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Honest question fgerlak, I walk by that pnc plaza daily and it has zero benches and zero amenities—not even shade. What benefit do you see from that plaza that you would rather have on the other corners than buildings?

We didn’t get the name for The Quarter until construction was halfway complete

I do not understand the issue here. Jackson picked Census tracts based on a detailed study completed by CSU on the appropriate locations for investment incentives. Which matches with national research on where cities should be investing their dollars. That Downtown is included is likely a good thing. We all know that a strong core helps nearby neighborhoods. And remember as people say "Ohio City shouldn't be included." Well the City could only pick whole Census Tracts. So, for instance, if you wanted to include the port of Cleveland (west of the Cuyahoga), you need to include Ohio City.

1. I LOVE the art, it’s cool! 2. I HATE the location. It feels in the middle of nowhere.

Edit: I was thinking of something else. Oops That’s a huge loss of trees, though

Parking standards are reduced in a PRO district, but not eliminated

If you click on the Council link presented earlier (http://council.cuyahogacounty.us/en-US/20180326edp.aspx), you can see they have already posted the YouTube video. The committee did not have to vote on it, technically, since it was already voted out of committee; however, they did vote to send it back to Council for it to be voted on tomorrow night. Everyone was on board with it, including Councilman Houser, who was initially against it. Sounds like it will be approved tomorrow night and will begin construction within the month or two.

I think Gottaplan is thinking about the requirement of police and fire of the city of cleveland being required to live in the city of cleveland...a requirement which was ended some time ago and which is different from this program

Household sizes are decreasing That alone doesn't suggest we're gaining households, not enough of them to alter the housing market. And migration data suggests we aren't gaining many households at all. And yet we hear of home values skyrocketing, of buyers showing up with sacks of cash the moment homes go on sale. Who are these people? I wish they'd open some businesses here, with their sacks of cash. Let's look at actual data from the Census' 1-year American Community Survey. Total households in Cuyahoga County: 2016: 534,355 2015: 532,752 2014: 535,295 2013: 535,088 2012: 529,284 2011: 533,756 2010: 529,942 2009: 532,369 2008: 534,705 2007: 537,492 2006: 538,609 What I think is interesting is that there was a clear and consistent trend downward through 2010 and then the data starts bumping around. This despite a clear and consistent trend downward of total population.

In terms of the population changes in Cuyahoga County and greater cleveland, a couple thoughts: First, these are estimates, so take all this with a very big grain of salt. Second, Cuyahoga county’s population loss is accelerating. Looking strictly at population changes from the previous year, here is Cuyahoga County: 2016-2017: -4940 2015-2016: -4503 2014-2015: -4502 2013-2014: -2163 2012-2013: -1588 2011-2012: -4251 2010-2011: -7739 In the greater cleveland region, however (cleveland-Elyria-mentor), population loss has been slowing in the most recent years. 2016-2017: -1221 2015-2016: -2777 2014-2015: -3385 2013-2014: +384 2012-2013: +1133 2011-2012: -4280 2010-2011: -6566

It will be very interesting to see if that percentage changes with tomorrow’s release

As much as I’m hopeful that there is a massive migration from other states to cleveland, seeing additional license plates from other states in some of the hottest neighborhoods in cleveland does not show that there is a massive in-migration from other states. The 1-year estimates from the american community survey show that in 2016, 1.6% of residents in the county had moved here from another state in the previous year. In 2015 that was also 1.6%. 2014 was 1.5% and 2013 was 1.7%. So that means in any given year roughly one and a half percent of residents of the county moved to the county within the previous 12 months. And that percentage hasn’t really changed. What I think it may mean is that they are moving to cleveland rather than Parma or orange or something. But Id rather see numbers from the census bureau than anecdotal data.

I’m confused...why is hud the primary lender? Is there a program that is funding this?

Larry, what's the deal with the lien and HUD? Why is HUD involved?

Cleveland Heights could support such a facility at Severance Town Center

I went to the new years eve concert on the mall years ago when they were trying that out...and i gotta say, when you have that many people on the mall at once, you can really feel that you are standing on the roof of a building. It was really rather disconcerting.

Marxism? You lose your argument with hyperbole.

Pay for it at gunpoint? Crying? You lose your argument with hyperbole. The entire system of government is based on the idea that you can’t pay for something that is a common good on your own. I can’t pay for highways on my own, nor can agricultural counties afford some of the subsidies for new roads or 5g internet service on their own. We work together to make the state work as a whole.

Not totally sure why; however, i can tell you that the two immediately at lake/west were supposedly built by Rockefeller and Elliot Ness lived there.

There is a building permit for a 5.5 million dollar interior alteration pulled for the May Company building by a Detroit owner in assuming is a rep for Gilbert. Not much more info on the City’s website beyond that it is an interior alteration

I wouldn't say that Pittsburgh isn't needy

Actually the 81 already goes down Scranton road. But yea, the 51 will be a block away from the main campus and that definitely is a difficult walk. The main hospital campus already is a block away though, with the exception of the in-patient plaza that is immediately adjacent to 25th. That plaza, however, is probably one of the worst examples of urban design in cleveland. It is basically a blank wall.

Metrohealth has been instrumental in the last few years in that neighborhood. While the new hospital is great, the steps they are taking in the neighborhood has started to be transformative. Metrohealth took the lead on shutting down west 25 for Sunday’s for ciCLEvia. They are working toward a program that will reward employees for buying homes in the neighborhood. They have founded a new development arm that will build new mixed use development. And they have paid RTA to brand the 51 buses as part of a move toward bus rapid transit on the corridor. In short, metrohealth is doing great things for that neighborhood. The types of incremental steps that are meant to change a neighborhoods trajectory. Combine that with moves by the city (villa hispana) and detroitshoreway (renovating historic structures along 25) and this area is moving the right way.

If you look at the article that quote comes from, it is about predictions for the future. I think that quote is not substantive information so much as New Years hopefulness. That said, Hopkins has had record growth in 2017 in terms of passenger volume. There have been numerous articles over the past few months showing this, with some saying that we are in track to surpass ridership from the year united pulled its hub (>9 million)

I’ve seen workers there all the time. And the crane moving. Just because there isn’t suddenly steel rising doesn’t mean they haven’t been doing extensive work.