Community Matters

The back-to-school blitz will soon be upon us. Sales are already popping up, along with ads showcasing the latest school fashions and…

My environment was… My environment is… My environment will be… How might you finish those sentences? How would you want to? One…

Growing up in South Euclid with family ties to Collinwood High School, Mim Conway felt a special connection to the South Collinwood…

Part two of a two-part community building series, adapted from The Practical Minister Now that you’ve begun the work of engagement and…

To think, an eight-year strong conservancy movement all started with one woman’s desire to spruce up a plain, ugly, rain barrel.  Mural…

When there are overwhelming needs in a community, its residents can do a few things: They can abandon hope and move somewhere…

Part one of a two-part community building series, adapted from The Practical Minister Sometimes, it can seem as if the problems in…

It’s no secret that friendships can sprout from the most unexpected places. But for volunteers at Youth Challenge, making new friends is…

“We’re very ‘punny’ and sarcastic,” Fetch & Co.’s Julia Gramenz says while pointing out a mug in the Lakewood shop she co-owns…

One of the most time-honored tenets of natural farming is the understanding that sometimes you have to destroy unhealthy crops in order…