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Heights Leaders React to Huron Hospital Closing 9 Art Show at CH Senior Center Lewis Pollis FREE Volume 4 Number 7 TAKVOTEE ONEJuly 1, 2011 HEIGHTS OBSERVER for the READ LOCAL. SHOP LOCAL. Best of the Published by Heights Serving Cleveland Heights and University Heights • Latest news updates at www.heightsobserver.org pg. 24 INSIDE Heights leaders react to Huron Hospital closing 9 Art show at CH senior center Lewis Pollis Local government officials expressed concern after the Cleveland Clinic an- nounced this month that Huron Hos- pital, in East Cleveland, would close its doors on or before Sept. 4. The hospital Gearity will be replaced with a community N LOA learning garden health clinic, to open Oct. 3. S ETTE N Cuyahoga County Councilman JEA Julian Rogers, whose district includes Huron Hospital on Terrace Road in East Cleveland. Cleveland Heights and East Cleveland, 14 is worried about what the closure will isting financial problems and slow things from hospital employees and visitors. mean for his constituents. “What do down for patients from the West Side “Those people go to lunch every day,” we do with the patients who are going who rely on Metro, Rogers said. Rogers said. One estimate suggested to Huron?” he asked. The way the Cleveland Clinic went that East Cleveland would lose $3 mil- 18 According to Rogers, it takes only about its decision to close Huron “shows lion in income tax revenue. Luna Bakery about 3 to 7 minutes to get to Huron a lack of respect for the community,” Cleveland Heights Mayor Edward and Cafe opens Hospital from most parts of Cleveland Rogers said. Hospital administrators Kelley is also upset about the decision to Heights, compared to 20 minutes with had been talking to local officials about close Huron. “I’m not happy about it,” no traffic delays to reach MetroHealth closing the Huron trauma center for he said. “We stand with Cleveland and and upwards of 25 minutes to reach months, but “at no time during those East Cleveland with their frustration.” Hillcrest Hospital. “When you’re talk- negotiations did they mention that The extra time it will take for ing about trauma, minutes mean lives” there was a possibility of closing the Cleveland Heights residents to get to Rogers said. entire hospital,” he said. “The Cleveland MetroHealth or Hillcrest is “absolutely” 21 Rogers noted that 27,000 patients— Clinic did a horrible job of communicat- significant, Kelley said, “I haven’t seen Paramount the number “no one’s talking about”— ing their intentions to the public.” anybody say that’s not true.” Pictures shoots were seen in Huron’s emergency room In addition, Rogers is concerned The additional 10 to 15 minutes film in CH last year. MetroHealth will have to bear about losing Huron’s 850 jobs. Beyond can mean “the difference between life the burden of those additional patients, the increase in unemployment, the com- and death” for trauma victims, Kelley which will exacerbate that facility’s ex- munity will lose the commercial traffic continued on page 5 Coventry disturbance The Heights celebrates its independents ends in 16 arrests Megan Johnson to celebrate our great local independent businesses, which exemplify the unique- and special curfew The Heights Independent Business Al- ness of Cleveland Heights and Universi- proposal by city liance (HiBA), a member of the Ameri- ty Heights,” said Alex Quintana, owner Lewis Pollis Nonprofit Organization Nonprofit US Postage PAID OH Cleveland, no. 920 Permit can Independent Business Alliance of Quintana’s Barbershop and Dream (AMIBA), has declared the week of July Spa, and cofounder of HiBA. “We have 1–7, 2011, Independents Week. a reason to celebrate. These friends The first Coventry Street Fair of the “This is a time to reflect on the and neighbors embody the spirit of en- summer ended on a bad note when a importance of economic democracy trepreneurship and individuality in our disturbance by a flash mob broke out and community self-determination by community. Our citizens are integral to in the early evening of June 26, resulting celebrating the nation’s locally owned ensuring we keep these businesses that in 16 arrests. independent businesses and the stake help define who we are, and contribute “Every bit of 25,000” people at- Deliver to addressee or current Deliver resident each citizen has in shaping their home- to our sense of place.” tended what started out as “probably town’s future,” said Jennifer Rockne, HiBA is part of a growing national the best fair we’ve ever had,” said Steve AMIBA director. movement of communities rallying to