🌱 CDP To Expand ShotSpotter + 'Poem For Cleveland' Project

Hello, friends! It's me, Sean Peek, your host of the Daily. Here are all the things you need to know about what's happening these days in town.

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A couple of morning showers. High: 60 Low: 38.

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Here are the top four stories today in Cleveland:

1. Cleveland Police Commander Brandon Kutz is spearheading the current expansion of ShotSpotter in the city. ShotSpotter is an acoustic gunshot detection system that uses sensors and trained audio experts to determine if a shot has been fired, identifies a precise location, identifies the type of weapon, and alerts officers in under 60 seconds. According to Cleveland police, felonious assaults with a firearm went up 25 percent citywide from 2020 to 2021 but decreased by six percent in the area covered by ShotSpotter. Kutz said it is a "good system and we are catching a lot of gunfire on there that we had not known about before." (Spectrum News 1)
2. Ray McNiece, the poet laureate of Cleveland Heights, is working on his "Poem for Cleveland" project, a series of collaborative workshops that will culminate in an anthology release this summer. McNiece, a Cleveland native, received a grant from the Academy of American Poets to fund the project and hopes the anthology will inspire Clevelanders. (Cleveland.com)
3. Cleveland police are investigating a double shooting in the Lee Harvard neighborhood of Cleveland's East Side. Yesterday, Jan. 3, at around 3:00 p.m., two women were shot in the 16000 block of Throckley Avenue. No additional information, including the condition of the victims, is known as of yesterday evening. (Cleveland 19 News)

Today in Cleveland:

• Cleveland RV Supershow At I-X Center (12:00 PM)
• Hopfenweizen Keg Tapping At Hofbräuhaus Cleveland (6:00 PM)
• Soul Groove: Vinyasa-Style Class At Gordon Green (6:30 PM)

From my notebook:

• The Cleveland Museum of Natural History has reduced admission prices for all guests as renovations continue. The museum finished its first wave of upgrades in early December and the second phase of renovations is underway. Admission prices will be discounted until renovations are complete. (Cleveland.com)
• A Cleveland high school robotics team designed a custom prosthetic arm for a 13-year-old amputee in Ecuador! The Greater Cleveland FIRST Robotics Initiative, a robotics
  team comprised of students from four Cleveland Municipal School District high schools, designed, assembled, and tested an artificial arm before it was delivered to Samantha Chango. Samantha is a 13-year-old girl in Ecuador who had her left arm amputated as a result of a bus accident. (Cleveland.com)
• A three-bedroom home on Superior Ave East in Cleveland is for sale — check out the open house on Sunday, Jan. 8! View the link to see more information and other homes on the market in the Cleveland area. (Cleveland Patch)

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— Sean Peek

About me: Sean Peek is a writer and entrepreneur with a degree in English Literature from Weber State University. Over the years, he has worked as a copywriter, editor, SEO specialist, and marketing director for various digital media companies. He currently co-owns and operates content creation agency Lightning Media Partners.