Cleveland Park Fall Fest + Friends of Cleveland Park
Chris pitched the Cleveland Park Fall Fest on Saturday, September 26, 2026 — a free, family-friendly neighborhood festival in the park, modeled on the Green Hills Park Festival. The festival is also the launch event and first fundraiser for Friends of Cleveland Park (FoCP), a new 501(c)(3) being formed as a sibling to CPNA. Goal: raise $5,000 to launch FoCP's first-year priorities (pool improvements, urban orchard or pollinator garden, urban park art, community bulletin board).
Reception in the room was good. Specific neighbors stepped up:
- Drew Wood (N 2nd): offered a movie screen, possibly live-music coordination - Kim (N 7th): fundraising experience, raised the alcohol-permit revenue question - Zach (Trinity Community Commons): offered Trinity's nonprofit status as a bridge for an alcohol permit - Susannah (N 6th): pickleball tournament idea using the new pickleball courts during the festival
Full strategy doc: Cleveland Park Fall Fest 2026.
Pool Hours
The just-released Metro Parks pool schedule has Cleveland Pool open weekdays 10am-5pm (split by age in the afternoon), Saturday 10am-2pm open swim, and closed Sundays and Tuesdays — no evening hours. By our reading, that's the worst schedule in the Metro Parks system for working families.
Two action threads from the discussion:
1. Reserve a recurring CPNA pool time. The schedule has "group" slots in the mornings — we're going to try to lock down a regular CPNA slot. 2. Make pool hours a bigger city issue. Chris is emailing Metro Council members about public-pool funding and hours. There's also an active petition from last year.
Police Report — Sergeant Mandi Maska-Allen, Metro Police East Precinct
Sergeant Maska-Allen joined the meeting and walked through recent activity:
- A disturbing groping incident on Lischey Ave that was posted to Facebook — under follow-up - Speeding continues to be a problem on N 2nd, N 5th, and N 6th — streets without traffic calming. Neighbor idea from the room: paint the 4-way intersections at Cleveland & Douglas and Cleveland & Meridian with bright colors (not just standard white). Community-led, attention-catching, slows people down.
Full police reports for the month are published with the newsletter.
Upcoming Events
- Thu May 21 — Happy Hour at Plane Jane, 5-7 PM - Sat June 6 — Neighborhood Softball Game (CP vs McFerrin), 4-6 PM at Cleveland Park - Thu June 11 — Monthly meeting, 6:30 PM at the Community Center - Sat July 18 — Pool Party + BBQ, 12 PM at Cleveland Park - Sat Sep 12 — Fall Cleaning, 10 AM - Sat Sep 26 — Cleveland Park Fall Fest