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COMMUNITY COMMUNITY ENTERTAINMENT Nan’s notes Cheryl Stephens Movie reviews PAGE 4 PAGE 3 PAGE 18 FREE TO READ! FREE TO WRITE! Submit your story online by March 25th at CollinwoodObserver.com Proud Member of the Observer Media Family of Community-Owned and Written Newspapers & Websites Volume 12 • Issue 3 March 2020 Paving the way for more parking! Cleveland WPC Provides Updates on the East 185 Street & Marcella Road Relief Sewer Project by Lauren Calevich allow the LaSalle to more than double it’s ings to keep residents and business owners On February 17th, demolition started on parking lot capacity. Stay tuned through- informed and to address concerns. Regular the LaSalle Tavern and adjoining house out the next few months for more updates! postings by WPC on Twitter and Facebook and garage. Demo of these buildings will also keep project information before the public. Traffic and access to businesses are two areas of concern for property owners and Earth Day turns 50 in 2020 - Polensek. Closures have been limited to the immediate areas of the construction, which celebrate at the “Big Clean” on in this case had many fenced-in work zones at Marcella Road and East Park and Paw- Saturday, April 25 nee avenues. aged to join in. “We acknowledge construction zones Euclid volunteers are still the undefeated and detours can be disruptive, but our goal champions (although Collinwood was re- from the beginning has been to minimize ally close in 2019!), so gather your family, negative impacts and ensure safety for Work is progressing on theEast 185 Street friends, coworkers, neighbors – EVERY- motorists and pedestrians,” WPC Com- and Marcella Road Relief Sewer Project ONE – to banish litter from our environ- missioner Rachid Zoghaib said of the $15 that will help reduce street and basement ment. million project. He explained that micro- flooding during heavy rains. The project Registration for individuals and orga- tunneling option was selected over the tra- will continue through summer and it is nizations - in both Euclid and Collinwood ditional open cut method to minimize road scheduled to be completed by the end of the - is hosted on the City of Euclid’s website, closures and other disruptions. year. cityofeuclid.com. Simply click the “Big Once the 5,200 feet of 48-inch diameter Micro-tunneling will continue for Clean” icon to be routed to the registration relief sewer is installed, 10 connections several more weeks. Micro-tunneling is page. will be made from the existing sanitary not loud, but causes vibrations felt above The “Big Clean” is made possible sewer system to the new relief sewer to by Allison Lukacsy-Love ground. Traffic on East 185 Street will re- through monetary and material donations accept excess flow. Notices will be posted Register NOW for the fourth annual Euclid main limited to a single northbound lane from partners including the City of Euclid, when the tie-ins begin. Each intersection v. Collinwood “Big Clean” on Saturday, while the southbound lane is closed be- Cleveland Plogs, Keep Euclid Beautiful, between Neff Road and Pawnee Avenue April 25th, 2020 from 9am to 1pm at Villa tween East Park and Pawnee avenues. For Villa Angela-St. Joseph High School, Great- will be closed one after another for about Angela – St. Joseph High School. the next few weeks, the northbound traffic er Collinwood Development Corporation, three to five weeks each. The tie-ins will This year, Earth Day turns the big 5-0 lane will shift slightly while a water main is Ohio EPA, Court Community Service and begin at the East 185 Street and Pawnee and in honor of the occasion, more than being relocated. Jakprints. If you would like to sponsor the Avenue intersection, then move to the East 100 million people are expected to take Since work began on the project last July, “Big Clean”, please visit the City of Euclid’s 185 Street and East Park Drive intersection part in a community clean-up in April Cleveland Water Pollution Control (WPC) website for sponsor levels and perks or con- and proceed south on East 185 Street from 2020. The “Big Clean” is our annual day to has worked closely with the contractors, the tact Linda Beck at the City of Euclid. Mowhawk Avenue. pick up trash as a community (bags, gloves Regional Transit Authority (RTA), utilities For more information on how to get in- Project updates are regularly posted on and pickers provided!) and celebrate our and several city departments to minimize volved in creating a beautiful Euclid, email Facebook at @ClevelandWPC and on Twit- successes with free food and give-a-ways. inconveniences. WPC, its contractor and Linda at [email protected] to join ter at @CleWPC, using #E185SewerProject. The free event grows in popularity every Councilman Michael Polensek also have the KEB mailing list. year and all ages and abilities are encour- participated in several community meet- Page 2 The Collinwood