There is a LOT happening in the next week and we want to make sure you have a chance to get involved in some of the great things that help make Cleveland a wonderful place to live. Here are some of our upcoming events:
- Compost Bin Build and Community Garden Planning – May 3rd, 4:30pm at the Cleveland Community Garden at Vincent and Lowry Ave N. RSVP Today!
- May Crime and Safety Meeting – May 4th, 6:30pm at the Cleveland Neighborhood Association. Get a crime and safety update from our Crime Prevention Specialist and share any community concerns. Then help us with the final planning for a spring clean-up event. RSVP for Crime and Safety Committee! And we have door prizes!
- Cleveland Clean-Up! – May 9th, 10am starting at Lowry Ave. and cleaning our way up to Dowling finishing with a community celebration lunch at 3751 Sheridan Avenue. RSVP for the Clean-up!
In the spirit of friendly competition we thought we’d share a quick update of the sign-ups for our May 9th Spring Clean Up event by street. We’ll be forming teams to walk from Lowry to Dowling cleaning up the neighborhood and are encouraging neighbors to invite one another out, and walk your block together. As you can see from the chart to the right, Sheridan, Thomas and Vincent have a pretty strong showing. What street will win the friendly competition for largest cleaning team? Only time will tell, so get out and invite your neighbors and may the best street win!
Spring is in the air and we want to work together to make Cleveland the beautiful place we all know it to be. Join your friends and neighbors on May 9th for a spring clean and celebration. We’ll meet at the end of our blocks along Lowry Avenue were you’ll receive gloves, pickers and bags from Team Captains. Together we’ll walk the blocks from Lowry to Dowling picking up litter, tidying up and helping make the neighborhood sparkle. We’ll finish with a celebration lunch complete with music and resource tables. It’s going to be a great event and we hope you and your neighbors can make it out to join us. In the spirit of friendly competition, there will be a prize at the end for the street (Penn-Xerxes) with the highest turn out, so invite your neighbors!
Our next Cleveland Crime and Safety Meeting is right around the corner. We’ll have our monthly update from MPD regarding crime in the area and hear community concerns. We’ve designated the second half of the meeting as space for an open conversation for residents to ask questions and get answers directly with MPD officers and staff. We hope to have a productive time of sharing and information. We hope you can join us!
he Cleveland Neighborhood embarks on an ambitious goal in 2015 to establish block clubs on 100% of the blocks in the neighborhood and identify Community Connectors on each of those blocks. We have been so grateful to those who have stepped up and volunteered to serve as block leaders and have done the grassroots work of connecting neighbors, hosting block parties and so much more. We’ve seen the positive effect of connected blocks in more stability, social connections and lower crime. If you don’t already have a block club contact us!
