
Michelle Jarboe
Business Journalist at Freelance
Business Reporter at WEWS-TV (Cleveland, OH)
Business reporter learning new things at @WEWS. Past: Crain’s Cleveland, The Plain Dealer. Wife, mom, cat servant. DMs open. [email protected]
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1 week ago |
news5cleveland.com | Michelle Jarboe
CLEVELAND — In a tightly packed pocket of Cleveland’s Tremont neighborhood, a pair of half-built townhomes has been sitting – untouched – for more than a year. The project didn’t stall out because a developer ran out of money. It’s not a casualty of construction cost swings or material shortages. And there’s no lack of demand for new homes in this part of the city. Progress stopped, instead, because of a conflict that’s 6,000 miles away.
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1 week ago |
news5cleveland.com | Michelle Jarboe
NELSON TOWNSHIP, Ohio — The dramatic rock formations at Nelson-Kennedy Ledges tell a geological story that dates back more than 300 million years. But something much more modern is drawing crowds to the state park this week. On Monday afternoon, hordes of hikers crisscrossed a new elevated glass walkway tucked about a quarter-mile into the park, off State Route 282 in Portage County. The state officially unveiled the pedestrian bridge on Friday, after over two years of construction.
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2 weeks ago |
news5cleveland.com | Michelle Jarboe
CLEVELAND — The regional chamber of commerce is throwing its support behind Haslam Sports Group’s plan to build an enclosed stadium in Brook Park – a corporate endorsement that comes just as state lawmakers consider make-or-break funding for the project. The Greater Cleveland Partnership’s executive committee voted this week to endorse the Brook Park plans.
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3 weeks ago |
news5cleveland.com | Michelle Jarboe
CLEVELAND — Don Whitaker has spent more than 40 years at the West Side Market, starting as a teenage assistant and building a career – and a name for himself – as a butcher. For decades, he’s been growing a business in a building that seems frozen in time. So on Monday, he was thrilled to see caution tape outside and hear the echoing sound of drills. Construction is getting started on a roughly $70 million makeover, the largest such project in the market’s 113-year history.
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4 weeks ago |
news5cleveland.com | Michelle Jarboe
CLEVELAND — As state legislators debate make-or-break funding for a new suburban Cleveland Browns stadium, Mayor Justin Bibb and Cuyahoga County Executive Chris Ronayne are pleading with Columbus to help them keep the Browns Downtown. In a joint letter to members of the Ohio Senate this week, they asked lawmakers to help pay for a renovation of Huntington Bank Field instead of ground-up construction of an enclosed stadium in Brook Park.
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“It’s gonna remain open during all this,” said Don Whitaker, who leads the West Side Market's tenant association. “There might be inconveniences. You might have to go to one door that you’re not used to. But we’ll adjust.” https://t.co/JTgErqt48b

Lake Erie sunset. https://t.co/axvN5VwI4D

As state legislators debate make-or-break funding for a new suburban Cleveland Browns stadium, Mayor Justin Bibb and Cuyahoga County Executive Chris Ronayne are pleading with Columbus to help them keep the Browns Downtown. https://t.co/9iJPjYlxQB