Cuyahoga County Greenspace Plan
Greenspace Plan Goals
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Greenspace Plan
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The Greenspace Plan has established a set of ambitious goals for open space protection and restoration in Cuyahoga County. They include exciting and significant improvements to our county's:
- quality of life
- regional competitiveness
- image
- green infrastructure
- environmental and human health
The Cuyahoga County Open Space Inventory, conducted in the mid 1990's, found there to be 32,200 acres of private and publicly protected open space in the county. Based upon the opportunities identified within the Greenprint, a goal of preserving and restoring approximately 20,000 acres of additional open space has been established. This equates to about 6.6% of Cuyahoga County.
There are approximately 115 miles of existing trails within Cuyahoga County. A goal of an additional 330 miles of new trails has been established based upon opportunities identified in the Greenprint.
 The Mill Stream waterfall near the intersection of Broadway, Warner and Turney Roads. |
In addition to the above goals, the Greenspace Plan recommends the following:
- 20 major scenic overlooks,
- 25 tributary watershed plans,
- No net loss of wetlands from the county,
- Add 200 acres of wetlands,
- Create 5 bird sanctuaries,
- Inventory the county's natural features,
- Public sector leadership,
- "Green-up" 405 miles of roads and rights-of-way,
- Establish an Urban Land Conservancy,
- Double the number of community gardens,
- Actively engage owners of half of the county's 500,000 parcels.
