The Cleveland Music Settlement -- a school that offers early childhood education, music therapy and music instruction to people of all ages -- is opening another satellite of its east side campus, this time on the city’s west side. WKSU’s Kabir Bhatia reports.
announced a preschool and music program that will be housed in a building on West 25th Street, a few blocks north of the West Side Market.
that the 19,000 square foot building will also include apartments, a pool and grocery store. Developers also plan to renovate the Forest City Bank Building across the street.
Music Settlement CEO Charlie Lawrence says the new school could draw about a third of its students from low-income neighborhoods and from nearby Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority properties. The building is slated to open in 2017.
Just down the street, the Music Settlement , citing the neighborhood’s growth and diversity. The former jazz club is now used by the Music Settlement to teach audio recording and for performances and events.