Public Meetings Report for the week of June 17, 2024
🥵It is way too hot in Cleveland this week. But, Cleveland Documenters have been beating the heat by keeping a cold eye 👀 on local government meetings in Cleveland and Cuyahoga County.
In this week’s Public Meetings Report, Cleveland Documenters sat in on a packed Cleveland Landmarks Commission meeting where they heard concerns about the “destabilizing effect” of demolitions in historic Glenville and Miles Park neighborhoods, and about a new Mandarin and Spanish immersion school in the Jefferson neighborhood. Get the details on this and more in about five minutes in this week’s episode. 👇🏿🎧📻👂🏿
The Documenters whose work contributed to this episode are:
- Marvetta Rutherford
- Stesia Swain
- Marian Bryant
- Tina Scott
- Ayanna Rose Banks
Listen to this week’s Public Meetings Report here:
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Show Notes:
Signal Cleveland meeting briefs:
- Demolitions denied for three homes on Cleveland’s East Side, Cleveland Landmarks Commission, June 13, 2024
Documenters coverage:
- Cleveland Landmarks Commission, Notes [1], Notes [2] and Live-Tweets, June 13, 2024
Signal Cleveland reporting:
- Commission created to improve quality of life of Black women and girls officially launches By Candice Wilder
- Cleveland eyes more lax zoning laws for weed dispensaries By Dakotah Kennedy and Cleveland Documenters
Recordings:
- Cleveland Landmarks Commission, June 13, 2024
Other resources:
The Public Meetings Report is a weekly audio rundown of what happened in local government meetings here in Greater Cleveland – in five minutes or less! The show is based on the work of Cleveland Documenters – residents like you who are trained and paid to document these meetings for the public. Produced by Signal Cleveland and Cleveland Documenters, in partnership with WOVU 95.9FM “Our Voices United,” a Burten, Bell, Carr community radio station.
