A community meeting has been scheduled to address the proposed closing of Firehouse # 21 and the concerns of the neighborhood.

Join representatives from the Fire Department and Public Safety @ OLA- St.Joe on Tuesday May 20th, 6:00 pm

This meeting is being held with encouragement from Merrick House, Tremont West, Flats-Oxbow, Ohio City Near West and Ward 13 Councilman Joe Cimperman

If you have any questions-- Amy Weahry @ Merrick House 771-5077 or Kristen Ciofani @ TWDC 575-0920

See you there!!

Free Neighborhood Nights at the Theatre are back again for Tremont residents starting Thursday, April 10 at 8 pm at the Liminis theater.

You know it's spring when the Tremont Gardeners schedule the Lincoln Park cleanup!

We will meet at the gazebo at 9 a.m. on Saturday, April 12, to rake leaves, prune shrubs and dead grasses, pick up trash from the beds, etc. We probably will be there a couple of hours, so stop by and help or stop by and say hello.

If you're planning to help, please bring any garden tools you have, like pruners, rakes and brooms. We'll have heavy-duty garbage bags.

With April, comes the promise of the end of winter, true
rebirth with muddy puddles and baseball's opening day. It is also tends to mean just one more snow
fall in the Cleveberg land of eternal grey.
Such is ambitious expectation, so many times based on overwhelming
desire for something just a little better...or warmer. Foolishness in chance. However, a sure thing is that April IS
national poetry month and The Lit Cafe has evolved to a point that it NEVER
disappoints. This month is no

This month's Bright Ideas in the Plain Dealer features Tremont's Simple Yard Care, owned and operated by Daniel Lake and Allison Hurley: Yard care without the roar of machines.

Simple Yard Care "uses only manual tools -- such as rakes and push mowers -- and organic fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides. Rather than use a truck to carry equipment and debris, they pull trailers on their bikes."

One initiative derived from the Tremont Round Table sessions:
Consolidate all available rental units into a single location to help
sell the neighborhood and speed the pairing of landlords and tenants.

Free of charge, list your property with Southside Concierge.
Southside Concierge fields tenant leads daily and by listing your
property you have access to these leads with no cost or effort.

Also, don't forget the "Welcome Kit" gift bags.

After a many month absence from the neighborhood food repertoire, Next Door Deli opened quietly on St. Patrick's Day. The new location is across the street from Visible Voice (where the dry cleaners used to be).

And NDD picked up with the yum right where it left off. I understand the menu is significantly expanded from the old location, but in my 4 trips there, I haven't made it past the Egghead, Meatball sub (meatballs now made from scratch), or Gonzo, so I can't say what is new.

It is important to understand the real rich diversity in Tremont. This is exactly with Tremont West has left off the table.

This link is from the Plain Dealer Blog section.

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008/03/tremonts_good_friday_processio.html

If you happen to watch the video of the peole celebrating their faith. Please let the President of Tremont West Development Corp. know your thoughts.

The March Tremont Gardeners meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 18 at 7 p.m. at Visible Voice Books on Kenilworth Ave.

We are starting to plan for our annual flower sale in May and for our spring cleanups and planting projects, so if you're interested in gardening and neighborhood beautification, please stop by!

Sign up for one project or many projects. Everyone is welcome!

Sandy Smith