ClevelandDesignCity

“Like most of the proposals submitted by 15 Kent State students as part of a class project known as ‘Parma 2.0: Re-thinking the Suburb,’ the idea of flooding a large swath of the city probably won’t come to fruition, but it is making city leaders and residents reconsider what the city could be as it moves into the future.

‘Clearly, some of the ideas that were brought up are not feasible, but some are very feasible,’ Parma Mayor Dean DePiero said. ‘But in the meantime, it could spur some ideas.’

That’s exactly what new Parma resident — and the students’ adjunct professor — Patrick Hyland was thinking last year when he and his class delved into the topic of remaking Parma…” (go to article)