Public Meeting on the Old Moda Space, January 9
If you've been on West 25th Street lately, you may have noticed that the "For Lease" sign on the old Club Moda marquee has been taken down.
In case you don't remember what happened with Moda, refresh your memory here.
According to the OCNW, Heaven & Earth Nightclub, formerly of Old River Road on the East Bank of the Flats, has applied for the transfer of their liquor license to the old Moda location.
According to Ken Prendergast's Dec. 27 story in the West Side Sun, their timing was suspicious. Here's an excerpt:
Please be advised that there is a public hearing on this issue on January 9. Here are the details from OCNW:
In case you don't remember what happened with Moda, refresh your memory here.
According to the OCNW, Heaven & Earth Nightclub, formerly of Old River Road on the East Bank of the Flats, has applied for the transfer of their liquor license to the old Moda location.
According to Ken Prendergast's Dec. 27 story in the West Side Sun, their timing was suspicious. Here's an excerpt:
The application was made in November to the Ohio Division of Liquor Control. If there is no community response to a liquor license application or transfer within 30 days, the liquor board automatically approves such requests, said Ward 13 Councilman Joe Cimperman.
He said...council members planned to go on holiday recess for half of December and had no time to pass a resolution to object to the transfer before the liquor board's Dec. 27 comment deadline.
"They tried to sneak it through," Cimperman said. "I tried to work with them to find a new location that's club-appropriate. I feel I've been stabbed in the back."
Cimperman got the liquor board to extend its deadline...to January 26.
Please be advised that there is a public hearing on this issue on January 9. Here are the details from OCNW:
* When: Wednesday, January 9th at 7:00 pm
* Where: The Lutheran Hospital Auditorium (the Castele Learning and
Conference Center)
Please use the entrance of the Lutheran Hospital Spine Center building,
located at Franklin Blvd. and Fulton Road. There is ample free parking
available in the Lutheran Hospital lot on the NE corner of Franklin
Blvd. and W.28th Street (enter off of W.28th). Once inside, follow the
signs to the Castele Learning and Conference Center.
Councilman Cimperman will be in
attendance. Although the property is located in Ward 14 (Joe Santiago's
ward), there's no word as to whether Councilman Santiago will be there.
As a resident of Ward 14 and member of the Bridge/Carroll/Jay block
club, I can say that if Heaven & Earth tried to go behind Joe
Cimperman's back, they're really starting off on the wrong foot.
posted by Christine Borne at 8:14 AM
4 Comments:
I hope every OC resident attends this meeting, be they business residents or resident residents lol. So glad you posted this.
thanks Christine! (Cleveland accents are the sexiest)
L,
Sean
I hope that people understand that the concern over Hush Nightclub (in the old Moda space) is that due to the size of the venue, there is a propensity for the club to become a "runaway freight train". Anyone that was here for Moda remembers how destructive this club was to both the residential and business community. I witnessed bar closings on their Sunday night events, and the best comparison I can use is that it was like watching a soccer riot in the street. The bullet holes in the windows of the Old Angle were very uncool. It took a long time for the wounds on W.25th to heal, as many people moved from the nearby apartments. I just don't feel comfortable taking another chance with a nightclub there, especially since the owners of the Rialto building (the Moda space) are still the landlords. They let Moda operate right up until the Feds closed Moda down. I love my community way too much to let this ever happen again!
Well said, Bob.
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