Gloria Ferris

A new FREE event will take place in Rockefeller Park thanks to the vision of one of our neighbors, Lois Moss.  Check out this week’s Cool Cleveland and watch the video where Lois explains her vision, how she convinced others to believe in her vision, and what will be taking place this weekend for the first time in [...]

We held our first meeting to discuss a WIFI neighborhood at The Ugly Broad on Sunday June 25th.  Many thanks to Bill Callahan, Steve Goldberg, Councilman Brian Cummins or as he referred to himself Resident Brian Cummins and the seven other people who attended this inaugral meeting to see and hear about the possiblity of creating [...]

Sunday, June 25th at 2 p.m. you are all invited to The Ugly Broad at 3908 Denison Avenue to find out.  Bill Callahan of Brooklyn Centre and Steve Goldberg of Tremont will be on hand to explain the operation of wifi neighborhood and how a group of us committed to bringing it to our neighborhood can do that very thing. 
If [...]

Well, today you could hurry on over to Archwood Avenue in Brooklyn Centre and take in the Archwood Avenue Street sale. Don’t forget to bring some non-perishable food to drop off at Archwood UCC at 2800 Archwood Avenue.
Today is the day for this church’s annual food drive to benefit Brookside Center on Pearl Road.  The [...]

I wanted to make sure that we all knew about the impending closing of the Brooklyn Y by the end of the year.  Please read this article in the Plain Dealer to get the details.  Chances are no matter what we do as a neighborhood; the YMCA will close at the corner of the Brooklyn Brighton bridge. After all, the [...]

Sometimes I find it truly amazing when events coincide and other times I simply think they should.  Last week I received my monthly flyer from Barb Spaan, our Crime Watch Coordinator here in Ward 15 and 16 telling me the subject of this month’s meeting “Fire Safety for your Home & Business”.  Naturally, I immediately put [...]

I know, I know. The Ugly Broad is where you go for a shot and a beer.  It’s also where friends gather to have Tacos on Wednesdays and Steaks on Thursday.Tim Ferris says it is the best steak dinner deal around, and he should know he is a meat and potatoes man that doesn’t order [...]

Trees to be Honored in Brooklyn Centre Historic District

On Sunday, April 23, 2006 at 3:30 p.m. Brooklyn Centre residents and the Northeast Ohio Buckeye Forest Council will gather to honor and recognize a grove of trees on the southeast corner of Fulton Rd. and Denison Ave.  The largest tree, an American Elm, forms the core [...]

We hear that Ladder 42.1 will make an appearance at the regular Cleveland City Council meeting this coming Monday, which will be held off-site (outside City Hall) for a change, at Estabrook Recreation Center, 4125 Fulton Road, Cleveland 44144, at 7:00 PM.
Everything is just so incremental lately, as evidenced by the recent need to create [...]

As we proceed to “build community” here in Cleveland, the business community begins to play a crucial role in the story of “local production for local consumption.” As it becomes more expensive to roam regionally in shopping and procuring services, we will focus more on professionals and businesspeople who are more proximate to where we [...]