Presort Std U.S. Postage PAID Cleveland, Ohio Permit No. 1 South Euclid Home! Euclid South South Euclid Home! Home! Home! Euclid Euclid Euclid South South South A New Generation is Calling Calling Calling is is Generation Generation New New A A MEET THE MILLENNIALS: MILLENNIALS: MILLENNIALS: THE THE THE MEET MEET MEET magazine Summer 2018 2018 2018 2018 Summer Summer Summer Summer 6 8 10 12 Meet the Millennials: “Pam’s Park” Honors Brush Arts Program Verona Road Neighbors A New Generation Is Community Organizer Helped SEL Graduate Build Close-Knit Calling South Euclid Home! & Fills Neighborhood Adina Pliskin Find Community With Beauty & Love Hollywood 4 Mayor’s Address: 12 Verona Road Mayor A letter from Mayor Neighbors Georgine Welo Georgine Welo 14 Community Calendar 2018 City Council Dennis Fiorelli, Council President, At-Large Rock the Block 5 19 Partnership on Aging Jason Russell, Council President Pro-Tem, At-Large 6 Meet the Millennials! Sara Continenza, Ward 3 20 One South Euclid Joe Frank, Ward 2 8 Pam’s Park Update Marty Gelfand, At-Large Dedication 22 Safety and Business Jane Goodman, Ward 4 Ruth Gray, Ward 1 10 Brush Arts Program Updates Editor helped SEL 24 SEL Schools Update graduate Adina Keith Ari Benjamin 25 Notes from your City Director of Community Services Hollywood Council Members & South Euclid Magazine is a quarterly publication of the City Pliskin �ind Judge Byers of South Euclid. We are looking for interesting South Euclid people and places to profi le in upcoming issues. If you have any story ideas, please share them with us by contacting Keith Interested in Advertising in Benjamin at 216.691.4234 or [email protected]. Contributors: Sally Martin, Michael Love, Daniel Subwick South Euclid Magazine? and Kevin McCarthy Make sure to schedule your advertisement for the Fall 2018 Special thanks to resident Jean Nadeau for her editing issue. Call Sherry Tilson at 216.342.5204 for more information. and proofreading expertise! cityofsoutheuclid.com | southeuclid SouthEuclidLive CityOfSouthEuclid SOUTH EUCLID MAGAZINE 3 mayor’s address Welcome to the summer edition of South Euclid Magazine! ’m reminded every day of why I’m main reasons why we and other communities across the state must proud to call South Euclid home. be more reliant on local tax dollars to keep our communities safe, stable and vital. Mayor Georgine Welo INot only are we centrally located, 216-291-3769 affordable, walkable, and transit- friendly, but our community is also made Your role in helping us seek permanent fi nancial stability in the up of incredible people who take pride in their neighborhoods and wake of continuing state cuts. are willing to take positive action everyday to make South Euclid a It is because of you that we have been able to keep South Euclid great place to live, work, and play. safe and stable and we need your help to keep us moving forward. Because of you we have better neighborhoods, safety forces, neighbors make a positive difference in our community and I new roads under construction every year, parks, playgrounds and amOver inspired the past by our many residents years, Iand have community seen �irst-hand leaders how who involved go special places. Because of you, we enjoy a balanced and diverse the extra mile and work passionately to be a positive force in our place where commerce, culture and community converge to foster neighborhoods. This issue of South Euclid Magazine continues to a better quality of life and fuel business growth not just today, but spotlight some of your great neighbors! for future generations. Thank you again for all of you have done and continue to do to keep our community strong. Seeking Permanent Solutions to Keeping South Euclid Safe, There is a “New Normal” in our country, and this reality means Strong & Stable that we must be willing to adapt to change and embrace new Your support of temporary measures, like the Safety Levy, over policies and practices that are innovative, creative and inclusive. the last few years have helped us maintain our community but It also means that, as your government, we have to take a more there is much more we need to do to keep South Euclid safe, stable active role in economic and neighborhood development and and strong. Over the last several years we have made cuts in nearly be a partner to ensure that we are adaptive and resilient to our changing environment, economy and the region around us. reduced to minimums. For example: •every Your City Service department Department and staf�ing is doing in more our departments with less. In 2008,have been the department had 32 employees, we now have 19 employees in As an inner-ring suburb we have our challenges, but we come the department and have been creative in doing more with less. thattogether we shall to work succeed. on