Heights Libraries has launched a new subsite on its website dedicated to showcasing the videos, podcasts, and supporting documents of its Unpacking Our History project, formerly the 1619 project. The creation of the subsite was made possible by a $5,000...
FAQ for the Current Status of the Coventry PEACE Building and Its Tenants
May 24, 2024, updated on June 7, 2024 On Monday, May 20, the Heights Libraries board voted not to renew the 18-month leases of nine PEACE Building tenants (Artful, Building Bridges, Cleveland Heights Teacher’s Union, Coventry PEACE Inc., Future Heights, Grace...
Heights Libraries Board Offers Short-term Lease Options to PEACE Park Tenants
PLEASE NOTE: THIS POST HAS BEEN UPDATED WITH CORRECTIONS SINCE IT WAS POSTED LAST NIGHT AT 8:14 P.M. At its Monday, May 20, meeting, the Heights Libraries Board of Trustees agreed to provide short-term lease options for nine PEACE Building tenants: Artful, Building...
Library revises PEACE Park budget and timeline
At its Monday, February 19, meeting, the Heights Libraries board of trustees approved an updated budget and timeline for the PEACE Park playground renovation. The new budget is $3.2 million, up from an estimated $2.5 million. The new construction timeline has moved...
Heights Libraries welcomes newest board member, honors outgoing president
The Cleveland Heights-University Heights Public Library is pleased to announce the appointment of its newest board member, Hallie Turnberrez. Her term will begin in January 2024. Turnberrez is a staff attorney at the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court and a member of...
Library brings early literacy services to MetroHealth’s WIC office
On a recent visit to the WIC (Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children) office at the Severance MetroHealth Center, Youth Services Associate Danielle Maynard saw one of her regulars from the Noble Neighborhood branch library. “It was...
Noble Neighborhood Branch expansion is on track
The renovation and expansion of Heights Libraries’ Noble Neighborhood branch is on time and on budget. That’s according to Julie Criscone, the Library’s owner’s representative for the Noble construction project. Criscone presented a progress report at the November 6...
Library will begin PEACE Park renovation in November with playground demolition
At its October 16 public meeting, the Heights Libraries board of trustees gave the green light to Regency Construction to begin the first phase of the Coventry PEACE Park renovation project. This first phase, which will cost $743,955, will begin with the demolition...
Heights Libraries seeks next board member
The Cleveland Heights-University Heights Public Library is accepting applications for an open board position, with applications due Friday, Nov. 17, 2023, by 12 noon. The new board member will replace Max Gerboc, who is rolling off the board at the end of December,...
Library preps for urban mini-forest at Coventry PEACE Park
Beginning this fall, Heights Libraries will partner with Heights Tree People to build a mini-forest behind the Coventry PEACE Building. The Heights Libraries Urban Mini-Forest project is supported, in part, by residents of Cuyahoga County through a public tree...