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Volume 9, Issue 3, Fall 2016

Slavic Village Development CELEBRATED Slavic Village!On a steamy August evening , Slavic Village Development “celebrated” SlavicVillage at The Magalen, a new art gallery and studio space located on thebeautifully reconstructed Fleet Avenue! Over 150 friends and supporters ofSVD enjoyed appetizers served by Saucisson and Cleveland Central Catho-lic volunteers, live music by Jul Big Green, print making with Zygote Press,artwork by Rooms To Let artists, and desserts by Christy’s Custom Cakes.

SVD also honored three neighborhood partners that have made major invest-ments in the community’s continuing comeback at the event. The 2016 “SV”Awards were awarded to Bob Tripodi from the City of Cleveland , ClevelandHousing Network, and the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District.

Pictured at right, Bob Tripodi, City of Cleveland Project Field Manager, re-ceived an SV for his oversight of the $8.5 million Fleet Avenue ConstructionProject, the city’s first Complete and Green Street.

Over the past two years Bob has worked tirelessly to advocate for the con-cerns and needs of the residents and stakeholders of Fleet Avenue while alsomanaging numerous contractors and project challenges. The results are anamazing new streetscape complete with bike lanes, beautiful landscaping,decorative seating, and innovative green infrastructure improvements.

The Cleveland Housing Network was chosen for this award based on itscontinued commitment to building quality, affordable housing in the SlavicVillage neighborhood. Despite a highly competitive climate, CHN received$12 million in Low-Income Housing Tax Credits for the Slavic Village GreenHomes Project, which will begin construction in April 2016. The projectincludes a wraparound services component; demonstrating CHN’s desire toprovide housing, while also enhancing the lives of the families who will re-side in these homes.

New Construction HomesComing to Slavic Village!

Slavic Village Development and the Cleveland Housing Network are pleasedto announce that the Slavic Village Green Homes Project was recently awarded$12 million in tax credits by the Ohio Housing Finance Agency (OHFA).These credits were the last piece of financing for the project which will build37 single family homes in Slavic Village.

This innovative, high quality green project will feature 37 new constructionhomes built in close proximity to Fleet Avenue. All of the homes will havesolar panels (which will reduce utility bills by 50%), high efficiency fur-naces, and low flow toilets.

When complete, the homes will be available through a 15 year lease pur-chase program. At the end of 15 years, the homes will be sold at a discount tothe tenants.

The Slavic Village Green Homes project compliments the efforts of the SlavicVillage Recovery Project (SVR) to rehabilitate homes that can be saved anddemolish those that are too far gone.

The Slavic Village Green Homes will fill in vacant lots with high quality,affordable homes. Together these projects are contributing to a comprehen-sive community revitalization strategy for the entire neighborhood.

For more information, call Michelle Brzoska at Slavic Village Developmentat (216) 429-1182 ext. 112.

The Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District was chosen to receive the SVaward based on the inventive green infrastructure projects that have beeninstalled throughout the Broadway Slavic Village neighborhood.

These projects include several rain gardens and the entire Fleet Avenue Re-construction project, along with upcoming collaborations, that will contrib-ute to the health and vitality of the community for many years to come.

The SV awards were created by well-known Cleveland artist Dana Depew,who is also a participant in Rooms To Let:CLE, Slavic Village’s unique artinstallation in vacant homes. Mr. Depew used materials from the 2016 RoomsTo Let homes to create the awards.


The Slavic Village Voice Fall 2016

Road Construction UpdatesThe $8 million nearly complete and green Fleet Avenue is now officiallyopen to traffic in both directions! After two years of hard work the City ofCleveland and Karvo Construction have finished working on the roadway onFleet Avenue. The street is nearly complete with striping for cars and bikes,new signage on street corners and telephone poles that identify the neighbor-hood, beautiful sandstone benches, brick herring bone and stone sidewalks,numerous tree pits, and landscaped areas that bump-out to define the fin-ished concrete parking lanes.

