest

member just turned 100. He can’t come out as much, but he does a lot of work by phone.

The group’s dedication is crucial when it comes to making the area a great place to live.”

Neighborhood parks have activities for all ages. The popular Kerruish Park features a swimming pool, playground, tennis court, miniature golf,

baseball diamond, soccer field and a 2.36-mile multipurpose trail ideal for hiking and biking.

“So many people who live in other areas of Cleveland and surrounding suburbs grew up in these neighborhoods with their parents or grandparents,” Gohlstin says. “We invite them to visit us to see how the place they once knew continues to thrive.”

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DOWNTOWN CLEVELAND ALLIANCE

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In recent years, the program has grown to nearly 90 ambassadors covering 11 neighborhoods throughout Greater Cleveland.

As DCA’s flagship program, the Clean, Safe and Welcoming Ambassadors are an institutional resource that lays the foundation for an inclusive and investment ready downtown, keeping the sidewalks free from litter, graffiti and debris. The team focuses on the general health and well-being of everyone within the district, working hand in glove with law enforcement and providing a highly visible uniformed presence for pedestrians.

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“The level of comfort the ambassadors bring to the stakeholder in terms of their impact is absolutely understated.” – Edward J. Eckart

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“The level of comfort the ambassadors bring to the stakeholder in terms of their impact is absolutely understated.” says Edward J. Eckart, DCA senior vice president of operations.

This year DCA’s ambassador program expanded its outreach to welcome office workers and visitors back to Downtown Cleveland. In the latter part of 2021, DCA launched its hospitality cart program to provide more uniformed visibility, wayfinding and general information services to the community in an effort to improve the pedestrian experience. Simultaneously, the program amplified its collaboration with social service providers to support and advocate for individuals experiencing homelessness, mental health and medical illness, addiction, and alcoholism by launching

pop-up health clinics in partnership with Medworks USA and The Old Stone Church. DCA’s outreach team is the first non-public safety entity provided access to the Cuyahoga County Diversion Center for voluntary treatment for unsheltered individuals seeking care.

Additionally, individuals experiencing homelessness in Downtown Cleveland have an opportunity to gain employment through the DCA SEEDS workforce readiness program. SEEDS is an ongoing partnership with Lutheran Metropolitan Ministries (LMM) and The City Mission to provide clients of their men’s shelter and clients of Norma Herr Women’s Center with an opportunity to gain valuable work experience and, ultimately, overcome their significant barriers to employment and housing.

The program participants learn hands-on skills such as watering, soil amending, mulching, bed preparation, planting, weed abatement, pruning, dead-heading, leaf raking and composting. They also learn and practice reporting to work on time and prepared, carrying out instruction, interfacing with the public about their work and other essential soft skills of the workplace.

Expanding services to include external contracts and assisting with closing the gap in service-oriented positions, SEEDS workers play a significant role in the beautification of Downtown Cleveland. Several of the individuals enrolled in the SEEDS program work toward employment as Clean, Safe and Welcoming Ambassadors.

“What’s most impressive about our ambassadors is the passion that they bring to their work every day. It’s embedded in their smiles and the way they interface with the public. The feedback from our residents, visitors and office workers is incredibly positive,” says Eckart.

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EDUCATION for EVERYONE As students’ educational needs evolve so should the options that are available. Cleveland’s public and private schools are striving to offer just that.

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sure every student in every grade who wants one receives a relevant and productive education.

The district’s current enrollment in 98 CMSD public schools is 35,696 children. There are also 36 non-public schools and 53 charter schools within the city. CMSD is the second largest school district in Ohio.

No one denies the district must continue a path of improvement or that equal education for all is a must in order to allow individuals, families and our community to thrive. Right now, options and opportunities abound. As a portfolio and flexible school district, CMSD offers power to students to make the most of their education.

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here was a time in the educational process of American high schools when students were all shuffled into three or four tracks. Using generalities, for the most part more affluent kids took college prep classes and girls who could type followed a business curriculum. Students who would rather be doing instead of being stuck with strict bookwork went to vocational school. Other students, no matter how smart, artistic or creative they were, but who didn’t neatly fit into any other category, were “general students.”

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SAY YES

One of those opportunities is Say Yes Cleveland, the far-reaching effort to increase education levels of students, improve college access and support the area’s economic growth. Say Yes Cleveland is an initiative launched by the school district, government officials and the philanthropic and nonprofit sector in 2019. The idea built on the 2012 Cleveland Plan for Transforming Schools.

