The 'American Dream' Told by Cleveland Heights
Uncertainty has become part of the average American’s everyday experience, but people are adjusting and persisting despite the challenging economic times
There is no definition for the “American Dream,” no way to describe it. It is defined through stories, through memories, through hard work and luck. People give it reality. And it changes. In Cleveland Heights, there are examples of a broken American Dream and a bountiful one. We’re launching a new series on Patch called “Dispatches: The Changing American Dream" built upon the compelling examples you share and snapshots we discover. And we've already started telling the story. Seitz-Agin on Lee Road closed after giving what people say was the best, most personal customer service they had received at a hardware store because of the competition from big, national chains. Despite local support, it just wasn’t enough to keep them afloat. …
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Annie Holden
1:57 pm on Monday, August 15, 2011
i am part of the "great unwashed, middle-aged, recently unemployed" crowd in Cleveland Heights. For 30 years, i worked and ran bookstores all over Cleveland (spending the last 10 years at Severance Town Center). Getting the boot from Borders in spring of '09 was a shock and a marvel. Now i am deliriously happy volunteering at 2100 Lakeside Men's Shelter as a VISTA. i get to teach poetry and … more ›