Councilman Matt Zone | Spring 2020 In the Zone SERVING THE CUDELL, DETROIT SHOREWAY, EDGEWATER & CITY NEIGHBORHOODS A Message from Efforts Are Needed to Protect Councilman Zone and Grow Trees in he neighborhood where I grew By Sandra Albro, up, where I still live today, Cleveland Tree Coalition Tand where I have the high honor of serving as your city council Last year, the Cuyahoga representative, has seen major changes County Planning over the years. Commission undertook a Settled by German and Irish new study of its urban forest, immigrants in the early 1800s, the Detroit- measuring the area of county Shoreway neighborhood and its environs land that is shaded by trees, grew into a working-class enclave as known as tree canopy cover. immigrants and their sons and daughters The study found that found work in the mills and foundries of tree canopy cover is on the an industrialized Cleveland. decline -- the entire county Cleveland’s strategic location as a port lost about 6 percent of its city and a waypoint to western cities, tree cover during the six-year ignited a manufacturing boom fueled study period 2011–2017. The by the fires of iron and steel. Our early City of Cleveland lost about industrial city was a leader in production 5 percent of its tree canopy as we manufactured everything from during that time. Losing tree canopy means losing sewing machines to automobiles. Today, the neighborhoods of Cudell health and environmental benefits. and Detroit Shoreway have less tree canopy cover than the entire city, that has been ongoing in Ward 15 for many which is 19 percent. years. Early last year, Councilman Matt Zone Losing tree canopy means losing health sponsored legislation to protect trees from and environmental benefits. loss due to development and utility work. While the Edgewater neighborhood – at That protection is important, however, 25 percent cover – has more trees than the there are other threats to our tree cover, city average, it saw some of the biggest tree such as old age, disease, and tree cutting losses in the city, losing 14 percent of its for aesthetic reasons. Residents can help trees over the six-year study period. Detroit reverse trends of tree loss and help Cleveland Shoreway similarly lost 14 percent of its achieve 30 percent tree canopy by 2040 – trees, while Cudell lost about 6 percent. a goal recommended by the Cleveland "While we can’t return to our past, To counteract losses of urban forest, Tree Coalition – by planting, protecting, we can think creatively, particularly in areas that already have fewer and caring for trees near our homes and trees, Cuyahoga County Executive Armond businesses. bring folks together, and Budish has created a program to spend In turn, these trees will clean our air, $5 million to preserve and plant trees over filter our water, save us money in heating build a vibrant future." the next 5 years. and cooling, and make our business When my grandparents immigrated Detroit Shoreway Community districts more comfortable and attractive from Italy in the early 20th century, Development Organization and Cudell for customers. We hope you’ll join in efforts Cleveland had become the sixth- Improvement, Inc. were joint recipients of to grow healthy trees to support healthy largest city in the United States and was one of the first round of grants, receiving neighborhoods for all. seeing the construction of a downtown $50,000 to create a tree plan for the Cudell For details, contact the Mayor’s Office that would briefly become the and Detroit Shoreway neighborhoods of Sustainability at 216-664-2455 or second-tallest building in the world – the where there are the fewest trees. email Sustainable Cleveland Center at Terminal Tower. This grant builds upon tree stewardship [email protected] In 1950, the city had reached its peak population of more than 915,000. But by 1969, the year that the polluted caught fire, the city was on its way to de-industrialization. Over the next 40 years, we would lose 70 percent of our auto industry jobs, 82 percent of our foundry jobs, and 96 percent of our coal industry jobs. Our population would shrink by 42 percent. CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 Councilman Zone Hosts Ribbon-Cutting for Renamed Park

Councilman Matt Zone hosted a ribbon-cutting in October, marking the name change of Lawn- Madison Park at West 75th St. and Madison Avenue to Miriam Ortiz-Rush Park. The late Ortiz-Rush grew up in the Detroit Shoreway neighborhood, represented by Councilman Zone, and actively served the community all her adult life. She was a long-time trustee of the Detroit Shoreway Community Development Organization and was involved in many civic and non-profit groups.

Celebrate Arbor Day PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY at Zone Rec I’M A ELECTION DAY IS Tree Planting & Free Tree Distribution PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY MOM, MARCH 17, 2020 Saturday, April 25 • 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm ST. PATRICK'S DAY Partners and community volunteers will plant trees at ELECTION DAY IS Zone Rec (6301 Lorain Ave.) and support tree planting AND I CAN and beautification efforts in the neighborhood. MARCH 17, 2020 We are also partnering with the Arbor Day Foundation RegSiTs.t PeAr TtRoI CvKo'St eD AbYy Feb. 18 to offer FREE TREES to residents in Cleveland through the Cleveland Community Canopy program. BE A CENSUS TAKER Ward 15 residents can receive a tree to plant in their CRheogoissete hr otow v yooteu b wy iFlel bv.o 1t8e: yard at no cost! Trees will be distributed at Zone Rec I’M Aon Saturday, April 25th. APPLY ONLINE! Choose how you will vote: For more information or to reserve your tree, call the 2020census.gov/jobs MOM,Ward 15 Council office at 216-664-4235. 2020 Census jobs provide: Early In-Person Vote-by-Mail Election Day AND I CAN Great pay

