About The Observer

About Us

Who and What We Are

The Heights Observer, a program of FutureHeights, supports an involved, informed citizenry by cultivating citizen journalists and neighborhood news.

A not-for-profit, volunteer effort, the Heights Observer serves the cities of Cleveland Heights and University Heights, Ohio. Comprised of a web site and a printed newspaper (first issue: April 2008), it operates independently of any other organization, and is loosely affiliated with The Lakewood Observer, Lakewood, Ohio.

Startup support was provided by The Cyrus Eaton Foundation, The Dominion Foundation, and The Katherine and Lee Chilcote Foundation.

The success of the Heights Observer relies on donations and yours can make a difference.

FutureHeights participates in Guidestar, the online standard for nonprofit accountability.

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Contact Us

Heights Observer hours are 9 am-5 pm Monday-Friday.

email: info@futureheights.org

phone: 216-320-1423

snailmail:

FutureHeights

3 Severance Circle, Box 18195
Cleveland Heights, Ohio 44118

FutureHeights is a 510(c)3 nonprofit organization.

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Distribution Locations

Heights Observer is available free of charge at businesses, libraries, government offices and religious institutions throughout Cleveland Heights and University Heights. Click here for the current list of locations.

Want to get it in the mail? Donate today to the good work of FutureHeights and receive the Heights Observer as a premium for a $60+ donation.

If you would like to carry the Heights Observer in your place of business, please call us at 216-320-1423, or email info@futureheights.org.

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Donate

The Heights Observer is a not-for-profit effort and relies on voluntary contributions from readers like you to keep it going.

Over the last 15 years, the Heights Observer has been sustained by our generous advertisers and donors. Funds raised from these sources help to pay for printing a monthly paper (a rarity in most communities), pay for the editors and staff, and ongoing distribution. The Heights Observer Enews is also sent out digitally every Tuesday with information you may not see in print.

Please consider giving your support through a tax-deductible donation to help us keep the Heights Observer in print and FREE to all our readers. It isn't often that communities have such a great local resource to share what is going on in their neighborhoods, schools, and business districts. There is always so much to share!

To make a tax-deductible donation to support the Heights Observer, click the donate button below. To continue receiving the Heights Observer in your mailbox, please donate at the $60 or above level.

Thank you so much for your consideration and support of the Heights Observer. If you want to learn more about how you can contribute as a writer, an advertiser, or become a distribution site, please contact us at info@futureheights.org.

Click here for easy, secure online donation.

Thank you for your support!

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Mission Statement

Our Mission

The mission of the Heights Observer is to serve as a self-sustaining media outlet that strengthens the communities of Cleveland Heights and University Heights.

Our goals:

To be a community advocate
To be a catalyst for public discourse
To keep residents informed
To promote citizen involvement
To reflect diversity and improve the overall quality of life for residents
To be a resource for the local, independent businesses that are central to the community's unique and vibrant character.

For a good overview of citizen media, read Citizen Media: Fad or Future of the News? (pdf), published by J-Lab.

The success of the Heights Observer and its committment to the goals list above relies on donations, and yours can make a difference. Please consider making a donation to FutureHeights, publisher of the Heights Observer, through Network for Good.

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Staff

Kim Sergio Inglis, Editor-in-Chief, Heights Observer
Bob Rosenbaum, Advertising and program oversight, Heights Observer
Brenda Bailey: Classified ads, Distribution
Lee Chilcote: Executive Director

Our mailing address is:

3 Severance Circle, Box 18195
Cleveland Heights, OH 44118

The Heights Observer is published by FutureHeights Inc.

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