MAY
2010
ON THE
AGENDA
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CNDC Committee
Meetings
Organizers: May 6th
at 11:30 a.m.
Retail/Commercial: May 20th at 9
a.m.
Housing: May 26th at noon at Detroit-Shoreway
All meetings
take place at CNDC, 3751 Prospect Avenue
unless otherwise
noted.
SAVE THE DATE....SAVE THE
DATE...
RECLAIMING VACANT PROPERTIES
CONFERENCE,
OCTOBER 13-15, 2010 AT THE RENAISSANCE
CLEVELAND
HOTEL. MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW ON THIS
WEBSITE.
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Industry Items of
Interest
A
Message From CNDC's Greater Cleveland Community Organizers
& Allies Access to transportation for
neighborhood residents is a concern for this committee.
Following is an excerpt from a recent newsletter: With 90
percent of transit agencies raising fares or cutting services
in the past year, the transit operations bill introduced by
Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown is crucial for millions of
hard-working families. Senator Brown's bill, and a similar one
introduced last summer by Missouri Representative Russ
Carnahan, would give transit agencies the flexibility to use
federal funds where they're most needed, whether it's for
operating assistance or capital investments. The
committee asks that you contact your senator via the
switchboard line: 202.224.3121 and urge them to co-sponsor
Senator Brown's transit operations bill, S.3189.
It's
Time for the Retail Spaces Update May is the month dedicated for the
upcoming quarterly updates to the website. Deadlines are
as follows: Brand new listings by a member CDC not on
the website is May 14, 2010; updated information from
currently listed CDCs is May 21, 2010. Send information
and/or questions to Chris King at chris@creativekeys.net or
by phone at
216-991-8428.
Space for Change Planning and
Pre-Development Grants Leveraging
Investments in Creativity and the Ford Foundation recently
released guidelines for a national planning and
pre-development grant program for organizations exploring the
creation of artist space (http://www.lincnet.net/artist-space/ford-foundation-planning-and-pre-development-grants).
The consortium is providing grants of up to $100,000 for
activities like community planning processes, strategic
planning, feasibility studies, site acquisition deposits, etc.
A broad range of facilities are eligible for consideration –
from live-work space to performance areas to galleries to
community arts centers to live-work housing. Please keep in
mind that, at least currently, these grants are specifically
earmarked for planning and pre-development activities and not
for development components of projects. For the first round of
funding, a Letter of Inquiry is due to Leveraging Investments
in Creativity no later than May 28, and funding decisions will
likely be announced in late August. Community
Partnership for Arts and Cluture is working to get the word
out to local community development organizations and arts and
culture organizations that might have an interest in such a
project or have already initiated one. CPAC will meet with
local groups interested in applying to provide additional
information that might help to strengthen their applications.
Please contact Seth Beattie at 216.575.0331, ext. 121 to
schedule a meeting with CPAC staff.
Reminder: 2011 PS Intent to Apply
Deadline - June 8, 2010
Cuyahoga Arts and Culture announces the deadline to
submit an Intent to Apply form for the 2011 Project Support
(PS) Grant Program is June 8, 2010 by 4:30pm. Organizations
that do not submit the form will not be eligible to apply for
PS grant funding. CAC will hold informational workshops
for organizations interested in applying for a Project Support
grant. Included in each will be an overview of the Project
Support program, criteria for project eligibility, and details
on the application process. Workshops are free and open to the
public, however registration is required. Information
regarding the Intent to Apply process, workshops and other
information about the grants can be found on the CAC
website.
Member
News
Lou Tisler elected President of the
National NeighborWorks America
Association
CNDC
congratulates Lou Tisler, Executive Director of Neighborhood
Housing Services of Greater Cleveland (NHSGC) on being elected
President of the National NeighborWorks America Association
(NNA). Lou has served on the NNA Board of Directors
since 2007 and received the "Emerging Leader Award" in
2008. "NNA will continue to provide advocacy, advantage
and access to our members from across the country not only to
the benefit of our network, but to those that we touch every
day," states Tisler. NHSGC has also been the recipient
of $192,500 in flexible grants from NNA which will support
NHSGC's affordable housing and community development
activities including homebuyer education, rehabilitation
lending and foreclosure prevention. NHSGC was also
selected as one of only nine agencies across the country to
participate in a pilot project called HOPE LoanPort.
This pilot project will help homeowners across the country get
a faster answer on whether or not they qualify for the Making
Home Affordable Program. To find out all the ways that
NHSGC helps homeowners across Northeast Ohio visit their
website www.nhscleveland.org
or contact them at 216-458-HOME. NHSGC is located at
5700 Broadway Avenue in the Slavic Village
neighborhood.
