Cleveland Neighborhood Progress

The fate of Shaker Square will likely be left to next year’s Cleveland City Council to decide. At a neighborhood meeting Friday, Ward 4 Councilwoman Anita Gardner said she would table a proposed $12 million city loan to pull the property out of foreclosure.

The city is willing to put up $12 million in loans to pay off the Square’s owners’ mortgage debt. The nonprofts Burten Bell Carr Development Corporation and Cleveland Neighborhood Progress would take possession of the site, pay back at least half the loan and find a new owner for the property.

A new website allows users to access data on Cleveland and its neighborhoods that they can then use to improve where they live.The online tool was…