Moreland residents packed a number of public meetings held in Shaker Heights early in 1967, to voice their opposition to the Civic Center proposed for their neighborhood. At the May 4, 1967 meeting described in this Plain Dealer article, more than 300 residents showed up to protest it as destructive of their neighborhood. According to the Sun Press, this was the largest audience to ever attend a Shaker Council meeting. The residences voices were clearly heard. Within just days following this meeting, Mayor Paul K. Jones announced that the Civic Center would be built at another location. | Source: Cleveland Public Library, Newspaper CollectionDownload Original File
