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Breaking New Ground: LMM continues its mission to end homelessness
With its Breaking New Ground campaign in full gear, Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry plans to place seven families in permanent homes this year—well on its way to the goal of securing 20 units by 2024.
I Live Here (Now): Dr. Caitlin Colleary digs her new role at Cleveland Museum of Natural History
No bones about it: it’s been a long and winding road that led Dr. Caitlin Colleary to The Land. A Los Angeles native, the 36-year-old paleontologist arrived in Cleveland last year after a decade spent in South Dakota, England, Panama, and Washington, D.C.
Eat up: Downtown Cleveland Restaurant Week starts Friday
Downtown Cleveland Restaurant Week brings you 10 days of dine-in or carry-out food specials from some of your favorite local eateries. 
Civic visionaries to pitch ideas at seventh annual Accelerate: Citizens Make Change
The Cleveland Leadership Center's seventh annual Accelerate civic pitch competition begins next week, with ideas from 31 presenters.
Leading from Behind: Seven students honor seven leaders through art projects
The Van Aken District is celebrating Black History Month with a unique student exhibit featuring some prominent, yet seldom recognized, Black women in history.
On tour: Cleveland City Council president Kevin Kelley launches neighborhood listening sessions
Cleveland City Council president Kevin Kelley will start making the rounds in the city's wards, hosting virtual meetings to hear residents' concerns and needs.
Brite Winter continues with live and streaming programming
Brite Winter kicks it into high gear tonight and this weekend with live performances at Platform Beer's Phunkenship and The Lot, and virutal streaming of "TwiBrite Zone: Episode 2."
Notorious RBG: New exhibit at Maltz Museum pays tribute to Ruth Bader Ginsberg
U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts called Ruth Bader Ginsberg "a tireless and resolute champion of justice." Now,  Beachwood's Maltz Museum celebrates the second woman, and oldest Justice, on the Supreme Court.
The Future is Now: Urban Land Institute to host seminar on what cities will look like after COVID-19
Experts will gather virtually at the "Building the 21st Century: The Future is Now" symposium in early March to discuss what downtown will look like after the pandemic—with many businesses already planning to continue remote working permanently. 
#PeopleofCLE: Erich, urban farmer
Northeast Ohio is changing. These are the people shaping its future. Our latest installment.
Cleveland Restoration Society kicks off SNOOP! tours this Saturday with 1891 William H. Ford House
The Cleveland Restoration Society will kick off  its popular SNOOP! tours this weekend with a virtual tour of the William H. Ford House in Ohio City.
Celebrate the February holidays and beat the winter blahs with arts and culture activities
It may be cold and snowy outside, but there's plenty to do in Cleveland that will shake off the winter blues.
Support growing for ‘Pay to Stay’ legislation to help curb some evictions
Hard-off tenants currently have little time before landlords can file eviction notices. Eviction prevention laws could buy tenants some extra time to find help.
Take this survey to let us know what you want to see from NEO SoJo in 2021
As FreshWater Cleveland enters its second year with the Northeast Ohio Solutions Journalism Collaborative, we want to know what our readers want to see in 2021. 
#StreetsofCLE: Snapshot in Fairfax
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.
The Tree: Nature and the arts meet with new sculpture at Nature Center’s All People’s Trail
Artist Erik Neff's sculpture at the gateway to the All People's Trail in the Nature Center at Shaker Lakes is an example of fine art meeting nature—exemplifying the beauty in both forms. 
Voices from the Edge: Literary Cleveland to host writing program for essential workers
Since last March, essential workers in Greater Cleveland have been putting their own health at risk to make sure the rest of us are taken care of. Now, Literary Cleveland is launching a writing workshop for those workers to express themselves. 
Black excellence goes virtual: How Cleveland CDCs are celebrating Black History Month
Community Development Corporations may be going virtual for much of their programming, but the pandemic isn't stopping these organizations from celebrating Black History Month through the entire month of February.
Vegging out: It’s time to focus on yourself with a healthy lifestyle
A friend's heart attack last year led Lisa Kay to embark on some lifestyle changes. She and her husband have discovered the benefits of going, for the most part, vegan and vegetarian.
On the rise: Mapleside Farms owner Greg Clement launches outRise app for adventures near and far
Greg Clement's outRise app invites users to find, create, and share life's experiences—whether they're in one's own backyard or on the other side of the world.