Community Associations

The groups listed below are community groups that are involved in neighborhood activities. Their members are committed to improving the life and vitality of the areas they serve. For further information, see the information below. If you know of other associations that would like to be listed in this section, please contact Christopher Lohr at

 

Brooklyn Centre Community Association (BCCA)

(BCCA) was formed by a group of dedicated neighbors in 1978, formerly known as the Archwood-Denison Concerned Citizens. Our purpose is to help make our neighborhood a better place for all. We are your friends and neighbors who are passionate about our neighborhood, and we want to recruit you in the cause. The BCCA holds monthly meetings to discuss ongoing projects and put our minds together around the issues we all face.

Monthly Meetings
4th Thursday of each month . 6:30 – 8:00pm
Brooklyn Memorial United Methodist Church
2607 Archwood Avenue

Join us and share your ideas. We have assembled an amazing group of mechanics and tradesmen, landscapers and architects, chefs and bakers, financial planners and bankers, crafters and musicians. We have experts on local history and can assist you in picking historic colors to paint your home. We can help in re-storing your property to its splendor. We can write grants and assist in finding resources to suit your ideas. We can help mediate issues between neighbors and can work together on that vacant property or problem house. We can assist in getting that streetlight replaced or that pothole filled. We’ll pick up the shovels and help plant that community garden or put on the gloves and coordinate a street clean-up. We can do an amazing amount of things with all the knowledge and wisdom in this neighborhood, but we just need you!

Membership is available to all persons who reside and/or work in, or are associated (Associate Members) with the Brooklyn Centre neighborhood. This neighborhood is defined as having the following boundaries: Woodbridge Avenue on the north, Lower Big Creek Valley on the south, the Cuyahoga Valley on the east, and Fulton Road on the west.

Membership is available to all persons who reside and/or work in, or are associated (Associate Members) with the Brooklyn Centre neighborhood. This neighborhood is defined as having the following boundaries: Woodbridge Avenue on the north, Lower Big Creek Valley on the south, the Cuyahoga Valley on the east, and Fulton Road on the west. For further information go to:

www.brooklyncentre.com

Southwest Citizens Area Council

The Southwest citizens are one of the longest surviving neighborhood associations in Cleveland, formed over 60-years ago around issues of environmental health, neighborhood safety, quality of life issues and improved city services. Monthly meetings are held on the first Thursday of each month from 7:00 – 8:00pm at Gino’s Cento Anno, 1314 Denison Avenue. For further information contact Dane Reich at .

Brooklyn Centre Naturalists

A natural-habitat-aware park neighborhood where everything comes together, brought to you by the Brooklyn Centre Naturalists

The South Hills Neighborhood Association

The South Hills Neighborhood Association is committed to strengthening our community through educational programs, beautification projects, and social events. For further information contact Maryanne Jannazo at

Friends of Big Creek (FOBC)

Friends of Big Creek works to protect, conserve, enhance, and improve the waterway and watershed of this Cuyahoga River tributary, including building a trail network.
www.friendsofbigcreek.org

The Historical Society of Old Brooklyn

Brings together people with an interest in the history of the neighborhood, collects and houses some historic items and disseminates historical information about Old Brooklyn.
www.oldbrooklynhistory.org