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The years of decline were heartbreaking, though we weren’t suffering alone as cities and towns across the nation were struggling with economic changes in various industries – steel making, coal mining, tobacco growing. Many of America’s “legacy cities” bear scars of disappearing factories, vacant buildings and crumbling infrastructure. In Cleveland, the infrastructure and housing that once supported nearly one million residents went from being sources of pride to symbols of blight as decay slowly dissolved them away. Cleveland International Film Festival Many fled our city. Though many stayed. Announces Second Year of CIFF West Cleveland is our home, and we are not giving up on the dreams our Save the dates! The Cleveland public on Friday, March 13. Use discount ancestors carried here long ago. International Film Festival (CIFF) is once again code DSCDO for $1 off per ticket. For more We may never be the industrial expanding its programming with additional information, please visit clevelandfilm.org. powerhouse we once were, but that screening locations in the Gordon Square Arts doesn’t matter. We are seeing our District for CIFF West! citizens and our workforces adjusting CAPITOL NEAR WEST to economic changes – high-tech; bio- CIFF West begins the first weekend of VENUE 1THEATRE 2THEATRE medical; service industries and more. CIFF44 on the evening of Friday, March 27, LOCATIONS 1390 W 65th St. 6702 Detroit Ave. We are resilient and we are learning followed by two full days of programming to reinvent ourselves in ways that build Saturday, March 28 and Sunday, March on our industrial heritage; in ways that 29. Screenings will take place at Near West build on our working-class pride. We are Theatre and the Capitol Theatre, both in the creating a future that is strong, diverse heart of Gordon Square. Attendees will enjoy and vibrant. acclaimed films and the great shops and In the Detroit-Shoreway restaurants in the neighborhood. neighborhood, an abandoned shopping Tickets will go on sale to CIFF Members arcade from the 1920s on the verge of on Friday, March 6 and to the general demolition was saved by the people and transformed into the centerpiece of the new Gordon Square Arts District. The project has attracted hundreds of new local businesses and has contributed millions of dollars to our local economy. It’s wonderful to see rejuvenated life in our unique cultural assets. An old vaudeville theater that sat unused for three decades reopened in 2009, quickly becoming an economic driver for the area. Its marquee is now lighted and alive, lettered with the names of classic movies and Hollywood blockbusters. It also partners with the Cleveland Museum of Natural History to show science films to families. The Gordon Square renaissance is not happening in a vacuum. It is spreading to other neighborhoods – Cudell and Ohio City. And the Madison and Lorain Avenues merchant districts are seeing promising growth and development as new families are settling in. If my family had joined the population exodus decades ago, I would have not SAVE THE DATE: only left my home and history, I would have missed the exciting renaissance SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 2020 // 12 PM - 7PM we’re experiencing today. I love our city, and I love seeing our neighborhoods The inaugural Edgewater Street Fest was a huge success, reinvent themselves and thrive once again. with 14,000 attendees enjoying art, music and play on For America to prosper, we can’t write off our legacy cities. While we can’t return Clifton Boulevard! Be a part of the excitement by getting to our past, we can think creatively, bring involved in the 2020 Edgewater Street Fest! folks together, and build a vibrant future. Pride in our past; faith in our future.

For more information including applications and guidelines Warm regards, for vendors, artists and performers, please visit: www.cudell.com/edgewater-street-fest PRESORT STD. U.S. POSTAGE The Lindsey Family Place Space at Edgewater Park PAID CLEVELAND, OH PERMIT NO. 2893

FREE tax preparation services are available for low- and moderate- income residents. Taxpayers can schedule a free appointment In the Zone by calling 211. Your return will be screened for eligibility for the earned Work has begun in Edgewater income tax credit and the child tax Park on a new playground and credit. For details and to find a tax family gathering space. Cleveland site near you, visit refundohio.org. Metroparks crews are currently Tax sites in or near Ward 15: building and shaping a large • Gordon Square Arcade earthen mound as a play area 6516 Detroit Ave complete with trails, climbing • CEOGC-May Dugan towers and ADA access. The play 4115 Bridge Ave space is scheduled to open this summer. The project is funded WARD 15 COUNCILMAN TH 18 ANNUAL MINORITY through donations by entrepreneur Matt Zone MEN'S Brett Lindsey, U.S. Bank and other HEALTH donors. FAIR @ The Cleveland Department of Aging Presents Lutheran Hospital City Hall: The 31st Annual 601 Lakeside Avenue DATE: Room 220 Thur., April 23rd FREE SCREENINGS and health information Cleveland, OH 44114 for all members of the public: Senior Day TIME: Blood Pressure, Blood Sugar, Cholesterol Phone: 216-664-4235 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm Eye Screenings • Hearing Screenings • Hernia Screenings Wednesday, May 27, 2020 Fax: 216-664-3837 Digital Rectal Exam (DRE) – Prostate • HIV Screenings Cleveland Public Hall, 500 Lakeside Avenue LOCATION: Financial Health • Alzheimer’s Screenings Cleveland Clinic 10:00 am – Information Fair Email: [email protected] Gambling & Chemical Dependency Assessments Lutheran Hospital AND MUCH MORE! 11:00 am – Program Visit www.ClevelandCityCouncil.org/ward-15 1730 W. 25th Street For more information and to register: 12:00 pm – Lunch Cleveland, OH 44113 www.clevelandclinic.org/mmhf Councilman Matt Zone and Mayor Frank G. Jackson with Ms. Dolores Watson, Ward 15's Outstanding Senior for 2019. 12:30 pm – Entertainment ALL seniors invited to attend this FREE event! SERVING THE CUDELL, DETROIT SHOREWAY, EDGEWATER & OHIO CITY NEIGHBORHOODS For more details call 216-664-2833 www.cleveland-oh.gov/aging