hehe eighborhoodeighborhood ressress TT NN WW ii nnPPtt ee rr 22 00 11 11 AA MMeessssaaggee ffrroomm CCoouunncciillmmaann KKeelllleeyy Dear Neighbor, Logging on It's on! is now con- Any wireless device should be able nected. As I write this letter, the con- to quickly find the signal. Simply turn struction phase of Old Brooklyn on your laptop, ipad, or other wireless Connected is complete. The project is enabled device, and you should see the now completing final testing and street signal. It is simply called "Old by street performance analysis. This Brooklyn". The signal is very strong in means that you, and almost all of your most places. There are still a few ran- neighbors, now have free, high-speed dom weak spots. If you are not getting a internet access. Thus, there is no reason strong signal, please let us know. Your for any school-age child, job seeker, or feedback is essential in the success of any resident of ward 13 to not have the project. access to the information, knowledge, and opportunity that comes with this Terms of Use and Community Web Page access. When you log on, you will see the With the completion of this project, Terms of Agreement. After you read and Ward 13 becomes the first community in click "Agree" you will be directed the the Nation to deploy a municipal wireless system of this strength to over Old Brooklyn Connected web site. This page is our neighborhood web 10,000 households and hundreds of small businesses. We can use our site. It will have updates on neighborhood issues as well as local news, community's new unique benefit to attract new families and small busi- events, and neighborhood events. OldBrooklyn.com is intended to be nesses to our neighborhood. our community path where you will find access to some of the great But this project is only as great as we make it. This project can either things that are happening in our community. So please, let’s join in this transform the neighborhood or it can end up simply being equipment. great opportunity to move our community forward. We need you to make it work. We need you to try, use it, and improve it. If you are not getting a signal or are getting a slow signal, please let Sincerely, us know. Your feedback can be extremely valuable in improving the project. My goals remain the same: to ensure that every resident has high speed internet access; and to make Ward 13 the most connected commu- nity in the Nation.

Tom Wenderoth: College Now Ward 13’s Outstanding Greater Senior for 2011

By 2018, nearly 60% of jobs in Ohio will require some postsecondary education. Currently, only about 30% of residents in Cuyahoga County have a postsecondary degree. We have to make sure more of our students enroll in - and finish - college in order to ensure a successful future.

