FutureHeightsNEWS

NO. 19 WINTER 2006 ANNUAL REPORT 2005

FutureHeights is dedicated to preserving and strengthening neighborhoods and commercial districts in Cleveland Heights. We advocate citizen participation in planning and development.

From the President of the Board

Overheard at the Best of Cleveland Heights Awards event: “Gee, can you imagine people in Solon doing something like this?” That terrifi c celebration of local, independent businesses in October and the “Shop Local” program that accompanies it are among the many ways FutureHeights proactively engages residents of Cleveland Heights in recognizing and talking about quality of life issues that affect their daily lives and the health of the community. As Cleveland Heights continues to be faced with the harsh challenges of economic competition and the disinvestment that ac-companies it it is incumbent upon all of us to work together toward achieving a greater city. FutureHeights is committed to creat-ing opportunities for citizens to participate as partners in this endeavor. It is a pleasure for me to introduce the annual report of FutureHeights, highlight-

ing the organization’s accomplishments of 2005. This was a particularly busy year for the organization and I extend deep gratitude to all those who helped continue the mis-sion to preserve and strengthen Cleveland Heights. Upon the completion of our third year of operation it is truly gratifying to note that the commitment of the board, the FutureHeights staff, and our members and volunteers remains strong. Your support of FutureHeights program-ming in 2005, whether you chose to volun-teer as a Clean and Greener, attend the FutureHeights Speaker Series, add your two cents to the FutureHeights website polls, or join as a member, is helping to invent a bright future for Cleveland Heights. Please enjoy reading how your gift to Fu-tureHeights is helping to sustain this work.

Sarah Wean, President

You are cordially invitedFutureHeights 2006 Annual MeetingWednesday, March 22nd, 5:30 p.m.The Cedar-Lee Theater2163 Lee Road, Cleveland Heights

Special viewing of the new documentary Inde-pendent America: The Two Lane Search for Mom & Pop followed by a live presentation by award-winning fi lmmakers, Heather Hughes and Hanson Hosein. For more information about the fi lm, visit www.independentamerica.net

Free and open to the public.

Reception to follow* at Studio You, 2180 Lee Road.

*Reception free to FH members/$20 nonmembers (includes one year membership)This event is possible through the generous sup-port of The Katherine & Lee Chilcote Foundation and Sky Bank .

Noble-Nela Picture Project

Program Highights

Advocacy and Education Advocacy and education issues and program-ming represented a signifi cant portion of the work undertaken by FutureHeights during 2005. Communication with residents was achieved through the publication of four is-sues of FutureHeights News and by increas-ing our email distribution list by 500%. The FutureHeights Speaker Series includ-ed three events in 2005: Donovan Rypkema of Place Economics in Washington, DC spoke on “The Importance of Historic Neighbor-hood Commercial Districts,” Phil Star of Cleveland State University addressed “The Continuing Signifi cance of Neighborhoods” and in October, candidates for City Council participated in a public forum regarding economic development, historic preservation, and neighborhood planning. During the spring and summer, Future-Heights was busy with The Picture Project, a grassroots initiative that brought together residents living in the vicinity of the Noble Monticello and Lee Road commercial dis-tricts to photograph the places that give their neighborhoods its character. In the

