The legislation would set aside $1.5 million in American Rescue Plan Act money to help fund the CentroVilla25 project in the Clark-Fulton neighborhood.
The rendering for the planned CentroVilla25 project in Cleveland's Clark-Fulton neighborhood. CLEVELAND, Ohio – A proposal to fund a Hispanic cultural center on the city’s West Side received a warm reception Tuesday during a Cleveland City Council committee meeting.CentroVilla25 project
“We want you to feel like you’re walking down the street of Old San Juan,” said Jenice Contreras, the executive director of the Northeast Ohio Hispanic Center for Economic Development. “This is the exact type of project the city should be investing in,” McCormack said. The project will create “lasting generational impacts for the neighborhood,” he said.Cuyahoga County, which has already approved spending $1 million of its ARPA dollars for CentroVilla25
The CentroVilla25 project has been in the works for more than a decade and is being led by the local Hispanic community, Contreras said. The project would involve a “full rehab” of a 32,500-square-foot warehouse in the Clark-Fulton Neighborhood, Contreras said. The neighborhood is heavily Hispanic, with, according to a 2021 fact sheet from the Center for Community Solutions.
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