Despite COVID-19, Say Yes Cleveland has had an impressive past three years. Since the beginning, Say Yes Cleveland has spent more than $5 mil-

lion in scholarship money and can count 1,300 CMSD graduates in college because of that financial support. Students eligible for scholarships must remain in a CMSD school (or a charter school partner) from ninth grade through graduation and live within city boundaries, or within a few additional small residential pockets outside Cleveland.

Jon Benedict, director of communications for Say Yes Cleveland, says scholarship money is guaranteed for at least the next 25 years, reassuring students and families who have made a commitment to living in Cleveland.

While many are familiar with the scholarship opportunities, the support services available to PK-12 students through Say Yes may be less known. The program supplies a wide range of services, including free legal services to families, after school and out-ofschool programs and free physical and mental health care connections. For the 2022-2023 school year, 100% of CMSD

schools and its partners schools will have a Family Support Specialist on site.

CMSD SCHOOL OF ONE HIGH SCHOOL

The School of One High School operates as one collective school, but is located in nine different sites across Cleveland in both traditional school buildings and non-traditional locations.

Each site has a single classroom, one teacher, a paraprofessional and support staff. A maximum of 40 students at each location ensures the success of these gifted, talented and undecided students who need a more personalized and supportive academic environment.

The School of One opened to students in 2012 with only four schools. Wayne Marok, principal administrator, says the concept followed CMSD’s piloting of Genesis High School.

“We asked the teachers and students of the old school what they needed in a school in order

for it to work. We found a national, high-performing model based on what they said. Shortly afterward, other high schools in the district asked for a The School of One classroom,” says Marok.

Currently, The School of One includes two innovative locations. At The Foundry, a nonprofit rowing center located in the Flats, students learn rowing and sailing skills, but also are employed by MCPc, an international internet programming company headquartered in Cleveland.

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The School of One’s latest site is located within the LGBT Community Center in the Gordon Square Arts District. Before the school was founded, Marok says a number of community members who also used some of The Foundry’s facilities were curious and “wanted to know why the kids were there.”

“We were asked to open a School of One classroom at the Center because we were told a number of students were skipping school and going to the Center because they didn’t feel safe in their schools. Now they are getting an education,” says Marok.

It’s not the last School of One classroom. Future plans include a classroom along the Opportunity Corridor.

As the world spins faster toward technology — and the need for fact-based, science education has never been greater — CMSD is preparing students to take on those challenges.

MC2STEM High School has an enrollment of 380 students on three campuses: The Great Lakes Science Center, Tri-C’s Metro Campus and Cleveland State University. STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) is the school’s focus and students are engaged in an extraordinary amount of “hands-on project leaning,” according to Paul Fiely, interim head of school.

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who has international teaching experience. “And we’d like to start teaching Mandarin again.

These students are going to be competing globally for jobs by the time they graduate so it’s important they see what is out there.”

CHARTER SCHOOLS

Charter schools offer an important alternative for families and students living in Cleveland.

CMSD sponsors eight charter schools, and the projected enrollment for the 2022-2023 school year is 14,000 students, according to Matt Rado, executive director of Charter Schools for CMSD. Rado says charter schools, like many other educational facilities, are still recovering from COVID-19 changes and may have to brace themselves for another wave of complications.

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The popular school has a lottery for enrollment because there are more applicants than seats, and students come from across the district. Courses, including English, math and technology, are integrated into projects that spark students’ interest, creativity and problem-solving abilities.

Students have collaborated with DJ Doc Harrill, an artist and producer who brings hip hop into the classroom. By writing, producing, recording and performing songs, students also learn confidence and people skills. MC2STEM pupils have also participated in the FIRST Robotics Competition’s Buckeye Regional, as well as made Raspberry Pi computers and flown drones. Historically, the school has sent a group of students to China for a nine-day trip to widen their experience and global awareness.

“With COVID and the world situation, things may change, but we are hoping to arrange another trip for March 2023,” says Fiely,

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possible to understand all of the disruptions. But he has seen the Herculean effort by his educators, staff and students and considers them all heroes.

CMSD sponsored charter schools include Breakthrough Public Schools — Citizens Academy Southeast, Citizens Leadership Academy, Citizens Leadership Academy East, Village Preparatory School Cliffs and Village Preparatory School Willard. Each campus has two schools. CMSD also sponsors

Lakeshore Intergenerational School; and the Near West Intergenerational School, as well as Wings Academy. All schools serve students in kindergarten through eighth grades.