Board of Directors

Sarah B. Wean, PresidentCommunity Volunteer

Chuck Miller, Immediate Past PresidentPrincipal, Doty and Miller Architects

Mark Majewski, Vice Presi-dentPrincipal, Northstar Planning

John Milgram, TreasurerPresident, Aexcel Corpora-tion

Andrea Morris, SecretaryCommunity Volunteer

Mazie AdamsExecutive Director, Lake-wood Historical Society

Lee ChilcoteDirector of Marketing, Pro-gressive Urban Real Estate

Greg DonleySenior Writer/Designer, Cleveland Museum of Art

Trevor GileGeneral Sales Manager, Motorcars Honda

Eileen McKeonMcKeon Group, Howard Hanna Realty

Patrick PaolettaVP. Commercial Banking, Key Bank

Terry SchwarzSenior Planner, Urban De-sign Center of Northeastern Ohio

Michael WellmanArchitect, ADA Architects

Executive DirectorJulie V. Langan

Administrative AssistantLisa Loveland

Donovan Rypkema

To those of you who donated your time and talents to FutureHeights this past year, I say a heartfelt “thank you!” Rest assured, we couldn’t have done it without you. Hundreds of volunteer hours greatly enhanced our capacity to plan events, try our hand at an on-line auction fundraiser, get our mailings to the post offi ce and set direction for our programs. Whether you gave one or one hun-dred hours, please know that your contribu-tion was appreciated! As FutureHeights evolves and matures, our dependence on the talents and generos-ity of volunteers increases. I invite anyone with an interest in our work to consider getting involved on a personal level. The opportunities vary from participating on a committee, planning an event, or lending an occasional hand on an as-needed basis. Each and every volunteer hour donated to FutureHeights enhances our ability to effec-tively and effi ciently deliver programs to the community of Cleveland Heights. Want more information? Give the FutureHeights offi ce a call at 320-1423 and will happily chat with you about your interests and our needs.

Beginning with our 3rd annual meeting on March 22nd, the 2006 FutureHeights calendar is varied and full, offering a wide range of events addressing issues related to planning, historic preservation and the local economy. If you attended last year’s annual meeting, then you know that this event affords a great opportunity to hear a thought-provoking speaker and afterwards mingle with fellow residents at our mem-bers-only reception. This year’s topic is the importance of supporting our local indepen-dent businesses, which will be eloquently presented by an excerpt of the documentary fi lm “Independent America: The Two Lane Search for Mom & Pop’ that includes foot-age of Cleveland Heights fi lmed this past July. The makers of this fi lm will return to Cleveland Heights to discuss their experi-ences traveling across the United States this past summer and the poignant conclusions they reached about locally-owned, indepen-dent businesses. I hope to see you at this and many other FutureHeights events through-out 2006.

Julie Langan, Executive Director

From the Executive Director

Members

Foundation SupportOur special thanks to these foundations for their support in 2005:

The Cleveland FoundationThe Cyrus Eaton FoundationThe Wm. J. & Dorothy K. O’Neill FoundationThe Katherine & Lee Chilcote FoundationThe Nord Family FoundationThe Paintstone Foundation The Raymond John Wean FoundationThe Reinberger FoundationThe Sears-Swetland Foundation

Individual and Business support

AbrakadoodleMark & Kathryn Adams Michael & Mazie AdamsChantal AkeribGail AndersonJoe & Betsy AndrewsAppletree Books, IncArdmore Tree ServiceCarol Armbrust & Thomas AldrichHerbert Ascherman, Jr. PhotographyAtma CenterBonnie BakerRita BarKen & Ellen BarcusMary BarkleyGeoffrey & Maryann BarnesRussell BaronDavid Beach & Constance Magoulias Robert Beck Richard & Luisa BeigiJerome & Maureen BelinsonChris & Meghan BellMichael BenjaminDavid BensonRobert BergerDavid Bergholz Marty BergmanJames & McKey BerkmanCliff Berns & Karen AllgireMark & Melanie BicheTom & Dorothy BierBig Fun, Inc.Glenn E. Billington Co. LPAMark & Kathleen BinnigEd & Chessie BleickPatricia BlochowiakRichard Block BoomDelores BoswellRichard & Sandra BoyatzisChristopher Brandt & Beth Sersig Marilyn BrandtGrace BregenzerBrennan’s Colony PubLillian BrinnonArt BrooksEileen M. BurkhartJanet BurnsideJane Busch

William D. Buss, IIWilliam Busta & Joan TomkinsDonald & Jane ButlerCafé TandoorHugh CalkinsRoy CallFrank & Margaret Car-penterBruce Catalano & Ann ReichsmanCedar Lee SIDCGB Tech SolutionsMarc CherryKatherine ChilcoteLee Chilcote, IIILee & Tuni ChilcoteElke ChodorowCity of Cleveland Heights/Parks & Recre-ationCleveland Cinemas Cleveland Heights His-torical SocietyCleveland MagazineCleveland Potters CoopCleveland Restoration SocietyCleveland Urban Properties, Ltd.Coatings Research Group, Inc.Miles Coburn & Peggy SpaethJack & Roslyn CollinsKim Conklin & Damir JanigroMary Ann CoopermanWilliam & Janet CoquilletteJoan CostelloCatherine CoulterCoventry Village SIDEnsign & Lana CowellMargaret CowinJean CoxPatrick Crago & Sharon Grossman Tom & Sarah CroleyJames L. Cull Helen CullinanCutri Photo ArtsLois DavisKathy Dawson / The Marriage MovementElsie DayGlenn & Kathleen DeBoerLaura Roberts Dempsey& Daniel P. DempseyJan DevereauxTeri DewDewey’s PizzaKenneth & Jeanne Diamond

