Olivera Perkins

Economics reporter @signalcleveland Former longtime @ThePlainDealer reporter. 🎼 Soprano in my spare time.

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“We have no patience or interest in having another out-of-town investor-wealth extractor come into #Cleveland and devalue buildings further by milking what they can get out of them and then let them go into foreclosure.” @CityofCleveland #housing
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Cleveland unveiled Wednesday a preliminary plan designed to strengthen the St. Clair-Superior neighborhood by targeting East 67th Street for new housing and other resources such as home repair funds for residents. ✍🏾 @OPinfo https://t.co/4opTO2IOyt

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Most food pantries are exclusively run by volunteers, who are almost always older adults. Now many are unable to do the work and younger people aren’t stepping up. #cle #Oh https://t.co/G0HmpMm0J8

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“This is one of the most ambitious neighborhood revitalization efforts #Cleveland has undertaken.” @CityofCleveland @CleveFoundation

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“The real goal of this was to bring something that is downtown quality in the middle of the [Hough] neighborhood.” A look at Thurgood Marshall Green #Cleveland

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“We don’t have a lot of land left in Cuyahoga County to do any large-scale transformational development. The only places left to invest are places that suffered disinvestment ( in #Cleveland ).”https://t.co/Imp1YTQiqm

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Fundraising campaign has started to get a $960,000 memorial for former #Cleveland Mayor Carl B. Stokes @LakeViewCem @CityofCleveland

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People saw that $1,000+ for a two-bedroom unit in a new building was a bargain — and they wanted in. Some of the two-bedroom apartments in newer buildings in the University Circle area rent for $4,000+. 

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While Black Americans are 14.2 % of the total U.S. population, they only own about 3% of businesses. The President’s Council is looking into the obstacles such businesses face in Greater #Cleveland. 

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Current and former NEON health center workers have been asking for their back pay for months. Sick and tired of not getting a response from the nonprofit, they decided to take the employer to court.

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Is @CityofCleveland moving closer to stopping some rundown apartment buildings going to auction? #Cleveland officials believe a Fannie Mae auction increases chances of irresponsible investors buying buildings.

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“Pay to Stay” laws have gained traction in recent years, with proponents touting them as a way to address housing instability and homelessness. Do they work? @LegalAidCLE @CuyahogaCounty @CuyahogaCouncil

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Fair Employment Wage Board in #Cleveland showed up to NEON health services HQ demanding to know why workers hadn’t been paid.

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How irresponsible out-of-town property investors bought buildings near Shaker Square and allowed them to deteriorate. And how #Cleveland came up with a solution, but Fannie Mae, which helped cause the problem, isn’t yet interested. https://t.co/qNIsx42Jrs

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Help in #Cleveland for justice-impacted individuals, ranging from expungements to jobs. @CLE_State @CuyahogaCounty @Cleveland_PL

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A novel approach to help #Cleveland residents who need food and struggling AsiaTown restaurants. AsiaTown Taste & Care also includes cash mobs at neighborhood restaurants the next three Saturdays. @MidTownCleInc

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You’ll find some interesting restaurants to check out in St. Clair-Superior and AsiaTown in #Cleveand and get some savings during Savior St. Clair, which runs Dec. 8-14. @thekafela216

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A look at an innovative #affordablehousing approach from @LMMCleveland @CuyahogaCounty @PadSmartHomes

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Local Black Friday protest in the #Cleveland and Cleveland Heights are scheduled as part of the #WeAintBuyingIt campaign. Learn more⬇️

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It seems that nothing can get in the way of Barbara Wilcher-Norton fighting for her historic Glenville neighborhood near University Circle in #Cleveland @inthecircle @cwru https://t.co/QH1QeUjuYK