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Cleveland jazz fans polarized by WCSB switch to JazzNEO

11/11/2025

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Recently, The Land spoke with a broad mix of jazz fans, musicians and promoters, who expressed deeply mixed feelings about the switchover of WCSB (now known as XCSB) to JazzNEO.

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Meet the entrepreneurs behind Cleveland's push to legalize golf carts on city streets

10/24/2025

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Businesses using golf carts for leisure tours and short-range transport downtown discovered what they had been doing was illegal. City leaders created legislation to clear the way.

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$3m Transformative Arts Fund spreads art across Cleveland

10/24/2025

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At a time when arts funding is being gutted by the Trump administration at the federal level, Cleveland is making an investment in individual artists and creative placemaking – and they’re doing it using federal ARPA dollars.

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New townhomes in West Boulevard promise 'marquee entrance' to city's near west side

10/24/2025

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New development is stirring on a grassy lot in Cleveland’s Clifton-Baltic neighborhood. After more than 20 years of the land sitting vacant, six new for-sale townhomes are slated to rise at the southwest corner of Clifton and West Boulevard. Ryan Arth, principal of Smartbuilt Development, said he saw an opportunity to add new life and vibrancy to the neighborhood. 

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Cleveland Public Theatre renovations to boost visibility in Gordon Square

10/24/2025

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“The majority of our artists… felt like, here we are doing this vibrant, inclusive work, and no one knows we’re here.” 

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Morgan Conservatory set to expand in Midtown

10/7/2025

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Nestled in the midst of Midtown, in a former factory off of Payne Avenue, the Morgan Conservatory bills itself as “the largest arts center in the United States dedicated to every facet of papermaking, book arts and letterpress printing,” according to its website. However, if you weren’t already in the know, you might not even know it’s there. Now, it’s set to expand in several key ways that will add to momentum within the neighborhood. 

Executive Director Nicole Donnelly moved here from Philly a few years ago to take the top job. She said she knew of the Morgan even before coming to Cleveland because of its stellar national and even international reputation. Founded by artist Tom Balbo and named after Ted Morgan, who bequeathed a generous endowment to the conservatory, the Morgan has been in existence since 2008. 

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West 29th in Hingetown set to (finally) become an open street by next year

10/7/2025

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On a recent Tuesday morning, West 29th St. in Ohio City’s Hingetown neighborhood was bustling and buzzing with people carrying coffee from Rising Star Coffee Roasters, pushing baby strollers, or going for a morning jog in the late September sunshine. In the next year, it could also be home to spin and yoga classes, a farmers market, concerts and other activities. That’s because the city of Cleveland has finalized plans to close a portion of the street between Church and Clinton Avenues. 

It’s part of a larger push by the Bibb administration to create more pedestrian-friendly spaces across the city. Two years ago, the city also closed Market Avenue in Ohio City to cars, allowing people to lounge on lawn furniture and drink their lattes al fresco. At a recent Cleveland Landmarks Commission meeting, city planning director Calley Mersmann told members that creating pedestrian-friendly streets is an important priority for the city. 
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Cleveland developer to build age-in-place housing, but city needs to be more proactive, advocates say

10/7/2025

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Until now, homebuyers in Cleveland’s Detroit Shoreway neighborhood who were looking for a property with a first-floor bedroom were typically out of luck. Most of the neighborhood’s housing stock is older, and as a result, the bedrooms are located on the second floor. Even the newer units that are being built tend to be vertical townhomes with bedrooms on the upper levels.

Now, that’s about to change with the construction of a new single-family home located at 6107 Ellen Ave. The 1,675 square foot, three bedroom, two-and-a-half bath home will feature a first-floor bedroom as well as ADA-accessible design. The developer, who is offering the house for sale, hopes the idea will prove successful and spread to other neighborhoods.


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$55M OHio City hotel set to rise on surface parking lot in Ohio City

7/14/2025

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Vega Ave. Studio Lofts bringing affordable workforce housing to Clark-Fulton

5/19/2025

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