“If metro Cleveland follows other leading metropolitan areas in this market trend, there should be 12 to 14 regionally significant walkable urban places over the next 20 years, downtown Cleveland and University Circle being just two of them.

The economic development future of the Cleveland metro area is linked to its ability to expand its current offerings of walkable urban places. If the area does not offer a way of life that the market is demanding, that demand will be satisfied in the other metro areas that do. Building those additional walkable urban places and bringing downtown to critical mass will increase the economic development Cleveland metro needs so badly - and it will increase walk scores as well…” (go to article)


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