Cleveland owns its lakefront opportunities

The red lands are properties owned by the city of Cleveland along its Lake Erie waterfront
just east of downtown. The light-blue land at right is another publicly owned piece of land
owned by the state of Ohio. In the foreground is the Forest City Yacht Club that’s been on
city-owned land for nearly a century. Beyond is the 115-year-old Cleveland Public Power’s
Lake Road Power Station. Few of these publicly owned properties are publicly accessible
nor do they represent the highest and best uses of lakefront land (Google).
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One year ago, the City Planning Commission “hired” Cleveland State University’s 17th Street Studios for a Masters of Urban Planning and Development (MUPD) capstone project to look at how to enhance the underutilized light-rail Waterfront Line. One of the findings was that the city of Cleveland literally owned its own ability to boost the rail line and the lakefront overall.

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