John Zitzner is the founder of Breakthrough Public Schools, which was founded in the early 2000s. The concepts and business model are based on successful high performing schools across the country and copied here.

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helps them select. Half of Breakthrough students attend college.

Ask Zitzner about successful Breakthrough graduates, and he’ll tell you about the girl whose dream it was as early as sixth grade to work in aerospace. She became employed at Cape Canaveral and involved with rock-

et launches. There is also the boy who became the first from the school to earn a Doctor of Pharmacy degree. Another works in the industry in California, and another alumnus is a software engineer in Tokyo.

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also tracks graduates (totaling 2,162 in early 2022), from ages 14 to 25 through high school and secondary education and job support.

“We made a commitment to the students and their parents, and we want to follow through,” says Zitzner.

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With over 2,000 residents in MidTown today – and nearly 500 units of new housing currently under development – the neighborhood is a growing hometown in the heart of the city.

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small, get the culture right, get a good team and then grow. Taking an existing failing school and trying to turn it around doesn’t work,” says Zitzner, adding many students attend CMSD high school schools after eighth grade, choosing a specific secondary path that Breakthrough

SCHOOLS THROUGH THE CITY Here’s a small sampling of public, charter schools and other private schools in Cleveland. All schools are located within the City of Cleveland and all are coed unless noted.

PreK – 8th Grade Cleveland Montessori 12510 Mayfield Road; clevelandmontessori.org THE SCOOP: Located in Little Italy, the school provides enrichment programs that include drama, art, sports, art, instrumental music and Italian.

Metro Catholic School 1910 W. 54th St.; metrocatholic.org THE SCOOP: This elementary school has extensive programs to assist refugees and others to help those with cognitive learning needs.

Tremont Montessori 2409 W. 10th St.; clevelandmetroschools.org THE SCOOP: Extracurricular opportunities include participation in Parade the Circle activities and Not on Our Watch, an anti-bullying student group.

PreK – 12th Grade Al Ihsan School 4600 Rocky River Drive and two Parma locations; aihanschool.net THE SCOOP: Opened in 2000, the school practices the principles of Islam.

International Newcomers Academy 3145 W. 46th St.; clevelandmetroschools.org/INA THE SCOOP: The school is geared to students new to the United States and who have not been here more than one academic year. An intensive need for English language instruction is required.

K – 8th Grade Apex Academy 16005 Terrace Road, East Cleveland; nhaschools.com THE SCOOP: Breakfast and lunch are available for all students at no extra cost.

Buhrer Dual Language Academy 1600 Buhrer Ave.; clevelandmetroschools.org THE SCOOP: This is the first dual language education program in Ohio. All classes are taught in English and Spanish.

Campus International School 2160 Payne Ave.; clevelandmetroschools.org/CIS THE SCOOP: Located on the campus of Cleveland State University, CIS offers Mandarin instruction beginning in kindergarten.

Hope Academy-Northwest Campus (aka Northwest Academy) 1441 W. 116 St.; acanwest.com THE SCOOP: Students can participate in band, choir or symphonic band plus other activities.

Ramah Junior Academy 4770 Lee Road; adventistschoolconnect.org THE SCOOP: This is a seventh-day Adventist Christian school.

9th – 12th Grade Benedictine High School 2900 MLK Jr. Blvd.; boys only; cbsh.net THE SCOOP: The school was established by Benedictine monks in 1927 and it boasts of 13 athletic state titles.

Cleveland Central Catholic High School 6550 Baxter Ave.; centralcatholichighschool.org THE SCOOP: Campus Ministry Teams offer off-site retreats for each grade level.

Rhodes School of Environmental Studies 100 Biddulph Ave.; clevelandmetroschools.org THE SCOOP: A partnership with Cleveland Metroparks Zoo allows students to research and develop conservation plans and projects with zoo staff.

St. Ignatius High School 1911 W. 30th St.; boys only; ignatius.edu THE SCOOP: The high school’s Health Sciences Program helps students prepare for careers in health care through classroom learning and real-world experience.

St. Joseph Academy 3470 Rocky River Dr.; all girls; sja890.org THE SCOOP: It is the only all-girls Catholic high school in the City of Cleveland.

Villa Angela-St. Joseph High School 18491 Lakeshore Blvd.; vasj.com THE SCOOP: Each grade level is required to complete community service and/or projects, and many students go beyond the minimum.

The Hidden Gems of Union Miles

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HOME, SWEET HOME

Welcome to the Neighborhood Cleveland offers an array of options for those wanting to live in the city.

