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Old Brooklyn News Serving our community since 1978 Summer 2017 Farmers Market returns 14 Coffee... with a Twist 6 Vineyard on the Verge 22 REGAL REALTY, INC. Your Neighborhood Specialist for BROOKLYN/OLD BROOKLYN ROGER PETERS, OWNER/BROKER Thinking of Buying or Selling? Call us 216-789-0262 4830 Memphis Ave. (corner of W. 49th St. & Memphis Ave.) Serving Brooklyn/Old Brooklyn For over 40 YEARS!! 216-661-2626 WE DELIVER Cleveland / Brooklyn Family Owned and Operated SUBS, SALADS, WINGS, CALZONES, STROMBOLI, PASTA An Old Style Pizza Shop Family Owned & Operated by Rodger Peters John Peters the Bellisario family for over Brooklyn Homeowner Old Brooklyn Homeowner 40 Years in Old Brooklyn For Results - Call Today bellamemphispizza.com (216) 789-0262 Check Us Out On Facebook! Bella Pizza Old Brooklyn www.regalrealtyinc.net “A Great Place to Grow” 2 We are the accessible, family-friendly Cleveland neighborhood where business and people come to grow. To accomplish that vision, we provide: Community and Special Events Block Club Organizing Safety and Crime Watch Small Business Assistance Real Estate Redevelopment Community Gardening Housing Rehabilitation Old Brooklyn Community Development Corporation (OBCDC) is working hard to help our Neighborhood Marketing neighborhood grow. Community Education Planning Th is includes renovated homes that have sold throughout Old Brooklyn, housing work- Code Enforcement shops to help buyers fi nd a new house here and repairs made for needy seniors in our community. Old Brooklyn Advocacy It also includes working through the Ben Franklin Community Garden to ensure that disadvantaged neighbors have access to healthy and fresh food. Board of Directors OBCDC has aff ected life in our schools with our Adopt-A-School program initiated with Book Chrobak, President offi cers from the Cleveland Police Department, as well as our support of health initiatives ranging Book Chrobak, Vice President from a bicycle rental facility to running clubs that led to over 100 Old Brooklyn youth participating Fr. Doug Brown, Corporate Secretary in the Cleveland Marathon. Tiff any Sedlacek, Treasurer Our impact has been visible lately on our main streets. Th is summer, we’ll begin maintaining Christina Kovach the landscaping and trees along the reconstructed Pearl Road, where new businesses continue to Mike Caparanis grow with assistance from OBCDC. Reggie Clark John Jenkins Lastly, our work brings vibrancy to our community through marketing and events – impact David Martin that was recently recognized as the top eff ort in Cleveland with the 2017 Neighborhood Marketing Sean McGrane Award from Cleveland Neighborhood Progress. Richey Piiparinen We invite you to join us at our smorgasbord of events this summer. Starting June 13th and Laura Ponikvar running through August 15, OBCDC will host the Old Brooklyn Farmers’ Market at Loew Park Kristen Wilson along with food trucks, family friendly arts and cultural programming, entertainment, and an out- door movie on the largest screen in Northeast Ohio. Staff Visit a completely closed down Pearl Road for our neighborhood street festival on Sunday, Jeff rey T. Verespej July 23rd featuring live music on a main stage, games for the young and the young-at-heart, food Executive Director vendors, beverages and a family-friendly movie at the corner of Pearl and Broadview to cap it all off . Julie Brown With them, and with you, OBCDC strives to connect, unite and empower our community so Marketing & Promotions Coordinator that it can grow. Th is can only happen with your support of our programs, your support through membership, and your support of Old Brooklyn. And for that, we thank you. Jayme Lucas-Bukszar Residential Real Estate Project Manager Until September, Ramses Clements Community Outreach Coordinator Jennifer King Community Health Fellow Rosemary Mudry Director, Economic Development Jeff rey T. Verespej Bohdan Chrobak Jason A. Powers Executive Director President, Board of Directors Director, Development & Communications Barb Spaan Outreach Manager Old Brooklyn Community Development Corporation Board Meetings, are every fourth Tues. of the month, 6 - 7:30 pm. at MetroHealth Old Brooklyn Health Center, 4299 Pearl Rd. Sandy Worona Outreach Coordinator and Old Brooklyn News Meetings open to the public but the board reserves the right to close portions of the meetings. Ed Zubek Wi-Fi Support To confi rm call 216-459-1000. Old Brooklyn.com 3 INSIDE the OLD BROOKLYN NEWS 5 Zubizaretta house opens 6 Coff ee & cycle shop to open soon on Pearl 9 Local Guatamalen resturant moves to Broadview 13 Best of #whatsyouroldbrooklyn 14 Summer Smorgasbord 16 New life to Memphis Diner 18 National Parks turns 100 (part 2) 20 Local Food Support Resources Th is month’s OBN writers 22 Winery & Vineyard coming soon Julie Brown, Tricia