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A wastewater treatment plant may not seem like the ideal place for a community park, but leave it to the city with a pioneering waterfront trail to innovate.
Former Cleveland Browns player Josh Cribbs, the Salvation Army of East Cleveland, and the Team Cribbs Foundation will host a back-to-school neighborhood event today.
Brittney Hooper shares her thoughts on Lake Erie, the Cuyahoga River, and the history of environmental efforts to preserve our assets.
Northeast Ohio residents got the opportunity to question seven candidates for Cleveland mayor about their priorities on public safety, racial equity, and more last week during a mayoral debate coordinated by Ideastream Public Media and the City Club of Cleveland. Read what these residents thought.
FreshWater managing photographer Bob Perkoski provides a peek into the everyday lives of Clevelanders going about their business in the neighborhoods and on the streets of Cleveland.
Cleveland Masterworks: Frank Seymour Barnum was known for designing fireproof buildings, but he also designed notable school, industrial, and residential structures throughout the city in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
More than 40 years ago, the Buckeye Woodland Community Congress shut down the East Ohio Gas building, crashed an energy company board meeting, and disrupted a fancy lunch to get the executives of major utility companies to reduce heating costs for seniors and more. What can we learn from this history of activism?
For several years, the Detroit Shoreway Community Development Organization and Cudell Improvement, Inc. have worked together to promote the area. They have now merged into Northwest Neighborhoods CDC—and the new organization is making a whole lot happen in the community it serves.
The former 1853 Cook-Bousfield mansion and YWCA dormitory in Ohio City is being renovated to become 38 market-rate apartments.
The Cleveland Artifact Machine, aka a restored 1960s-era cigarette machine, will dispense more than 400 pieces of pocket-sized art at an exhibit featuring Ohio artists later this month at Sandusky Cultural Center.
Expanding on Michelle Obama's Let's Move! Outside initiative, local nonprofit Organic Connects partners with the Cleveland Metroparks to help urban youth connect to nature.
Cleveland native and street artist WRDSMTH is in town, working with Graffiti HeArt to paint 19 murals around town in one week as a gift to the city.
NEO SoJo will soon embark on a year-long reporting project on the region’s economic recovery from the pandemic. To help steer us in the right direction, we’re embarking on a listening tour. You can help by taking our short survey or meet us at one of our upcoming events.
FreshWater managing photographer Bob Perkoski provides a peek into the everyday lives of Clevelanders going about their business in the neighborhoods and on the streets of Cleveland.
Both Ohio prisoners and prison staff are less likely to be vaccinated than other adults in the state, perpetuating the virus within the institutions. With 42% of prison staff testing positive for COVID-19, Ohio is looking to what other U.S. states are doing to reduce the virus spread.
On June 12 Tierramarie Lewis was murdered on East 79th Street. Her death is weighing on the hearts and minds of those who tried to help her avoid the fate of far too many Black transgender women in Ohio and across the county.
Cleveland Masterworks: The Steamship William G. Mather is an icon on Cleveland's shoreline—with a marvelous history on the Great Lakes from 1925 to 1980.
Vegan chef Chaundrea Simmons and artist Tai Gomez-Curtain are teaming up this weekend to bring an afternoon of food, visual art, and socializing at Current in 78th Street Studios.
Northeast Ohio is changing. These are the people shaping its future. Our latest installment.