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Sounds like financing is in place and ready to break ground once final approval is given. Expected to break ground before Thanksgiving and be done early 2027. Cleveland Scene$55 Million Ohio City Hotel Set to Rise on Surface Parkin...“It’s a much needed use for this area. There’s not a single full service hotel between downtown and the airport.”

As I said above income tax, property tax as well as GDP continue to increase in the City of Cleveland and that has been the case for a while now. So the doom and gloom you speak of about how companies are leaving Cleveland really doesn't seem to be having the net effect you're trying to portray.

Yet incomes taxes collected in the City of Cleveland continue to increase every year🤔

Here is me being super optimistic.....Great Lakes new brewpub and operations to Scranton. Only reason it would be in suburban would be because the Strongsville canning facility is moving too. A guy can dream...

Luchita's coming back to the square. This is exciting! Cleveland SceneLuchita's to Reopen at Shaker Square this SummerIt will join the Coyoacán brewery project taking place at the former Balaton space

Yup that's it

Cleveland Brew Shop moving from Lorain Ave to 4403 St Clair Avenue

https://www.instagram.com/allaboardohio/# From All Aboard Ohio Instagram post: President Trumps budget proposes funding increase for Rail $326 million increase in passenger and rail freight funding FY 2026 requested by White House Reduced funding for intercity passenger rail by $75M but maintains $7.2 billion in funding from Infrastructure investment and jobs act The budget includes growing overall support for rail. Overall white house budget recognizes rail as a vital backbone of American economy.

The only info I have is that I asked OCI if they will be doing a street fest this year and the response was no but there will be regular programing on Market Ave as well as Market Square park in lieu of it. They are planning to do a Octoberfest event too which they made it seem like would be a pretty large scale event.

Yes. Directly from the approved 2025 budget. https://www.lakewoodoh.gov/accordions/budgets/ Lakewood $32M shortfall. Same with 2023 and 2024 actuals. Same with Cleveland Heights from their approved budget.. https://www.clevelandheights.gov/1735/2025-Budget-Information Parma took theirs off the website for some reason but it was a similar situation.

I appreciate your in depth response that is all really great info I didn't think about. But it may actually solidify my point in that even with everything you mentioned that should make it a bad example, Willoughby Hills is still typically in a annual budget shortfall and has been for quite some time now. The only thing keeping it from an even further deficit is the city receiving $1M+ in state funding/subsidies each year. Even the inner ring cities that are dense for suburbs like Parma, Lakewood, Cleveland heights all have pretty significant budget shortfalls every year.

The first thing that came to mind was the fact that so many people from outside the city use the city for entertainment which in turn uses services, roads to get there etc and costs money and unless they work in the city they are not paying anything for these said services through taxes. This is also heightened in Cleveland because the borders of the city are so small.

I could be wrong but I feel as though the diagram isn't trying to say that on an individual level cost of living is higher for everyone in suburbia. Its more trying to say that on a macro level the drain on funds of a suburb is significantly higher due to the lack of density to pay for it. For example I have family in Willoughby hills where its required for each household to be on a minimum 1 acre lot. All the water lines, electrical, sewers, roads, services etc needed to just support 1 house is significant. There would be no way for that household to fund that amount of infrastructure and therefore why suburbs are heavily subsidized. The only reason the cost of living isn't significantly higher in these suburbs is because they are subsidized. Compare that to all the housing buildings that only take up a couple acres or less that house hundreds of people each on the near west side.

Five Iron Golf is taking over the old 1899 Golf space at Van Aken. From the Instagram post: Five Iron Golf is opening their first ever family entertainment center right here in Shaker Heights complete with cutting edge simulators,Indoor/outdoor minigolf course and their latest Detroit Duck Pin bowling concept. Opening late 2025.

There were a bunch of Crew players on West 25th last night. Only got to talk to 1 but from what he said the whole team was very positive about their experience in Cleveland

This is wild about the Angelos Pizza owner. I'm kind of surprised there's not more coverage on this unless I am just missing it https://www.cleveland19.com/2025/04/15/police-swarm-popular-restaurant-owners-home-westlake/

Contender for sure. Not only did Lakewood lose Roundstone but the entire hospital site project is a shell of what was proposed at first. If it ever even gets done what is now proposed is essentially a giant parking garage with very little housing or retail for the size of that site.

Westlake Police were involved in a standoff at Crocker Park Monday night. https://fox8.com/news/westlake-police-involved-in-standoff-at-crocker-park/

I'm typically partial to Herb and Twine or Tripi but over the weekend I tried the new Little Cloud Sandwiches that opened right across the street from where the park is going to be and it was also phenomenal.

That article with the store openings was kind of misleading too. There's really only a few new stores going in, the rest were either relocations in Crocker or expansions. But I do get your point.

There seems to be quite a few closures at Crocker recently. https://www.cleveland19.com/2025/04/07/with-vacant-storefronts-dicks-moving-crocker-park-transitions/

https://www.cleveland.com/browns/2025/03/jimmy-haslam-expects-to-know-by-june-30th-if-ohio-will-fund-the-enclosed-stadium-if-not-hell-revert-to-renovating.html Jimmy Haslam opens door to renovating existing stadium if state funding for Brook Park doesn’t come through by June 30

Someone just posted on Facebook that every window at Angelos pizza in Lakewood was smashed out last night.

Its not even just a big city issue anymore either. https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/crime/police-westlake-strongsville-remind-residents-not-to-leave-keys-in-cars-vehicle-thefts/95-02676c5d-e5e0-47ed-a722-8b2421431b01 https://www.cleveland.com/community/2025/02/police-investigate-vehicle-thefts-lakewood-police-blotter.html https://www.cleveland.com/community/2024/09/suspect-arrested-in-westlake-avon-business-break-ins-westlake-police-blotter.html I have friends who just built a house in a brand new North Ridgeville community and they have had multiple car break ins. I know multiple people in Lakewood who had their cars broken into or garage ransacked. They basically came to the conclusion that they might as well live in the city if they have to deal with the same crime anyway.

There's a sign that shows a couple sets of townhomes going in. Heres more info on the Berges website https://bergesllc.com/for-sale-page