Observer Volume 12 • Issue 3 The Collinwood Observer Volume 12 • Issue 3 Page 3 March 2020 March 2020 COMMUNITY COMMUNITY Councilman Update COMMUNITY MEETINGS Keep Cheryl L. Stephens on County Council: She’s Working For Us by Michael D. tion on TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 2020, St. by Pam Turos to residents in District 10, such as hous- negotiate agreements with local banks that nal justice system, another example of how Polensek Patrick’s Day. Since this day is very special COLLINWOOD HOMEOWNERS MEETING “Energetic. Smart. Hard-working. Loyal.” ing, community & economic development, would require community reinvestment Stephens feels called to advocate on behalf The Collinwood Observer is a citizen-based news in our own community, I urge everyone to 1st Wednesday of the month These are a few words used by Cheryl Ste- safety, education, and protecting workers programs such as loans to families in low- of all County residents. 7:00 PM source published by Collinwood Publishing Inc., a local Wow! Have we vote by ABSENTEE ballot to ensure that phens’ supporters to describe the Cuyahoga rights. moderate income census tracts, counseling Stephens excitedly describes a three-step business dedicated to the development of grass roots St Mary Church been lucky with your vote will be counted. There is still County Council representative who is eager A self-proclaimed “housing nerd,” Ste- for small businesses, and specialized loan collaborative process for how she plans to media and increased connectedness of the citizens, 15519 Holmes Avenue civic groups, non profits, businesses and institutions in this weather. There time to request an absentee ballot. You to continue a second term serving the resi- phens has spent her career focused on the pools for those businesses. The positive ef- financially empower East Cleveland in its and around Cleveland Wards 10 and 11. is still some winter can do so by calling the Cuyahoga County MyCOM MEETING dents of Collinwood, East Cleveland, Glen- issues that underscore many Cleveland fects of such programs will be felt all across search for a healthy, sustainable grocery 1st Thursday of the Month to come with snow Board of Elections at (216) 443-8683 or by ville and the nearby Heights communities. residents’ concerns — as a leader first at Cuyahoga County, according to Stephens. store partnership. You can tell she thrives on THE COLLINWOOD OBSERVER 5:30 PM and ice. As always, going online to https://boe.cuyahogacoun- Salvation Army Temple Corp A former Cleveland Heights mayor and the Cuyahoga Land Bank and currently Stephens’ experience tells her that com- the push and pull of community economic PO BOX 17371 hazardous road ty.us. 17625 Grovewood Avenue city council leader, Stephens sees her role as the President & CEO of the East Akron munities are safer when economic develop- development, and she’s got over twenty EUCLID, OH 44117 conditions on city Very shortly, all Americans will be re- on County Council as a way to serve all of Neighborhood Development Corporation. ment and quality education are prioritized years of direct experience and the negoti- EAST 185th STREET NEIGHBORHOOD Copyright 2014—Collinwood Publishing Inc. streets should be called into (216) 664-2510 ceiving your invitation to participate in the ASSOCIATION Greater Cleveland. Like other first-ring sub- Housing & economic development are her by elected leaders, making her an outspo- ating skills to back it up. We need strong, All rights reserved. Any reproduction is along with all the potholes that are popping 2020 CENSUS. I cannot begin to tell you, 2nd Tuesday of the Month urbs, the city of Cleveland Heights has faced first loves, but Stephens’ priorities are of- ken supporter of the Closing the Achieve- honest and resident-focused leadership to forbidden without written permission. up. Be proactive and drive carefully. how critical this census is. For, not only 6:00 PM many challenges that she helped navigate ten re-shaped through tireless information ment Gap Initiative, which is offered to six advocate for us in Cuyahoga County, and a Lithuanian Hall The contractor working on the East 185th will it shape the congressional districts in with her signature traits of diligence, integ- gathering around the district. communities in the county. She also voices vote for Cheryl Stephens on the March 17 PUBLISHER 877 East 185th Street – next to Post Office John Copic, [email protected] Street Marcella Road Storm sewer project Ohio for the next ten years, it will impact rity, fiscal accountability and collaboration. As vice-chair of County Council’s com- concern about the ongoing human rights Democratic primary ballot is a vote for ex- is now working 24 hour shifts in order to how the Cleveland City Council wards are DEMOCRATIC WARD CLUB During the past year serving on County munity development committee, Stephens violations at the Cuyahoga County jail and actly that.