Public Meetings Report for the week of April 30, 2024

Residents of Cleveland and nearby suburbs come to Cleveland City Council meetings on Monday nights to make a public comment on an issue that affects them most: from pedestrian safety and police reform, to housing barriers and communities feeling left out of neighborhood development plans in Lee-Harvard

In this week’s Public Meetings Report, we highlight five local commenters who stepped up to the mic at Cleveland City Hall and shared their thoughts with City Council and the public.  🎧📻👇🏿

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Show Notes:

  • Cleveland City Council’s online form to sign up for public comment 
  • Signal Cleveland’s Guide To Public Comment 
  • Public Comment CLE, the website where all public comments given at Cleveland City Council meetings are transcribed.

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.


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I steward the Documenters community. That includes holding and maintaining space to raise up Documenters work and questions. It also includes creating easy on-ramps to civic life and deeper civic participation via the exchange of civic information, knowledge and skills.

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I create audio stories meant to engage and inform people in a way that pushes beyond media stereotypes. I aim to build trust between local media and the community, striving to teach people “how” to think about life in Cleveland, not “what” to think.