Help Save 144 acres of Green Space in South Euclid-Cleveland Heights

01/19/2023

Please consider donating to preserve this piece of Cleveland Heights history! Thank you.

A MESSAGE FROM THE FOREST HILL HOMEOWNERS ASSOCATION:
Help – a lifebuoy needed! Help save our cute, storybook Cleveland Heights Landmark called the “Little Blue Cottage” that is slowing sinking, listing and cracking (taking on water)! This quaint 1930 cottage, in the French Norman style, at Monticello and Lee boulevards., was designed by architect Andrew J. Thomas of New York, like the Heights Rockefeller Building and the original Forest Hill “Rockefeller” houses. It was originally the sales office for Abeyton Realty to sell homes for the Forest Hill neighborhood developed by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. and is also included on the National Register of Historic Places. Today the neighborhood is home to over 1000 unique residences and overlays Cleveland Heights and East Cleveland, bordered by Glynn, Mayfield, and North Taylor roads and Lee Boulevard. The “Little Blue Cottage” was once at the SE corner of Lee Boulevard and Brewster Road before being moved to its present spot. It has been the office of the Forest Hill Homeowners Association since the 1950’s. The Association serves the neighborhood but does not charge a mandatory fee. Members depend on voluntary donations for their projects and are currently in need of a goal of $80,000 (per the contractors) to get the historic building back in shape! No donation too big or small to save this iconic neighborhood landmark. Those willing to donate something can go to FHHO.org (to donate online) or can mail a check to Forest Hill Homeowners Assoc., Inc., 2419 Lee Blvd., Cleveland Heights, Ohio, 44118. Hoping the Blue Cottage can eventually cry out “Land Ahoy!” and, with your help, be able to remain afloat another hundred years!

10/08/2022

Flaherty & Collins, who are developing Cedar-Meadowbrook-Lee, can have a 10-year 75 percent property tax abatement without the school board’s approval. That is sufficient for the project to go forward, writes Frances Mentch of Cleveland Heights.

05/03/2022

Kids say Vote YES on ISSUE 9!

04/25/2022

Don't be afraid to vote YES on ISSUE 9 for the PUBLIC PARK. Here are reasons to vote YES. And, reasons to be afraid of the development. The development agreement includes the City selling all 5 acres of land at Meadowbrook Lee to the developer for $10 in year 40. This is not a typo! There is NO JUSTIFICATION for "selling" 5 acres of prime commercial property for $10. NO JUSTIFICATION. It is the next generation's wealth. We can have a better plan. VOTE YES on ISSUE 9! Thanks!

Yes on ISSUE 9 is a vote FOR the PUBLIC PARK! Opponents are trying to make you afraid to have this wonderful community and economic asset. Other cities have...

04/23/2022

VOTE Yes on Issue 9! We deserve a PUBLIC PARK and a better plan! Thank you.

There is no need for this giveaway to Flaherty & Collins (they are building Top of the Hill) nor selling 5 acres of city-owned land for $10, writes Frances Mentch of Cleveland Heights.

04/21/2022

This is my antidote for all the personal attacks I have received. Because I and 60 others dared to think for ourselves and use the City Charter to give residents the right to vote on a local land use decision involving their taxes and "selling" the next generation's land--5 acres of prime commercial property for $10 in year 40. $10!!!

“Peace Train” – Yusuf / Cat Stevens’ timeless anthem of hope and unity – was originally released on the classic album 'Teaser and the Firecat' in 1971 and wa...

04/19/2022

The Hanging Judge: Citizen Participation and Meadowbrook Lee.

Cleveland Heights City Hall treats citizen participation in the Meadowbrook Lee development the same way the hanging judge treated defendants. "We'll give yo...

04/11/2022

FACTS about our PUBLIC PARK. Opponents are trying to confuse you by using the term "openspace". This is leading some to believe that the "park" on the proposed development is larger than it really is proposed to be (less than 1/3 acre). The map shown in the video is also posted below, so you can see for yourself. VOTE YES ON ISSUE 9! Thank you!

Vote Yes on issue 9! For the 1.07 acres of PUBLIC park at Meadowbrook and Lee. Opponents are trying to confuse you by using the term "openspace" and telling ...

04/10/2022

Here are some reasons to vote YES on Issue 9!
Election Day is 23 days away! Please visit clevelandheightspublicsquare.com to sign up for a yard sign, to get our newsletter and please make a donation! Thank you!
https://youtu.be/LvhdmeNXt38

04/06/2022

Join us tonight for the League of Women Voters Forum. https://www.lwvgreatercleveland.org/content.aspx?page_id=4002&club_id=527296&item_id=1672888

04/01/2022

BEAUTIFUL SPRING FLOWERS and our YARD SIGNS are popping up all over! We deliver! Please sign up here to request your own beautiful yard sign, sign up for newsletter and to donate https://clevelandheightspublicsquare.com/get-involved/
THANK YOU!

03/30/2022

Frank and Alma Cain pose in front of the Cain Park rock. Frank Cain was Mayor of Cleveland Heights from 1914-1946. The park was named for him in 1934, and he was a steadfast supporter of its development and growth. In 1944, a small theater in Cain Park opened and was named the Alma Theater in honor....

03/29/2022

WILL YOU VOTE FOR A PARK THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN BUILT IN 2013? The community has been trying to build this Park since 2013. Here is a pin from the 2014-2015 effort to build the Park and name it in honor of of Jim Brennan, owner of Brennan's Colony who was tragically murdered in 2014. A terrible loss. Here's proof the community has been working at this a long time!

03/27/2022

𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘀𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗞! Vote YES on Issue 9! Mark your calendars for the Issue 9 Forum. On April 6, at 7pm, at the Heights Main Library on Lee Rd, the League of Women Voters will host a forum on Issue 9. It will be live-streamed and recorded in case you cannot attend in person!
For more information, go to https://www.lwvgreatercleveland.org/content.aspx?page_id=4002&club_id=527296&item_id=1672888

03/25/2022

Vote YES on ISSUE 9 for the PUBLIC Park on May 3rd! Vote for the 1.07-acre PUBLIC PARK. Vote YES on ISSUE 9 for the PUBLIC Park on May 3rd! Vote for the 1.07-acre PUBLIC PARK. To order one of our beautiful yard signs (pictured below) visit clevelandheightspublicsquare.com and request a sign. Free delivery!
We plan to have public restrooms, drinking fountain, free WiFi, small play area for young children, trees and pollinator garden; community will have final say, but those are the "must-haves " so far.

03/25/2022

Vote YES on ISSUE 9 for the PUBLIC Park on May 3rd! Vote for the 1.07-acre PUBLIC PARK. 𝙏𝙤 𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙮𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙨 (pictured below) visit clevelandheightspublicsquare.com and request a sign. Free delivery!
We plan to have public restrooms, drinking fountain, free WiFi, small play area for young children, trees and pollinator garden; community will have final say, but those are the "must-haves " so far.

03/14/2022

What is green stays green! Will you vote to keep Cleveland Heights Cleveland Heights?
Vote YES for the Public Square.
Do you know where our current Public Square is? Zagara's.
You can ask people to sign a petition outside the Library, but they are not open the hours Zagara's is and you CANNOT go inside. Even on the coldest or hottest day the Library will not let you circulate inside. Zagara's will let you inside! We need another Public Square at Meadowbrook and Lee!
Vote YES on Issue 9 on May 3rd!

03/10/2022

in case it’s in your path today…

⚠️ Monticello, West of Thorne, going Westbound will be CLOSED due to sewer construction until 3:30pm. Traffic will be rerouted down Thorne to South Taylor. Emergency vehicles should have access if needed.