Council meets tonight at 7 p.m.
Shaker Heights City Council will consider a $250,000 loan to the owners of Tower East for interior and exterior improvements at tonight's meeting. Council meets at 7 p.m. in Council Chambers. Meetings are open to the public. See the full agenda here.
Blogger Dave Cunix writes the Society of Actuaries is looking at an 80.9 percent increase for Ohio individual health policies.
Blogger Kerri Whitehouse writes about how serving justice to the man who shot Forrest the dog will help save others.
Annual event will be April 13
Shaker Heights' annual Golden Egg Hunt will be April 13. The hunt will be at Horseshoe Lake Park from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Children 8 and under can search for treat-filled eggs, get balloon animals and enter a jelly bean counting contest. And, of course, there's the coveted golden egg, which contains a summer 2013 pool pass for a family of four. Snack and beverage sales will benefit the Recreation for Youth Scholarship Fund.
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Browse local data from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey in a New York Times widget.
The New York times recently published an interactive map with Google that breaks down U.S. Census figures by block. Click here to view the map. Type "Shaker Heights, OH" into the search bar on the right and start exploring the various maps in each category: race and ethnicity, income, housing and families and education. The United States Census Bureau recently released five-year estimates on 40 topics regarding Shaker Heights and every other community in the country. The American Community Survey provides estimates for the years 2007 to 2011 on school enrollment, jobs, housing and more. Here are few of the survey's key figures for Shaker Heights: Click here for more estimates and facts about your community.
Blogger Melissa Winger wonders if there is a way to improve the system for those in need?
Betsie Norris, director of Adoption Network Cleveland, was adopted herself and is behind a new law that would allow adoptees fair access to adoption files.
Betsie Norris, director of Adoption Network Cleveland, was adopted herself and is behind a new law that would allow adoptees fair access to adoption files.
Betsie Norris, a Shaker Heights resident, told The Plain Dealer she believes children who are adopted should have access to their adoption files. Norris, the director of Adoption Network Cleveland and Patch blogger, is an adoptee herself and wants to change the state's current law on how that information available, the paper reports. Read Norris' blog: Ohio Adoptee Rights Legislation In her blog Norris talks about the pieces of legislation in Ohio that would "allow individuals – who were adopted between 1964 and 1996 and who are now adults – access their original birth certificates upon request." "Currently these adoptees have no direct mechanism for doing so,” Norris wrote. Because of the way the law is configured, adoptees born before …
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Alex Nichols will lead department beginning April 1
"Something keeps bringing me back here," said Alex Nichols, Shaker Heights' new recreation department director. Whatever that something is, it has brought her back to Shaker Heights twice since her family first moved here when she was in sixth grade. And April 1, she'll begin work as the city's recreation department director. She'll replace Pam Quinn, who retired in December. Nichols last worked at the Geauga County YMCA and has led the Avon Lake Recreation Department, where she won an award for her work on the pool and implemented online registration and created efficiencies in the department. "I really enjoy the diversity of the community. I think that it's something that's not often found in most communities," she said. She said she …
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Nominate someone who has preserved and improved their property in Shaker Heights
Nominations are being accepted now for the 15th annual City of Shaker Heights Landmark Commission's Preservation Awards. The awards recognize and highlight exterior building projects completed in the last two years by residential and non-residential property owners to preserve and improve their buildings. Categories are retention of original materials, extrerior restoration, excellence in stewardship, distinguished landscape and architecturally appropriate addition. Nominations must be submitted by April 26. Email Ann.Klavora@shakeronline.com or call (216) 491-1436 for more information.
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James Davin
7:16 pm on Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Jim, I have a few questions: 1) what is the annual tax revenue brought in by the local businesses in Tower East 2) what other expenses, if any, does the city incur annually from the building? 3) are the businesses in Tower East viable and capable of maintaining the fixed expenses of the building, even after considering the $250k city investment? 4) how many Shaker residents are employed by these … more ›