by West Creek Conservancy | Mar 10, 2020 | West Creek Conservancy News
With great sadness we share the news that Dave Vasarhelyi – visionary, conservationist, and friend – died from a stroke on March 8, 2020. Dave founded West Creek Conservancy in 1997. He shaped and led the Conservancy through its first decade and served...
by West Creek Conservancy | Oct 15, 2019 | West Creek Conservancy News
Entering the new Morgana Bluffs Nature Preserve in Slavic Village, Monica Marshall tells a group of children to shake like frisky puppies. “We’re going to shake off all the inside and get ready for the outside,” says Marshall, an environmental manager from...
by West Creek Conservancy | Oct 7, 2019 | West Creek Conservancy News
The artist Wyland is in town this week to restore his iconic “Song of the Whales” mural that adorns the walls of the Cleveland Public Power plant on North Marginal Road, visible from the East Shoreway. The finished restoration is to be rededicated at the site at 5...
by West Creek Conservancy | Sep 30, 2019 | West Creek Conservancy News, West Creek in Action
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio — The newly opened Hemlock Creek Trail was broken in with the West Creek Conservancy’s “Hemlock Hustle” run on Saturday (Sept. 28). The West Creek Conservancy holds an annual race to support its mission of conserving natural habitats,...
by West Creek Conservancy | Aug 6, 2019 | West Creek Conservancy News
LRC Realty’s current $8.5 million transformation of Parma’s Midtown Plaza into the modern-looking Quarry Square is expected to be completed by the end of the year. The Akron-based company is hoping to use tax increment financing (TIF) — new property taxes...
by West Creek Conservancy | Jul 24, 2019 | West Creek Conservancy News, West Creek in Action
Check out West Creek Conservatory’s Executive Director Derek Schafer as featured on Cleveland.com It’s been quite a week for West Creek Conservancy Executive Director Derek Schafer. Not only did the U.S. Department of Transportation award $9 million for the...