Cuyahoga County Greenspace Plan
Greenspace Working Group
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Greenspace Plan
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The Greenspace Working Group (GWG) was a 50-member stakeholder group that convened from 1999 to 2002. Its membership included local and regional park people, urban garden managers, civic group representatives, business and real estate representatives and public officials. During the planning process the group assisted the Cuyahoga County Planning Commission in studying, establishing goals, and making recommendations on greenspace issues, including those related to financing, legislation, and community strategies.
Greenspace Infrastructure Group
The County Planning Commission is continuing its efforts to enhance and maintain green infrastructure in Cuyahoga County in part through the Green Infrastructure Group, a collaborative effort with staff from Cleveland Metroparks, Cuyahoga Remedial Action Plan, Cuyahoga Soil and Water Conservation District, and the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District. Green infrastructure is comprised of a network of parks, greenways and other naturally vegetated areas that enhance and maintain the overall health of our region. The purpose of the Green Infrastructure Group is to identify, collaborate and coordinate efforts on programs and projects within Cuyahoga County that serve to grow, enhance and/or maintain green infrastructure.
The goals of this Green Infrastructure Group include: the promotion of sustainable land use practices through conservation and restoration, the promotion of the conservation and restoration of our watersheds and the stewardship of natural resources through education and demonstration projects. This group formed to assist communities in understanding the value of natural systems as well as protecting and/or enhancing natural resources as amenities for the overall quality of life of the residents of Cuyahoga County.
Greenspace Working Group
David Beach, Eco-City Cleveland
William Bishilany, Home Builders Association of Greater Cleveland
Joyce Braverman, City of Shaker Heights
Maureen Brennan, Esq., Baker and Hostetler
Arthur V.N. Brooks, Esq., Audubon Ohio
Mayor Madeline Cain, Lakewood
Pat Carey, Northeast Ohio Regional Solutions
Edith Chase, Ohio Coastal Resource Management Project
Stephen D. Coles, Cleveland Metroparks
John Debo, Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Tom Denbow, Chagrin River Watershed Partners
Tim Donovan, Ohio Canal Corridor
Ted Esborn, Esq., McDonald, Hopkins, Burke & Haber Co. L.P.A.
Mark C. Fallon, Parks, Recreation & Properties, City of Cleveland
Rear Admiral Anthony Fugaro, Ret'd
David N. Goss, Greater Cleveland Growth Association
Sister Rita Mary Harwood, Church in the City
Brian Holley, Cleveland Botanical Gardens
Wayne Holmes, ODNR Cleveland Lakefront Park
Tom L. Jenkins, Citizen
Sadhu Johnston, Cleveland Green Building Coalition
Wendy Kellogg, Levin College of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University
Christopher D. Knopf, The Trust for Public Land
Paul Labovitz, National Park Service, Rivers and Trails Program
Thomas J. Longo, Cuyahoga County Mayors and Managers Association
Jack McFadden, McFadden Engineering & Surveying
Ryan McKenzie, Eco-City Cleveland
John Motl, ODOT District 12 Planning Office
Mayor Kathy Urdang Mulcahy, Village of Orange
Bobbi Reichtell, Cleveland Neighborhood Development Corporation
Kelvin Rogers, Ohio EPA Northeast District
Edward Rybka, Councilman, City of Cleveland
Joseph Shafran, Paran Management Co.
J. Duncan Shorey, Proactive Strategies, Inc.
Michael Smith, The Illuminating Company
Nancy King Smith, Nature Center at Shaker Lakes
Chris Trepal, Earth Day Coalition
David Vasarhelyi, West Creek Preservation Committee
Ann Zoller, ParkWorks
Funded by
Board of Cuyahoga County Commissioners and
The George Gund Foundation
