The Borinquen Backpack Project
In the wake of Hurricane María, members of the Downtown Elementary community came together to send much-needed supplies and disaster relief aid to fellow students at La Escuela Luis M Santiago in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico. In total, they filled 400 backpacks with school supplies, books, toys and postcards from our DTES students! Check out these photos from backpack…
Writing to the First Lady
Earlier this year, BPCS 9th grader Laura Camacho received some news that would stay with her for a while: her writing would be published in a new book about former First Lady Michelle Obama, titled Courage is Contagious. The book is a collection of essays and letters written by authors, luminaries, students, musicians, actors, comedians and…
FreshWater: “Scranton listed on National Register of Historic Places”
An area of town heretofore dwarfed by the venerable Ohio City and Tremont neighborhoods is on the verge of getting a brand of its own, writes Erin O’Brien for FreshWater.
Last month, the historic preservation consulting firm Naylor Wellman, LLC, presented a 120-page nomination to the Ohio Historic Site Preservation Advisory Board (OHSPAB) for the Scranton South Side Historic District to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was handily approved. OHSPAB will further prepare the document, and then recommend the listing to the National Park Service, which makes the final designation on behalf of the Secretary of the Interior.
Crain’s Cleveland: “Area’s latest industrial rehab project”
The $15 million Fairmont Creamery rehab represents one of Cleveland’s latest creative reuses of an abandoned industrial building rich in history, writes Kathy Ames Carr for Crain’s Cleveland.
The five-story brick structure — constructed in 1930 as a national distribution hub for dairy products — has been repurposed from its recent largely abandoned state into a 106,000-square-foot, mixed-used project featuring residential and commercial space, and parking.
The Plain Dealer: “Ohio Awning building in Tremont set for apartment redo”
A 150-year-old Cleveland manufacturer plans to move next year, writes Michelle Jarboe for The Plain Dealer, making way for an apartment revamp of its historic building in the Tremont neighborhood.
FreshWater: “Twist Creative to relocate, expand”
Twist Creative, a small design firm that was founded in Ohio City 15 years ago, is expanding into a larger, custom-designed space at the Fairmont Creamery in Tremont, writes Lee Chilcote for FreshWater. In part, the move was prompted by the need to consolidate its space, which is spread out over four floors in a building at West 28th and Lorain. Yet the firm also wanted room to grow, as revenues have doubled in recent years and there are plans to hire additional staff.
