Cuyahoga County Blog

Cuyahoga County has been named a 2022 “Digital Inclusion Trailblazer” by the National Digital Inclusion Alliance. This is a highly competitive award, with Cuyahoga County being one of only nine counties in the entire country to achieve this designation.

The Office of Innovation & Performance has launched a new public dashboard for the County’s Cuyahoga Performance platform to help residents more easily navigate departmental data and information.

Throughout the month of July, Cuyahoga County is celebrating Plastic Free Month, a time to recognize the importance and impact of decreasing our use of single-use plastics.

Now that summer has officially arrived, hot temperatures have come with it. Extreme heat, paired with high humidity, makes it difficult for the body to maintain its normal temperature.

Cuyahoga County wants to increase participation by small business enterprises (SBEs), minority-owned business enterprises (MBEs), and women-owned business enterprises (WBEs) in County purchases and contracts for goods and services.

In honor of Older Americans Month, the Division of Senior and Adult Services (DSAS) wanted to spotlight a Cuyahoga resident who embodies this year’s theme of “Age My Way.” We found the most amazing example in Centenarian Vaddie B. Todd.

The National Association of Counties (NACo) just released its yearly NACo Achievement Awards, that seeks to recognize innovative County government programs.

The Cuyahoga County Department of Public Works, the Cuyahoga County Planning Commission, and consultant the SmithGroup released today the final Lakefront Public Access Plan study.

The namesake of our Health and Human Services building, Jane Edna Hunter (1882-1971), devoted her life to improving the conditions of Black women and is featured in a painting and statue in the building.

In the second part of our Cuyahoga County Black History Month Series, our trip to the County Archives helped us learn about Sara Lucy Bagby Johnson, the last slave prosecuted under the Fugitive Slave Act.

Cuyahoga County will host a social media campaign highlighting local businesses to kick off NBA All-Star Weekend. All local businesses are invited to participate.

Cities and non-profit organizations can now apply to receive funds to grow their community’s tree canopy through the County’s third round of the Healthy Urban Tree Canopy Grant Program.

Cuyahoga County groups and organizations are eligible to receive grants for assessment and cleanup/remediation of brownfield sites for future economic development.

The Cuyahoga County Fiscal Office and GIS Department have launched a new Property Sales Locator for residents and community members to explore all home sales in Cuyahoga County from 2018-2021.

The Cuyahoga County Public Policy Fellowship program, developed to inspire and empower the next generation of public sector leaders in Northeast Ohio, will return in summer 2022 following a pandemic-related hiatus.

Effective today, Cuyahoga County and the Cuyahoga County Board of Health have issued a mask advisory urging all Cuyahoga County residents to wear a mask in public indoor settings, regardless of vaccination status.

Internet speed is not the same across the country, or even across the county. Your internet speed determines what types of activities you can do on the internet, as well as how many devices you can connect at once.

On August 18, Cuyahoga County and local civic leaders hosted a Central Neighborhood Surge Town Hall at the Arbor Park Plaza to connect with residents, provide info on the County’s plans to focus resources into the community, and hear feedback on how the County can better serve them.

Cuyahoga County is one of the worst connected communities in the U.S., with 19 percent of households in the County without any type of internet service, including mobile data plans.

The Cuyahoga County Treasury has mailed property tax bills to over 300,000 county residents.