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We celebrated our Neighborhood Marketing Working Group's accomplishments together with local food and drinks at the amazing MidTown Collaboration Center! Plus we made BIG plans to promote all the neighborhoods in 2026. 🩷 Follow along at LoveClevelandNeighborhoods.com.
November 21, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Today, we're launching SlopStop: Community-driven AI slop detection in Kagi Search.

Join our collective defense against AI-generated spam and content farms:

blog.kagi.com/slopstop
November 13, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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The ending of tonight’s episode of The Chair Company
a man in a maroon sweater and tie sits on a couch
ALT: a man in a maroon sweater and tie sits on a couch
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:56 AM
I’m heartbroken that my alma mater Kent State shut down its LGBTQ+ Center, Women’s Center, and Multicultural Center. Ohio GOP is to blame, of course. KSU was top-rated for student inclusion and support – changed my whole life. Read students’ experiences now:
A Campus Stripped of Color
Deep in the lowest level of Kent State’s student center lies a hollow suite of offices — doors locked, rooms emptied and lights off.  Mere months ago, the LGBTQ+ Center offered support and company wit...
ohiofusion.com
October 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
In my small hometown of Lancaster, Ohio, two husbands have revived an industrialist woman’s legacy of midcentury glassware! And her perfectly anachronistic name, “Gay Fad.”
Reviving Gay Fad Studios: How an LGBTQ+ couple created a midcentury glass destination in central Ohio
In 2022, husbands Dave and Jason Annecy re-opened Gay Fad Studios in the spirit of the Ohio glass company’s innovative founder, Fran Taylor.
thebuckeyeflame.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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We've upgraded this map for our loveclevelandneighborhoods.com campaign, check out the gorgeous new design! It's the best place to explore all 29 neighborhoods in the city and their upcoming events.
September 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Our LGBTQ+ fitness studio got a lovely story by our local NPR station, Ideastream (WKSU)! I’m very grateful to all our community members who make this possible. www.ideastream.org/community/20...
This Cleveland personal trainer offers a private, safe gym for the LGBTQ+ community
When it comes to working out at the gym, the fear of discrimination and harassment can create a big fitness obstacle for people in the LGBTQ+ community. One gym owner in Cleveland is hoping to change ...
www.ideastream.org
September 2, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Our marketing campaign Love Cleveland Neighborhoods is now 1 year old! 🥳 We've worked with our CDC partners and @thisiscle.bsky.social to achieve:
🩷 100,000+ impressions per month on socials
🩷 New website with 16 neighborhood profiles and events calendar
🩷 In-person activations in 5 neighborhoods
August 4, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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This News is So Gay: More Assaults on Queer History & the LGBTQ+ Art Exhibit You Won’t See

Featuring: Ben Jodway (The Buckeye Flame), Zackory Kirk (Three Plus One Media) and Diane Anderson-Minshall (GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics)

thebuckeyeflame.com/2025/07/30/t...
This News is So Gay: More Assaults on Queer History & the LGBTQ+ Art Exhibit You Won’t See
Featuring: Ben Jodway (The Buckeye Flame), Zackory Kirk (Three Plus One Media) and Diane Anderson-Minshall (GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics)
thebuckeyeflame.com
July 30, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Do you know and love Broadway-Slavic Village for its great summer spots?? Ice cream, trails, and waterfalls in our newest profile for "Love Cleveland Neighborhoods." And mark your calendar for Rooms To Let, Sept. 6-7!
Broadway-Slavic Village - Love Cleveland Neighborhoods
loveclevelandneighborhoods.com
July 18, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Beginning July 1, we're investing another $2 million in 17 CDCs! And these grants include year-round support for their neighborhood-driven work in community engagement, marketing, real estate, economic development, and more.
Cleveland Neighborhood Progress distributes $2M in grants across 17 CDCs
Cleveland Neighborhood Progress (CNP) announced Monday, June 23, that it is making $2 million in grants across 17 community development corporations (CDCs). The funding will begin on July 1 for fiscal...
www.crainscleveland.com
June 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Do you know and love Clark-Fulton? Have you visited CentroVilla25 or the Pivot Center yet? Check out this new guide from our "Love Cleveland Neighborhoods" campaign:
Clark-Fulton - Love Cleveland Neighborhoods
loveclevelandneighborhoods.com
June 20, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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St. Clair Superior Development is coordinating a HUGE summer of new murals in their neighborhood with lots of partners! Learn more: fox8.com/news/clevela...

