CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio -- The third reading may prove to be the charm for the Noble Area Business Association (NABA), seeking a two-year, $306,000 start-up grant from the city.

City Council gave the enabling legislation a second reading Monday (Nov. 3), but cited a few loose ends that still need to be tied up for the fledgling nonprofit with 80 merchants signed on.

Noble businesses have never set up a Special Improvement District ( SID ) like those in Cedar-Fairmount, Cedar-Lee and Coventry, where what amounts to additional taxes are assessed against commercial property owners.

Acting NABA executive director Myra Orenstein cited definite needs in the less-affluent Noble area, including the lack of a bank, a drugstore, a coffee shop and a dry cleaners.

Spanning 1.7 miles, the Noble c

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