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link and they are gone. Pre-construction and newly constructed homes in Cleveland are often quickly snapped up by buyers who want a change in lifestyle or neighborhood, appreciate stunning architecture and modern interiors or just like “brand new.” Right now there aren’t quite enough new homes to go around, but don’t give up.

Ted Theophylactus, president of Ted and Company with the Cleveland City office of Howard Hanna Real Estate Services, says the increasing cost of materials and labor needed for new construction “has been a game changer over the past year and a half,” making it more difficult for buyers. Builders, he adds, are doing what they can.

Theophylactus represents Harbor Whitman townhomes in Ohio City — beautiful new homes with standard amenities that include a primary suite with a vaulted ceiling, as well as private patio, deck or barbecue space.

In addition, North Park Place at the edge of University Circle includes 34 new residences. The upscale townhomes in Bat-

tery Park continue to thrive in the DetroitShoreway Neighborhood with their direct access to the beach at Edgewater Park. Duck Island, a tiny and magical gem of a neighborhood between Tremont and Ohio City, is home to some incredible, high-end residences found nowhere else.

“I also wish I had four to six more times the amount of existing homes for sale in Cleveland than are available now,” says Theophylactus. “What we do have is selling very well.”

completion of the project with its 202 luxury apartments, new Fahrenheit restaurant and revitalized commercial space will reach into 2023. “It becomes a refiguration of Public Square.”

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Downtown residential development is also stalled a bit, but not because of lack of buyers. Doug Price, CEO of The K&D Group, looks at his company’s 55 Public Square as one of the last significant buildings to be repurposed in Downtown Cleveland. The mixed-use living center will see its first residents in late August/early September and becomes the company’s seventh historic renovation downtown.

“Now Public Square will become a real neighborhood,” says Price, predicting the

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Many older homes have character, personality and attractive architecture. The Cleveland Restoration Society’s Heritage Home Program can help both current homeowners and new homebuyers who wish to rehab a house 50 years old or more in Cleveland and 37 other communities, primarily in Cuyahoga County.

For more than 30 years, the Heritage Home Program has offered free technical advice and affordable loans that total $77 million. More than 23,000 technical assists and 15,000 site visits have helped homeowners preserve, repair or replace elements for attics, basements, exteriors, interiors and additions.

“It’s easier to talk about and explain home problems when you can show it to someone,” explains Jessica Beam, Heritage Home program manager. “We can also assist with accessibility changes. We have some beautiful older homes that need some thoughtful changes to allow people to stay in their home and neighborhood.”

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More hot addresses in Downtown include: Avenue Townhomes/Phase 2

Even if you can’t really cook, you and your guests will be impressed with the quality of the kitchens in these four-story units in Downtown Cleveland with their private rooftop decks and attached two-car garage.

Flats East Bank Phase III

When completed, this seven-story building will have 229 apartments, plus three levels of parking, leasing office space and retail.

Greater Circle Living helps area workers with housing needs

Greater Circle Living (GCL) is an innovative residential program administered by the Fairfax Renaissance Development Corporation. The GCL Home Purchase Program is an employee-assistance benefit that helps eligible employees buy homes in the GCL neighborhood. Those employed by Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Clinic, Judson at University Circle and other qualified nonprofit employers can submit applications. The GCL Exterior Home Repair Program is geared toward those employees who already own a home in a GCL neighborhood.

The Lumen, 1600 Euclid Avenue

This Playhouse Square District opportunity is ideal for those who need work-fromhome spaces because of its multi-location, common mini-office spaces. Other pluses include: fresh-air systems in every room, open latch windows and floor to ceiling windows. One-, two-, and three-bedroom suites are available.

Euclid Grand, 1101 Euclid Avenue

Resort-class amenities are coming to this new, mixed-use community. Look for a Bark Park, speakeasy, coffee shop and Skypark with rooftop pool.

Yes, you can finally get a dog because this historic building turned apartment complex has a dog spa and a large private dog park.

Smart technology is also spot on here and other community features include: wine tasting lounge, wellness studio, fitness center, game lounge with billiards and golf simulator.

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One of Cleveland’s former and grandest department stores now offers studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments in 45 different layouts. Highlights include a threestory open-air atrium and luxury rooftop access with skyline views.

Talk about living in the heart of the action … these one- and two-bedroom luxury apartments make most places you want to go downtown realistically walkable. High ceilings and natural light make these units feel even more spacious than they are.

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