Proposed Slavic Village skate park aims to be an economic catalyst - NewsNet5.com


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Proposed Slavic Village skate park aims to be an economic catalyst
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The Slavic Village Development Corporation offices hosted the meeting with skaters in the seats and their boards lined along a wall. This conceptual design meeting was held to gather ideas about the look and location of the proposed park.

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Cleveland Habitat for Humanity reluctantly confronts foreclosure: John Habat - Plain Dealer


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Cleveland Habitat for Humanity reluctantly confronts foreclosure: John Habat
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By Plain Dealer guest columnist View full sizeBrynne Shaw, The Plain DealerHabitat for Humanity volunteers frame exterior walls for a home in Cleveland's Slavic Village in 2003. Cleveland has been called by some the "ground zero" of the nation's ...

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A cycling movie, a winter deal and a skatepark in the works - NewsNet5.com


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A cycling movie, a winter deal and a skatepark in the works
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The Slavic Village Development, Public Square Group, and skateboarders will meet Tuesday, January 31 at 6 pm at 5620 Broadway Avenue. According to VanSickle, skate park designer Grindline will lead the community through a planning process that will ...

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2Do: Museums, parks, family events and more for Feb. 3-9, 2012 - Plain Dealer (blog)

2Do: Museums, parks, family events and more for Feb. 3-9, 2012
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Learn about the history of the Slavic Village and Mill Creek neighborhoods. National Cleveland-Style Polka Hall of Fame. 605 East 222nd St., Euclid. 216-261-3263 or clevelandstyle.com. Polka history and memorabilia. Free. Noon-5 pm Tuesday-Friday, ...

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Two arrested, accused of throwing bricks at moving cars - 19 Action News


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Two arrested, accused of throwing bricks at moving cars
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Police in Slavic Village arrested a couple of young punks who they say hurled bricks off a railroad trestle onto a busy road. One of those bricks slammed into a man's windshield. Brian Robinson was driving down Harvard about 9:30 Wednesday night when ...
Dips**ts of The Week: Hurling Big Bricks at Cars Is Their HobbyCleveland Scene Weekly

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Parish's new, life-sized crucifix a reminder of faith's tenets - Canton Repository

Parish's new, life-sized crucifix a reminder of faith's tenets
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It was replaced with a larger cross made from wooden pews from St. Stanislaus, a closed church in Cleveland's Slavic Village neighborhood. A snowstorm hampered the second attempt. Last week, the third time was the charm. “For me, the crucifix and the ...

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MedWorks will offer free medical care on Feb. 25 - Plain Dealer


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MedWorks will offer free medical care on Feb. 25
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The group's first free clinic of the year will be held in Cleveland's Slavic Village in the Fleet Avenue Medical Building, 6511 Fleet Ave. MedWorks is still lining up doctors, but expects to have family-medicine specialists, internists and others on ...

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In Ohio, ESOP Pilots A Fresh Approach to Mortgage Modification - Dowser

In Ohio, ESOP Pilots A Fresh Approach to Mortgage Modification
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In one case, reported by David Bornstein in the New York Times last year, the lending agency Countrywide “signed an agreement after senior executives took a tour of Slavic Village, an area on the east side of Cleveland where a third of homes, ...

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Deeper Than Oil: Wall on wall battles - RIA Novosti

Deeper Than Oil: Wall on wall battles
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Stenka na Stenku has its roots in traditional medieval Slavic village games popular on the territories of modern-day Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. The basic idea has not changed much through the centuries. In fact, if a surviving set of rules is ...

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World Cinema: Emir Kusturica's 'realized utopia' - Los Angeles Times


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World Cinema: Emir Kusturica's 'realized utopia'
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These days, the Sarajevo-born filmmaker's passion is focused on rebuilding through art his lost Yugoslavia, including a film fest, a village and now a city. Emir Kusturica leads a tour of yhe stone village of Kamengrad under construction.

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