CLEVELAND PRINT ROOM INC

PROJECT LEXINGTON IN 2025, CLEVELAND PRINT ROOM ADVANCED PROJECT LEXINGTON FROM DESIGN AND PERMITTING INTO ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION. THE ADAPTIVE REUSE PROJECT AT 4730-4738 LEXINGTON AVENUE IN CLEVELAND'S MIDTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD WILL TRANSFORM TWO LONG-VACANT INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS INTO AN 18,000 SQUARE-FOOT COMMUNITY PHOTOGRAPHY AND ARTS HUB, INCLUDING DARKROOM AND CLASSROOM SPACES, GALLERY, RESIDENCY SPACE, AND SIGNICANT GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE. MAJOR 2025 MILESTONES INCLUDED COMPLETION OF FULL PERMITTING; COMPLETION OF INTERIOR ABATEMENT WORK, WITH PROPER REMOVAL AND DISPOSAL OF LEAD AND ASBESTOS; AND REEVALUATION, DESIGN, AND ACTIVATION OF THE SUB-SLAB DEPRESSURIZATION SYSTEM ALONGSIDE NEW PLUMBING. CPR CONTINUED DRAWING DOWN ON THE 3.3 MILLION IN OHIO DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT BROWNELD FUNDING AWARDED IN 2024 TO SUPPORT THE PROJECT'S FIRST PHASE. THE ORGANIZATION IS TARGETING A LATE 2026 / EARLY 2027 OPENING. THROUGHOUT 2025, CPR SUSTAINED MODIED PROGRAM DELIVERY THROUGH A TEMPORARY DARKROOM HOSTED AT CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY, EXPANDED PUBLIC PROGRAMMING, DEEPENED COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS, AND CONTINUED PREPARING FOR THE PUBLIC PHASE OF ITS CAPITAL CAMPAIGN.

YOUTH EDUCATION AND TEEN INSTITUTE CPR'S TEEN INSTITUTE PROVIDES FREE, MASTERY-BASED PHOTOGRAPHY EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS AGES 12-19 ACROSS SCHOOL-YEAR, SUMMER, AND WEEKEND FORMATS. IN 2025, THE ORGANIZATION UNDERTOOK A SIGNICANT REEVALUATION OF ITS CORE CURRICULUM AND PARTNER RELATIONSHIPS, BUILDING TOWARD A MORE DELIBERATE AND SUSTAINABLE MODEL ROOTED IN THREE CORE VALUES: PURPOSE, MASTERY, AND AUTONOMY. PROGRAMS OPERATED IN CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP WITH CLEVELAND METROPOLITAN SCHOOL DISTRICT SCHOOLS DESPITE ONGOING DISTRICT CHALLENGES. CPR REVISITED AND RENEWED KEY PARTNERSHIPS WITH LINCOLN-WEST GLOBAL STUDIES AND SAINT MARTIN DE PORRES, AND RAN SUCCESSFUL SUMMER CAMPS IN COLLABORATION WITH CUYAHOGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE'S CREATIVE ARTS ACADEMY. NEW PROGRAMMING INCLUDED A HALF-DAY WORKSHOP WITH THE TRI-C MANDEL YOUTH HUMANITIES ACADEMY SUMMER SCHOLARS CENTERED ON MINDFUL SLOW-LOOKING PRACTICE, AND A RESIDENCY AT GINN ACADEMY WITH PHOTOGRAPHER RUDDY ROYE. CPR ALSO EXPANDED ITS INVESTMENT IN HEALING-CENTERED AND TRAUMA-INFORMED PEDAGOGY. THE SCOPE OF WORK WITH CONSULTING PSYCHOLOGIST HABEEBAH GRIMES GREW BEYOND EVALUATING AND TRAINING TEACHING ARTISTS TO INCLUDE EVALUATION OF CURRICULUM DESIGN ITSELF IN SERVICE OF TRAUMA-INFORMED PRACTICE. THIS WORK IS SHAPING HOW CPR DESIGNS AND DELIVERS ALL YOUTH PROGRAMMING GOING FORWARD.