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Vol. 33, Issue 5 June 2019 Tremont Trek Home Tour Set for Saturday, June 15th! Save Tremont Purchase your tickets today at:eventbrite.com/e/tremont-trek-home-tour-2019-tickets The 2019 Tremont Trek Home Tour is set! In this our 18th Tickets are available for $125/person. To purchase Montessori School year, we once again offer rare peeks into six private Tremont tickets, visit the Tremont Trek Eventbrite site or homes. This year’s event takes place from 5-10:30 p.m. on contact the Trek committee at [email protected]. Tremont Montessori is again at risk of being Saturday June 15th, and as usual, includes a pre-party, the To request tickets by mail, please send your check closed. This has happened multiple times before home tour, food from several Tremont restaurants, and a along with a list of attendee names, any group and we are urging community members, parents selection of beers and wines at each stop. requests, and an email address to Denise Kadilak, and stakeholders to get involved to save our school. Forest City Brewery hosts this year’s pre-party, serving 1020 Auburn Ave., Cleveland, OH 44113. We need your help NOW. Here is what you can do: wine and a variety of their micro-brews. Pre-party food will be provided by the following Tremont restaurants: • Sign a petition! Contact coryriordan@ • Southside • Grumpy’s tremontwest.org for the form. • Rowley Inn • Corner 11 • Visit the CMSD web portal and leave your comments https://www.clevelandmetroschools. The homes for this year’s tour are also set and include org/cms/lib05/OH01915844/Centricity/ three rehabbed homes and three newly constructed homes, domain/5454/ltp19/feedback.html providing a nice sampling of life in Tremont. We also have • Email Eric Gordon at gordon@ a great variety of foods, with each home hosting a different clevelandmetroschools.org and let him know Tremont restaurants. Participants this year include: how you feel • TyFun • Trio • ATTEND the Saturday June 1 2019 Near West • Dante • Fahrenheit Meeting at 1:30 PM at Garrett Morgan High • Fat Cats • Parallax School- 4016 Woodbine Avenue Money raised from this event benefits the Tremont • Email the CMSD Board neighborhood, improving and enhancing the quality of life Kevin Burtzlaff, Board Attorney and Liaison for residents, business owners, and visitors. Each year [email protected] | 216.838.0032 around 225 tickets are sold, raising between $10,000- Karlea Steele, Executive Assistant $20,000 that is funneled into local micro-grants. To date, [email protected] | 216.838.0030 we’ve award close to $150,000 to organizations such as Art Renaissance Tremont, Tremont Arts & Cultural Festival, Here are some talking points for your Near West Recreation, and Tremont Gardeners. correspondence: • Tremont Montessori is centrally located and is a safe neighborhood that attracts students RESILIENCY RUN 7.21.19 • 12-8 pm from throughout Cleveland Saturday, June 22, 2019, 9am Professor Avenue • Tremont is a growing neighborhood with a 55% Benefi tting patients and families who come to MetroHealth increase in the under 5 age group in the past for trauma, burn, stroke and other critical care needs. year The 5K starts and fi nishes at MetroHealth. Runners and • Tremont community members and Friends of Walkers will head north and south on Scranton Road, with a Tremont Montessori have raised over $200,000 small leg both ways using Seymour and Wade Avenues. stage sponsors: for Tremont Montessori and completed a To register for the event, Strategic Plan for the school please visit hermescleveland.com • The Tremont community has partnered with CMSD for over 10 years to create quality educational outcomes at Tremont Montessori Tremont Neighborhood-Wide PAID Permit # 1591 US POSTAGE US POSTAGE Non Profi t Org. Non Profi Cleveland, Ohio Sunday, June 2nd, 10am-4pm To Register Your Sale Contact 216-575-0920, ext 108 or [email protected] www.experiencetremont.com Address Service Requested Have you checked out the new website for Tremont? It’s Tremont’s new resource for residents, businesses and visitors. 2406 Professor Avenue 2406 Professor Cleveland, Ohio 44113 Page 2 Inside Tremont Americorps VISTAs on the Move! Tremont West Annual Meeting Wrap-Up Thank You, Maureen Riley, The Tremont West Annual Membership Meeting on Thursday, May A service of the Welcome Back Ryan Clement and 16th, celebrated the accomplishments in Tremont over the past year. Tremont West Development Corporation Membership heard from Ward 14 Councilwoman, Jasmin Santana and Ward a New Welcome to Maria Sharp! 