May 18-20, 2018
Noble Neighbors are planning for We Are Noble 2018 at our monthly meetings. Join us as we brainstorm ideas to celebrate this neighborhood! Be prepared to roll up your sleeves! Need some ideas? See details of the event in 2017 by clicking here, and for 2016, click here. Every resident is welcome to host a yard sale at their residence. Every business is welcome to attract new customers. Every institution is welcome to showcase the gifts they offer which make them a community asset. How to get onto our virtual map? Email us! NobleNeighbors@gmail.com 2018 ParticipantsWatch this space! We'll populate the list as commitments come in. In May, we'll publish the activity schedule on this page.
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Pocket Garden ProjectOur neighborhood gardeners are an active group! This year's project is establishing pocket gardens with sustainability and low maintenance in mind. The pilot project will be planted at homes along Langton Road. Click here to read about their efforts in the Heights Observer. Learn more about IOBY, In Our Back Yard, a multi-city effort to infuse life into neighborhoods by clicking here.
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Gaining Insights - Building Knowledge
Noble Neighbors seeks to contribute meaningfully to city and agency discussions about our neighborhood by increasing our knowledge of best practices and current trends. Our first effort at group education occurred as we prepared for our Envision a New Triangle District Workshop. You can still see the articles, videos and maps we viewed when you click here.
Our current effort is to read a few authors that are key for neighborhood and city revitalization. You are welcome to join our book groups who are reading, discussing how the concepts intersect with our situation, and will present their insights at a future Noble Neighbors meeting. Below are the books and meeting information.
Our current effort is to read a few authors that are key for neighborhood and city revitalization. You are welcome to join our book groups who are reading, discussing how the concepts intersect with our situation, and will present their insights at a future Noble Neighbors meeting. Below are the books and meeting information.
Community: The Structure of Belonging, by Block
Wednesdays, 1pm - 2:30pm, in the Teen Room at Noble Library
Feb 14 - part one
March 14 - chapters 3 and 4, maybe more
April 11 - probably chapters 5-7
We're finding our discussions to be very rich and we've agreed to allow ourselves as much time as we need to fully cover the concepts in this book.
Wednesdays, 1pm - 2:30pm, in the Teen Room at Noble Library
Feb 14 - part one
March 14 - chapters 3 and 4, maybe more
April 11 - probably chapters 5-7
We're finding our discussions to be very rich and we've agreed to allow ourselves as much time as we need to fully cover the concepts in this book.
Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community, by Putnam
Email us and we'll connect you with this group.
Email us and we'll connect you with this group.
Published in the Cleveland Heights City News Update, Feb. 15, 2018:
News
Next Noble Neighbors meeting:
First Tuesday of each month, 7pm, usually. We rotate where we meet between the public meeting places in the neighborhood.
Tuesday, May 1, 2018, 7:00pm
at Home Repair Resource Center
at Home Repair Resource Center
Tuesday, June 5, 2018, 7:00pm
at Start Right Church
at Start Right Church
Tuesday, July 3, 2018, 7:00pm
The mini park at Noble and Roanoke
The mini park at Noble and Roanoke
Tuesday, August 7, 2018, 7:00pm
Woodview Hope Garden
Woodview Hope Garden
Click here for more information.
Box Tops for Education
Noble Neighbors support our local schools in every way we can. One grandmother has joined the Oxford PTA and is asking us to collect box tops for the Oxford Elementary School PTA fundraiser. You can bring your box tops to our monthly meetings or drop them off at the school's office. Click here to see the very large list of products that carry this clip-able graphic.
Donate to Noble Neighbors
You can now financially support Noble Neighbors and deduct your donation from your taxes thanks to our new partnership with FutureHeights. Make sure you designate Noble Neighbors in the drop-down menu.
Currently we need funds for:
Outreaches to apartment residents
Business cards and stationery
Event signage
Event materials and supplies
Currently we need funds for:
Outreaches to apartment residents
Business cards and stationery
Event signage
Event materials and supplies
Checks need to be made out to FutureHeights with Noble Neighbors in the memo line. Checks and cash will be received at each Noble Neighbors meeting.
