Campus District Boundaries VOLUME THREE • ISSUE TWO VISIT US @ WWW.CAMPUSDISTRICtoBS erver.Com FEBRUARY 2013 The Observer Wants to Hear New Cafe Brings Healthier Your Stories from The Old Days Options to Kinsman Neighborhood By Bobbi Reichtell By Donna Dieball Campus District intern Nick Downer interviews Cedar-Central residents Carol Malone and Cornell Calhoun lll. Customers chat and enjoy their coffee inside the cafe. Photo by Bronson Peshlakai. Have you lived in the Cedar-Cen- his staff from Cleveland State Univer- The Kinsman neighborhood re- food for everyone in the community. tral neighborhood for a long time? Do sity’s History Department, and Prof. cently welcomed the Bridgeport Café Plans to open the café stemmed from you or others that you know have fond David Bernatowicz from Cuyahoga and CornUcopia Place, the first in- a neighborhood planning session, during memories and interesting stories to Community College. Carol Malone stallment of a broader plan to increase which many residents voiced a desire for share about the old days as a Cedar- and Fred Seals are helping organize health awareness in the community. an alternative restaurant option that was Central resident? people to be interviewed as well as The café, located at East 72nd and Kins- inviting and also modestly priced. The Former and current residents are telling their own stories. man Avenue, was opened by Burten, Bell, Bridgeport Café is just the alternative to coming together to collect oral histo- Jane Addams students will receive Carr Development, Inc., the community de- fast food restaurants and convenience ries and capture the neighborhood’s training and guidance on interviewing velopment organization serving the Kins- stores that people wanted to see. They history through memories of its res- from Prof. Tebeau’s department staff man, Central and Garden Valley areas. The serve a variety of fresh salads, sandwich- idents. Do you remember Robert’s and from Plain Dealer reporter Eve- new establishment is part of the organiza- es, wraps and soups, and do not have a Bike Shop on Cedar Avenue (the first lyn Theiss. They will conduct interviews tion’s initiative to make affordable, fresh fryer – everything is baked or toasted. black-owned Schwinn store in the during the coming months with cur- food options available to more people. While the healthier food options state) or Paul’s Grocery Store on Cen- rent and former residents of the neigh- The Kinsman neighborhood was alone are a great asset for the Kinsman tral Avenue ? How about the Central borhood who are able to come to the formerly considered a “food desert” community, the benefits of the café go Bathhouse? What was it like as a kid school. Nick Downer a CSU Honors – an area in which residents must much further. Attached to the café is to grow up here? Program intern at the Campus District travel more than a mile to get fresh CornUcopia Place, a community kitch- Helping to create this neighbor- Observer will do interviews with people food. For many elderly or immobile en that offers weekly classes and activi- hood oral history project are Ms. Deb- who cannot get to the school. people, finding access to healthy ties. Residents can come learn about nu- ra White’s 9th grade English students The Jane Addams students and Nick food choices was a difficult task. The trition education, attend fitness classes from Jane Addams Business Careers will write articles for the Observer Bridgeport Café was implemented in or participate in interactive cooking High School, Prof. Mark Tebeau and Continued on Page 4 order to provide easier access to fresh Continued on Page 11 Five Reasons to Talk with the Cleveland Metropolitan School District By Dan Moulthrop Those who know me are familiar with LinkedIn, it took just a few minutes for a don’t work. Today, students are like- learning play out beyond the classroom. my passion for education. I spent four jaundiced Clevelander to offer a sarcas- ly to learn math more effectively from They need the business community to years as a classroom teacher and more tic rejoinder. Enough already. Although the Khan Academy than a textbook, and identify the skills that workers and pro- than a year before that teaching in an ur- there have been unrealized, unsuccess- innovative schools are experimenting fessionals will need in ten years. ban county jail, where I awoke to the true ful plans in the past, this one is differ- with what’s called a “flipped classroom,” Retraining teachers is hard importance of urban education. Since ent, mostly because it is the result of his- where students are introduced to a con- work. Most members of the CMSD’s cur- moving to Cleveland in 2005, I’ve been toric collaboration and historic voter cept in a video or tutorial they go through rent labor force are veterans of the