Kevin Barry
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Cleveland, OH, United States
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Vytalize Health secures $53 million in funding one year after merging with Cleveland tech start-up
Vytalize Health, a New York-based medical technology company, announced it has completed raising $53 million in funding as part of its growth. → Read More
3 bids under consideration to restart Cleveland’s recycling program
Recycling could be back around Earth Day, April 22, 2022, in Cleveland now that the city has received and is considering three recycling contract bids. → Read More
Why people in one community live 15 years longer than people a few blocks away
Nearly 50 years since the Hough Riots in 1966, the impact of disinvestment and discrimination still show up in a variety of different metrics in neighborhoods that lie along Cleveland's historic racial divide. One of the most notable: life expectancy. → Read More
Patients and doctors struggle through severe long-haul COVID numbness, paralysis
Even with all that modern medicine has to offer patients and their doctors, many are still stumped by some of the most severe conditions emerging after patients appear to recover from the coronavirus. → Read More
How Medina County organizations are helping people get to work and keep their money
While employers across the nation are struggling to find workers because the unemployment rate is so low, Medina County organizations are teaming up to help their residents get to jobs they otherwise wouldn’t be able to reach. → Read More
Big venues promise to bring big business to Ohio City during Cleveland’s national events
For the NBA All-Star Weekend, The Land is offering a new, big venue in a part of town that, until now, didn’t really have a spot to park a few hundred visitors and VIPs. → Read More
Construction on Allen Estates’ first phase starts, hoping to spark even more development nearby
Sheila Wright’s Valentine’s Day gift to her Hough neighborhood is an Allen Estates project that she hopes will break ground in more ways than one. → Read More
Minnie Miñoso and the history he made in Cleveland finally arrives at the Baseball Hall of Fame
Cleveland played a central role in opening the door for players of color even wider and keeping it open for more players from more parts of the world. This year, when the Baseball Hall of Fame enshrines its 2022 class, Minnie “The Cuban Comet” Miñoso will finally clear his last barrier. → Read More
Medical marijuana dispensary lottery shows where new dispensaries could pop up
One way or another, the number of medical marijuana dispensaries in Ohio is supposed to more than double in 2022. → Read More
Meet the recycling/sustainability advocate leading Cleveland back to curbside recycling
When will the City of Cleveland reboot its recycling program? → Read More
Ohio’s medical marijuana dispensary expansion creates real estate and probability frenzy
More than 200 current and potential Ohio Medical Marijuana companies are holding their breath, waiting for the Ohio Board of Pharmacy lottery to announce who will win the right to open up medical marijuana dispensaries in the Buckeye State. → Read More
New Healthline buses boosting an already-successful route
Anyone who spent much time on Euclid Avenue on Monday probably saw the new look for the Greater Cleveland RTA HealthLine buses, which picked up passengers for the first time this week. → Read More
We saw a Ukrainian billionaire neglect downtown buildings. It happens on a smaller scale often
A year after the DOJ filed a civil forfeiture complaint related to a fraud and embezzlement case involving 55 Public Square’s former owner, Cleveland City Council leaders say that huge case is just the largest example of something that happens in surrounding communities all the time. → Read More
2021 was good for Ohio Medical Marijuana, Advocates say 2022 will be better
Americans are learning that the one constant for their country’s marijuana laws is that they are constantly changing, at least at the state level. → Read More
Electric Vehicles and the electric grid: Your questions answered
Electric Vehicles (EV) are becoming more coming and major auto-makers say they’re only going to be making more of them over the next few years. → Read More
E-Bike tax break in Build Back Better Act could push an already growing demand into an extra gear
Another new year means big purchases and losing COVID weight are front of mind for many Americans right at the time when electric bicycles are becoming more popular than ever before. → Read More
NOACA plan to place nearly 50 EV charging stations could lead to greater infrastructure investment
The Northeast Ohio Area Coordinating Agency (NOACA) is spearheading a project to install 48 charging stations throughout Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, and Medina counties in spring of 2022. → Read More
Moved building, reimagined campus is the first step toward reconnecting with MidTown Community
MidTown’s Dunham Tavern Museum is moving a small, late 1800’s building from one side of its property to the other as the first step in a large effort to integrate its entire campus back into the community. → Read More
Park, bike trails and apartments eventually coming to open field along Lake Erie near Downtown Cleveland
The Cleveland Planning Commission agreed to a property adoption agreement that will allow a developer to build and maintain park amenities and a bike infrastructure on the plot of land north of North Marginal Road by East 55th Street. → Read More
Meijer, new apartments planned for Innovation Square/Opportunity Corridor community
One of the busiest intersections by the Cleveland Clinic is preparing for a large mixed-use development, bringing almost 200 new apartment units and a new grocery store right in the middle of one of the region’s food deserts. → Read More