CLEVELAND — Cleveland Buckeye Road Huntington Bank customers are still holding onto hope that their bank branch will reopen later this year after Huntington Bank confirmed it withdrew its application to bank regulators to close the location permanently.
We don’t just report the initial story—we follow through to its conclusion. Read and watch our previous reporting on this story below and see more stories that we've followed through on here. The City of Cleveland is responding and is now set to host two meetings to try and address Huntington Bank's crime concerns. East 128 Street Block Club President Rob Render told News 5 a meeting is scheduled for Feb. 15 and will include Huntington Bank representatives, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown, U.S. Representative Shontel Brown, Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb, Cleveland Council President Blaine Griffin and key leaders with the Cleveland Police Department.
In the meantime, the closure is considered temporary. While there’s no formal process to communicate a temporary closure to the OCC, we have shared our updated plans with them. While we have withdrawn the initial filing, nothing has changed in our plans since the last time we updated you." Huntington customer Jarrod Amir Shakir told News 5 that the move to close the branch would cause a huge loss in neighborhood services.
“You got elderly people here that can’t get to other banks, so for them to just up and move out almost overnight is not fair to the people in this neighborhood,” Thomas said.