Karamu House in partnership with the Downtown Cleveland Alliance and Ingenuity Cleveland are hosting the Inaugural "Freedom Fest" this year on Saturday, June 19.
By Steve Bailey
University Circle
Cleveland, OH - Today, University Circle was named Best Arts District in the country in the 2021 USA TODAY 10Best Readers Choice travel award contest. USA TODAY and 10Best’s expert panel selected University Circle as one of the top 20 arts districts in the nation, and a public vote over the course of four weeks propelled the neighborhood to the number one spot. Out of the 20 nominated districts, the ten that garnered the most votes were publicly recognized.
The final rankings are as follows:
1. University Circle (Cleveland, Ohio)
2. Northeast Minneapolis Arts District (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
3. Dallas Arts District (Dallas, Texas)
The neighborhood came in first in the USA TODAY 10Best Readers’ Choice competition. Author: WKYC Staff Updated: 7:41 PM EDT May 7, 2021
CLEVELAND University Circle has been voted the Best Arts District in the U.S. in the 2021 USA TODAY 10Best Readers Choice contest.
A panel of experts from USA TODAY and 10Best chose the Cleveland neighborhood as one of the top 20 arts districts in the country. Then, the public voted it into the number one slot.
The top 10 districts that got the most votes were, in order:
1. University Circle (Cleveland, Ohio)
2. Northeast Minneapolis Arts District (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
3. Dallas Arts District (Dallas, Texas)
April 06, 2021 02:36 PM
Greater Cleveland COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund awards more than $800,000 to nine organizations in latest grant round
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The Greater Cleveland COVID-19 Rapid Response Fund announced more than $800,000 in grants awarded to nine organizations serving Cuyahoga, Lake and Geauga counties.
Additionally, about $1.86 million was awarded out of Cuyahoga County s Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funding that was earmarked to combat homelessness, according to a news release from the Cleveland Foundation, which administers the Rapid Response Fund.
The latest round of Rapid Response Fund grant recipients is as follows:
• Cleveland Clergy Coalition, $53,550, to support a transportation program established and operated by a network of faith-based entities to bring residents to the Wolstein Center for their vaccinations.
Apartments planned for Hessler Road leads to tension between residents, University Circle development corporation
CLEVELAND, Ohio As University Circle grew up around it, Hessler Road largely stayed the same.
Its aesthetic is still intact, complete with hippie-ish residents living among Case Western Reserve University students in dense clusters of aging rowhouses lining a brick road. A bulletin board that says “Happy Hessler Street Fair 50th Anniversary,” a reference to the beloved arts and cultural celebration held along the small road, remains on display.
Long-term residents like it that way, but they fear that plans for new apartments could change their neighborhood. At the same time, they say the one thing they wanted to change – that the local development corporation shepherding the plans would listen to their concerns – has not.