Nancy DietrichDamion Difranco & K. KornellBernard & Mary Helen DohertyDonato’s PizzaGreg & Elizabeth DonleyBruce DonnellyDavid Dorsch & Cliff BowersDream Spa, Inc.William Du GarSusan DunlapEdelen WilleM. W. EgarJohn & Mary ElderDoug & Sheila EppAndrew Fabens, IIIFairmount LettersWilliam & Carol FalenderBetsy FallonRobert & Mia FaxonElizabeth FayJohn & Elizabeth Briggs Feighanfi reRobert FischerHugh Fisher & Deanna Bremer Fisher George & Suzanne FitzpatrickForest Hill Home Owners Inc.Mark FremontBruce FrumkerRobert GaedeElizabeth GaetjensMr. and Mrs. Rudolph Garfi eldGayle GathercoleCarol GayJoseph & Marge GeigerJacek GhoshTom & Carol Gibson Trevor GileCarol Gill & Michael Salkind Walter GinnRocco GioiaMichael & Stacy GoldbergPaul & Margie GoldbergDavid Goodman & Barbara Hawley George & Mary GoodwinPatricia GrayGreen Tara Yoga and Healing ArtsStuart & Kathleen GreenburgHarry & Kate Greenfi eldLinda Griffi th

Mrs. John H. Hadden Mr. & Mrs. Tom HagesfeldSally HanleyRichard & Gloria HansonSamuel S. Hartwell Clark Harvey & Holly SelvaggiJonathan & Karry HatchJ. Daniel & Michele HeeterHeights Community CongressHeights Floral ShoppeHeights Center BuildingHeights Garden CenterHeights Mini StorageHeights Parent CenterHeightsArtsDawn HeintzelmanBruce Hennes Alex & Traci HerbruckChuck & Ann HerbruckRice Hershey & Wilbur Markstrom Helen Hertz Arthur Heuer & Joan HulburtJimmie & Lynda HicksD. Peter Hochberg & Maxine SingerMark & Ellen HoffmanDiana HollyByron & Heidi HoogwerfDavid & Delores HoweWilliam HubbardCarola HuntInn on CoventryChris Jacobs & Carolyn Broering-JacobsMarc & Karen JaffeJimmy O’Neill’s RestaurantJohn & Sue JanssenRobert & Pat JeffreysMelissa JonesWilliam JonesJubilee! Gifts in the HeightsDonald & Nancy JunglasSusie Kaeser & Jerry Blake The Honorable Ed KelleyGus & Jan Kious Stuart & Anne Klein Sue KleinMary KniermanSandra Kogan-JaffeRobert Kolesar & Karen GygliRichard Konisiewicz Steven Kordalski & Mary LaRiccia

Ursula Korneitchouk Ray Kowalski Andrew KrageKulture KidsWilliam KunkinAllan KuntzAlan & Virginia KuperDonna LalewiczNancy LallyMr. and Mrs. Tim LangBill & Julie Langan Laura Lee SalonChris LauretigMarc LefkowitzRobert & Susan LeggettAaron & Reva LeizmanLemon GrassHelen LiggettRichard LightbodyPeter LinbergerKermit LindLarry & Bonnie LindbergLinen ConsultantsNancy LittleWhitney & Georgia LloydDavid LongRose LovingerBruce & Lia Lowrie Gary & Julie LusticGordon & Maureen Maas Mac’s Backs PaperbacksJennifer Madden Michael MadorskyScott & Beth MahanMark Majewski/NorthStar Planning and DesignDavid MaltzKatharyne Marcus & Thomas StarinskyMarotta’s RestaurantKay Martin & Dennis KeatingDiane MatherPatricia MatteoDon McBride & Jill TatemMary Beth McCannMary Ann McCloskeyChristopher & Gaylee McCrackenAnne McFarland Mike & Eileen McKeonJohn & Christine McMahonDavid McPheetersDonald & Sandra McPherson Marilyn MeadowsDaniel & Diana MedalieS. Joshua MendelJoe MendesEric & Kat Meyer

