The Cleveland Digital Publishing Users Group (CDPUG) helps the area's top graphics and publishing professionals with education, news, technical support, networking and professional development. Monthly meetings, special interest groups, electronic and print publications, seminars, design competitions and much more contribute to the mission.

Address: P.O. Box 22076 | Cleveland, OH 44122
Email: membership@cdpug.org

The Cleveland Housing Network (CHN) is Northeast Ohio’s largest community development organization and energy conservation provider. Our mission is to develop affordable housing for low- and moderate-income Clevelanders with a special emphasis on generating pathways out of poverty and providing homeownership opportunities.

Address: 2999 Payne Avenue Cleveland, OH 44114
Phone: (216) 574-7100
Fax: (216) 574-7130

Cleveland Neighborhood Progress works in partnership with community development corporations, local foundations, the business community, and government, to create a strong and productive system that has visibly improved many neighborhoods and enabled thousands of Cleveland’s residents to enjoy a better quality of life. It is a local community development funding intermediary with over twenty years of experience investing in community revitalization work in greater Cleveland. Their website offers information about the broader infrastructure of neighborhood support with links to specific programs relating to lending for businesses, reimagining cleveland and urban greening, leadership building and links to specific neighborhoods throughout Cleveland.

Phone: (216) 830-2770
11327 Shaker Blvd, Suite 500W
Cleveland, Ohio 44104

Offers CSU students and local poets technical assistance. Also distributes $1000 annually for book-length manuscripts.

Address: Cleveland State University, 2121 Euclid Avenue RT1841 Cleveland, OH 44115-2440
Phone: (216) 687-3986

The Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative (CUDC) is the combined home of the urban design graduate program at Kent State University and the public service activities of the College of Architecture and Environmental Design. The CUDC's professional staff of designers are committed to improving the quality of urban spaces through technical design assistance, research and advocacy. Supported by the Ohio Board of Regents' Urban University Program, the university and private philanthropy, the CUDC offers architectural and urban design exptertise in the service of urban communities, design professionals, and non-profit and academic partners in Cleveland and Northeast Ohio.

Address: 1309 Euclid Avenue, Suite 200 Cleveland, OH 44115
Phone: (216) 357-3434

The Collinwood & Nottingham Villages Development Corporation is a local nonprofit Community Development organization that has been serving the South Collinwood neighborhood of Cleveland Ohio for over 25 years. Our sole mission is to benefit residents and businesses in the South Collinwood & Nottingham Village area. This includes new opportunities for home ownership through our housing redevelopment program, home repair assistance, and community engagement.

Address: 15614 St. Clair Avenue Cleveland, OH 44110
Phone: (216) 383-9772
Fax: (216) 531-8459

Address: 8610 Hough Avenue Cleveland, OH 44106
Phone: (216) 229-2323
Fax: (216) 229-2322

This helpful Cleveland resource guide will provide artists from all backgrounds with the tools needed to take care of things at home so that they can spend more time on their art!

Coventry Village is a great place for dinner and entertainment. The Village is home to the Ensemble Theatre, producer of over 150 plays; Houde School of Acting, a school specializing in the Meisner Method; and The Grog Shop, a club that has played host to countless local, national and international touring bands.

According to the 2011 “Putting Artists on the Map”, visual artists make up 41.7% of artists in Coventry Village. 14.8% of artists are musicians, 9.3% are literary, 8.3% are craft, 7.4% are interdisciplinary and 6.9% are design artists. Theater artists make up 3.2% of artists, dancers make up 1.9% of the artists, and education and media artists each make up .90% of artists in Coventry Village.

A clearinghouse of research on artists, arts organizations and audiences.

Address: Princeton University Princeton, NJ 08544
E-mail: cpanda@princeton.edu

A membership-based association which is the largest organized network of businesses representing the international craft and hobby industry including member and trade show news, market research, national and international shipping discounts and networking opportunities.

Phone: (201) 794-1133 x226

Creating Quality is a program of Big Thought. It is a tool designed to specifically address assessment of arts education programming. Creating Quality is a continuous process with at least four different entry points. Your current objectives and resources will determine where you can best jump into this work. Once you get started you’ll find the process provides a solid framework for understanding the current strengths and weaknesses of teaching and learning in your community, along with resources for gathering and sustaining support from partners and stakeholders to make quality improvement happen. The four entry points are engage, define, assess and advance.

Creative Capital is a New York based non-profit dedicated to supporting individual artists in pursuit of innovation. It is a national nonprofit organization that provides integrated financial and advisory support to artists pursuing adventurous projects in all disciplines. Their approach combines funding, counsel and career development services to enable a project's success and foster sustainable practices for our grantees.

Address: 65 Bleecker Street, 7th Floor New York, NY 10012
Phone: (212) 598-9900
Email: connect@creative-capital.org

This site is dedicated to alternative licensing issues.

Address: 171 Second St, Suite 300 San Francisco, CA 94105 USA

Creative Income is a blog resource for people who are either thinking about turning their creativity into a business or have already started and are looking for some tips along the way. They cover everything from marketing and sales tips to blogging and photography. We want you to find all the help you need to be able to grow a successful business.

A guide teaching people everything they need to know about business credit cards. It covers what business credit is, how it differs from personal credit, and how to use business credit cards to gain rewards, along with many other areas relating to business credit. Visit them on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/creditcardinsider/videos

Since its founding in 1974, Cudell Improvement, Inc. has been a leader in preserving the built environment in the Cudell/Edgewater neighborhood of Cleveland while assuring quality design for new buildings. Historic restorations, gut rehab projects, major real estate developments and storefront renovations have made a major impact on the aesthestic appeal of both commercial districts and neighborhood streets. Fruitland School, the Upham Building, the Scharkofsky Building, the Southwestern Savings & Loan Building, Kirby Manor, Clifton Plaza, West Tech, West Side Community House, Cudell Clock Tower and 100+ storefront projects have made a grand difference in our neighborhood.

Address: 9821 Lorain Avenue Cleveland, OH 44102
Phone: (216) 228 4383
Fax: (216) 228-3328
E-mail: cudell@multiverse.com

The mission of the Cuyahoga Land Bank is to strategically acquire properties, return them to productive use, reduce blight, increase property values, support community goals and improve the quality of life for county residents.

Address: 323 W. Lakeside Suite 160 Cleveland OH 44113
Phone: (216) 698-8853
Fax: (216) 698-8972

This is a detailed guide of Cleveland's neighborhoods, written by local shop owner (and lover of all things Cleveland) Danielle Dubow. The guide details local businesses to eat, drink, shop and play within each neighborhood.