COMMUNITY ORGANIZING | SLAVIC VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT

Works to reactivate existing block clubs and to build new ones, with an aim towards helping citizens express their thoughts effectively to policy makers. Provides training on basic skills like running meetings, getting neighbors out to events, establishing boards and by-laws, identifying issues and carrying out plans to improve a neighborhood's quality of life.

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211 Cleveland

Physical Address

5620 Broadway Ave., Cleveland, OH 44127

Hours

Schedules vary. Block clubs meet on a rotating schedule, often in the evenings.

Application process

Call M-F: 8:30am-5:00pm for information

Fee

Free

Eligibility

Serves Ward 12, Ward 2, Ward 5, and Ward 6 in the city of Cleveland as well as North and South Broadway- SE of downtown Clevelad, which includes parts of zip codes 44109, 44113, 44115, 44105, 44127, and 44131. Boundaries include Schaaf Rd., Broadview Rd on the south; the city of Newburgh Heights and Interstate 77 on the east; Denison and Clark Aves, Interstate 480 on the north; Barberton and Interstate 71 on the west.

Agency info

SLAVIC VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT

Performs neighborhood planning and community revitalization activities. Focuses on increasing market-rate and affordable residential housing and on economic development activities to stabilize and revitalize the neighborhood.