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…rts and Culture 1988 La Mesa Espanola 1988 J.C. Tucker Memorial Prog $400 Arts and Culture 1988 Lake County Historical Society General support $1,000 Administrative 1988 Lake County Historical Society Install American Indian Site $5,000 Civic Affairs 1988 Lake County Young Men’s Christian Association General support $1,000 Administrative 1988 Lake Erie College General support $769 Education 1988 Lake Erie College General support $6,000…
…nown basic scientists led by cardiovascular-pulmonary specialist Alfred P. Fishman, M.D., of the University of Pennsylvania, the foundation agreed to support the rebuilding of CWRU’s basic sciences departments one at a time. Site reviews were to be conducted by the consultants prior to the release of funding for each successive department. Between 1981 and 1986, the medical school received four large grants totaling $2.15 million, a foresighted…
Master planner I. M. Pei (right), Cleveland’s urban renewal director James Lister (center) and chief architect Jack Hayes at the Erieview Tower construction site, 1954 In 2013, Forbes ranked Cleveland as one of 15 cities with a resurgent downtown. The magazine’s appraisal was based on information provided by the Downtown Cleveland Alliance, the latest in a long series of endeavors undertaken with the support of the Cleveland Foundation to…
…formed in 1989 to promote the health, educational and social benefits of rowing, needed to find a permanent headquarters on the Cuyahoga River for its 800 members and the urban schoolchildren it mentored. A vacant commercial site with 1,100 feet of riverfront and two buildings seemed ideal, but the $3.5 million price tag for the seven-acre property was daunting. CRF sought assistance from the Cleveland Foundation, which recognized the challenge…
…ith the support of a $100,000 grant from the Cleveland Foundation in 1977, the organization played a key role in acquiring 30,000 acres of land for the Cuyahoga Valley National Park around Blossom Music Center, at the former site of the Richfield Coliseum, and along the Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail, a scenic hiking and biking trail. With foundation support, TPL opened a Cleveland field office in 1997, facilitating its efforts to connect…
…otions. He was named CEI’s president in 1945 and board chairman in 1960, then chairman of the executive committee from 1967 until his retirement in 1974. Lindseth worked tirelessly to champion Cleveland as an excellent site for new industry and expansion, serving as president of the Greater Cleveland Growth Association and chairman of the Committee for Economic Development. He was a trustee of Case Western Reserve University and held…
…25 submissions, from which four artists were commissioned to create outdoor works that became overnight sensations with fans. R. M. Fischer’s Sports Stacks, incorporating elements of the complex’s exhaust system … Nancy Dwyer’s benches entitled Meet Me Here and Who’s on First? … and a planting bed/seating area decorated with Penny Rakoff’s historic photographs of the old Central Market that once occupied the site and Angelica Pozo’s ceramic…
…Christine M. Lawson, India Pierce Lee, Karen Long, Ginger F. Mlakar, Cindy Naegele, Kathy S. Parker, Terry L. Pederson, Sylvia E. Pérez, Paul Putman, Kaye Ridofi, Kimberly Sabo, Patty A. Takacs and Joyce Wilson About the Website Concept, Design and Programming: Nesnadny + Schwartz Creative Director and Principal Photography Research: Mark SchwartzDesign: Shawn Beatty, Ryan Camp, Gregory Oznowich and Jamie WilhelmProgramming: Bryce Taylor and…
…otions. He was named CEI’s president in 1945 and board chairman in 1960, then chairman of the executive committee from 1967 until his retirement in 1974. Lindseth worked tirelessly to champion Cleveland as an excellent site for new industry and expansion, serving as president of the Greater Cleveland Growth Association and chairman of the Committee for Economic Development. He was a trustee of Case Western Reserve University and held…