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Holiday Cheers (no Jeers)

December 22, 2011 [The Plain Dealer] CHEERS . . . to the many cheerful givers of time, talent and money ...

Homesteading plan to offer abandoned homes to refugees

December 13, 2011 [Robert L. Smith, The Plain Dealer] CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Within the collection of abandoned houses haunting the ...

Occupy Cleveland will probably focus on foreclosure crisis (Plain Dealer)

Occupy Cleveland might be looking for a new home -- a foreclosed one. The group's tent is likely to remain ...

Common Pleas Court judge rejects most of Cleveland’s suit against banks over subprime loans (Plain Dealer)

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A Cuyahoga County judge has dismissed most of a 2008 public nuisance lawsuit Cleveland officials filed against ...

Cuyahoga home sales and home prices down angain this year: Sunday’s Numbers (Plain Dealer)

9,168: Number of single-family homes sold in Cuyahoga County, excluding sheriff's deeds, through October of 2011, down 10 percent from ...

It’s about time Cuyahoga County goes after back taxes from some of area’s well-known players: Mark Naymik (Plain Dealer)

Cuyahoga County officials are ready to get their hands dirty. It's about time. County Executive Ed FitzGerald recently announced that ...

Cuyahoga County land bank gets new funding formula (Plain Dealer)

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Cuyahoga County Council has approved a new funding structure for the county land bank. The nonprofit agency, ...

County agencies break ground for senior housing in East Cleveland

July 29, 2020 [Plain Dealer] EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Officials from several Cuyahoga County housing groups broke ground Monday for ...

A Land Bank Deal: Editorial (Plain Dealer)

After months of sometimes unpleasant wrangling and maneuvering, the board of the Cuyahoga County land bank and County Executive Ed ...

Cuyahoga County land bank board agrees to book suburban mayors in may (Plain Dealer)

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The governing board of the Cuyahoga County land bank has resolved its months-long feud with county Executive ...

A Respite for East Cleveland: Joe Frolik

October 18, 2011 [Joe Frolik, The Plain Dealer] We often hear that "elections have consequences." Far too often in this ...

Cheers & Jeers

September 15, 2011 [The Plain Dealer] CHEERS . . . to the hope being provided East Cleveland by a $900,000 ...