Documenters are hard at work covering all the information being packed into Cleveland City Council’s final meetings before their summer recess. Last week, Documenters captured debates about the effectiveness of funding home-repair loans, and plans for development on the city’s Southeast Side. That and more in this week’s episode.

Listen to this week’s Public Meetings Report here:

Show Notes:

Signal Cleveland meeting briefs:

Signal Cleveland reporting:

Legislation:

  • Ordinance to fund Birthing Beautiful Communities
  • Ordinance for revitalization of commercial corridors on Southeast Side 
  • Ordinance to fund clean-up and site readiness of vacant lands for business 
  • Ordinance to approved funding of home repairs and rehabilitations in Southeast Side neighborhoods
  • Site Readiness proposed Ordinance 

Meeting recordings:

Other info: 

Side Hustle: Mikael Ellis works four jobs focused on the LGBTQ+ community (video)

By Jeff Haynes

Mikael Ellis has purposely decided to work at businesses that either primarily cater to LGBTQ+ patrons or have a large clientele from this community.

YouTube video

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