Garden Valley

Although one of the poorest neighborhoods in Cleveland, this tiny neighborhood is part of Kinsman and full of resilient residents who work together to uplift their community. It is home to Garden Valley Neighborhood House—the largest food pantry in Northeast Ohio.
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FEATURES The new Make it Home Cleveland program aims to help 50 residents in tax forfeited properties on the east side of Cleveland buy and repair their homes
Make It Home: A plan to support homeownership, stabilize east side CLE neighborhoods
Karin Connelly RiceThursday, April 11, 2024
In early April, the City of Cleveland, Enterprise Community Partners, Cuyahoga Land Bank, CHN Housing Partners, Legal Aid Society of Cleveland, and the Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless united with Rocket Community Fund to unveil the Make It Home Cleveland program. Aiming to address tax foreclosure and improve Black homeownership rates in East Side neighborhoods, the initiative offers renters the chance to become homeowners through financial support and housing stability services.
BREAKING GROUND Beyerle Lake, a man-made lake created by damming Burke Brook that allowed patrons to swim and boat in a leisurely manner
Beyerle Park: Trendsetter in late 19th Century resort amusement parks on the Interurban rail lines
Karin Connelly RiceThursday, April 20, 2023
Cleveland Masterworks: The 1883 opening of Beyerle Park in Slavic Village marked the beginning of Cleveland amusement parks geared toward attracting guests to rides, entertainment, and relaxation by the water.
FEATURES Jan Ridgeway
Guiding light: Jan Ridgeway has spent years, her own money, on aiding CLE's most needy
Grant SegallTuesday, November 08, 2022
For more than a dozen years, Jan Ridgeway has dedicated her time, and her own money, to Garden Valley Neighborhood House to feed and provide services to the residents living in one of Cleveland's poorest neighborhoods. 
BREAKING GROUND The solar array will save the largest food pantry in Northeast Ohio $64,000 in electricity costs over the course of next five years
Charged up: Garden Valley Neighborhood House goes green with solar power
Karin Connelly RiceWednesday, September 21, 2022
Garden Valley Neighborhood House last week celebrated a 40-panel rooftop solar array that will save the nonprofit, and largest food pantry in Northeast Ohio, $64,000 in electric bills over five years.
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