Look into our
windows......The Windows Public
Art Project is a collaborative effort of youth of different
ages, ethnicity, and backgrounds working to create a piece of
public art symbolizing unity & multicultural
appreciation. Students at Case School in the St. Clair
Superior neighborhood created a snapshot of their life using
mixed media collage with the goal of creating a piece of
public art reflecting the diverse community which is St. Clair
Superior. Join the St. Clair Superior neighborhood in
this public unveiling of the Windows Public Art Project on
Thursday, May 13th at noon at the Sterling Recreation Center
Park. For further information contact Becca Britton at
216-881-0644 or by email at rbritton@stclairsuperior.org.
Operation: Medicine
Cabinet On Saturday,
May 8th, The Cuyahoga County Sherriff's Office, in cooperation
with the Cleveland Police Department, Drug Awareness and
Prevention Inc., and Home Instead Senior Care, are sponsoring
a day in which residents can safely dispose of any outdated or
unwanted prescription medications. Help to protect the
environment from overdosing on improperly disposed of
medications. Collection programs greatly lessen the
chance of prescription medications entering the water supply
or the food we eat. This program is completely
confidential and no personal information will be asked.
Remove all prescription labels before arriving. All
medications will be collected between 9 am-2 pm. and held only
by law enforcement officers until they can be disposed of
safely. Some of the medication drop off locations
are:
CPD, 1st District, 3895 West 130th
St.
CPD,
2nd District, 3481 Fulton
Rd.
CPD,
3rd District, 10700 Chester
Ave.
CPD, 4th District, 9333 Kinsman
Rd.
CPD, 5th District, 881 East 152nd
St.
Public Safety Central, 2001 Payne Ave.
For
a complete list of drop off sites or for more information,
please call 1-800-473-6467 or visit www.drugawarenessandprevention.com.
Cleveland Bicycle
Week As part of Cleveland Bicycle Week (May 15-23), four of
our member agencies will sponsor events to decrease our carbon
footprints. For more information, click on each neighborhood
name.
Saturday, May 15th from noon-4
pm:
Kamm's
Corners
Monday, May 17th at 5:30 pm:
Slavic
Village
Tuesday, May 18th from 6-7:30 pm:
Burten,
Bell, Carr Development (Central) and the Campus District
Friday, May 21st from 7 am-10 pm:
Downtown
Cleveland Bike-to-Work Day
Greater Cleveland Habitat for
Humanity Second Annual Tool Drive
On Tuesday May 25th at 11 am Mayor
Frank Jackson, County Commissioner Peter Lawson Jones, County
Treasurer Jim Rokakis and other business, community and civic
leaders will join representatives from Greater Cleveland
Habitat for Humanity to kick off the organization's Second
Annual Tool Drive, at the Habitat facility located at 2110
West 110th Street. The countywide Tool Drive, which runs
through June 30th, asks residents, organizations and
businesses to donate new and used tools, as well as cabinets,
sinks, building materials, and appliances to Habitat for
Humanity. The donated items will be sold at the
organization's ReStore, a recycled building materials store
located at 2110 West 110th Street. Proceeds from ReStore
sales will be used to help Habitat build and rehabilitate
homes for those in need. Providing affordable
construction materials and tools so that the community can
repair, renovate and rehab deteriorating housing stock
supports their mission to "eliminate poverty housing" while
keeping tons of materials out of local landfills.
Supporters will be able to make monetary donations to Habitat
"at the cash register" at Do-it-Best Hardware stores and
Phoenix Coffee Shops throughout the Greater Cleveland
area. Small tools can also be dropped off at the 14 area
Do-it-Best locations. If donating very large items,
residents can call the ReStore to schedule a pick-up.
The Cleveland Neighborhood Development Coalition is one of the
many sponsors of this second annual event. For more
information on ReStore, visit www.clevelandrestore.org.
For further information on Greater Cleveland Habitat for
Humanity, visit www.clevelandhabitat.org or
call
216-429-1299.
City of Cleveland offering FREE
Mulch During
the winter season 415 cubic yards of Christmas trees were
collected by the City Service Department and
composted into mulch. Now this mulch is available to
Cleveland residents for free to assist in spring gardening and
landscaping projects. This program helps the
environment, while also beautifying the neighborhoods of
Cleveland. Getting free mulch is easy. Each
resident is allowed a maximum of one (1) cubic yard for free
(while supplies last). Additional mulch will be
available at a discounted rate for a maximum of three (3)
cubic yards. To collect your mulch, you must
provide your own containers (bags, cans, boxes) for
hauling and you must show proof of residency in the City
of Cleveland. The location to pick up the mulch is
Rosby's Resource and Recovery located at 54 East Schaaf
Road. The hours are Monday through Friday from 9
am-4 pm. For more information about this
program visit the City
of Cleveland's website.
Cleveland Mortgage Loan Bulletin and
Housing Program Marketing Bulletin The
2010 CRA Affordable Cleveland Mortgage Bulletin and 2010
Cleveland Rehab Loan Programs are now available
online. These bulletins are sponsored by the City
of Cleveland and LiveCleveland!. They are also
distributed at community events and to development/housing
organizations. The bulletins are available in hard copy,
on various websites and in Spanish. To download this
document please visit www.city.cleveland.oh.us/community-development.
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