John MilgramChuck & Janice MillerBonnie Mills Frank MillsMister BrisketJohn Mitterholzer & Wendy FeinnMJM Design and ConstructionLes MonroeMichael & Carol MontlackSteven MorchakJohn & Sally MorleyAndrea Morris Geoff & Emily MortonMarian MortonJoe MosbrookMotorcars Group of Cleveland HeightsPatrick & Heather MullenRobert MullerPatrick Murray & Susan GreeneJoseph & Barbara NahraRob NamyNational Trust for Historic PreservationNature Center at Shaker LakesJim NemastilJack & Charlotte New-man NewSong ChurchWalter Nicholes & Nina S. McLellan Samuel NigroNONARichard & Irene NowakTimothy O’DonnellBob & Buster Oldenburg Louisa OliverOn the Rise Artisan Bread & PastriesLou & Myra OrensteinOrganizing 4UPacifi c East Enterprises Inc.Patrick PaolettaRichard & Jude Parke Kathleen PattonPaysage International Inc.Myron & Anne PearceStephen Pepper & Linda Tobin Ken Perelman & Ann KocksJim & Diane PexaMark Phillips & Lita Gonzalez Phoenix CoffeeJean PietyJoanne PoderisDonalene Poduska

David Porter & Margaret PoutasseJames J. Posch, IIPaul PrebusElaine Price Progressive Urban Real EstateQuintana’sLute & Lynn QuintrellSteve & Joyce RajkiLarry & Susan RakowSarojini RaoAlan Rapoport Tom & Geraldine Rask Vince ReddyRefl ectionsStephen & Karen ReinhardtGretchen ReynoldsRich and Clark, Inc.Jeffrey RobinsSteven RobinsJim RoopTina Rorak & Nancy CamposoEllen RorkeEllen RosenDale RothenbergerChris & Nancy Roy Gene RoyPenni RubinRobert & Katherine RuhlMichael & Donna RuhlmanTony RupcicJoseph & Jane RussellMelvin RussellRysar PropertiesRobert & Barbara SaboRodger SaffoldDavid & Ilene SaginorJames SalernoSalon DMWilliam SamstagTed SandeBradley & Sharon SandersJames & Nancy SchadeFran SchiavoStephan & April SchlegelmilchRichard & Patricia SchneiderMr. & Mrs. Viktor SchreckengostJohn & Sally SchulzeGary SchumacherTerry Schwarz & Peter BohanSeitz-Agin Hardware Susan SemonoffNancy Shrader

David & Elizabeth ShriverEric SilvermanLee Skully Sky BankDavid & Irene SmithDon SnyderLloyd Snyder & Margaret Terry Katherine SolenderGlenn Solomon Carol Staiger Julie StangerJames Stanley & Kristin Ohlson Matthew StefanakStone Oven Bakery & CaféStotter Construction, Ed StotterAlbert & Alice StrattonJames W. Streff Studio TechneStudio YouJoan SullivanJohn & Mary Lane SullivanThomas & Christine SumnerSunbeam ShopSunDaez Tanning and NailsJanet Sweeton Stephanie SweetonGeorge Taylor & Candice HokeSarah TaylorThe AlcazarThe Athenaeum HotelThe Chautaugua InstitutionThe Cleveland Museum of ArtThe Coral CompanyThe GlenmoorThe GrapevineThe Ground Floor TheaterThe Lusty WrenchThe Mad GreekThe McKeon Group/Howard Hanna Smyth CramerThe Shoreby ClubThe Tavern CompanyThe Wine RoomJan TierneyTobi Mattes JewelryJ. Walton Tomford & Gretchen Hallerbergtommy’s RestaurantUniversity Circle, Incor-poratedUtrecht Art SuppliesVIP Restoration Inc.

