CPC Weblog
an annotated chronological list of links related to planning and development in Greater Cleveland
19 December 2008
Mayor Brewer of East Cleveland proposed building a 12,000-seat amphitheater in his city's portion of historic Forest Hill Park. The idea would require approval from the Forest Hill Park Advisory Commission, and at least one of its three members is opposed to the concept. Others question the need for additional concert venues.
Labels: Cleveland Heights, East Cleveland, greenspace
01 December 2008
Steven Litt was impressed by the plans for the redesign of the bus and rapid transit station at the base of Cedar Hill in University Circle. Under the plans, the transfer station on the south side of Cedar Glen would be replaced with a new public park.
Labels: architecture, East Cleveland, greenspace, public transit, urban design
21 November 2008
With the foreclosure crisis increasing the supply of abandoned homes in Cleveland and East Cleveland, more of the area's homeless are squatting in the vacant houses. Advocates for the homeless are working to establish a program that would allow the skilled homeless to take possession of abandoned homes in exchange for repairing them.
Labels: Cleveland, East Cleveland, equity planning, residential
28 October 2008
The grand opening of RTA's HeathLine attracted crowds over the weekend, and its Monday debut experienced only minor glitches. A Plain Dealer editorial says that the corridor's real payoff will be in the surrounding development it encourages.
Labels: Cleveland, East Cleveland, events, public transit, roads and highways
24 October 2008
The Euclid Corridor was officially opened with a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the HealthLine this afternoon. Construction of the $200 million, 7.1-mile project took three years, and it was the subject of Thursday's Sound of Ideas on WCPN. RTA will hold opening celebrations all weekend.
Labels: Cleveland, East Cleveland, public transit, roads and highways, urban design
23 June 2008
Brad Masi of the New Agrarian Center describes how community gardening can be used to combat food deserts, using a new community garden at Huron Hospital in East Cleveland as an example.
Labels: Cleveland, East Cleveland, equity planning, greenspace, sustainability
20 May 2008
The Greater Circle Living program was officially launched today. The initiative will supply forgivable loans and rental reimbursements to an estimated 700 homebuyers in portions of seven adjacent neighborhoods in Cleveland and East Cleveland.
Labels: Cleveland east side, East Cleveland, finance, residential
12 May 2008
The East Cleveland portion of the Euclid Corridor Transportation Project was formally opened this afternoon.
Labels: East Cleveland, public transit, roads and highways
09 May 2008
On Thursday, OneCommunity announced the official launch of a wireless Internet cloud covering most of University Circle and parts of Cleveland Heights and East Cleveland. They also rolled out Linked Communities, a new web portal for the University Circle area.
Labels: Cleveland east side, Cleveland Heights, East Cleveland, utility, websites
28 January 2008
The renovation of the former Warner and Swasey Observatory in East Cleveland was halted after the owner was indicted for mortgage fraud last January.
Labels: East Cleveland, historic preservation
08 January 2008
Mayor Brewer of East Cleveland says that his City's water main agreement with the City of Cleveland will lower residents' water bills by about a third.
Update: WKYC and WTAM have additional information.
Labels: Cleveland, East Cleveland, regionalism, utility
03 October 2007
A Plain Dealer editorial says that the Cities of Cleveland and East Cleveland will both benefit from the recent water main agreement.
Labels: Cleveland, East Cleveland, regionalism, utility
25 September 2007
The Cities of Cleveland and East Cleveland reached a deal on the water main maintenance and no poaching agreement proposed by Cleveland officials. The cities had been negotiating for over a year.
Labels: Cleveland, East Cleveland, regionalism, utility
19 September 2007
The sinkhole in East Cleveland provides an example of the need to maintain Northeast Ohio's aging infrastructure.
Labels: East Cleveland, utility
08 August 2007
Michael Schramm and Claudia Coulton of Case's Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences examined the impacts of the foreclosure crisis on the number of houses and condominiums in Cuyahoga County owned by financial institutions. As of February 2007, 9,175 of these properties are held by financial institutions, representing 2.05% of the County's residential properties. The highest percentage was in East Cleveland, where financial institutions own 8.09% of the houses and condominiums.
Labels: Cuyahoga County, East Cleveland, finance, residential
09 July 2007
The Cuyahoga County Community Mental Health Board is still trying to identify a site for the planned new State Mental Health Hospital. Councilperson Phyllis Cleveland objects to the proposed site on Quincy Road in Cleveland, so the Board is considering alternative sites in Warrensville Heights and East Cleveland.
Labels: Cleveland east side, East Cleveland, institutional, Warrensville Heights
15 June 2007
RTA reports that the first two Euclid Corridor stations, one in Midtown and one in East Cleveland, will soon be complete.
Labels: Cleveland east side, East Cleveland, public transit
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