Since my love of strength training is endless, I’ve launched this “Strong Stuff” newsletter. I’m writing about my studio Out Fitness and interviewing friends about their strengths! 💌: www.out.fitness/newsletters #Cleveland #lgbtq

Out Fitness Collective

Where you fit in. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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To love Cleveland is to love its neighborhoods. How do we show that love? We empower, build, and invest across the city. See our latest Annual Report: clevelandnp.org/wp-content/u...

The amount of top-down hostility toward us eating or going anywhere is out of control, the dietary guidelines fail at basic math, and we are getting lapped by Brazil www.shesabeast.co/the-plot-to-...

the plot to strangle the American of life, liberty, and happiness

AND get us to blame ourselves. Plus: ground beef cereal; alpine divorce; EVERYTHING'S FINE :) by W.B. Yeats. This is Link Letter 195!

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We represented Cleveland's neighborhoods in the St. Patrick's Day parade, likely for the first time ever! THANK YOU to our community development colleagues for coming together – despite the cold – for our "Love Cleveland Neighborhoods" campaign. 🩷 LoveClevelandNeighborhoods.com

I wrote about my realizations from 10 years of weightlifting, a passion I never expected to find.

10 years of lifting: a love letter

A funny thing happened on the way to my thirties. I fell in love, against the odds, with weightlifting. Last week I reached 10 years of strength training (and with seven years as a vegan). Unlike the...

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Find a special event for your loved ones at LoveClevelandNeighborhoods.com! Each month, the neighborhoods have 100+ welcoming events that we're promoting through this campaign. To submit an event, use this form, thanks to our partner @thisiscle.bsky.social: www.thisiscleveland.com/events/submi...

When winter returns next week, here are 14 cozy spots to try! ❄️ We're gathering these local recommendations from our CDC partners and promoting them in our "Love Cleveland Neighborhoods" campaign and @clevelandmag.bsky.social 🩷

14 cozy spots we love - Love Cleveland Neighborhoods

by Josh Jones Forbes Josh (he/him) is marketing director at Cleveland Neighborhood Progress, and he believes strong neighborhood pride gives residents the power to own their futures. Josh is founder o...

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We celebrated our Neighborhood Marketing Working Group's accomplishments together with local food and drinks at the amazing MidTown Collaboration Center! Plus we made BIG plans to promote all the neighborhoods in 2026. 🩷 Follow along at LoveClevelandNeighborhoods.com.

Today, we're launching SlopStop: Community-driven AI slop detection in Kagi Search. Join our collective defense against AI-generated spam and content farms: blog.kagi.com/slopstop

The ending of tonight’s episode of The Chair Company

a man in a maroon sweater and tie sits on a couch

ALT: a man in a maroon sweater and tie sits on a couch

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I’m heartbroken that my alma mater Kent State shut down its LGBTQ+ Center, Women’s Center, and Multicultural Center. Ohio GOP is to blame, of course. KSU was top-rated for student inclusion and support – changed my whole life. Read students’ experiences now:

A Campus Stripped of Color

Deep in the lowest level of Kent State’s student center lies a hollow suite of offices — doors locked, rooms emptied and lights off.  Mere months ago, the LGBTQ+ Center offered support and company wit...

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In my small hometown of Lancaster, Ohio, two husbands have revived an industrialist woman’s legacy of midcentury glassware! And her perfectly anachronistic name, “Gay Fad.”

Reviving Gay Fad Studios: How an LGBTQ+ couple created a midcentury glass destination in central Ohio

In 2022, husbands Dave and Jason Annecy re-opened Gay Fad Studios in the spirit of the Ohio glass company’s innovative founder, Fran Taylor.

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We've upgraded this map for our loveclevelandneighborhoods.com campaign, check out the gorgeous new design! It's the best place to explore all 29 neighborhoods in the city and their upcoming events.

Our LGBTQ+ fitness studio got a lovely story by our local NPR station, Ideastream (WKSU)! I’m very grateful to all our community members who make this possible. www.ideastream.org/community/20...

This Cleveland personal trainer offers a private, safe gym for the LGBTQ+ community

When it comes to working out at the gym, the fear of discrimination and harassment can create a big fitness obstacle for people in the LGBTQ+ community. One gym owner in Cleveland is hoping to change ...