Neighborhood News:
Our Own Toxic Avenger
Noble area residents are grateful to Cleveland Heights City Council member Mike Ungar for being the catalyst to close the Arco dump on Noble Road in East Cleveland. While the site is not in our city, the airborne toxicity is a threat to CH residents. Without Ungar's relentless pursuit to get state, county and local officials to work together on this issue, we would not have the resolution in place at this time. Read more at: http://bit.ly/2smdYAb
Meet Your Police
Thursday, April 5, 2018, 6 - 8pm
One of the City's responses to the concerns we expressed at the April 29, 2014 Community Meeting is to change the location of the Meet Your Police event to the Police Academy on Noble at Monticello. On the first Thursday of every month, the police will be in our neighborhood to meet with us (and any other Cleveland Heights resident). On the other Thursdays, the police will return to City Hall where they have been meeting us for years. Let's take advantage of this!!
Click here for the City web page announcement.
One of the City's responses to the concerns we expressed at the April 29, 2014 Community Meeting is to change the location of the Meet Your Police event to the Police Academy on Noble at Monticello. On the first Thursday of every month, the police will be in our neighborhood to meet with us (and any other Cleveland Heights resident). On the other Thursdays, the police will return to City Hall where they have been meeting us for years. Let's take advantage of this!!
Click here for the City web page announcement.
On Feb. 28, 2018, Police Chief Mecklenburg held a meeting for citizens at the Community Center. Responding to resident requests, she described crimes in the city and progress on solving those cases. Statistics going back several years demonstrated trends. Click here to view the power point presentation she showed.
WE ARE NOBLE Promotional Video
We are pleased to announce our new promotional video! Jake Hochendoner, a professional filmmaker who lives in the Noble neighborhood, filmed We Are Noble 2017 to tell the story of the people in this great neighborhood. This is just the beginning of the story we have to tell. Enjoy it, and look for more of Jake's work at http://www.jakobhochendoner.com/
Quote Wall
Are we really making a difference? Oh, yes we are! These quotes are from emails, website form submissions and conversations. Not one of them was solicited. Each of these people voluntarily reached out to us to tell us what they feel. Thank you!! You're an encouragement to us all!
I wanted to formally introduce you to one of Cleveland Heights' strongest neighborhood groups: Noble Neighbors. Noble Neighbors is a collection of residents that advocate for the "Noble Neighborhood" in Cleveland Heights (i.e. north of Mayfield, and east of Taylor). They've exploded over the past few years and have brought significant attention to issues of housing, safety, and economic development in the northeast quadrant of Cleveland Heights.
~ This is how a CH City Council member described us to a political candidate, Jan. 2018
She wanted to introduce us because the Noble Neighbors is such an influential organization in the community.
~ A graduate student referred to a conversation with a city employee, December 2017
I wanted to let you know that friends who are renting on the other side of Cleveland Heights are actively looking to buy a house in the Noble neighborhood. Some of the factors in their decision are the quiet streets, community gardens, AND Noble Neighbors. They had checked out the NN website and were impressed.
~ Noble Neighbor who send us an email, October 2017
Thank you for doing this. This was incredible. I feel so much more hopeful about the area now.
~ Participant in Envision a New Triangle District Workshop, July 2017
I love what you all are doing in Noble. It's so positive!
~ Cleveland Heights City Council Member, June 2017
See more at www.nobleneighbors.com/quote-wall.html
I wanted to formally introduce you to one of Cleveland Heights' strongest neighborhood groups: Noble Neighbors. Noble Neighbors is a collection of residents that advocate for the "Noble Neighborhood" in Cleveland Heights (i.e. north of Mayfield, and east of Taylor). They've exploded over the past few years and have brought significant attention to issues of housing, safety, and economic development in the northeast quadrant of Cleveland Heights.
~ This is how a CH City Council member described us to a political candidate, Jan. 2018
She wanted to introduce us because the Noble Neighbors is such an influential organization in the community.
~ A graduate student referred to a conversation with a city employee, December 2017
I wanted to let you know that friends who are renting on the other side of Cleveland Heights are actively looking to buy a house in the Noble neighborhood. Some of the factors in their decision are the quiet streets, community gardens, AND Noble Neighbors. They had checked out the NN website and were impressed.
~ Noble Neighbor who send us an email, October 2017
Thank you for doing this. This was incredible. I feel so much more hopeful about the area now.
~ Participant in Envision a New Triangle District Workshop, July 2017
I love what you all are doing in Noble. It's so positive!
~ Cleveland Heights City Council Member, June 2017
See more at www.nobleneighbors.com/quote-wall.html
