The future of a storied East Side health center remains in question as it continues to fight a lender seeking to take its properties and other assets.
Northeast Ohio Neighborhood Health Services (NEON), which has served patients on Cleveland’s East Side for nearly 60 years, operates six clinics and a mobile health unit. As a federally qualified nonprofit health clinic, it serves patients regardless of insurance status and offers reduced-cost care.
That legacy is at risk. In February, New Jersey-based lender, All Pro Capital, asked a U.S. District Court judge for permission to foreclose on NEON’s properties in order to recoup the millions of dollars the health center owes. (As of February, All Pro told the court NEON owed $9.5 million, a balance that will increase as interest accrues.)…