Public Meetings Report for the week of June 4, 2024

😎School’s mostly out for the summer, and Cleveland City Council is on on it’s 14 week break from regular meetings (and from in-person public comment). But, council managed to squeeze in a few big things before they left, including some late in the season Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) hearings.

In this week’s Public Meetings Report, Cleveland Documenters sat in on Cleveland City Council’s CDBG hearings to learn how the city plans to use around 28.3 million dollars in federal grant money to improve and increase affordable housing. They also caught an uncommon apology to city residents from a Department of Community Development official. Learn more in this week’s episode.👇🏿🎧📻

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The Documenters whose work contributed to this episode are:

  • Marvetta Rutherford
  • Stesia Swain
  • Marian Bryant
  • Tina Scott
  • Ayanna Rose Banks

Their work has been compiled this week by Dakotah Kennedy. The Public Meetings Report is produced by Gennifer Harding-Gosnell.

Show Notes:

Signal Cleveland meeting briefs: 

Documenters coverage: 

  • Community Development Block Grant hearings Day 1 Morning Session Notes and Live-Tweets, Cleveland City Council, May 28, 2024
  • Community Development Block Grant hearings Day 1 Afternoon Session Notes and Live-Tweets, Cleveland City Council, May 28, 2024
  • Community Development Block Grant hearings Day 2 Morning Session Live-Tweets, Cleveland City Council, May 29, 2024

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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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