Lee Chilcote
Founder and EditorLee Chilcote is editor of The Land. Lee is a writer and journalist. His work has appeared in Vanity Fair, Next City, Belt, Planning, Land and People and other publications. Before founding The Land, Lee was a founder and executive director of Literary Cleveland, an organization whose mission is to “help writers and readers explore other voices and discover their own—creating a vital, diverse and supportive literary community in Northeast Ohio.”
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The new HAWK signal (which stands for high intensity activated crosswalk) gives pedestrians the ability to press a button to signal for traffic to stop so they can cross.
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A new Cuyahoga County diversion center in Cleveland's Hough neighborhood can trace its roots to the work of Greater Cleveland Congregations and the group's opposition to using public money to renovate a sports arena.
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One of the more intractable problems facing manufacturers is the mismatch between the location of jobs and where entry-level workers live. Many low-income and Black workers live in Cleveland and don’t own cars, but many jobs are in the suburbs, far from public transportation.