The Buckeye -Woodhill area is one of several Cleveland neighborhoods with a long list of needs. Houses have deteriorated and some homes have been torn down, leaving empty lots.
That’s why Greater Cleveland Habitat for Humanity has focused on Buckeye-Woodhill over the last 10 years or so, rehabbing homes and cleaning up properties. Now, Habitat is building 15 homes on Elwell Avenue, a short street south of Buckeye and just east of the Buckeye-Woodhill intersection.
The $4.3 million development is called Pope Leo Village, envisioned and made possible in part by an anonymous donor. That same donor is helping to fund other Pope Leo Village projects in up to 18 other cities, including Chicago and Cincinnati…