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CLEVELAND, Ohio – Roberto Clemente breezed across baseball diamonds like a graceful wind, kept runners honest with his rocket of an arm, and blasted shots off pitchers across the league. On the field, he was a force.Velez - a Cleveland native, Lincoln West High School graduate and mother of three - saw a need to fix up Roberto Clemente Park in Cleveland’s Clark-Fulton neighborhood.
She’s doing more than keeping baseball alive. She is fostering community engagement. It all started last year, when about 25 to 30 volunteers came together. Their kids were playing in a different league with practices at the atrophied park. Residents and small businesses donated paint and wood. They painted fences and benches and designed a timeline of Clemente’s life. An artist donated time to create a mural facing the fields. The giant home plate with Clemente’s number, a huge “21″ in black and yellow, was refurbished - some bricks were refaced, others were added. A Roberto Clemente Day celebration was held.
Velez is a board member of the non-profit Cleveland Public Market Corp., created to manage the West Side Market. She also founded Cleveland Fresh, an urban agriculture operation with a focus on indoor growing, specifically microgreens. Pittsburgh's Roberto Clemente, the National League's leading hitter, shows a young fan where he likes to hit the ball. This is from 1961.She added: “We have parents who say, ‘If you need anything let me know.’ We don’t want to ask too much for parents because we know it’s already a lot to ask for them to bring their kids to practice and games. We’re just trying to support the community as much as we can, with what we can.
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