College Now Greater Cleveland provides college access and success advising, finan- cial aid counseling and scholarship services to students and adults in more than 65 Greater Cleveland schools, including ALL Cleveland Metropolitan School District high schools, and in its downtown Resource Center. Our advisors provide guidance and resources to high school students and adult learners to prepare for educational opportunities after high school, including 2-year, 4-year, and certificate programs. Mr. Wenderoth is a lifelong resident of the They work one-on-one and in groups to help students complete the FAFSA (Free city of Cleveland and has lived in Ward 13 for Application for Federal Student Aid) and secure financial aid to pay for postsecondary 32 years. Tom cares about the older adults in his education. Additionally, College now awards renewable, need-based, last-dollar neighborhood. For the past three years he has scholarships to students across Greater Cleveland. served on the Deaconess-Krafft Advisory Council. He has been a volunteer in the senior center there for eight years and can often be College Now serves nearly 20,000 students and adult learners each school year. found packing and delivering meals to home- College Now students have a 91% first-year to second-year retention rate and are bound seniors in the Meals on Wheels program. nearly twice as likely to graduate from college as other low-income students. Tom is a parishioner and Eucharistic  College Now awards about $2.7 million in scholarships to nearly 2,000 students Minister at St. Thomas Moore Church. He and adult learners each year. retired from the Cleveland Health Department after 28 years of service. Tom’s hobbies include For more information about College Now, visit www.collegenowgc.org, call working on his model train set, complete with (216)241-5587, visit Davona Mason at James Ford Rhodes High School, or stop in to Christmas villages and nativity scenes, walking the College Now Resource Center, located at 200 Public Square. and volunteering. Tom has two grown children. Congratulations Mr. Wenderoth! www.oldbrooklynconnected.com After a year of installation and testing, Old Brooklyn Brooklyn. For class informa- Connected, a free community development project designed to tion call Ania Siuda at bridge the digital divide in Ward 13, is complete. The network 216.459.1000. creates a community portal for residents of Old Brooklyn provid- The project, which began ing free, fast, and secure high-speed wireless Internet access for in the spring of 2010 after every home, business and institution. It is an outdoor Wi-Fi net- years of research and plan- work that delivers wireless coverage outside throughout the ward. ning, is partnership between Any Wi-Fi device can connect to the network within the coverage The City of Cleveland, area and enjoy broadband internet access. Councilman Kevin J. Kelley, All that is required is a wirelessly enabled computer. Those Old Brooklyn CDC, Cleveland with older computers will need to purchase a Wi-Fi card or anten- Public Library, Cleveland nae. Others who reside or work in buildings with walls that block Housing Network, Cleveland the signal may need to invest in a router to carry the service into Metropolitan School District their home or business. Another challenge is teaching residents and MetroHealth Hospital. how to access and use the service to their advantage. Councilman Funding for the project comes Kelley is committed to working with residents to educate them on from Cleveland City how to use the Internet and provide guidance on equipment and Councilman Kevin J. Kelley's discretionary funds (UDAG, NEF); devices to get them online. the City of Cleveland; Old Brooklyn Community Development For more information call the Old Brooklyn CDC at 216-459- Corporation is providing community outreach and technical sup- 1000 x204. For any wifi connection related issues, please call port; and training is conducted through Cleveland Housing Christopher Lohr at 459-1000. Internet and computer classes are Network's Connect your Community program with help from Old offered by Connect Your Community at locations within Old Brooklyn Community Development Corporation. OOlldd BBrrooookkllyynn CCoonnnneecctteedd ByBy TheThe NNumberumbers:s: General Stats: Education Outreach by Connect Your Community:  4.5 square miles of & more  Nine free courses (25 hours each) at locations in Old than 300 businesses. Brooklyn.  Cost of $ 1.3 million dollars for  118 students graduated. a five-year period. An average  76 report they use the Old Brooklyn Wi-Fi as their primary cost of $1.91 per household & connection. business per month over the five  80 received a free computer and 38 purchased an upgrad- year span. ed, refurbished computer.  Serves more than 700 unique  Three additional courses are running this fall with 22 stu- devices each day with more than dents set to graduate by Thanksgiving. 200 gigabytes of daily internet traffic. Usage is growing at about 20 percent per month. Old Brooklyn Connected Web Stats:  220 access points installed and 250 wireless radios intercon-  More than 35,000 visits. necting the access points and providing backhaul to seven  8,506 unique visitors. fiber locations in Old Brooklyn.  Average of 1,000 visitors a day.  Average upload speed of 2 Mbps & download speed of 5 Mbps. ConnectConnect YYourour CommunityCommunity Ward 13 Scenes: During the last week of September, OneCommunity and Cleveland Housing Network con- ducted a phone survey of greater Cleveland Connect Your Community participants who had finished train- ing and were confirmed as "sustainable broadband adopters" by CHN prior to June 30. Of the total sample of 1,810 CYC participants, completed surveys were obtained for approximately 35% (624 participants). 1. 91.3% of the survey respondents are now regularly accessing the internet. 2. 98.7% of the survey respondents say they would recommend the Connect Your Community program to others. 3. 42.6% of the respondents said their interest in CYC was related to job opportuni- ties. Of these, 67.1% believe that the skills they learned through the Connect Your Councilman Kevin Kelley and Cleveland Community program will enable them to get a job or a better job. Police 2nd District Commander Keith Sulzer at Cleveland’s Crime Night Out 2 IItt’’ss WWiinntteerrttiimmee

