Reimagining Reimagining & Reshaping & Reshaping

ClevelandCleveland

CEOs for Cities CEOs for Cities 20102010

There’s There’s no no

denying denying it!it!Cleveland Cleveland

has…has…

shrunk!shrunk!

America’s 5th Largest City (1920)

Cleveland’s National Population Rank1920: 5th

1950: 7th

1970: 10th

1980: 18th

1990: 23rd

2000: 33rd

2008: 41st

Cleveland Metro Area Rank in 2009: 16th

86% Manufacturing Job Loss86% Manufacturing Job Loss

and we’ve had a few bad breaksand we’ve had a few bad breaks

“Burn on Big River” (1969)

26,570 foreclosures (2006-2009)

15,000 Vacant Buildings15,000 Vacant Buildings

1,000-2,000 Demolitions Annually1,000-2,000 Demolitions Annually

20,000 “Vacated” Lots20,000 “Vacated” Lots

…..a city of vibrant urban neighborhoods, with pedestrian-oriented, mixed-use districts that attract creative and entrepreneurial individuals from across the region and the nation

Back to the Back to the garden?garden?

Repositioning the Local Economy

Repositioning the Local Economy

Building on Assets

Building on Assets

Building on Medical AssetsBuilding on Medical Assets

Cleveland Clinic Heart Center

World’s First Medical MartWorld’s First Medical MartWorld’s First Medical MartWorld’s First Medical Mart

Rebuilt Downtown Convention CenterRebuilt Downtown Convention CenterRebuilt Downtown Convention CenterRebuilt Downtown Convention Center

Building on Education AssetsBuilding on Education AssetsBuilding on Education AssetsBuilding on Education Assets

Peter B. Lewis Building at CWRU Weatherhead Business School

Turning Learning to EarningTurning Learning to EarningTurning Learning to EarningTurning Learning to Earning

Building on Cultural AssetsBuilding on Cultural Assets

Cleveland Orchestra at Severance Hall

Building on Industrial AssetsBuilding on Industrial Assets

Building on Waterfront Amenities

Building on Waterfront Amenities

Connecting the AssetsConnecting the Assets

Center lane “Bus Rapid Transit”

100 blocks of commuter bike lanes

Targeting Neighborhood Revitalization

Targeting Neighborhood Revitalization

Capitalizing on the Local Arts Scene

““Artscape”Artscape”

Capitalizing on Historic ResourcesCapitalizing on Historic Resources

Capitalizing on Waterfront Access

Capitalizing on Proximity to Employment

Capitalizing on Proximity to Employment

Capitalizing on Transit AccessCapitalizing on Transit AccessCapitalizing on Transit AccessCapitalizing on Transit Access

OK, but what about all OK, but what about all that vacant land?that vacant land?

With half the population With half the population occupying the same 77 occupying the same 77 square miles of land, is square miles of land, is Cleveland destined to Cleveland destined to devolve into a more devolve into a more suburban pattern of suburban pattern of

development?development?

……..a city with densely built, mixed-..a city with densely built, mixed-use, walkable neighborhoods use, walkable neighborhoods connected by greenways and connected by greenways and complemented by urban gardens and complemented by urban gardens and open space amenitiesopen space amenities

Reim

agining Land Use

Reim

agining Land Use

Stormwater ManagementStormwater Management

Bioretention/ Rain GardensBioretention/ Rain Gardens

Vacant Lot “Stabilization”Vacant Lot “Stabilization”

Greenspace ExpansionGreenspace Expansion

Neighborhood GreenwaysNeighborhood Greenways

Morgana Run TrailMorgana Run TrailMorgana Run TrailMorgana Run TrailTransformed 3.5 miles of Transformed 3.5 miles of vacant railroad property vacant railroad property

into a greenway into a greenway connection and a connection and a

neighborhood amenityneighborhood amenity

Transformed 3.5 miles of Transformed 3.5 miles of vacant railroad property vacant railroad property

into a greenway into a greenway connection and a connection and a

neighborhood amenityneighborhood amenity

Cleveland Bikeway/Greenway Master PlanCleveland Bikeway/Greenway Master Plan Cleveland Bikeway/Greenway Master PlanCleveland Bikeway/Greenway Master Plan

adopted by City Planning Commission September 2007adopted by City Planning Commission September 2007

Urban AgricultureUrban Agriculture

over 230 urban gardens & farmsover 230 urban gardens & farms

Farmers’ markets in city Farmers’ markets in city neighborhoodsneighborhoods

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Zoning for Green SpaceZoning for Green Space

Zoning for Urban GardensZoning for Urban Gardens

Zoning for “Chickens & Bees”Zoning for “Chickens & Bees”

Zoning for Agriculture in Residential Districts

Zoning for Agriculture in Residential Districts

Zoning for Urban FarmsZoning for Urban Farms

Thank you!