Empty nesters, professionals and families flocking to Duck Island
With unmet demand for custom, for-sale housing on the west side and in downtown Cleveland, Duck Island has become a hot area for new housing starts in the city of Cleveland.
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Pitch challenge gives manufacturing startups a chance to test their ideas
Dejuan Bringht, who hopes to create an automatic restocking produce shelf to eliminate waste in grocery stores, is one of five winners of the fifth annual MSPIRE pitch challenge sponsored by MAGNET.
University Circle campaign aims to hit the brakes on alarming rise in crashes involving pedestrians
University Circle officials have launched Project Yield, a public awareness campaign that aims to increase yield rates, discourage illegal speeding, and keep travelers safe.
Council members ask questions but get few answers about recycling
Chief of operations Darnell Brown told city council members at the Nov. 30 finance committee meeting that he’s awaiting a draft report and recycling won’t come back until spring 2021 at the very earliest.
Lead Safe Resource Center and Home Fund launches
Cleveland residents will have access to a new resource center and hotline dedicated to helping parents and property owners reduce the chances of lead poisoning by making homes in the city lead safe.
Horizon seeks to plant new $3m early childhood center in Cudell
Horizon Education Centers aims to open a new, high-quality child care center in an area that needs one, but some neighbors oppose replacing a neglected orchard.
RTA announces bus system redesign, opportunities for community feedback
RTA’s bus system redesign includes greater frequency on popular routes as well as the ability to get to outlying areas where jobs may be located. The public will have an opportunity to give feedback in October and November.
To create a more sustainable Cleveland, focus on equity, summit leaders say
Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, calling these “not normal” times, opened the 12th city-run Sustainability Summit from his desktop computer rather than the podium of Public Auditorium. The mayor, who initiated the annual event in 2009 and has long insisted the formation of his Sustainability Office isn’t about the environment so much as a focus on green jobs, called on the environmental community to embrace social equity.
University Settlement breaks ground on $20m Broadway Rising campaign
On Sept. 24, developers broke ground on The Rising, a $20 million development project that will be the largest investment in Cleveland’s Slavic Village neighborhood in 25 years.
Planners seek community input on bringing bus rapid transit to West 25th Street
25Connects, a community planning effort that aims to support walkable, transit-oriented development on West 25th Street between Detroit Avenue and the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, is hosting a virtual public meeting on Wed., Oct. 14 at 6 pm. RTA will provide an update on opportunities along the W. 25th Street corridor to implement transit-oriented development (TOD) and bus rapid transit (BRT) enhancements, and solicit feedback.
