GCRTA delays levy decision to September

A Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority bus rolls by St. Ignatius High School bearing
mixed messages. So is the authority’s board, saying transit funding is important but lacks the
immediacy to avoid service cuts (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

The future of the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA) didn’t get much clearer at a special board meeting held today. But the transit agency’s trustees did vote unanimously to support a compromise action that could put a sales tax levy on the ballot in May 2027. The board is due to finalize its decision in September.

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Slavic Village CDC hires new director

Mark Rantala was named the new executive director of the nonprofit Slavic
Village Development (SVD). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Already with a week on the job at the new executive director of Slavic Village Development (SVD) in its namesake Cleveland neighborhood, Mark Rantala has been out and about, engaging with the community.

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Next Lakewood developments take shape

Lakewood Common, a mixed-use development on the south side of Detroit Avenue
in Downtown Lakewood, will include apartments over retail (Harrison Whittaker).
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As the two-building Westline development on Detroit Avenue starts to fill up, Lakewood won’t need to wait long for its next major mixed-use project. In fact, an even larger, $119 million development has nearly topped out less than a mile away at the former Lakewood Hospital site.

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Warehouse District lot buyer revealed

This parking lot at the southeast corner of West 9th Street and St. Clair Avenue in Down-
town Cleveland will remain a parking lot for the foreseeable future despite it gaining
a new owner (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Last week, NEOtrans reported that one of the last large “parking craters” remaining in Downtown Cleveland’s central business district has a buyer. This week, we confirmed who the buyer is and what they plan to do with it.

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West Blvd shared use path advances

A conceptual rendering of a shared-use path along West Boulevard linking several of Cleve-
land’s west-side neighborhoods (contributed). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

State and local officials announced this week that the State of Ohio awarded $100,000 to the City of Cleveland to develop plans for a shared-use path for cyclists, joggers, pedestrians and others living in or visiting the city’s West Boulevard, Cudell, Clifton-Baltic and Edgewater neighborhoods.

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Greater Cleveland gets 2 TMUDs

Formerly known as the Rose Building, Project Scarlet also includes the smaller, neighboring
Sloane Building that is amassing financing for its conversion from office building to mixed-
use complex, including residential, hotel and ground-floor retail along East 9th Street in
Downtown Cleveland (Diamond Signs & Graphics). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Although Project Scarlet is in Downtown Cleveland and Valor Acres is in suburban Cleveland, the two developments have something in common. They both won $7 million in Transformational Mixed-Use Development (TMUD) tax credits from the State of Ohio today.

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GCRTA levy to appear on ballot

Like waiting for a bus, a levy to avoid transit service cuts and fund a modest expansion
of public transportation in Cuyahoga County is due to arrive soon. The only question
is when (City of Cleveland). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

A half-percent sales tax increase to fund a modest expansion of the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA) and prevent more service cuts starting next year is going on the ballot in Cuyahoga County. The only question is when. And that will be decided by the GCRTA board July 7.

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