Vision for glenville

Glenville is the heart of the city. Easily accessible by public transportation and loaded with staples like ThirdSpace Reading Room, the Cultural Gardens and the Cleveland Museum of Art, Ward 9 holds some of Cleveland’s most cherished experiences. Our historic neighborhood is home for more than 20 congregations, dozens of businesses, and the 2023 OHSAA Football Champions - the Glenville High School Tarblooders. 

Even in all its glory, Glenville holds examples of how underresourced communities fight to survive. St. Clair’s own Rich Paul has said, “Sometimes in my neighborhood, you had to fight fire with fire, but not always. Survival required constant calibrating and balancing various and sometimes competing factors.” These words resonate with Alana as she plans to work with local and national leaders in various movements to combat the many concerns throughout the ward and the city.

Glenville deserves a Councilmember who is both willing to stand in the streets with the people to protest police brutality and someone who can stand at podiums at the Ohio Statehouse, speaking to legislators about expanding our rights. 

Glenville deserves a Councilmember who will continue its legacy of investing in our community through art and deepen that investment by expanding the resources available to our neighbors in need. 

Glenville residents deserve a City Council that will fight for our right to have a voice in the decisions that impact our daily lives. 

Food & Housing InSecurity

  • Alana Belle dedicated time to helping facilitate People Feeding People in Akron, Ohio and was a part of providing hundreds of Akronites with thousands of pounds of free groceries. This work in Akron deepened her understanding of food insecurity and the solutions that exist when the people work together to utilize accessible city resources to meet the needs of our most vulnerable families. 

  • Out of state property owners, unsafe conditions, stolen rent payments, inefficient property management services, and unreasonable rent increases that are not accompanied by improvements to the rental unit are common experiences for renters in Glenville. 

    The options for 1 bedroom apartments are expensive and limited - forcing young, childless workers to reside elsewhere. Out of state property owners are not directly involved in the management or maintenance of their properties - leaving renters vulnerable to the same experiences Alana had.

Health &

Reproductive Justice

  • Alana has participated in meetings with the Federal Reserve of Cleveland to help advocate for low-income families in the city, and environmental justice, where she educated residents on the activities of utility providers and the impact their decisions had on the quality of life and financial responsibility of Ohioans. This work supported her transition to Reproductive Justice - an organizing framework that encompasses all aspects of individual and community wellness. 


    Along with reproductive healthcare, Reproductive Justice ties our wellness to our educational, social, financial, spiritual, environmental, physical, and mental health.

  • With professional statewide experience in reproductive care, she will work to ensure Glenville residents have access to doulas and birthing support, menstrual products, medically accurate sexual health education and preventative items, and support with navigating pregnancy. 


    Alana is an advocate for mental health resources and plans to continue supporting local efforts like Ghetto Therapy which allows underresourced communities to participate in therapy practices and connect with providers who look like them and share similar life experiences.

Neighborhood Maintenance & Resources

  • Cleveland is adaptable with many recurring maintenance services like snow and trash removal and there are special programs dedicated to supporting elders with certain household tasks. Continuing these services and programs is critical to preserving Glenville yet, there are gaps that need to be filled. 

  • In her experiences facilitating conversations with Glenville neighbors, Alana knows that many people do not qualify for financial, logistic, or technical support but still need assistance. 


    Where programs do not fulfill the needs, the people can…and Alana has the experience, connections, and desire to ensure residents feel comfortable discussing their needs and offering their services.

  • Resources like the Cleveland Food Bank have the food and personal care products people need however, obtaining those items is difficult for people using public transportation, those with hourly jobs who work during standard business hours, and those who require childcare. With her previous food distribution work, Alana knows there are options for more localized efforts that can bring the items from the Cleveland Food Bank directly to the communities in need. Community members can work together to eliminate the food access barriers of cost, travel logistics, service time, and environments not suitable for families with small kids.