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Our marketing campaign Love Cleveland Neighborhoods is now 1 year old! 🥳 We've worked with our CDC partners and @thisiscle.bsky.social to achieve: 🩷 100,000+ impressions per month on socials 🩷 New website with 16 neighborhood profiles and events calendar 🩷 In-person activations in 5 neighborhoods

This News is So Gay: More Assaults on Queer History & the LGBTQ+ Art Exhibit You Won’t See Featuring: Ben Jodway (The Buckeye Flame), Zackory Kirk (Three Plus One Media) and Diane Anderson-Minshall (GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics) thebuckeyeflame.com/2025/07/30/t...

This News is So Gay: More Assaults on Queer History & the LGBTQ+ Art Exhibit You Won’t See

Featuring: Ben Jodway (The Buckeye Flame), Zackory Kirk (Three Plus One Media) and Diane Anderson-Minshall (GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics)

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Do you know and love Broadway-Slavic Village for its great summer spots?? Ice cream, trails, and waterfalls in our newest profile for "Love Cleveland Neighborhoods." And mark your calendar for Rooms To Let, Sept. 6-7!

Broadway-Slavic Village - Love Cleveland Neighborhoods

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Beginning July 1, we're investing another $2 million in 17 CDCs! And these grants include year-round support for their neighborhood-driven work in community engagement, marketing, real estate, economic development, and more.

Cleveland Neighborhood Progress distributes $2M in grants across 17 CDCs

Cleveland Neighborhood Progress (CNP) announced Monday, June 23, that it is making $2 million in grants across 17 community development corporations (CDCs). The funding will begin on July 1 for fiscal...

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Do you know and love Clark-Fulton? Have you visited CentroVilla25 or the Pivot Center yet? Check out this new guide from our "Love Cleveland Neighborhoods" campaign:

Clark-Fulton - Love Cleveland Neighborhoods

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St. Clair Superior Development is coordinating a HUGE summer of new murals in their neighborhood with lots of partners! Learn more: fox8.com/news/clevela... 🎨 ARTIST CREDITS: 1️⃣ Dayz Whun 2️⃣ Lisa Quine 3️⃣ Louise Jones (Ouizi)

Maybe you've eaten at the Red Chimney (time to plan your next visit!) without realizing how many projects Slavic Village Development has underway for its neighborhood! @clevelandmag.bsky.social shares the scoop on new trails, unique businesses, and more:

Slavic Village Makes History with EcoDistricts Win and Bold Community Vision

Inclusion, ecological amenities, culture and creating connective pathways are at the core of Broadway-Slavic Village. By Kristen Hampshire — Partnership Content

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🚧 Progress is being made on downtown’s FIRST EVER protected bike lanes on Huron and Prospect, along with expanded sidewalk + patio space, safer pedestrian crossings, a streamlined traffic flow, and reconfigured intersection! (1/4)

sold-out premiere of a local gay director’s gay horror film in our gayborhood cinema full of gay people. 🔪❤️

A 60-year-old’s love letter on learning to deadlift with a trainer!

The deadlift difference: is this the exercise you need for an active and pain-free future?

Life is easier with a strong, flexible body – and this weightlifting move will help with everything from rearranging the furniture to picking up your groceries. You might even learn to love the barbel...

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I felt lucky to have one of the first porch beers of this home’s new phase 🍻

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Celebrating the latest home renovation for our Middle Neighborhoods Initiative! This grand house on W 127th took a long journey with Jefferson-Puritas West Park CDC from vacancy to new life.

DID YOU KNOW: Cleveland's network of CDCs engaged ✨470 entrepreneurs✨ to grow their businesses during July 2023-June 2024. We've seen a 35% increase in this work over the previous year, too!

Great post by a search engine you pay for (not sarcastic!)

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Kagi turns 3! To our amazing community: thank you for your trust and support. Here's to many more years of building a web that works for you, not advertisers. Read more about our journey to date and what’s to come: blog.kagi.com/first-three-...

When I want some hope for the future, I just check Cleveland’s latest Complete & Green Streets newsletter 🌳 mailchi.mp/clevelandohi... Props as always to the tireless @philtkidd.bsky.social!

Business owners, Shaker Square is ready for you! We're seeking restaurants, shops, and experiences to join the Square. Be part of a new era for this Cleveland classic: shakersquare.com/shaker-squar... More info in this story by Crain's Cleveland Business:

Shaker Square launches RFP for new tenants

Shaker Square has released a Request for Proposals in hopes of gaining new tenants.

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