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Did the Graham Veysey Quonset Hut thing pass Landmarks today? The YouTube stream cut out before the conclusion.

I don't know how you'd fund this.. don't think it would qualify for Clean Ohio funds.

I don't know the assessment metrics.. I know some at City Hall believe they're politically motivated, but I couldn't tell you the details. Columbus was doing very well compared to Cleveland at getting funding for a while but they also had a hotter economy and most definitely a better lobbying team. Here's an article from a few years back on some of the State's changes - https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2017/01/ohio_communities_counties_have.html

The State picks and chooses favored projects to pay match.. it's a major source of irritation for the City of Cleveland. Check out how much state funding Cuyahoga County receives vs. Franklin and Hamilton Counties. It was very uneven when Kasich was in charge. On the Towpath, which received Federal funding through NOACA, the local match was mostly found through competitive grant programs like Clean Ohio.. there are plenty of qualifying projects that are not funded.

The city gets less state funding than it ever has. For example, the state used to provide 10% match on federal transportation projects (which require 20% local match) which was discontinued under the Kasich administration. Increased income is great news but expenses are high.

The successful rehabilitation of Cleveland neighborhoods like Ohio City, Detroit Shoreway and even the Warehouse District took many years! Remember Alan Glazen's "Project Lightswitch" in Waterloo? Not a bad idea, but it didn't/hasn't really worked as intended. In my experience, the City doesn't have the money.. so projects that don't immediately benefit private sources need to rely on Foundation, State and Federal sources who all have their own project criteria. Somebody is going to need to take a risk to make big changes.

Just renderings to help sell the vision

I think the planters also serve as bollards to protect the building.

Saw some budget talk - $357M for HQ and $322M for R&D

Carnegie's here - http://www.onelakewood.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/One-Lakewood-Place-Carnegie-Management-and-Development-07.05.2017.pdf

Casto's submission is online here - http://www.onelakewood.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/CASTO_NPR_RFP-2017-Final_public.pdf

I don't work on the project anymore so I don't know specific dates on some things. My guess is at least this Fall, the land that will support the bridge needs a lot of time settle before they can put up anything. It took a while for the one over West 7th to be put into place.

They had to try to keep the trail in the public right of way and minimize acquisitions. The group that owns the asphalt plant down the hill owns the hillside. The city acquired a piece of the property for the bridge that will cross over Literary.

I worked on the project.. if you have a question I can do my best to answer. Burying poles, etc. wasn't in the approved project scope.

Sokolowski's painted the stripes for their previous parking on the city-owned right of way

I know that Kevin Kelley will be running. I don't think an outsider candidate such as Justin has much of a chance.

There are preliminary site plans on Brecksville's website - https://www.brecksville.oh.us/Economic Development/va.html

It's in this article - https://www.cleveland.com/business/2020/02/brecksville-incentives-for-sherwin-williams-rd-project-could-be-worth-100-million-plus.html "Brecksville has set aside 75 acres of the former VA site for Sherwin-Williams. The city controls the 103-acre property, which has been cleared for a mixed-use redevelopment called Valor Acres through a partnership with the DiGeronimo Companies. And officials expect to expand the broader project footprint by acquiring 88 acres immediately to the west this year."

Valor Acres is 190 acres total with 75 of them for SW. https://www.cleveland.com/business/2020/02/valor-acres-home-of-proposed-sherwin-williams-rd-center-nearly-doubles-in-size-with-brecksville-land-purchase.html

The R&D center will have ~ 680 jobs over 75 acres, that wouldn't be very good density if it were Downtown.

Wyse was bought by Falls in October - https://www.cleveland.com/business/2019/10/clevelands-wyse-ad-agency-acquired-by-falls-marketing-firm.html

The work at Irishtown Bend work could be new bulkheads across from Hart Crane Park, that was supposed to be the first step of the Hillside Stabilization project.

There was soil pollution on the Scranton Flats section of the Towpath that required mediation, it really shouldn't be a surprise.

Jordan G. posted the renderings.... woof www.tinyurl.com/qnz6f2k