Although the road is open to traffic two ways we still advise drivers to usecaution as construction crews have some loose ends to button up. Remainingwork includes the installation of more benches, trash cans, and bike racks, aswell as finishing up the North East Ohio Regional Sewer District Green In-frastructure Retention Basin. Located at the corner of East 53rd and Fleet,this basin will be a park-like natural green space that will manage over 4million gallons of storm water per year. Stay tuned to www.slavicvillage.organd facebook.com/fleetavenuestreetscape for updates on the project. Join usfor the ribbon cutting on Friday, October 7th, at 4:30 p.m. at the corner of E.49th and Fleet.

The Cleveland Water Department along with Terrace Construction will soonbe starting to work on a new water main going in on East 71st. This project willspan from Broadway Avenue to Grant Avenue and will be divided into a series ofwork phases. The $3 million dollar project will begin at Broadway and East 71st

and work south towards Grant Avenue. Traffic will be maintained one-waynorthbound. Stay tuned to facebook.com/slavicvillage for project updates.

Work on the Pershing Avenue overpass over Interstate 77 in the city of Cleve-land continues. This $6 million project began in February 2015 and is esti-mated to be completed in the coming months. Crews have worked to replacethe Pershing Avenue bridge over I-77 and have most of the decking com-plete. The I-77 northbound exit ramp at Pershing Avenue will remain closedthru fall 2016 until the project is complete.

Motorists are detoured via I-77 north, exit at Broadway Avenue and continuesouthbound to Pershing Avenue. Pershing Avenue entrance ramp to I-77southbound is closed thru fall 2016. Motorists are detoured via Pershing east-bound to Broadway Avenue south to East 55th Street northbound to I- 490east to I-77 south. Traffic will be maintained on Pershing. Off-peak lane clo-sures are expected on I-77. Visit www.dot.state.oh.us/ for project updates.

Village Market ConcludesFirst Summer on Fleet

As the Village Market came to a close for the summer, the final Monday ofthe season capped off an exceptional first year on Fleet Ave. Along with thedozen regularly attending vendors, the final market took hold of the cookouttheme, offering free Saucisson hotdogs and Seven Roses’ delectable pierogisand potato pancakes.

Nearly 200 residents came out for the evening to enjoy the festivities cel-ebrating what has been a revival for the farmers market in Slavic Village.Supplementing the food options, the E 63rd Street Block Club, in conjunc-tion with the Lanskroner Foundation, handed out free gun locks as a part ofthe “Love a Kid, Lock a Gun” campaign. Adjacent to their tent, the Neigh-borhood Pet Resource Outreach Center won the hearts of animal lovers bydistributing free dog treats and even doing face paintings.

Formerly located on Broadway, the new location, thanks to Sonny Day De-velopment, on the corner of E 52nd and Fleet, brought a community presenceto the reconstructed road. With westbound traffic blocked the entire season,the Village Market did face attendance challenges some Mondays but overallaveraged nearly 100 visitors weekly.

The plethora of unique local vendors truly helped to give the market an iden-tity. Among those, Slavic Village resident Christy Bartley, owner of Christy’sCustom Cakes, added festive themes to her mix of treats such as her Cava-liers cake pops and RNC elephant cookies.

The fan favorite among women was likely fellow Slavic Villager NicAbraham’s company, Delicate Skin Essentials, whose hand-made lotions andbody sprays were well received.

Despite being a neighborhood full of makers, what would a farmers marketbe without the produce? Community Greenhouse Partners was a staple forveggie shoppers, especially those looking for hard to find items like theirassortment of microgreens.

For those looking to have a regular variety of fresh local fruits and veg-etables, City Fresh made their shopping experience possible. The CSA (com-munity supported agriculture) serves neighborhoods throughout Clevelandand even has subsidized options for lower income residents.

Though the market is complete for the summer, a holiday market is in theworks to kick off the winter season this December. In its first year on FleetAvenue, the Village Market thrived under the road conditions and summerheat, eyeing improvements for an optimistic outlook on what Clevelandersknow all too well as “next year.”

