Community Voices
OUR STORY Pilgrim Congregational United Church of Christ was first founded in 1859 in the Tremont neighborhood. The church is a cornerstone institution in the community, and, like the surrounding community, has a storied past. The church itself is a Cleveland landmark. The congregation moved from its initial site, which is today St. Augustine Catholic…
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OUR STORY Sustainable Community Associates recently welcomed Angie Schmitt and Marvin Ranaldson to an office space on the ground floor of the Fairmont Creamery. The move was rather serendipitous. “We had found an office downtown, but this came up and it all came together.” Angie explained. The space was vacated by SCA, when we moved…
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OUR STORY Last fall, we reached out to a few of the teachers in our community. Teachers have been working tirelessly throughout the pandemic, and we wanted to celebrate their work at a time when schools were particularly overwhelmed. One such community member was Krystle Williams, a resident at The Tappan since 2020 and an…
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OUR STORY As a Cleveland transplant, AsiaTown came as a surprise to me. I’d considered myself familiar with the city prior to moving here, having family scattered throughout Northeast Ohio-but I hadn’t known this particular neighborhood existed. I knew Little Italy and University Circle, Lakewood and Tremont, and most of the outlying suburbs. AsiaTown, and…
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OUR STORY The City of Cleveland is currently divided into seventeen wards. For Clevelanders, these wards are often known by the neighborhoods that make them up-Buckeye-Shaker Square, Detroit Shoreway, and Edgewater, to name a few. Ward 7, which runs from East 12th Street to Ansel Road and from St. Clair Avenue to Chester Avenue, is…
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OUR STORY The Tremont buildings were renovated in the 1980s and 1990s, but it was clear to APL President and CEO Sharon Harvey that the time had come to renovate again to better serve the community. “We were inspired by more recent advances in animal welfare,” Sharon explained when we met to discuss Unleash the…
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OUR STORY Karen Mastrangelo started practicing acupuncture in 2010, after earning her Master of Science degree in Traditional Oriental Medicine from the prestigious Pacific College of Oriental Medicine. Though she spent time studying and practicing in both California, where PCOM is located, and New York, she is a native Clevelander and ultimately decided to come…
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OUR STORY Ian Herrington was working as a professional baker at Cleveland Heights’ On The Rise Artisan Breads for eight years, and, as he worked his way up to head baker, he began to dream of his own space. “I sketched out my business plan over a number of years,” he told me when we…
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OUR STORY Situated on Kenilworth Avenue, opposite Lincoln Park, is a large yellow craftsman-style house with a red tympanum and an inviting front porch. This building is home to Cleveland’s Ukrainian Museum-Archives. Founded in 1952, the museum-archives is dedicated to collecting and preserving items from Ukrainian history, culture, and immigration to the United States, including…
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OUR STORY Anna Li opened her beauty center in AsiaTown twenty years ago. She had recently immigrated from China, and wanted to create a boutique where people could learn more about her culture and access convenient services and great products. “I always knew I wanted to own my own business,” she said when we sat…
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