pro- watching with deep interest the strug- support. And also because this time, the at home and then come to class to prac- fession. The good news is that you have gles of the school district - struggles for district is listening. So, without further tice the concept, work on a collaborative a great number of experienced teachers leadership, strife in labor relations, and throat clearing, here are five reasons you project, and get the expert, individualized who know a lot about classroom man- a wickedly intractable inability to get a should talk with the Cleveland Metro- attention of a teacher or their peers. agement and effective curriculum. How- great teacher in every classroom. I believe politan School District (CMSD), either That’s just one example. There are ever, along with that comes a fair num- we are at a turning point. at a public meeting or online. dozens of ideas we should be hashing out ber of teachers who are set in their ways I know a lot of people are saying Old models of education just don’t so that our children’s education can be and aren’t necessarily interested in inno- we’ve seen “transformation plans” be- work, and the new models need help. more effective than the one we received, vating. Community involvement in these fore and they’ve come to naught. Just There’s widespread agreement that the and teachers can’t do all this on their conversations can help send the message the other day, when I posted informa- old ways of teaching (imagine the chem- own. They need feedback from parents that the expectations of the job are shift tion and encouragement to engage on istry classroom on “Breaking Bad”) in order to know the way new modes of Continued on Page 10 2 Campus District, Inc. News HTTP://CAMPUSDISTRICTOBSERVER.COM FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CAMPUS DISTRICT, INC. Dear friends, We have had huge successes in completing the conceptu- al plan and lining up funding for that project - as you have I thought I read about in the Observer newspaper. would share with You will begin to hear from us about other priority you a bit of histo- projects in the future - like the redevelopment of the for- The mission of the Campus District ry and informa- mer Juvenile Court building, a plan for creating a greens- Observer is to attract, articulate and amplify tion about the Cam- civic intelligence and community goodwill in pace “cap” over the Innerbelt next to it and the develop- pus District, Inc. for this community and beyond. ment of a Campus District Greenway/Eastside Neigh- Published monthly with a current those of you who borhood Connector for cyclists, pedestrians and cars to circulation of 6,000 copies, this newspaper is may be new to the available free of charge and can be found at connect north and south within the district. area or new readers over 75 business locations, restaurants and It’s a very exciting time here because of so many new ini- community gathering places throughout the of the Observer. tiatives and partnerships underway. You’ll read in this issue Campus District, including Cleveland State Campus Dis- University, Cuyahoga Community College’s about our expanding team of volunteer staff and allies. They trict, Inc. is our com- Metropolitan Campus and St. Vincent Char- are coming to us as loaned executives from County Execu- ity Medical Center/Sisters of Charity Health munity develop- tive Ed Fitzgerald’s program, interns from Cleveland State System, as well as on our website at ment organization University’s Honors Program, graduate students in Roby Si- www.campusdistrictobserver.com. that works to serve, redevelop and advocate for the neigh- The views and opinions expressed in mon’s and Jim Kastellic’s Maters in Urban Planning Design borhoods from the lakefront on the north, to Orange Av- this publication do not necessarily reflect and Development Capstone Studio class and Case Western the views and opinions of the publisher and enue on the south and the area between East 18th and East Reserve University’s Weatherhead MBA graduate project. staff. The Campus District Observer reserves 30th Street. We are the organization that started the Cam- the right to review and approve all advertis- Additionally, I am excited about a new collabora- pus District Observer back in 2011. ing content, in accordance with editorial tion that is forming to creatively tell the history of a and community standards. Copyright 2013 Previously – for nearly 30 years - the neighbor- part of the Campus District – the Cedar-Central neigh- @ The Campus District Observer, Inc. All hood and the organization were called the Quandran- rights reserved. Any reproduction is forbid- borhood. Ms. Debra White’s three 9th grade English gle. In 2009 the Board of the Quadrangle took a strate- den without express written permission.