Presser, owner of Big Fun. “The vibe Residents of the Heights and the support their independent businesses, on the street was great . People were region are invited to celebrate by joining take control of their local economies, having a wonderful time.” in the activities and in-store promotions and reverse the trend of chains and big According to Presser, who was one offered by participating HiBA member boxes displacing locally owned busi- of the event’s organizers, two small businesses. nesses. fights between teenagers broke out on FutureHeights FutureHeights #103 Lee Road 2163 Heights, OH 44118 Cleveland “HiBA is joining other local allianc- To receive newsletters and updates the street shortly before 6 p.m., the es and partner organizations nationwide continued on page 11 fair’s closing time. As the merchants started to pack up their booths, “it FutureHeights Annual Meeting draws large crowd for community discussion became an issue . They had to move those kids out.” Lewis Pollis cies allocating federal and state fund- of Directors. He noted that Cleveland “Probably 500 to 1,000 youth ing for building infrastructure in new Heights embodies “a different kind of showed up,” said Robert Downey, About 300 people gathered at the Ce- suburbs, while not supporting repair of American dream” that values commu- Cleveland Heights city manager, and dar Lee Theatre to watch “The New infrastructure in older communities, is nity and walkability. with numbers that big, “trouble starts Metropolis” and participate in a com- damaging in the short term and unsus- Chupp also emphasized a need to be to happen.” munity discussion at the FutureHeights tainable in the long term. The second “intentional” about diversity. He com- There were kids playing in the Annual Meeting on June 21. half explores how a group of concerned pared Cleveland Heights’s own diverse Coventry P. E. A.C.E. Park when people “The New Metropolis” is a two-part citizens are encouraging racial integra- mix of people to salad dressing: If not came running across the field, said documentary that highlights the efforts tion and civic involvement in their com- shaken, it will separate. John Nelson, co-leader of the Youth of of two “first suburbs”—Madeira, Ohio munity. Gail Broughton, the first audi- Coventry, a group of Cleveland Heights and Pennsauken, New Jersey—that are The community discussion was ence member to offer her voice, said High School students and alumni who struggling to retain their vitality as they moderated by Mark Chupp, a visiting Cleveland Heights shares the “need went to Monday’s Cleveland Heights compete for money and population with assistant professor at CWRU’s Mandel for regionalism” with the suburbs City Council meeting to express their newer, outer-ring developments. The School of Applied Social Sciences, and seen in the movie. Beyond looking for concerns about the safety of the neigh- first part of the film argues that poli- a member of the FutureHeights Board continued on page 8 continued on page 12 Heights Observer July 1, 2011 1 www.heightsobserver.org OPINION Letters Policy Letters to the Editor Observer policy on information from candidates The Heights Observer welcomes letters to the editor. They must be submitted electronically, along with tising revenue in that issue. This is how should contact me directly. the writer’s name, phone number and OPENING most print publications operate. This information has been pro- e-mail address, to: THE ObSERvER If one candidate wrote something vided, by mail, to candidates who are www.heightsobserver.org/members or in July, and the others waited until the already registered for one of the two e-mail: [email protected] October issue—near the end of the municipal elections. We’ll do our best Bob Rosenbaum campaign—we wouldn’t be able to ac- to keep up as new candidates enter commodate every candidate’s submis- the races—and hope they’ll reach out HEIGHTS OBSERVER In November, four seats on the Cleve- sion within the pages of that issue. to the Observer as well. The Heights Observer is a citizen-based news source land Heights City Council and four So, between July and November, The Observer is owned by the published monthly by FutureHeights, a nonprofit, seats in University Heights come up the Observer will not publish candidate community and produced entirely by 501(c)3 organization dedicated to civic engage- ment and quality of life. for election. contributions of any kind in the print- members of the CH-UH community. 2163 Lee Rd., #103, The Heights Observer does not ed edition of the paper. 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