solutions, build community con�idence and • We have embraced several innovative regional initiatives to save we don’t let one negative action destroy our con�idence or our faith taxpayer dollars, and last November merged our city’s dispatch South Euclid is a community positioned for continued success into a new regional emergency 911dispatch center with Shaker In South Euclid, we have been proactive, working together as Heights, University Heights and Cleveland Heights. residents to move our community forward and lead South Euclid On January 28, 2017, the Plain Dealer Editorial Board sent towards a brighter future by being innovative, trying new ideas and a message to Govenor Kasich and the State Legislature, saying taking reasonable risks. “Enough is enough. The cuts to the Local Government Fund (LGF), South Euclid is a city on the move: We are connected to our a pool of state tax money shared with localities, that Kasich and commerce, culture and community. We are a vibrant and vital legislators made in prior budgets must be reversed this year. place in Northeast Ohio where residents, businesses, religious Ohio’s next budget must funnel more money to the LGF, not less.” Unfortunately, the State’s budget continues with the cuts enjoy a diverse lifestyle that’s steeped in tradition and ripe with to the Local Government Fund and more reductions have been sustainablecongregations action. and non-pro�itIn South Euclid organizations we have countless come together gathering to introduced for consideration by the legislature. spaces, smart green spaces and nearby amenities to keep us As a result, we must continue our community dialogue about engaged and entertained. In South Euclid we believe in our future – and that the seeds solution to continue providing critical services that keep our we have planted together will continue to grow for generations to how we are going to work together to �ind a more permanent come. By working together, we will continue to build South Euclid years, but for the next generation of South Euclid residents. Other as place we can all be proud of and where we can all come together citiescommunity have implemented safe, vital, vibrant more and permanent stable, not solutions only for like the income next �ive tax and thrive! rollbacks, income tax increases and have begun charging residents for trash pickup, and we must consider doing the same. Have a great South Euclid summer! The State Legislature has made “fend for yourself” localism a Georgine reality for South Euclid and all local communities, and is one of the 4 SOUTH EUCLID MAGAZINE cityofsoutheuclid.com | southeuclid SouthEuclidLive CityOfSouthEuclid community Join us for the 4th Annual Rock the Block! SATURDAY JUNE 23, 2018 12:00PM-10:00PM All of the fun takes place on Mayfi eld Road (between South Green and Sheffi eld). Be there for South Euclid’s Biggest Party, with a full day of music, food, kids activities and more. See below for a complete schedule of events: MUSIC & ENTERTAINMENT: Rick & Sharona Cocktail Johnny 1:00pm-2:00pm: Bubble Show from Guinness World Record Holder Dr. UR 2:00pm-4:00pm: Awesome along with special guest the San Diego Bubblemeister 3:00pm-5:00pm: Tony Quarles & The Discovery Band Pizza Eating Contest presented by Marco’s Pizza 4:00pm-6:00pm: Karaoke Contest presented by Black Forest featuring local 6:00pm-6:30pm: 6:30pm-7:30pm: celebrity judges Channel 3’s Monica Robins & The Ninja Cowboys All Day: Interactive reptile display from South Euclid’s Herps Alive 7:30pm-10:00pm: All Day: MemorialKids Activities Church (In�latable and St. John slide Lutheran and obstacle Church course, games, crafts, and more). All kids activities are free courtesy of Gar�ield FOOD WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE FROM THESE GREAT SOUTH EUCLID VENDORS: Chef Grey Wolf Food Truck (sponsored by Expert Tech Automotive) Culinary Occasions (Chef Bob Sferra) Holiday Grill Food Truck (sponsored by Black Forest) Marco’s Pizza Moe’s Southwest Grill Plus a beer and wine garden! South Euclid community organizations and businesses will have informative booths at the event along with items for sale. Special thanks to NOPEC, the City of South Euclid, One South Euclid, and St. John Lutheran Church for making this year’s Rock the Block the best one yet. WE HOPE TO SEE YOU SATURDAY JUNE 23RD FOR SOUTH EUCLID’S BIGGEST PARTY! Visit: www.serocktheblock.com for more information! cityofsoutheuclid.com | southeuclid SouthEuclidLive CityOfSouthEuclid SOUTH EUCLID MAGAZINE 5 faces & places MEET THE MILLENNIALS: A NEW GENERATION IS CALLING SOUTH EUCLID HOME outh Euclid is in the midst of a population migration and are the largest group of homebuyers and represent 65% of all millennials are moving in and buying homes in all the fi rst-time homebuyers in 2017.