Jack & Blanche ValancyDeborah Van KleefCecilia VidmarVidstar VideoKen VinciquerraVixseboxse Art Galleries WKYC TVDavid WalkerEarl WaltzWashington & Lee ServiceGordon & Sarah Wean Alice WebsterVictor & Kathleen WeizerSusan WelchMichael & Diana Well-man Sister Ritamary WelshKeith & Lea White Pearl WhitmanDennis WilcoxAllen WilkinsonHeather Williams Jennifer WintnerSusan WolpertWood TraderStephen Wood Ted & Diana Woodbridge Chris Wozniak & Susan StraussElaine WrenickEdward & Catherine YandekMildred YoderCharles YoostYou Two, Inc.Robert & Karen Youdel-manZagara’s Marketplace Gerald & Iris ZahlerLewis Zipkin Kal Zucker & Mary Frances Haerr

case of Noble Monticello, the photographs served as the basis of an exhibit shown at three venues, including City Hall throughout the month of August.

HeightsShops The purpose of the HeightsShops program is to strengthen the economic competitive-ness of the historic neighborhood commercial districts, promote stabilization of neighbor-hoods, and encourage volunteerism. Two educational opportunities directed towards business owners were offered in 2005. In January, district leaders participated in a lunch seminar with Donovan Rypkema, and in April, FutureHeights held a Storefront & Signage Design Workshop for business own-ers. The year 2005 saw the launch of our Shop Local marketing campaign, an initiative to educate the community about the economic impact of spending shopping dollars in Cleveland Heights. As a part of this effort, FutureHeights designed a logo illustrating the concept, produced an information card and decal and showcased local businesses as a part of our on-line auction fundraiser. A highlight of the Shop Local campaign was the presentation of the 1st Annual Best of Cleveland Heights Awards. From June through September, FutureHeights con-ducted a survey of residents regarding their favorite businesses in 20 categories. With over 400 respondents and a fi lled to capac-ity awards ceremony in October, the awards drew much-deserved attention to the most-loved businesses in Cleveland Heights. Designed to strengthen the local economy by keeping dollars circulating longer in town, the FutureHeights gift certifi cate program increased sales by 80%.Word is spreading that these gift certifi cates make terrifi c gifts, while at the same time supporting our local merchants.

Clean and Green Thanks to the coordinating efforts of Lisa Loveland, the Clean & Green Program, a volunteer-based community effort focused on the beautifi cation of parks and other public spaces, conducted 10 cleanups in 2005, more than doubling previous year’s efforts. Vol-unteers of all ages helped tidy up highly-vis-ible spaces such as Cedar Hill, the Lee Road mini park, the city-owned corner of Euclid Heights & Derbyshire, Cain Park and Cum-berland Park. The 3rd Annual Big Dig, held at Forest Hill Park in October, provided an opportunity to gardeners to swap plants.

Community OutreachFutureHeights increased its membership support by over 12%. In June, FutureHeights members were invited to tour the Euclid Golf Historic District. Led by local historians Deanna and Hugh Fisher, this walking tour provided a historical and architectural overview of this 1920s subdivision, followed by a reception held at a home in the neighborhood. The FutureHeights website received state-wide recognition through a “Best Website” Merit Award from HeritageOhio/Downtown Ohio, Inc., received in recognition of the website’s high quality design and content. Throughout 2005, www.futureheights.org averaged 4000 “hits” a month, serving as a “go to” place for information about com-munity events, development projects and the community in general. The website was enhanced in many ways, including the addi-tion of a polling feature that better enables FutureHeights to solicit public opinion.

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Join Us!Your tax-deductible membership contribution goes directly to supporting the community-based programs and projects of FutureHeights that help strengthen our wonderful neighborhoods. Join online today with a credit or debit card at www.futureheights.org or by calling 216-320-1423. Thank you!

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Our MissionFutureHeights is dedicated to preserving and strength-ening neighborhoods and commercial districts in Cleveland Heights. We advocate citizen participation in planning and development.

Our goals:

To advocate community improvement through atten-tion to both historic preservation and excellence in new design

To support local, independently owned businesses and our neighborhood commercial districts

To promote an ongoing process for citizen input in creating community vision

FutureHeights is a 501 (c) (3) organization.

2005 Financial StatementUnaudited condensed statement of activities

Revenue and SupportGrants 65,700 $Grants 65,700 $

Memberships 17,739Annual Fund 4,258 Interest Income 455Product Sales 1,365On-line Auction 12,867Miscellaneous 10,186

Total Revenue and Support 112,570

ExpensesPrograms 51,929General and Administration 38,799Fundraising 8,316

Total Expenses 99,044

The FutureHeights fi nancial year begins January 1 and ends December 31.

Form 990 for the year 2005 will be available in June 2006.