🎨 ARTIST CREDITS: 1️⃣ Dayz Whun 2️⃣ Lisa Quine 3️⃣ Louise Jones (Ouizi)
June 17, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Maybe you've eaten at the Red Chimney (time to plan your next visit!) without realizing how many projects Slavic Village Development has underway for its neighborhood! @clevelandmag.bsky.social shares the scoop on new trails, unique businesses, and more:
Slavic Village Makes History with EcoDistricts Win and Bold Community Vision
Inclusion, ecological amenities, culture and creating connective pathways are at the core of Broadway-Slavic Village. By Kristen Hampshire — Partnership Content
clevelandmagazine.com
June 16, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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🚧 Progress is being made on downtown’s FIRST EVER protected bike lanes on Huron and Prospect, along with expanded sidewalk + patio space, safer pedestrian crossings, a streamlined traffic flow, and reconfigured intersection! (1/4)
June 13, 2025 at 10:07 PM
sold-out premiere of a local gay director’s gay horror film in our gayborhood cinema full of gay people. 🔪❤️
June 13, 2025 at 2:18 AM
A 60-year-old’s love letter on learning to deadlift with a trainer!
The deadlift difference: is this the exercise you need for an active and pain-free future?
Life is easier with a strong, flexible body – and this weightlifting move will help with everything from rearranging the furniture to picking up your groceries. You might even learn to love the barbel...
www.theguardian.com
June 9, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I felt lucky to have one of the first porch beers of this home’s new phase 🍻
Celebrating the latest home renovation for our Middle Neighborhoods Initiative! This grand house on W 127th took a long journey with Jefferson-Puritas West Park CDC from vacancy to new life.
June 5, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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DID YOU KNOW: Cleveland's network of CDCs engaged ✨470 entrepreneurs✨ to grow their businesses during July 2023-June 2024. We've seen a 35% increase in this work over the previous year, too!
June 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Great post by a search engine you pay for (not sarcastic!)
Kagi turns 3!

To our amazing community: thank you for your trust and support. Here's to many more years of building a web that works for you, not advertisers.

Read more about our journey to date and what’s to come:
blog.kagi.com/first-three-...
June 3, 2025 at 12:06 AM
When I want some hope for the future, I just check Cleveland’s latest Complete & Green Streets newsletter 🌳 mailchi.mp/clevelandohi...

Props as always to the tireless @philtkidd.bsky.social!
May 31, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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Business owners, Shaker Square is ready for you! We're seeking restaurants, shops, and experiences to join the Square. Be part of a new era for this Cleveland classic: shakersquare.com/shaker-squar...

More info in this story by Crain's Cleveland Business:
Shaker Square launches RFP for new tenants
Shaker Square has released a Request for Proposals in hopes of gaining new tenants.
www.crainscleveland.com
May 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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The W Sports Bar wants to celebrate women's sports in Cleveland. Here's how they're doing it.

#CLEsports #clevelandsports

thelandcle.org/stories/the-...
The W Sports Bar wants to change the game in Cleveland – The Land
The W founders describe the concept as “both hands,” meaning the bar champions women’s sports while recognizing that sports culture is best experienced inclusively
thelandcle.org
May 19, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Tree planting is a year-round effort by many neighborhood nonprofits and their volunteers. It's important to celebrate these investments in a greener future! 🌳 Thank you all!

📸: Slavic Village Development and partners, Jefferson-Puritas West Park CDC and partners
May 16, 2025 at 4:56 PM