FutureHeights

05/30/2026

How to Use the FutureHeights Community Calendar

The FutureHeights community calendar is a free, public resource designed to share events across Cleveland Heights and University Heights. Residents, business owners, and local organizations are welcome to list their public events, meetings, or workshops to ensure they are accessible to the wider community.

Your event will be visible to neighbors upon posting.

How to Post Your Event:
Step 1: Visit the calendar page at https://heightsobserver.org/submit-an-event/.

Step 2: Click the "Submit an Event" button.

Step 3: Enter your event details (title, date, time, location, and description). You can also upload your socials.

Please consider bookmarking or saving the tab to easily check back for updates!

05/29/2026

FutureHeights to host member mixer June 4

The board and staff of FutureHeights welcome all FutureHeights members to attend our member mixer on Thursday, June 4, 6:30–8 p.m. at CLE Urban Winery, 2180 Lee Road. You will have a chance to mix and mingle with other supporters, talk with our board of directors and staff, and hear about our upco...

05/28/2026

Mac’s Backs plans late-fall move from longtime space.

Mac’s Backs-Books on Coventry will be moving across the street—a move that owner Suzanne DeGaetano said is driven by a need for accessibility and the appeal of a new landlord. Coventry Village’s independent bookstore will relocate from its longtime home at 1820 Coventry Road to the city-owned ...

05/27/2026

WJCU wins second consecutive international broadcasting award

    For the second year in a row, John Carroll University’s radio station, WJCU, has won an international award.  After being named Station of the Year in 2024 by the International Student Broadcasting Championship (ISBC), the organization named WJCU the People’s Choice Station for 2025...

05/26/2026

CH Youth Police Academy accepting applications for summer program.

The Cleveland Heights Police Academy, under the leadership of Commander Matt Lasker, is accepting applications for its 2026 Youth Police Academy. The program will run on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, 6–8 p.m., from June 2 to July 2. Courses are taught by Cleveland Heights police officers and incl...

05/25/2026

Cleveland Heights to host Accessory Dwelling Units public hearing on June 2

Cleveland Heights City Council’s Planning and Development Committee will hold a public hearing on Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) on Tuesday, June 2, at CH City Hall, 40 Severance Circle Drive. ADUs are small homes that exist on the same property as a single-family residence. The city has been exp...

05/20/2026

Open Mic Night THIS FRIDAY at Sophie La Gourmande 6pm!

05/04/2026

Road construction season officially began in Cleveland Heights on April 23. This budgetary year, Cleveland Heights City Council more than doubled the city’s road resurfacing budget, from $2 million to $5.1 million in 2026, increasing the roads it resurfaces from 11 last year to 27 this year.

Road construction season officially began in Cleveland Heights on April 23. This budgetary year, Cleveland Heights City Council more than doubled the city’s road resurfacing budget, from $2 million to $5.1 million in 2026, increasing the roads it resurfaces from 11 last year to 27 this year. The P...

04/27/2026

For years, the Cedar Lee district has been known as a place to gather—to meet a friend for coffee, catch a film, wander into a gallery or hear music drifting out onto the sidewalk. It’s a place built not just on businesses, but on moments—small, meaningful, and shared. Now, that spirit has a new identity.

For years, the Cedar Lee district has been known as a place to gather—to meet a friend for coffee, catch a film, wander into a gallery or hear music drifting out onto the sidewalk. It’s a place built not just on businesses, but on moments—small, meaningful, and shared. Now, that spirit has a n...

04/23/2026

Alan Rapoport’s opinion in the March Heights Observer argues that Cleveland Heights cannot legally fund legal services for residents facing deportation because 1) federal law says counsel is “at no expense to the government,” 2) paying for counsel would be an impermissible “public benefit”...