Note: The Village Market is now closed, but City Fresh will be operating inthe same location every Monday through October 24th.



Fullerton Block Club Strives for Betterment of CommunityAs once said by the strong and fierceHelen Keller, “Alone we can do solittle; Together we can do so much,”this is the goal of the Fullerton BlockClub. Within our own communitieslive smart, compassionate peoplewith invaluable skills, wisdom anddedication. The Fullerton BlockClub is the avenue to bring all theseindividuals together for the better-ment of the community.

The Fullerton Block Club is an ac-tive block club that covers the Ful-lerton area including the Gertrude,Hosmer, and Lansing areas fromEast 57th to East 71st. They havebeen meeting for 14 years under lead-ership of Betty Rodes. The Fuller-ton Block Club has received over$15,000 in grant money to host com-munity events. Some of their biggestevents include National Night Out

and the Slavic Village Bike-A-Thon.In addition to focusing on fun com-munity building activities both ofthese events feature a police engage-ment component as well.

The Fullerton Block Club is open foreveryone in the area to participate.We invite anyone who is passionateabout creating lasting relationshipsand addressing quality-of-life issuesto come join our efforts. The groupmeets the 3rd Tuesday of everymonth starting at 6:30 p.m. in thebasement of Golubski Funeral Home(corner of E.65th and Fullerton). Formore information please contact Su-san Gordon at Slavic Village Devel-opment. She can be reached at 216-429-1182 x. 132 or via e-mail [email protected]

Make an Impact in your Community:Union-Aetna Block Club

Please contact Joe Linsky if interested in taking a role216-429-1182 ext. [email protected]

Is there a striking issue on your street or in your neighborhood youwould like to see changed? If you want to take a role in making thatchange a reality, consider helping to start a new block club.

If you live between Union and Aetna from Trailside to E. 81st, oron a nearby street, help bring solutions to your neck of the neigh-borhood with fellow residents.



9th Annual Game of SKATE!!

This year’s East Meets West brought out 85 contestants and an additional150 spectators from Northeast Ohio right into the middle of Slavic Village atthe corner of Broadway and E. 55th for another successful competition forthe 9th annual East Meets West Game of SKATE!

This was not possible without the help of Ja’Ovvoni Garrison, creator ofSKATE RTA and SKATERS NEXT DOOR and, of course, the sponsors be-low for their contributions!

Zoo York, Jakprints, DC, DLX Huf, Colony, Tri-Star SkateboardsWest Side Skate Shop

Special thanks to Ryan Poorman for capturing the moment’s photos!

Lunchtime Mentoring Program a Success!Greater Cleveland Volunteers will continue its successful My Mentor MyFriend lunchtime mentoring program in the 2016-2017 school year.

This program provides adult volunteers to mentor students, one-on-one, atlunchtime during the school year in the Cleveland Metropolitan School Dis-trict. The one-hour mentoring, once or twice a week helps children with:improved behavior, greater self-confidence, peer relations, social skills andself-esteem.

“The mentors are college students, business men and women or retirees whoall want to support our youth,” explains Carol Hasek, Program Coordinator.The lunchtime can include talking, playing board games, creating crafts, do-ing crossword puzzles and enjoying lunch.

“This is a great volunteer program for individuals or businesses to embraceand offer their time,” states Joy Banish, Executive Director, Greater Cleve-land Volunteers.

For more program information contact Carol Hasek, 216-391-9500 x 125 orchasek@greaterclevelandvolunteers

City of Cleveland Storefront Renovation ProgramHave you been thinking about improving your busi-ness or commercial building? SVD and the City ofCleveland have a few programs available for small

businesses and property owners. The City of Cleveland also has a number of

programs available. SVD partners with the City on the Storefront Renova-tion Program.

The City of Cleveland’s Community Development Department provides theexcellent Storefront Renovation Program. This program assists targeted neigh-borhood retail districts in becoming attractive, economically viable, and di-verse places to shop.

