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Community Tree Forestry Corps

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Cleveland Community Forestry Corps kick-off and federal funding for trees in Cleveland

Jul 10, 2024

Watch the Press ConferenceWednesday, July 10, 2024 — Cleveland — Yesterday afternoon local leaders joined Mayor Justin M. Bibb, Councilwoman Deborah Gray, the USDA Under Secretary for Natural Resources and the Environment, Dr. Homer Wilkes, and natio...
Compost Garden

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Cleveland awarded $340,000 USDA grant for composting and food waste reduction project

Jan 26, 2024

Friday, Jan. 26, 2024 — Cleveland — Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced an $11.5 million investment in cooperative agreements that support innovative, scalable waste management plans to reduce and divert food waste from lan...
Parks & Recreation

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City of Cleveland releases comprehensive Parks and Recreation Needs Assessment to shape master plan, future developments

Jan 11, 2024

Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024 - Cleveland - The City of Cleveland is pleased to announce the public release of the Cleveland Community Needs Assessment report, providing valuable insights into the present and future state of parks and recreation centers in...
Cleveland Skyline

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Cleveland finalizes community choice electricity aggregation program details for Illuminating Company / FirstEnergy Customer

Jun 16, 2023

Friday, June 16, 2023 — Cleveland — City of Cleveland has finalized the roll-out of the 2023 Community Choice Electricity Aggregation to our eligible residents and small commercial businesses. The program will be starting in August 2023 thanks to Cit...
public park

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Cleveland kicks off Citywide Parks & Recreation Master Plan process

May 02, 2023

OLIN selected as prime consultant, community needs assessment to begin this spring  Tuesday, May 2, 2023 — Cleveland — The City of Cleveland, through the Mayor’s Office of Capital Projects (MOCAP), has selected landscape architecture firm O...
beautiful public park in the summer vibrant and green

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Introducing the City of Cleveland’s new Urban Forestry Commission

Jan 20, 2023

First meeting of reimagined Tree Commission set for Tuesday, Jan. 24 at 4 p.m.   January 20, 2023 – Cleveland – The City of Cleveland has revived the former “Tree Commission” as the new Urban Forestry Commission (UFC). The UFC will have the...