From what I hear your plans are great - and you seem to have been very open and decent in your approach to everything - a model of civility. I look forward to seeing some drawings - do you have anything down on paper?

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Disrupt IT

jfatremont-has a point, but that does not mean that the Treehouse is entitled to take property owned by the Gernaga family.  The same rationale was applied to Frank Giglio, Desiree Schmit and Tom Bell--and documented here, ad nauseum.

I asked before, if a fair price has been offered for the lot owned by the Gernaga family.  Jerleen has provided a history to this property.  I lived in Tremont for seven years in the nineties and I can attest to the fact that the property, now the Treehouse, was dilapidated and boarded up before the Lenaghans purchased it and renovated it.  Their significant investment in the property is to be commended.  But, again, that does not entitle them to take the adjacent property. 

There is a block meeting that will be held at 850 jefferson with the councilman as well as representatives from different law aspects of the city on may 25th at 6:30 pm. 

I am sorry to be so flip with my comments-before.  I hope that the owners of both properties  will be at the block club and can reach a peaceful settlement.  This is not an easy case to take sides on.

I want investment in my neighborhood, too--not abandonment.  With investment comes higher property values and higher taxes.  Tremont was walled off by I-90, forgotten and left to rot.  This is happening to the entire east side, especially the "forgotten triangle." 

All so, "investors" can secretly buy up the land at rock bottom prices...waiting until taxpayers pay to provide access via a bridge (Abbey Rd. bridge rekindled Tremont) or an access ramp or an "Opportunity Corridor."  The profiteers make out.  I am sick of this parasitic cycle.

The fact that you are not telling us who you are says a lot.

Residents in the area tell a different story than you do.

This is about the rights of a property owner to access, use, and develop his property. His concerns went to court, and he won. Yet it has started again.

To me, it is simple. It is tremontsouls property. Not yours, not mine, and not the Treehouse. The Treehouse needs to stop acting as if it is an extension of its own property. The Treehouse, as a business, should understand that any development undertaken can adversely impact adjacent property.

I do not think that you have really any claim to the absentee issue as the family still lives in Tremont. Tremontsoul is the spokesperson, and thanks to the internet, he can speak from anywhere.

Be nice if you were to be a real man or woman and use your real name so we know who we are talking to on realneo. Otherwise, there is a tendency to automatically discount anything that you write, so if you have something of significance, then use your name and lay out your facts.

justiceforalltremont - SHAME ON YOU!

Are you aware that tremontsoul's family were the owners of the Tree House property before it was sold to the Leneghans.  Most of the long-time residents knew tremontsoul's family and were/are their loyal friends and customers. 

Decades of hiding?  It has not been DECADES since she sold the building that became the Tree House.  Tremontsoul's mother (who actually owns the property) is still a regular member of St. Peter and Paul Ukranian Church right here on College Avenue.  For years she has come early every Sunday morning to cut pastry.  His sister drives through the neighborhood at least once a week checking on things. 

Let's talk about shoveling the ice and snow.  Come on, we live in Cleveland.  You know very well that in this city, you can be sued for shoveling your sidewalk should someone fall.  If you don't touch it, it's considered an act of God.

Now, let's address the matter of wheelchairs - that's a good one.  Can you tell me how many of these swanky establishments offer handicap accessibility/parking.  Out of all the beer joints and restaurants in this entire business district, there are four (4) handicap parking spaces in the whole dang community.  This entire community discriminates against the handicapped - even TWDC.  Who ever heard of a community organization keeping the door locked with the buzzer 5' or more  upon the outside of the door.  Clearly a deterent for those who must rely on a wheelchair to get around?

The Loop on West 11th, gets kudos for considering those with disabilities before they opened for business.  There is one handicap space in front of Scoops on Professor and, they did include two in the new bioswale parking lot last summer. 

