VIBRANT CITY AWARDS LUNCH BRINGS OVER 500
GUESTS TO EDGEWATER PARK
Cleveland Neighborhood Progress would like to thank all of our sponsors, award winners and attendees for making the 2017 Vibrant City Awards Lunch such a success. We are honored to host this event that celebrates leading neighborhood revitalization efforts in the City of Cleveland. You can see more from this event at www.ClevelandNP.org/VCAL
THIS IS WHERE I LIVE: CLEVELAND PEOPLE AND THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS
Also at the Vibrant City Awards Lunch,Cleveland Neighborhood Progress provided advance copies of its newest publication to all attendees. This is Where I Live: Cleveland People and Their Neighborhoods is now available to the public. The book is written by local author Justin Glanville and former Cleveland planning director Bob Brown. The project, which was being worked on for more than a year, is a celebration of people and place in the City of Cleveland. We are appreciative of our community development partners that helped us identify many of the topics, stories and individuals that are featured.
This is Where I Live: Cleveland People and Their Neighborhoods is now available for sale through Neighborhood Progress’ LiveCLEVELAND! website (www.livecleveland.org/shop) and some local bookstores. The retail price is $24.95. Support for this publication was provided by the George Gund Foundation, Vintage Development Group and the Saint Luke’s Foundation.
MORE THAN 90 BUSINESSES COMPETE TO BE A PART OF CLEVELAND CHAIN REACTION
Since Slavic Village emerged as the host neighborhood for Cleveland Chain Reaction, Cleveland Neighborhood Progress and its partners have been working to solicit applications from local small businesses to compete in this economic development project. We received official interest from over 90 small businesses! And on June 13th, the partners and investors heard pitches from the top 23 companies. Currently, our investors are evaluating these companies and will narrow the field to ten. By August 2017, the final five businesses will be announced. Stay tuned to Fox 8, as we will make announcements during Kickin it with Kenny broadcasts during the morning news.
The Chain Reaction partners are COSE, GlazenUrban, Fox 8 and Neighborhood Progress. Visitwww.ClevelandChainReaction.org to learn more about how this economic development project will bring approximately $1M of investment into Slavic Village in 2017.
RACIAL EQUITY & INCLUSION – YEAR OF AWARENESS BUILDING
Have you seen the May recap for our Racial Equity & Inclusion programming? You 
can access it here.
Also, if you are interested in signing up for our REI newsletter, please sign up here. As always, please send any feedback, questions, or interesting reading materials to REI@ClevelandNP.org
– PROGRAM UPDATES –
CDC ADVANCEMENT
SAVE THE DATE AND MARK YOUR CALENDARS! Cleveland NeighborhoodProgress is pleased to announce that the 2017 Progress
Institute will take place on Tuesday October 31. The all-day learning symposium will occur in the Old Brooklyn neighborhood. Community development professionals and partners are invited to attend. Stay tuned for more details.
NEW in 2017! Cleveland Neighborhood Progress staff is joining with Cleveland CDCs to walk their neighborhoods. Over the course of this summer, we will take a hike through six neighborhoods to see successes and challenges up close and to learn more from CDC staff on how each organization is working to improve its neighborhood. We visited with St. Clair Superior Development Corp. and Famicos Foundation this month and are looking forward to more walks in July and August.
PLACEMAKING
City Life by LiveCLEVELAND! is now available. The 11th edition of this annualpublication gets a makeover, including a new name and expanded content. This is the ultimate resource for discovering the city’s neighborhoods. Supported by the City of Cleveland and produced by our partners at Great Lakes Publishing, this magazine offers stories of urban vibrancy from Cleveland’s neighborhoods and our CDC partners. A downloadable copy is available here and also can be found on the LiveCleveland.org homepage. More than 50,000 copies of this publication are in circulation, helping locals and visitors learn more about CLE neighborhoods. Get your copy today!
Schofield Mansion Update: Renowned Cleveland architect Levi Scofield built his private residence in Buckeye back in 1898. New Village Corporation, the development subsidiary of Cleveland Neighborhood Progress, is leading partners through the pre-development process to determine the most feasible rehabilitation strategy for the 10,000 sq. ft mansion.
There’s still a long way to go at the Scofield mansion, but it received a long overdue face-lift earlier this month, thanks to a huge effort by volunteers and equipment from Precision Environmental, Cleveland Restoration Society, and our staff. 90% of the already-completed stabilization and clean-out work has been donated, and we remain humbled and thankful for the incredible roster of partners, which also includes Cuyahoga Land Bank, Saint Luke’s Foundation, Safeguard Properties/Community Blight Solutions, Coon Restoration & Sealants Inc., First Choice Roofing, and others.
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
- Over 300 clients served
- Over 1,000 coaching sessions completed
- 11 clients have purchased homes
- Over 20 vehicles have been purchased by clients
- Over $1M in total debt reduced by CFC clients
- Over $2M in total savings created for CFC client
POLICY, ADVOCACY & RESEARCH
Click HERE to read the latest Policy & Advocacy update concerning:
– Local, State and Federal budgets
– Lead poisoning
– Predatory lending
– County housing plan
– Mayor Jackson’s Healthy Neighborhoods legislation
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Organizers & Allies Meeting
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For the Love of Cleveland: The Geography of Gentrification
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WELD Leadership Series – Just Do Your Dream
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For the Love of Cleveland: It takes a Neighborhood
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For the Love of Cleveland: The Challenges of Success
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Neighborhood GROWS Summer Session: Numbers
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Neighborhood GROWS Summer Session: Operations
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WELD Leadership Series:
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Neighborhood GROWS Summer Session: Small Business Accounting
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SAVE THE DATE – Progress Institute
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STAFF SPOTLIGHT
Bianca Butts is the new Manager of Climate Resiliency & Sustainability forCleveland Neighborhood Progress. Bianca leads our efforts to improve climate resiliency and sustainability in four Cleveland neighborhoods: Central/Kinsman, Detroit Shoreway, Glenville, and Slavic Village. In this role, Bianca works with CDC partners, a team of Neighborhood Climate Ambassadors, and other partners around the city on implementing climate resiliency and sustainability initiatives. Her goal is to make Cleveland communities more sustainable, vibrant, and equitable by improving neighborhood emergency preparedness, knowledge about energy consumption, home weatherization efforts, and many other strategies. As the voice of climate resiliency and sustainability initiatives at Cleveland Neighborhood Progress, Bianca engages with community organizers, sustainable development professionals, and champions of environmental justice from around the city, region, and country.
Prior to joining Neighborhood Progress, Bianca worked for nearly six years at East End Neighborhood House in various administrative capacities, most recently as the Director of Marketing & Outcomes. Bianca is a native Clevelander and now lives in the Greater Buckeye neighborhood. She feels very fortunate to live and work in the same community.
