Sunday, November 4, 2012
Lakewood artist is looking to convert machine shop into a live/work artist studio that would also feature a gallery.
A Lakewood artist looking to convert a 100-year-old machine shop in Birdtown into a live/work artist studio, got the green light from the city’s planning commission. Lakewood resident Kim Schoel shared her plans with the city for a development proposal that includes a gallery featuring jewelry and paintings. According to her proposal to the city, Schoel intends to bid in the property at 12507 Plover Street — the current home of Atlas Machine. “My familiarity with Birdtown — a formerly unknown and economically challenged part of Lakewood — derives from my participation in the Lake Erie Screw Factory’s annual Open Studio events, which have attracted thousands of people from the Northeast Ohio region,” she said in a letter to the planning …
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Friday, September 28, 2012
City officials were hoping to get started on repaving of all of Madison Avenue in the summer of 2013, as well as a traffic signalization project. A streetscape effort was also part of the plans. They will all have to wait.
Clarification: Public works director Joe Beno said the county is still committed to paying 10 percent of the cost of the paving project. But the city will likely wait a year to see if it can get some funding assistance. Officials at Lakewood City Hall would like to repave the entire length of Madison Avenue. There are also plans for a traffic signalization project — not unlike the Detroit Avenue project this summer — which could include some streetscape-style enhancements. But all those plans are now on hold, until at least 2014. City officials were hoping to get started on the $2.5 million repaving of all of Madison Avenue in the summer of 2013, but the plan for additional funding assistance from Cuyahoga County fell through. However, the…
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
As part of our election coverage, Lakewood Patch will provide profiles of each of the candidates for local office.
Editor's Note: As part of Lakewood Patch's local election coverage, we will provide profiles ofeach of the candidates running for office. These profiles will offer biographical and issue-oriented details about each of the candidates to help you, the voters, make more-informed decisions at the ballot box. Stay tuned for more coverage of the election. Name: Mary Louise Madigan Age: 51 Occupation: Program Administrator, Cuyahoga County Health & Human Services Education: Bachelors of Arts & Sciences, Cleveland State University Political affiliation: Democrat, although Lakewood races are nonpartisan Office Sought: Council Ward 4 Previous political office: Council Ward 4 Candidate Statement: Ward 4 is the most socially, economically and …
Peter Grossetti
12:06 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012
This is wonderful news. I would love to see art and artists have a greater role in Our City's economic revival. more ›