Development on downtown Cleveland’s lakefront must cater to all residents, not just the wealthy. And efforts to boost the urban lakefront’s appeal must start now.

Those sentiments emerged Thursday night from a sparse crowd hearing the latest plans to energize and develop land from North Coast Harbor to the Cuyahoga River.

That 100-acre swath features the gray, windswept docks and warehouses operated by the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority.

But port leaders, with the city’s support, are in serious pursuit of a 25- to 30-year plan to move operations to East 55th Street and open up land north and west of Cleveland Browns Stadium to what they envision as a world-class development that could help revive downtown…(go to article)


  1. EEK’s presentation is available for viewing + download.

    Check it out here:

    http://www.portofcleveland.com/pdf/July_7__2009_EEK_Board_Presentation.pdf




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