Since it was established in 2015, DigitalC has built a base of 2,000 customers. But it says it must grow to 25,000 in the next four years to be sustainable. The company’s slow pace is one reason Cleveland City Council balked at Mayor Justin Bibb’s $20 million plan to use DigitalC to expand broadband throughout the city. But after months, City Council added safeguards to protect its investment. In order to receive its first batch of money from Cleveland, DigitalC has to more than double its current customer base by attracting 3,500 new subscribers and providing digital literacy training to 7,500 Cleveland residents. DigitalC’s technology hooks into existing networks to provide wireless broadband internet. Each year of the four-year agreement will require DigitalC to continue growing its customer base and provide digital literacy to ever more residents. – Laura |
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Cleveland City Council is likely to approve $20 million to Cleveland nonprofit DigitalC to expand broadband access throughout the city. |
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Digital C: Cleveland City Council is likely to give final approval to its $20 million plan to expand broadband access throughout the city, reports Lucas Daprile. Legislation allocating the American Rescue Plan Act dollars to local nonprofit DigitalC passed Cleveland’s Finance, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee on Monday. The finance committee, chaired by Council President Blaine Griffin, is typically council’s last deliberative step when considering legislation. Fracking letters: The head of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources defended the decision to neither independently investigate nor remove from the official record disputed, pro-fracking public comments after more than 150 people said their names were used on the letters without their knowing permission. Jake Zuckerman reports ODNR Director Mary Mertz said she was told by grassroots activists in July of Ohioans saying they didn’t knowingly allow anyone to attach their names to comments urging the Ohio Oil and Gas Land Management Commission to open two state parks and two protected wildlife areas to oil and gas exploration, but downplayed the accusations as “handfuls” and minimized their relevance as to the state’s decision on whether to lease mineral rights to the parks. Today in Ohio: Today in Ohio will be back today. |
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Marijuana revenues: If Ohio voters on Nov. 7 pass Issue 2, the recreational marijuana proposal, tax revenues in the first full year of operation could range between $182 million and $218.4 million, according to new estimates from Ohio State University. Laura Hancock reports that by year five, they could range between $336.4 million to $403.6 million. But then they could start to decline. Bob Menendez: U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown on Monday joined calls for the resignation of his Democratic U.S. Senate colleague Bob Menendez of New Jersey, who has been indicted on bribery charges that allege he used his post on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for personal gain, Sabrina Eaton reports. Brown - who chairs the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs where Menendez is a senior member - is the second Democratic U.S. senator to call for his resignation. Governor’s race: Conservative policy researcher Matt Mayer, the first Republican to announce plans to run for Ohio governor in 2026, has now become the first to drop out of the race, Jeremy Pelzer reports. Redistricting comment: The Ohio Redistricting Commission on Monday morning heard from a parade of critics, both about Republican-authored state legislative maps and the commission itself, reports Jeremy Pelzer. With two of the commission’s four scheduled meetings completed, no member of the public has so far testified in favor of the proposed maps, which – as written – would create more GOP-leaning House and Senate districts than are in place under the current legislative redistricting plan the Ohio Supreme Court previously ruled as unconstitutional. |
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Catholic schools: Some Catholic schools that are independent of the Diocese of Cleveland appear to be distancing themselves from a new gender policy that has angered many in the LGBTQ community. Molly Walsh reports that in letters to parents and staff, the leaders of some schools run by religious orders say they will continue to offer compassion and counsel to all students at a sensitive and formative time in their lives. Riverfront development: The city of Cleveland and Bedrock, the real estate company owned by Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert, are preparing to hash out the rules of the road that will govern the developer’s plans to remake Tower City and much of the eastern bank of the Cuyahoga River in downtown Cleveland, Courtney Astolfi reports. Bedrock envisions a $3.5 billion makeover of Tower City and the largely underused riverfront behind it. Rethinking Child Care: