By Julie Holiday
Jul 2, 2021
CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OH - Cuyahoga County and the Cuyahoga County Planning Commission will host a Virtual Public Information Meeting on Tuesday, July 13 at 6:00 p.m. and invites residents to hear about and discuss plans to create easier access to Lake Erie.
The Lakefront Public Access Plan was announced by County Executive Armond Budish in 2019, and aims to improve transportation networks and increase public access to Lake Erie in tandem with shoreline stabilization efforts.
Currently, 90% of the Lake Erie shoreline within Cuyahoga County is not publicly accessible. This plan will detail a multi-modal network of connected paths, all-purpose trails, boardwalks, roads, bridges and public access points across the Lake Erie shoreline made possible through partnerships with cities, the Metroparks, and property owners.
CLEVELAND, Ohio The ceremonial ribbon cutting on Wednesday that marked the completion of the Towpath Trail in Cleveland seemed modest in comparison to the magnitude of the urban transformation it was meant to celebrate. Once a dream of hikers who trespassed in the 1980s in the grimy, weed-choked industrial backyards along the Cuyahoga Valley, the trail is now one of Cleveland’s leading .
CLEVELAND, Ohio Three of Northeast Ohio’s leading city planning experts, speaking in an online panel discussion Thursday, gave an emphatic thumbs up to the new plan proposed by Haslam Sports Group to connect downtown Cleveland to Lake Erie. “Really good design is a powerful thing,’' said Lillian Kuri, executive vice president and chief operating officer of the Cleveland Foundation, and an .