The caller asked the Rev. Brian Cash, pastor of East Mt. Zion Baptist Church if he was sitting down.
“Do I need to sit down?” he responded. “I knew immediately the long wait was over.”
It was May and Cash was hoping to hear whether the Cleveland Restoration Society had received a $750,000 federal grant for the historic church on Euclid Avenue to make roof and other critical repairs. The National Park Service grant committee had given high marks to the project, which is a partnership between the church and CRS. There had been months of delays in knowing whether the nonprofit had received the grant with no explanation…