Regional resources

Regional resources.

Organizations, initiatives, and hubs across the Rust Belt worth knowing about.

Cleveland, Ohio

Rust Belt Humanities Lab

A hub for humanities-driven research and storytelling about the Rust Belt, based in Cleveland.

Visit → Cleveland, Ohio

Rid-All Green Partnership

Urban agriculture, food sovereignty, and green infrastructure in Cleveland, and one of the leading Black-led environmental organizations in the region.

Visit → Ashtabula, Ohio

Ashtabula Harbor Gardens

Community gardening and neighborhood ecological work on the Lake Erie shore in Ashtabula County.

Visit → Cleveland region, Ohio

Rust Belt Fibershed

A bioregional textile community building a circular, local fiber and dye economy within a 250-mile radius of Cleveland.

Visit → Northeast Ohio

Northeast Ohio Community Resilience Centre

Regional community resilience programming spanning climate adaptation, mutual aid, and neighborhood-based infrastructure across Northeast Ohio.

Visit → Cleveland, Ohio

Fair Housing Center for Rights & Research

A Cleveland-based nonprofit protecting and expanding fair housing rights and fighting housing discrimination across Northeast Ohio.

Visit → Cincinnati, Ohio

Ohio Native Land Initiative

A project of the Urban Native Collective advancing Indigenous sovereignty, sacred site protection, and land rematriation across Ohio.

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