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The Land is a local, nonprofit news organization that reports on Cleveland’s neighborhoods. Through in-depth solutions journalism, we aim to foster accountability, inform the community, and inspire people to take action. During the early days of 2020 as the world was coming to grips with a global pandemic, our founding team realized a new ...
Free training to become a community health worker is ... - The Land
Oct 22, 2024 · Community health workers help people navigate the healthcare system and connect to social services and resources. With the help of federal funding, Cleveland State University, Cuyahoga Community College, and Kent State University are training 240 CHWs at no cost to students over the next three years.
Planning commission approves $300M plan to redevelop east side ...
Oct 16, 2024 · An ambitious plan to redevelop Cleveland’s east side lakefront with trails, beaches and a new offshore island took a critical step forward Friday morning. That’s when the Cleveland Planning Commission approved the Cleveland Harbor Eastern Embayment Resilience plan, also known as CHEERS, which would add more than 80 acres of new parkland and better connect residents with the water.
Village of Healing expands the safe spaces for pregnant Black …
Jun 12, 2024 · Village of Healing hopes to replicate the success of the 44128 Project in Euclid. At 20 deaths per 1,000 births, Warrensville Heights — with a Black population of 93% — had the highest infant mortality rate of any city in Cuyahoga County. In 2017, Marie Jones, Director of Community Health Initiative at the Neighborhood Leadership Institute ...
In Ohio, it’s now easier to leave a criminal past behind – and ...
Nov 5, 2024 · Grant Segall is a national-prizewinning reporter who spent 34 years with The Plain Dealer. Besides The Land, his freelance outlets have included The Washington Post, Time, Science, Reuters, The Boston Globe, Pittsburgh Magazine, Philadelphia Magazine, American Education, Black Issues in Higher Education, FreshWater Cleveland, the SHAD (Shaker Area Development) Connection, Shaker Life, and West ...
One in every five Cleveland water accounts fall behind as shutoffs ...
Oct 31, 2024 · The number of people behind on their water bills in the Cleveland area has tripled during the pandemic. Now, almost one in every four water accounts are behind by at least one bill, as the city has resumed water shutoffs for nonpayment. Everyday people like 63-year-old Janet Gill-Cooks are struggling to pay their utility bills, and to navigate the systems of assistance that are available for ...
Mayor Justin Bibb’s top hires so far have a wide range of ... - The …
Oct 31, 2024 · Mayor Justin Bibb’s top hires so far have a wide range of backgrounds. The leaders like to say they’re “E and E,” which means “emerging and experienced.”. They vary not just in age and other demographics but in their careers, which span governments, businesses, universities, and philanthropies. Mayor Justin Bibb’s cabinet picks ...
Netflix documentary ‘137 Shots’ created to spur police reform
Oct 24, 2024 · It’ll be 10 years this November since the tragic deaths of Timothy Russell and Malissa Williams. Their murders at the hands of police still resonate in Cleveland, and filmmaker Michael Milano has a lot to do with that.. On February 23, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law held an hour-long panel with Clevelander Michael Milano, the director of the Netflix documentary “137 Shots”, for the ...
New faces to occupy city council, but many incumbents hold on
Nov 5, 2024 · Cleveland City Council will look very different come January as five seats will have new occupants, according to the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections’ unofficial results. Those five new council members will fill seats in Wards 4, 5, 7, 12 and 13. Of those five seats, two were won from incumbents in Wards 5 and 12, but 10 other incumbents ...