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Public Meetings Report for the week of February 3, 2025

In this week’s Public Meetings Report, Cuyahoga County Council committees heard from Providence House about its expansion to Cleveland’s east side, and advanced legislation giving American Rescue Plan Act funds to local nonprofits like the C.R.E.W. Foundation and Dress for Success. Learn more in this week’s episode.

The Documenters whose work contributed to this episode are: 

• Marvetta Rutherford

• Nicole A 

• Stesia Swain

• Laurie Redmon 

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

The Public Meetings Report is a production of 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: 

• Providence House to open East Side crisis nursery in February Health, Human Services & Aging Committee, Cuyahoga County Council, January 22, 2025 

Documenters coverage: 

• Health, Human Services & Aging Committee, Cuyahoga County Council Notes, January 22, 2025 
• Education, Environment, and Sustainability Committee, Cuyahoga County Council Notes, January 22, 2025
• Cleveland Landmarks Commission Notes, January 23, 2025 
• Investment Advisory Committee, Cuyahoga County Council Notes, January 24, 2025 

Signal Cleveland reporting: 

• Could CMSD shutter school buildings? Officials are looking at options By Michael Indrolio 
• Cleveland City Council committee withholds $1 million from DigitalC for missing goal By Nick Castele 
• How Ohio’s privatization of driver’s ed is failing teens in some poor urban and rural areas By Andrew Tobias 

Legislation:

• Cuyahoga County Council Resolution No. R2023-0257 $100,000 grant to Providence House 

Recordings: 

• Health, Human Services & Aging Committee Cuyahoga County Council, January 22, 2025 
• Education, Environment, and Sustainability Committee Cuyahoga County Council, January 22, 2025
• Cleveland Landmarks Commission, January 23, 2025 
• Investment Advisory Committee Cuyahoga County Council, January 24, 2025

Other resources:

• Providence House East Campus Project Presentation 
  Northeast Ohio Black Health Coalition