Residents raise concerns about stepped up code enforcement in Tremont
by Chuck Hoven

The Auburn Block Club is having its monthly meeting at Pilgrim Church. Representatives from Progressive Urban Real Estate will be present to discuss proposed additions to the Clarence Court Townhomes on Brayton and Fruit.

Lynn Friedel of TWDC will be around to talk about Home Repair Loan Programs

Genevieve Volpe of West Side Community House will be present to discuss foster parenting opportunities.

General discussion on annual spring clean-up and Show Your Stuff neighborhood Yard Sale.

Where: Lucky's Cafe

Who:
• Tremont residents running for TWDC board

What:
• Block Club Chair elections
• Grant application and security cameras

Where: Pilgrim Church

Who:
• Richard Carlisle on Steelyard Commons
• People running for TWDC board

What:
• Grant Funding opportunities

If you're interested in forming a gay and lesbian residents' association to promote living in Tremont please contact Eric at 216.233.1511 or Scott at 216.241.2196. Straight folks is welcome too!

Tremont residents staffed a booth about Tremont in the last two Cleveland LGBT Pride Fests.

Heh. "Gayborhood".

Auburn Block Club Meeting & Holiday Party
Thursday, December 8
7:00 PM
Pilgrim Church (West 14th and Starkweather)
Please bring a dish to share!
Beverages provided.

The meeting ran a bit longer than usual last evening as we were in the sanctuary of Pilgrim Church. Which, while quite pretty and with beautiful stained glass and woodwork, is still a strange place to bring up fornication in back alleys and the usefulness of retaining walls.

ODOT showed up to talk about the Innerbelt plan, and talked mostly about changes to downtown Cleveland while skimming over the impact to our neighborhood. After some cross-examination by my fellow block clubbers, it was determined that 5 houses, 1 on West 15th street and 4 on Fairfield will be "acquired" to broaden the innerbelt. Also, it appears that the cold storage building is another casualty. It was also explicitly stated that ODOT has yet to "personally talk" with any of the homeowners. Craig Hebebrand sent me the most recent high resolution PDF of the project, and the buildings to be acquired are highlighted in yellow. It is a large file, 13.9MB, and you can download it here. [Innerbelt PDF]

Nancy Owad also stopped by to show us her plan for Grumpy's which is hopefully going to reopen around year's end. It will have lots more seating than the old place and will be open breakfast, lunch, dinner, and late nights on weekends, as well as the usual weekend brunch.

There was pizza from Big Guy's and Miss Machrye made her tasty rosettes.

[Update: I forgot to mention, James Draper's campaign manager stopped by to hand out some information and give us a brief rundown of Draper's platform. Tremonter encourages you to vote for the candidate of your choice in the upcoming election.]

After a month off, the Auburn Block Club is having its September meeting this Thursday, September 8, at 7:00pm in Pilgrim Church. Doug Hebebrand of ODOT will be a guest speaker as well as Kathy Owad of the soon to be reopened Grumpy's. As always there will be pizza, pop and a 50/50 raffle.

If any other block clubs want to send me information on their meetings and agendas I'll be happy to post it here.