L Chaves, 24 Church & News Events Gloria Ferris, Lynette Filips, 25 Classifi eds Mark Holan, Gabriel A Johnson 26 Community Meetings 27 Town Crier Editing by Old Brooklyn CDC CONTENTS Interested in advertising in our new, Old Brooklyn is seeking writers for the new full color and large Quarterly edition. distribution magazine? For more information visit: Contact Sandy Worona OldBrooklyn.com/opportunities and fi ll out at 216-459-1000 an application or reach [email protected] Jason Powers at [email protected] Retractions: Th e edition published in December 2016 provided an incorrect link to a facebook page in the article about Sabor Miami Café and Gallery. Café Miami, located at 4517 State Rd., can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/Cafe-Miami-114021831962196 Sabor Miami Café and Gallery, located at 4848 Broadview Rd., can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/SaborMiamiCafe/ * Th e edition published in March 2017 incorrectly stated that the Cook and Wygonski families acquired the business in 1949. At that time, only the Wygonski family was involved in the ownership. OBCDC is a non-profi t 501(c)(3) that serves the Old Brooklyn community. “A Great Place to Grow” 4 Zubizaretta House for spinal cord injury patients opens on Broadview By Mark Holan “Welcome to the Zubizaret- design and paid for the construction. has always been a huge challenge,” Kilgo- ta House!” Kevin Kilgore says, as he re says. “Not only will they fi nd a beau- opened the door to the new home for “I don’t fi nd it very inspiring to tiful place to stay, but they’ll fi nd that patients with spinal cord injuries. It was donate to just an empty fund without it is set up perfectly with their needs in mid-May, and all that was missing from any direct connection to what’s being mind.” the completion of the home was the fur- done,” Zubizarreta says. “Th is presented niture, which was scheduled to arrive in a unique opportunity; I saw the need and Patients and their caretakers will stay a few days. decided to fund it.” at the Zubizarreta House at no cost. Th e fi rst patients are expected in June. Kilgore, a biomedical engineer and Th e 7,000-square-foot, one-story researcher at MetroHealth, recognized a house is next to the MetroHealth Old “It’s the only spinal cord treatment need for suitable living space for people Brooklyn Health Center, the site of on- center of its kind in the country [so] taking part in functional electrical stim- going research on the use of FES to give we have people who come here from all ulation (FES) research. disabled people increased independence over,” Kilgore says. “Th e process involves and improved quality of life. Each of the surgery, the placement of a type of pace- Built and de- maker, and then signed by Miguel a lot of re-train- Zubizarreta, the ful- ing afterwards – ly-accessible facility they’re basically looks like a retreat re-learning how to nestled out in the use their hands.” country, except it’s at 3113 Broadview Th e guests, Road just south of as Kilgore calls Pearl. Zubizarreta, them, can stay for a graduate of Case up to six months. Western Reserve Kilgore’s ad- University and re- miration and tired chief technolo- appreciation for gy offi cer of Hyland Zubizarreta’s lar- Software, paid for gess extends be- the land and the yond his magnan- construction of the imous monetary facility. contribution. Zubizeretta House on Broadview Road house’s fi ve suites has separate bedrooms “He learned to design this house In 2015, Kilgore submitted the so it would be fully-accessible and was idea, originally named “MetroHouse,” for a guest and his or her caregiver. Mo- torized lifts and roll-in showers are part involved in every detail throughout the for MetroHealth’s fi rst “Th ink Tank” course of construction,” Kilgore says of competition. It was one of three projects of the design, and the house also has two “innkeeper” apartments. Zubizarreta’s active involvement in the chosen to receive $100,000 for further project. “His wife, Denise, did the inte- development. Zubizarreta, one of the Th e house is designed so patients rior decorating and picked out the paint judges for Th ink Tank’s fi nal round, can practice what they learn in the treat- colors for all the rooms. Th ey picked out pledged an additional $500,000 for the ment they get during the day, including the fi xtures, fl ooring – everything.” project. cooking on countertops at three diff erent heights modifi ed for wheelchair use. The Sharing the experience with his Zubizarreta’s role in the project wife by having her decorate the facility did not end after making the donation. interaction and daily activities patients will experience is a critical component of is something Zubizarreta says he always When the Wischmeier Buesch Funeral intended to do. Home came up for sale, he bought the the treatment they will undergo.