The program helps fund the rehabilitation/renovation of primarily traditionalstorefront building exteriors. Applicants are eligible to receive a rebate of40% of project cost not to exceed a maximum rebate of $25,000. There isalso low interest loan programs available.

For more info contact Andrew Kinney at (216) 429-1182 x 141 [email protected].


The Slavic Village VoiceFall 2016


September OctoberOctober 1 from 8:00 a.m – 12:30 p.m.Clean Up + ClamsCleveland Central Catholic6550 Baxter Ave. Registration requiredContact: Bill Sluzewski [email protected] 216.441.4700 x281www.centralcatholichs.org

September 27 from 1:00 – 2:30 p.m.Sokol Sunday Dinner – Cottage Ham,potato dumplingsBohemian National Hall4939 Broadway Ave.For reservations call Olga 216-447-0264 by the Mondayprior to the dinner

October 4, 4:30 p.m.Fleet Avenue Ribbon Cuttingat East 49th & FleetContact [email protected], ext 141

October 6 from 6:00-9:00 p.m.University Settlement’s Taste ofSlavic VillageBohemian National Hall

4939 Broadway(216) 641-6950 for tickets or visitwww.brownpapertickets.com/event/2597280

October 7th, 8th and 9thSt. Stanislaus ParishPolish Festival6601 Baxter (216) 341-9091www.ststanislaus.org

October 8 from 10 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.Broadway Schoolof Music & the ArtsDrop In Open Art StudioJoin us in making the colors of fall come alive inour artwork!5415 Broadway Ave.Free, all ages welcome. No experience needed.For more information, call 216-641-0630

October 14 from 6:30 – 10:30 p.m.Project Snowflake Fundraiser,sponsored by Fleet Avenue StakeholdersSlovenian National Home (The Nash)3563 E. 80th StreetLive music, food available for purchase.Tickets available in advance, call Mary Ann Trzaskaat 216-849-6533 or purchase tickets at the door.

October 22 at 8:00 p.m.CityMusic ClevelandShrine Church of St. Stanislaus3649 E. 65th StreetProgram - Dorman: After Brahms. Tchaikovsky:Violin Concerto.Beethoven: Symphony No. 4www.citymusiccleveland.org

October 23, from 1:00 – 2:30 p.m.Sokol Sunday Dinner - Pork Schnitzel, PotatoSaladBohemian National Hall4939 Broadway Ave.For reservations call Olga, 216-447-0264, by theMonday prior to the dinner

November

November 6 at 8 am - 12 pmCouncilman Tony Brancatelli’s Ward 12 PancakeBreakfastSt. John Nepomucene Parish4906 Fleet AvenueSuggested Donation: $5.00 per person November 12 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.Annual Holiday FairCzech Cultural Center of Sokol Greater ClevelandBohemian National Hall4939 Broadway AvenueShop for special imported Czech and Slovak ItemsTraditional Czech Holiday Foods for PurchaseTwo Cash Bars with Czech BeerNo Admission Fee * Free Parking

December 1st from 5:00 – 9:00 p.m.Village HOLIDAZZLEThe Magalen5203 Fleet Ave.FREE and open to thepublic:Tree lighting, live music, food and maker market,kids’ activities

December 3 from 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.Broadway School of Music and the ArtsDrop in Art Studio Holiday Gift Making ProjectFree, all ages welcome. No experience needed.For more information, call 216-641-0630

December 7, 6-10 p.m.12th Ward Holiday BashBohemian National Hall4939 Broadway Ave.Food and entertainmentBring a dessert to share

December 10 at 3:00 p.m.Broadway School of Music and the ArtsStudent Holiday Music RecitalLocation TBD

December



Slavic Village Home Repair Workshop Highlights PartnershipOn Saturday, October 22nd at 11:00a.m., Slavic Village Development willpartner with the McGregor Foundationand its PACE program to present ahome repair workshop for residents ofthe greater Broadway-Slavic Villagecommunity.

assistance for those who qualify. The PACE program is a comprehensiveprogram to assist those who qualify to remain in their homes and to live asindependently as possible.

