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Public Meetings Report for the week of May 29, 2024.

😎Now that Memorial Day has come and gone, summer is unofficially here! Cleveland City Council just wrapped up itsCommunity Development Block Grant hearings, and is about to take their 14 week summer break from regular meetings. Cleveland Documenters, on the other hand, won’t be taking any breaks. 

In this week’s Public Meetings Report, Cleveland Documenters got an update on the new Primate Forest coming to the Metroparks Zoo, and the end of the Euclid Beach Mobile Home Park. Plus, the Cleveland Landmarks Commission discusses a new window policy for residents in the city’s historic districts. Learn more in about five minutes this week’s episode. 👇🏿🎧📻

The Documenters whose work contributed to this episode are:

• Regina Samuels
• Lena Anglin
• Nick Ventura

Their work has been compiled this week by Anastasia Vanisko and Dakotah Kennedy. The Public Meetings Report is produced by Gennifer Harding-Gosnell.

The Public Meetings Report is produced by Signal Cleveland and Cleveland Documenters, in partnership with WOVU 95.9FM “Our Voices United,” a Burten, Bell, Carr community radio station.

Show Notes:

Signal Cleveland meeting briefs: 

• On the go-rilla: Cleveland Zoo gives update on new home for primates Cleveland Metroparks, Board Meeting, May 16, 2024 
• Two-week art exhibit planned for Tremont’s Lincoln Park Cleveland Landmarks Commission, May 23, 2024 

Documenters coverage: 

• Cleveland Metroparks Live-Tweets, May 16, 2024
• Cleveland Landmarks Commission Notes and Live-Tweets, May 23, 2024 

Signal Cleveland reporting: 

• The Wrap Up: Demolition underway at Euclid Beach Mobile Home park as residents receive buyout packages and move out By Olivera Perkins
• ‘Helping pets is helping people’: Neighborhood Pets is collaborating with human services organizations to address gaps in aid By Frank Lewis 
• Greater Cleveland residents share what ‘affordable housing’ means to them By Dakotah Kennedy  

Recordings: 

• Cleveland Landmarks Commission, May 23, 2024 

Other resources:

• Cleveland Metroparks Zoo 
• Primate Forest announcement 
• Gorillas & Heart Disease: Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Leads Fight For Treatment & Prevention Ideastream, June 26, 2018 
• Primate Forest update presentation 
• Euclid Beach Park 
• Cleveland Landmarks Commission
• Midnight Art Club
• Midnight Art Club installationconcept plan