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Council members urge action as East Side Market closure and Neon Health troubles alarm neighborhood leaders
Summary
Council members and commenters warned that a potential closure of the East Side Market and financial crisis at Neon Health Center threaten neighborhood food access and health care; council members asked the administration for contingency planning and possible legal or federal action.
Council members and residents pressed city leaders on March 23 over the looming closure of the East Side Market and what they described as a financial and management crisis at Northeast Ohio Neighborhood Health Services (Neon).
Councilman Kevin Conwell told the council that the market and Neon are "lifelines of our city," and said he had drafted an urgent letter to the mayor about a possible market closure and a reported $200,000 shortfall. He said he had not been consulted by the administration and warned the closure could…
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