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Hexter, K. W., & Schnoke, M. (2012). Responding to Foreclosures in Cuyahoga County 2011 Evaluation Report. Cleveland, OH: Levin College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University.
Abstract: The foreclosure crisis hit Cuyahoga County earlier and harder than the rest of the nation. The crisis continues to weaken the County’s already weak housing market, as evidenced by declining property values, increasing numbers of vacant and abandoned properties and the continuing high rates of foreclosure filings. In 1999, there were 4,900 residential foreclosure filings in Cuyahoga County. That number doubled to about 10,000 by 2005 and peaked in 2007 at close to 14,000. In 2011, the County had just over 11,000 residential foreclosure filings. In total, an estimated 68,000 homes in the County have been “touched” by foreclosure. The cause of foreclosures has changed since 2006, when much of the crisis was caused by predatory lending that was targeted to predominantly African American homeowners.Today foreclosures are predominantly the result of unemployment and loss of income and touch all types of homeowners in every part of the County. Despite a myriad of federal and state programs designed to mitigate the impact of the crisis, including a brief moratorium, the devastating impact on homeowners and communities continues almost unabated. With an estimated 26,000 vacant parcels county-wide sq, and thousands of homeowners losing their homes, the effects of the crisis on the County housing markets and tax base will be long lasting and far reaching.
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Retrieved May 23, 2012, from http://urban.csuohio.edu/publications/center/center_for_community_planning_and_development/Re-thinking_the_Future.pdf
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Retrieved May 23, 2012, from http://urban.csuohio.edu/publications/center/center_for_community_planning_and_development/Executive_Summary.pdf
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Salling, M. (2012). Demographic and Socioeconomic Conditions and a Patron Borrowing Analysis of Cleveland Public Library Branch and Main Libraries.94.
Abstract: We provide here an analysis of the demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of the Cleveland Public Library’s (CPL) service area and that of the neighborhoods in which the library’s patrons live. We also describe the borrowing patterns for the branch and downtown, Main Library, locations.
The census-based demographic and socioeconomic data used for the analysis include income, number of children, race, Hispanic ethnicity, language spoken at home, ability to speak English, public-versus-private school attendance by grade level, housing tenure (owner/renter), educational attainment, employment status, and place of employment (Cleveland versus other). Data from the 2010 census and the Census Bureau’s 2005-2009 American Community Survey are used. The analysis includes projected population to 2015 and 2020.
Rates of patronage by neighborhood provide insights into the “market penetration” of library services in each neighborhood and reveal potential issues of accessibility and quality of service among the branch locations. A matrix of borrowing borrower counts by lending branch and residential service area of the patrons provides insight into how branches draw patronage from its own and other Cleveland library service areas.
In addition to tables of data found in the appendix, selected demographic and socioeconomic characteristics from the Census Bureau’s 2005-2009 American Community Survey (ACS) are graphed and mapped. Library patrons are also mapped by branch visited, age, and service received (Appendix A).
These data assist in determining the viability of branch locations and the potential relocation, consolidation, or expansion of branch locations or services.
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Daila Shimek, K. J., Ph.D., Scott Winograd, Robey, Claudette., Wyles, Jim and Kevin O'Brien E. (2012). Review of the Operations of Bay Village, Ohio.
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