We hope you can attend even if you are setup for winter; it’s very likely thata relative, friend, or neighbor could benefit from the workshop. Communityworkshops are always good places to see familiar faces, meet new friends,and get to know one’s neighbors. Refreshments will be provided courtesy ofthe McGregor Foundation and the workshop will be held at the Main Officesof Neighborhood Housing Services, 5700 Broadway Avenue, on Saturday,Oct. 22nd, at 11 a.m. Anyone interested may RSVP to Zach Germaniuk andLynn Rodemann at Slavic Village Development by calling 216-429-1182x110.

borhood Housing Services office, 5700 Broadway Avenue, with support fromthe Cleveland Housing Network and the City of Cleveland. Workshop pre-sentations will encourage residents to think seriously about winter home prepa-ration. While many homes are structurally sound, many need upgrades totheir heating systems, insulation, windows, and roofing to make the wintermonths comfortable and safe.

Especially at risk when temperatures fall are older adults, families with chil-dren, and those members of our community who may have some disabilities.The workshop will address basic preventative maintenance of heating sys-tems; understanding the signs of frostbite and hypothermia, and where to gofor help; as well as programs available to those who qualify for emergencyhealth and safety repairs to their homes. Attendees will also receive informa-tion on the McGregor Foundation and their PACE program. PACE is ahealthcare support system that is designed to provide in-home healthcare

The workshop will take place at Neigh-

Thank you to all of the families, partners and sponsors who made our neigh-borhood Back to School Celebration a success! We look forward to anotheramazing school year.

If you are interested in any of the following, please contact Natalie Friedl at216-429-1182 ext. 121 or [email protected]

•Preschool registration•Attendance - Barriers (transportation, uniforms, etc)

•Academics - Tutoring•Opportunities - School-based programs, after school programs,

summer programs•Youth Leadership & Employment

•Healthy Families - Housing, Safety, Employment, Health

Back to SchoolCelebration!!

Women’s Business Centerto Hold Meet-and-Greet

Are you an entrepreneur trying to grow a small home-based business in SlavicVillage? If you are looking for the right resources to take your business tothe next level, consider a meet and greet with the Women’s Business Centerdirectly in the neighborhood.

The Women’s Business Center is a branch of the Economic and CommunityDevelopment Institute (ECDI) which specializes in empowering and assist-ing female entrepreneurs in business development.

Slavic Village Development and the Women’s Business Center of ECDI havepartnered to bring business development opportunities to the entrepreneursof our neighborhood. WBC will be hosting 6 classes in Broadway-SlavicVillage, touching on different topics regarding how to start or expand yourbusiness; goal setting, marketing, legal, etc.

SVD will be offering 10 fully paid scholarships ($80 value) for entrepre-neurs to access the abundant resources of the WBC including one-on-onecounseling, business coaching, training and workshop programs, resourcelibrary, computer lab, free internet access, notary service, access to capitaland networking.

*A meet-and-greet with the WBC will be held at Seven Roses on November10 (5:30pm—7:30pm). The free event will be a great chance to network and learnabout the available opportunities to develop your business through the WBC.

When: November 10, 2016Where: Seven Roses; 6301 Fleet AveWho: All small and medium business owners in Slavic VillageHow: Contact Joe Linsky to register before November 7 [email protected] or call 216-429-1182 ext.107

All Are Invited To TheFLEET AVENUE

RIBBON CUTTINGFRIDAY, OCTOBER 7TH,

AT 4:30 P.M.AT THE CORNER OFEAST 49TH & FLEET

HELP US CELEBRATE THE $8 MILLIONRENOVATION OF FLEET AVENUE!!!!!



Visit the New and Improved www.slavicvillage.org

We are excited to share with you our organization’s newly updated websitedesign and logo. The stylized “V” of our new logo weaves together the diverse strands ofindividuals, organizations, and businesses that form the strong fabric that isour neighborhood. In the all-red version of the logo, the heart of Slavic Village emerges.

Special thanks to Consume Design for the web design and Matter Studio for the logo design.

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