Twenty-five Ohio organizations have signed a letter with nearly 1,000 other state and national organizations in urging Congress to approve spending $16 billion annually in emergency childcare funding. Zachary Smith reports the letter from the National Women’s Law Center comes just before billions of dollars in pandemic-era child care funding will expire Saturday. CLE neighborhoods: Sandwiched between the city’s cultural arts hub of University Circle and downtown are the Central and Fairfax neighborhoods. The dividing line between the two is East 71st Street for the most part - Fairfax to the east and Central to the west. For over 100 years, Fairfax, which is 92% Black, has left a mark on not only the city, but also the country, nurturing talent, reports Megan Sims. Nazi calls: Brooklyn High School football coach Tim McFarland resigned Monday after his team used racist and antisemitic language during a Friday night football game. Molly Wash reports that Beachwood Superintendent Robert Hardis said in an email to students and families that he learned late during the first half of the game that Brooklyn players were repeatedly using the word “Nazi” to call out football plays during the game. |
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Tax credits: A firearms manufacturer and pipe-fittings maker won state tax credits Monday and have plans to expand that will create an estimated 136 jobs in Chardon and Shalersville Township. Sean McDonnell reports that Ohio Ordnance Works and Viega were among six companies that had tax credits approved Monday by the Ohio Tax Credit Authority. |
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House flipper: A North Olmsted house-flipper who called himself “The Cash Flow King” is accused in a lawsuit of running an $11 million Ponzi scheme that ripped off dozens of investors. Adam Ferrise reports the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday filed the lawsuit in federal court in Cleveland against Matthew Motil and his companies North Shore Equity Sales, The Marie Paul Co., North Shore Equity Management and other LLCs that Motil owned. Ethan Liming verdict: A Summit County jury found two brothers not guilty of involuntary manslaughter Monday in the beating death of 17-year-old Ethan Liming, an attack that came after Liming repeatedly shot at them with a pellet gun last summer. Molly Walsh reports a Summit County jury convicted Deshawn Stafford, 20, and his brother Tyler, 19, of lesser counts of assault in Liming’s death in the parking lot of the I Promise School in Akron in June 2022. |
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Ask Lucas: A reader who hates politics asks how people can get through the next year without losing their minds? Lucas Daprile writes that although democracy can be a pain, we’re better off than Great Britain. “I’d rather suffer through an embarrassing political debate than a royal wedding or royal coronation or whatever idiotic crap they do in a monarchy.” West Side Market: Public markets like Cleveland’s historic West Side Market offer opportunities for aspiring entrepreneurs to launch businesses. Paris Wolfe reports the West Side Market Community Speaker Series is hosting “In the Market for Equity: Increasing Minority Entrepreneurship of Food-Based Businesses,” where three local experts will discuss efforts underway to expand and fortify minority entrepreneurship of food-based businesses in Cleveland as well as the ways West Side Market can support those efforts. Fashion after Dark: When gas lights replaced liquid-fuel lights in the mid-1800s, fashion changed. Colors, fabrics and embellishments looked different under the then-modern lighting, reports Paris Wolfe. Learn how fashion changed at the new “Fashion After Dark” exhibit at WRHS Cleveland History Center, where garments from the 1860s through the 1920s are displayed in vignettes in 10 spaces throughout the center’s Hay-McKinney Mansion. WinterLand: Public Square will shine bright yet again at the upcoming 2023 WinterLand festival, reports Alex Darus. This year’s celebratory tree lighting, put on by Downtown Cleveland Inc., will take place on Nov. 25, 2023. RV Rocking: The Kinzbachs embarked on a spontaneous adventure to Yellowstone National Park, discovering that spontaneity can lead to some of the most incredible experiences. They detail how to seize the opportunity to explore Yellowstone without the need for meticulous planning or months of preparation. |
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Richmond Heights man fatally shot outside convenience store on Cleveland’s East Side Read more Man, son stabbed during argument in traffic in Shaker Heights Read more Boy, 17, steals minivan used to transport the deceased Read more Medina City School District makes good marks on state report card Read more Medina City Schools asking voters to approve both bond issue and operating levy Read more Avon students help to refurbish tombstones in historic local cemetery Read more Brecksville mayoral candidate Jack Petsche says he won’t drop lawsuit against city Read more |
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