Story Walk Comes To Cedar Lee District

CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, OH — Cleveland Heights will have its first story walk in the Cedar Lee District.

The story walk — a collaboration from the Heights Libraries and the Cedar Lee District — will feature "The Snowy Day," by Ezra Jack Keats. A story walk is a family-friendly outdoor activity where pages of a book are presented along a popular walking route.

The reproduced pages of "The Snowy Day" are featured in merchant windows along Lee Road, including S'Wonderful Gifts, Dewey's Pizza, CLE Urban Winery, Heights Arts, The Wine Spot, Voodoo Brewer, Atma Center and the Lee Road branch of the Heights Libraries.

"We wanted to find a way to promote our local businesses and offer our families a fun, safe holiday activity, too,” said Kelley Robinson, director of the Cedar Lee Special Improvement District. “We hope that while families are enjoying the story, they’ll do some holiday shopping in the district.”

The story walk was installed to coincide with the holiday shopping season, specifically Small Business Saturday. The story will remain up until Jan. 4, 2021.

Story Walk stops, in book order, are:

1. S'Wonderful Gifts, 2254 Lee Road

2. Dewey's Pizza, 2194 Lee Road

3. CLE Urban Winery, 2180 Lee Road

4. Heights Arts, 2175 Lee Road

5. The Wine Spot, 2271 Lee Road

6. Voodoo Brewery, 2279 Lee Road

7. Atma Center, 2319 Lee Road

8. Heights Libraries Lee Road branch (Lee Road side), 2345 Lee Road

“The Library is happy to create this beautiful display for families and to partner with the SID once again to promote Small Business Saturday," Heights Libraries Director Nancy Levin said.