Haslams keep options open for Brook Park site

In Brook Park, the Forward Innovation Center-West may or may not be the
site of a future Cleveland Browns stadium. But it would figure into the final
destination of the stadium two sources said, potentially by allowing the
United States Postal Service distribution facility near Downtown Cleveland
to be relocated to here. An Amazon distribution center is visible in the
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NEOtrans’ scoop last week that the owners of the Cleveland Browns are reportedly buying a 176-acre parcel in suburban Brook Park led to a flurry of discussion about what that means since the sources didn’t say why. The most obvious speculation is that the land is for a new stadium venue for home games for the National Football League franchise. But that may be only partly true. Instead, one option is to apparently use it as part of a land trade for a stadium.

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Cleveland getting 10 new nonstops from Frontier Airlines

Frontier Airlines will add in May direct flights to 10 cities, including several
currently lacking nonstops, in addition to the direct flights to New York-
LaGuardia and Minneapolis-St. Paul it announced last month (By
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New nonstop air service from Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE) will be offered by Frontier Airlines to 10 additional destinations starting this May. Those destinations include New Orleans, Jacksonville, Houston, Myrtle Beach, Austin, Charleston, Savannah, Salt Lake City, Pensacola and Baltimore.

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Cleveland wins grants for Public Square, Ohio City public spaces

Downtown residents and visitors gather on Cleveland’s Public Square on
Christmas Eve 2023 to take in the holiday lighting. With the weather too
warm for the ice rink to be open, there was nothing else to do except walk
around and take photographs. There were no performers, vendors or other
ways for the visitors to interact with this public space at the heart of
the city (KJP). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

A pair of $100,000 grants were awarded to improve two public spaces in Cleveland that are visited by people from throughout the metropolitan area and beyond. The grants were awarded by the New York City-based Project for Public Spaces from funding originally provided by the General Motors Corp. to offer more inclusive, welcoming environments.

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Cleveland AGA Building to fuel start-ups

This is the original 1925-built American Gas Association Appliance Testing
Laboratory on East 62nd Street. This building and its two additions are the
subject of a nearly $3 million renovation effort by local entrepreneurs who
want to move their growing e-commerce textile business here as well as
help other aspiring entrepreneurs realize their dreams (Google).
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Like many of Cleveland’s historic but vacant commercial buildings, the former American Gas Association (AGA) laboratory in Cleveland’s St. Clair-Superior neighborhood is about to get renovated for a new use. Unlike many other buildings, this one isn’t being converted into apartments. Instead, its new uses are intended to create long-term jobs and new businesses, especially among young women and minorities.

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Port of Cleveland OKs $32M in site upgrades

The Port of Cleveland is the only container port on the Great Lakes, with
bi-weekly service between Cleveland and Antwerp, Belgium on a service
called the Cleveland-Europe Express (Port of Cleveland).
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Cleveland’s international water port took a significant stride this week toward the future as its board approved the allocation of $32.1 million in federal and state grants to help rehabilitate and modernize a key warehouse and upgrade electrical infrastructure at its General Cargo Terminal. This strategic move will ensure ongoing efficiency of port facilities and prepare the port for upcoming electrification efforts.

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Cleveland seeks developers for Slavic Village school site

A boarded-up Fullerton Elementary School, shortly before it was demolished.
This now-cleared, 2.6-acre site is being offered for redevelopment by the
city of Cleveland and the Cleveland Metropolitan School District
(Google). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

A site in Cleveland’s Slavic Village that has hosted school facilities for the last 127 years could host a new use in the coming years depending on the response to a request for qualifications (RFQ) from prospective developers. That RFQ was issued this week by the city of Cleveland’s Department of Community Development, in partnership with the Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD).

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Browns owners buying 176 acres in Brook Park

This is the 210-acre Forward Innovation Center-West in the Cleveland suburb
of Brook Park, next to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. Several sources
say the owners of the Cleveland Browns are acquiring most of this property, lead-
ing to speculation that this site could be the location of a new football stadium
and supportive development, absent an intensified effort by the city of Cleve-
land to retain them (Weston). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

The owners of the Cleveland Browns football team have reportedly reached a purchase agreement to acquire a large piece of land in the Cleveland suburb of Brook Park, leading to speculation that the Browns could leave the city of Cleveland for the second time in the team’s 78-year history.

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