How about let's take a walk around the community.  Better yet, why don't you try navigating in a wheelchair.  Especially a manual one.  These disabled citizens are put in hazardous situations each and every time they attempt to maneuver around all the tables, chairs, railings, bags of trash, boxes and patrons obstructing our public sidewalks.  Wheelchairs can easily tip over, especially the manual ones, when forced to drop off the sidewalk onto the soft grass and dirt.  What about those who suffer from weak upper body strength?  Do you have any idea what kind of burden and stress that puts on a disabled individual?  What about the narrow space left on the outside of the "sidewalk cafes?"  One little slip or miss calculation and a poor disabled person in a wheelchair could tip right over and off the sidewalk in front of a moving car/truck - not to mention the injuries/death they'd sustain as a result of the fall.

The U.S. Justice Department, Civil Rights Division (ADA) needs to make a swipe through here and do some adjusting - even file a civil suit in Federal Court against the City of Cleveland for continuing to hand out such permits allowing the business owners to obstruct the public right of ways.  In 1990, the ADA passed legislation and provided guidelines preventing the discrimination of those suffering from physical/mental/blind impairments.

This is not to mention parents pushing strollers, pulling wagons or even grocery carts.

Cleaning trash off the property.  I happen to know that these property owners has for years hired and paid a third party to mow the grass, and clean up pizza boxes, beer bottles and other flying trash that is left every weekend.

It's a pretty generous offer for this family to consider turning their prime property into a beautiful green space for the entire community to enjoy. 

Is this how you treat an old time member of this community?  I don't know how many of you remember, but tremontsoul's dad made the best smokies around.  

Mrs. Gernaga was a well respected and well liked business owner on the corner of Professor and College for many years.  Everybody in the neighborhood shopped at her meat store.  She was kind enough to offer credit to people who needed a little something to carry them over. 

I can't believe that this lady who is a stakeholder and has ties to the community would be treated in such a fashion.

I am really ticked off.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoKn7vkSMBc

Chicagosoul.......do you use google earth to find out if your property if mowed or shoveled? we have never seen you around. i just drove by your property and it is over grown with weeds. do you use miracle grow as this is the fastest growing weeds in the history of weed growing!

im sure the many people who slip and fall would like to know the  company's name you use that maintains your property in the winter time when your property is a sheet of ice.

plus do you even own this property? the mailing address is for a home in Brunswick another address not in the City of Cleveland?

Are you falsly representing the property the same as you continue to defame and legally damage  the businesses of Tremont with your lies?

There are allot of neighbors that are looking forward to meeting you(if you are the owner) at the block club meeting so they can share thier displeasure with the way you have been maintaining your property for years then you will see that the three people defending you on this one sided blog will be the minority voice.

Justicefortweedlddeeandtweeledum, why are you hiding? Is it because your sole purpose is to disrupt? That meets my definition of trolldom. I say that you either come out with you are, or we bust you. Bust you right outta here.

So the campaign of deceit again. Was the BZA meeting rescheduled to allow time for a campaign of deceit against Mrs. Gernaga? As to the block club meeting,  are they organizing to beat up on an elderly woman and spread more deceit?

Nice.

The Old South Side market was the first neighborhood store that I was allowed to walk to with friends as a kid. I do have fond memories of the family that ran it. 

It is a shame that this is happening, and they will need to return to court to work this out as BZA is just one process. My question is how did it go from the Councilman, TWDC, etc, saying no to the idea to it being back on the BZA agenda and the Grenaga family as owners now being refused access by treehouse to their property? Is this not theft?

Since treemont soul and family own the property, and are offering it for the betterment of the area, what is the problem?

treehouse is requesting a variance that even if BZA allows may not premissible and can be overturned.

Does anyone have any of the old court records and can get them posted, as they may set some light.

but I am not sure that I would waste time on him. We here know that he is spouting nonsense. The more dangerous work is why is he and for whom does he do this? What lies are being told to residents and placed in their heads? Where does he live? even in Cleveland?

TROLL.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoKn7vkSMBc

Chicagosoul......its gonna be a great weekend weather wise in Chicago. Saturday is Sunny and 75 and Sunday is Sunny and 85.

Enjoy the weather!

Now I remember who you are! You enjoy yourself in Bay! You do not live in Tremont, but you have  "interest" there. 

 to preserve this thread as a clarification of what "troll" is.