Northeast Ohio scores millions in state budget earmarks

Cleveland Neighborhood Progress, a nonprofit community development group, is getting $500,000 in state funding for its ongoing initiative to improve homes and businesses in “middle neighborhoods,” which are neither wealthy nor poor but need investment to stave off a slow decline.

In Cleveland, examples of “middle neighborhoods” include Old Brooklyn, Kamm’s Corners, and Bellaire-Puritas, said Edward Stockhausen, senior vice president of advocacy and external relations for Cleveland Neighborhood Progress. Read more at Cleveland.com.