On August 14, the Old Brooklyn Community Development Corporation and the Zoo hosted the Second Annual Bridging the Distance 1 Mile Walk and 5K run: a Celebration of Bridging two neighborhoods. The event was a great success. The race course took runners and walkers through the and finished with a run over the Fulton Road Bridge. The run allowed runners and walkers to view the beauty of the wildlife in the middle of Old Brooklyn. The event also featured food and music after the race and free admission to the Zoo for all participant. It was a great day in Old Brooklyn. Old Brooklyn Community Development Corporation would like to thank the following spon- @@ thethe CleClevvelandeland sors for helping to make the 2nd Annual "Bridging the Distance 5K/1Mi Run/Walk" a success: Silver Streak: Trailblazers: MetrMetroparopark’k’ss Zoo!Zoo! Key Bank M&M Wintergreens, Inc. Schilling Enamels Co. Winter may be fast approaching, but Bringing Home the Bronze: Riverside Cemetery Assn. November and December are great months to Dollar Bank Gabe's Family Restaurant visit Cleveland Metroparks Zoo. There are tons Third Federal Bank Honey Hut Ice Cream of special events and the Zoo's 183-acres are Constellation Schools Cleveland Action to Support Housing beautiful, whether it's under a canopy of fall foliage, or a fresh blanket of snow. And as the seasons change, so does the Zoo's admission Congratulations to the Race Winners! The following are first place winners. We are proud of rate. Beginning Tuesday, November 1, and con- everyone who won and who participated. You are all winners by being a participant! tinuing through Saturday, March 31, Zoo admis- sion falls to $8 for adults and $5 for children #1 Female: Ashley Rulison, age 10 #1 Female 20-29: Katie White ages 2 to 11. As always, the Zoo is free for chil- #1 Male:Greg Dykes, age 36 #1 Male 20-29: Andrew Bednar dren younger than 2 and Zoo Society members. #1 Female 10 & Under: Grace Piper #1 Female 30-39: Kristi Nowakowski Many of the Zoo's animals, especially those #1 Male 10 & Under: Parker Ward #1 Male 30-39: Eric Malone in Northern Trek that are accustomed to colder #1 Female 11-12: Amber Rulison #1 Female 40-49: Anna Page temps, become more active when the mercury #1 Male 11-12: Brandon Schumacker #1 Male 40-49: Dave Gudat starts to dip. The tigers, bears, wolves and rein- #1 Female 13-14: Robyn Hageman #1 Female 50-59: Carol Stadden deer will romp in their exhibits, even in the #1 Male 13-14: Andrew Bitter #1 Male 50-59: Joel Domino snow. #1 Female 15-19: Sarah Domino #1 Male 70+: Bill Catanese A complimentary heated shuttle makes get- #1 Male 15-19: Thomas Rovito ting between the Zoo's indoor exhibits easy. There are gorillas and sharks in the Primate, Cat & Aquatics Building, koalas in GumLeaf Hideout, tropical plants in the Public Greenhouse, orangutans and otters in The RainForest and a full view behind the scenes at the Steffee Center for Zoological Medicine. CCoonnggrraattuullaattiioonnss!! November also brings a great opportunity to help support the Zoo's conservation efforts. On Did you know that three schools in Ward 13 have again received strong ratings from America Recycles Day, Sunday, November 13, the Ohio Department of Education? The ratings are for the 2010-2011 school year. visitors can receive one free admission with the Old Brooklyn Community Middle School, 4430 State Road, moves up the purchase of a regular admission and a donation scale from a rating of excellent for the 2009-2010 school year of recyclables. Eligible recyclables include alu- to a rating of Excellent with Distinction. Old Brooklyn minum cans, newspapers, catalogs, junk mail, books, electronic media, inkjet and toner car- Community Elementary School, 4430 State Road, maintains tridges and cell phones and accessories. its Excellent rating. William Cullen Bryant Elementary Document shredding will be available until 2 School, 3121 Oak Park Avenue also maintains its Excellent p.m. with a limit of five bags/boxes. Drop-off rating. stations will be located in the Zoo's Hippo park- ing lot. Congratulations to the principals, teachers, staff, Thanksgiving is another excellent opportu- students and families of these schools for their hard work and nity to visit the