3 Councilman Kerry McCormack. Ward 12 Councilman Tony Brancatelli Editor: Michelle Davis was also in attendance. The theme of the evening was SAVE TREMONT Maureen Riley has served MONTESSORI! The membership was asked to sign petitions, write letters 2406 Professor Avenue with Tremont West for the and emails and attend public meetings to let CMSD know we want our school to stay in Tremont! Assistant Director, Michelle Davis, shared the Cleveland, Ohio 44113 past year. She has created a job board as an edition to new community website: experiencetremont.com and Chad Biggers encouraged all to participate in Tremont Speaks, a new program promoting 216-575-0920—Phone our weekly e-news, brought two El Barrio Workshops to neighborhood safety through participatory budgeting. 216-575-0998—Fax the neighborhood all while Cory Riordan – Executive Director, Scott Rosenstein – Community www.tremontwest.org going to Cleveland State Involvement Manager, and Khalid Hawthorne – Economic and Housing University to obtain her Development Director, of Tremont West then presented awards: “We serve Tremont by organizing Masters in Urban Planning. Resident of the Year- Dan Leamon an inclusive community, building Best Wishes, Maureen and Gail Long Lifetime Achievement Award- Merrick House a unified neighborhood, and Thank you! promoting a unique destination.” Community Partner of the Year Award- Cleveland Public Library Hello, Tremont! My Sammy Catania Spotlight Award- Matt Berges 2019 BOARD OF DIRECTORS name is Ryan Clement, Business of the Year Award- AFFOgato Cat Café President: Kate Carden and I am excited to Annual Holiday Food Drive Winner- MetroNorth Block Club 1st Vice President- Joe Chura be back at Tremont West Development Tremont West Board Committee members reported to the membership their 2nd Vice President- LerVal Elva Corporation as a VISTA work over the past year and encouraged members to join the committees. Treasurer- Lynn McLaughlin Murray member. Last summer Block club and constituent groups were then given time to make any Secretary- Ann Marie Riley as a Summer VISTA, announcements about their accomplishments or upcoming events. On I had a great time behalf of the staff of Tremont West, we would like to thank outgoing board Directors: working at the Tremont member, Gusty Molnar, for his year of service on the Tremont West Board Joe Adler, Dan Cotter, Farmers’ Market and of Directors. Quorum was reached before the meeting was called to order at 7:02pm, Jaime Declet, Brad Hauber, engaging with the Tremont community. I live in Lakewood and will be graduating with my degree so the membership was able to conduct business and vote on new board Adrienne Linnick, in Accounting next year. When I am not studying members. Kate Carden won the Office of President and the Director positions Seronica Powell, Christopher Roy, or working as an Usher for the Cleveland Indians, were filled by Dan Cotter, Jaime Declet, Lynn Murray, Rich Sosenko and Richard Sosenko, Casey Ward you will probably find me enjoying a walk with my Josh Wright Thank you to all who ran for these positions. and Josh Wright girlfriend, Meghan, and my dog, Eddie. I am looking Ex Officio: forward to spending the next year in Tremont! Congratulations, Julia Smith, Mendo Veloff, South of Jefferson Ward 14 Senior of the Year! Block Club; Carolyn Bentley, Hi Tremont! My name is Maria Sharp and I’m thrilled On Tuesday, May 21st, Julia Smith received Duck Island Block Club to be working with Tremont an award for Senior of the Year. Her nomination West Development came from Ward 14 Councilwoman Jasmin STAFF Corporation as their Santana and the award was given to Ms. Smith Cory Riordan, ext. 101 summer AmeriCorps by Mayor Frank G. Jackson. The three are Executive Director VISTA member! I’m a photographed together. Julia has been an [email protected] native Clevelander, living active volunteer in her community where she on the West Side. I own my lives at Scranton Castle, where she prays at Chad Biggers, 216-375-4840 photography business and Scranton Road Bible Church and is an active Community Safety Organizer podcast for fun. I’m super member of her local Democratic Club. She is a [email protected] excited to learn more about one of the neighborhoods member of Tremont West and we always enjoy Michelle Davis, ext. 103 that contribute to the working with her on Community Projects. Assistant Director culture and community of Congratulations, Julia! This recognition was [email protected] Cleveland! well deserved! Lynn Friedel ext. 105 Office Manager Tuesdays in Tremont [email protected] Arts in August in Tremont’s Donna Grigonis Benefits to support Presented in Partnership: cl eveland Enterprise Community Partner Fellow COUNCIL MEMBER PUBLIC Lincoln Park Kerry McCormack t h e a t r e [email protected] WARD 3 Arts in August! 2019 Schedule of Events: Khalid Hawthorne ext 107 Arts in August is a special time Tremont West partners each year Fri., August 2nd - 7pm - Cleveland Public Theatre’s STEP of year in Tremont. The community Housing and Economic Dev. Dir. gathers in Lincoln Park for artistic per- with Councilman Kerry McCormack, formances using professional lighting [email protected] Sun., August 4th - 7pm - Cleveland Shakespeare Festival and sound to bring magic to Tremont.