Zoo, especially for our neighbors commitment to education. in Ward 13 who are so close already. As our way of saying thanks for their support year-round, all visitors receive FREE admission to the Zoo, including The RainForest, from 10 a.m. to 5 SaSavvee OurOur PPostost OfOfffice!ice! p.m. on Thanksgiving Day. What better way to make some new family memories than walking The Pearlbrook Post Office was built in 1935 off that extra piece of pumpkin pie, or working and houses the 1938 New Deal mural by up a pre-dinner appetite at the Zoo? Richard Zoellner entitled Ore Docks and Steel The holiday season continues with Mills. Now, our community post office on Pearl December Days. Special activities including Road near Broadview is on the list for potential discounted admission, live entertainment and more are scheduled from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily, closing. The Old Brooklyn Community December 19-24 and 26-30. Santa Claus visits Development Corporation is putting together a the Zoo from December 20-24. Children can campaign to save the post office from closing. meet Santa and get their picture taken with him The first step of the campaign includes writing in the Wolf Lodge. The Zoo is closed on letters to public officials. Samples of letters and Christmas Day. more information about the "Save Our Post For more information, follow us on face- Office" Campaign can be found at book or Twitter, visit clemetzoo.com or call www.oldbrooklyn.com/PearlbrookPO/index.html (216) 661-6500. 3 PRESORT STD. U.S. POSTAGE PAID CLEVELAND, OH PERMIT NO. 2893 Winter Shoes should have soles with Wear warm clothing and prop- Wear Weather Tips Weather  er footwear when outdoors.  traction. Understand your prescription drugs. Don’t let your pipes freeze. Check Don’t Keep walkways free of ice and snow. Get a flu shot. Flu shots need to be Check on your fragile neighbors and Choose portable heaters carefully and Replace rubber tips on canes, walkers  repeated every year.  If you are not used to strenuous exercise or have heart problems, check with your doctor before shoveling snow.  and crutches.  pipes to make sure they are insulated.  Be aware that some medicines make peo- Ask your ple more susceptible to cold. doctor if you should be taking extra pre- cautions.  keep at least 3 feet from furniture and draperies to decrease risk of fire.  to assist them with gro- relatives. Offer ceries and other basic needs that require outside trips. As cooler and harsher weather approaches it is important to pay special attention to stay- Following these ing healthy. tips can help you stay safe during this winter season: For medical or safety emergencies, call 9-1-1. For City of Cleveland services after hours, call 664-2000 and for more infor- contact 664-3609. mation on winter safety,

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Councilman Kevin Kelley Tel: 351-7077 - Ward Office Fax: 351-7006 4501 State Road, Cleveland, 44109 664-2943 - City Hall Office [email protected]

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Check inside of The Neighborhood providing a one-time payment directly to the utility qualify, To provider for the winter heating season you must meet income guidelines. Contact the Council for Economic Opportunities in Greater Cleveland at 696-9077 or CECD at 229-2323. Calls Cleveland Care This program is an automated telephone reassurance well system that will call to check on a person’s being. Call 664-6316 for more information. CHORE Cleveland seniors can receive help maintaining their homes or apartments with the CHORE Program. this program, seniors can have a CHORE With worker come to their home and perform chores such This program as simple home repairs and cleaning. is open to Cleveland residents age 60 or older who have low to moderate incomes. the Contact Department of Community Development at 664- 2045. Benefits Checkup The Benefits Checkup program is a computerized screening program that provides older adults with an and confidential method of deter- effective efficient, mining eligibility for federal, state and local com- munity assistance programs. Contact 664-3418. ss Press for some great Ward 13 ss ee

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