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More Rocky River :) We went here today… feels like a complete hidden gem. Really cool. Bradstreet’s Landing Park pier in Rocky River finally ready to re-open Updated: Jun. 16, 2023, 5:24 p.m.| Published: Jun. 16, 2023, 5:09 p.m. By Peter Krouse, cleveland.com ROCKY RIVER, Ohio - The Bradstreet’s Landing Park pier, which was closed in 2017 for safety concerns, will finally re-open Saturday, according to an email from the city to its residents. The pier was closed as a result of deteriorating concrete and other infrastructure issues. The city announced in 2019 that work on a $3.4 million plan to reconstruct the pier and make other improvements to the popular lakefront park would begin the following spring. The improvements were to include an enhanced beach, a pedestrian bridge over Spencer Creek, a cabin or pavilion for parties and events, a revetment with steps for seating in a miniature version of Lakewood’s Solstice Steps, and more. But so far only the pier has been completed. https://www.cleveland.com/news/2023/06/bradstreets-landing-park-pier-in-rocky-river-finally-ready-to-re-open.html

Very sad — this was in the historic core of Slavic Village. https://www.cleveland19.com/2023/06/15/cleveland-restaurant-employees-customers-assaulted-shot-during-robbery/ Google Streetview: 5645 Broadway Ave,Cleveland, OH 44127

I’m going to out this in the “Love” category / thread. CWRU National Championship tennis team repping Cleveland at the White House last week:

Headed to the White House:

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‘What's Coming Is a Tsunami': Cleveland Needs to Be More Prepared to Help Incoming Latin American Immigrants, Leaders Say https://www.clevescene.com/news/whats-coming-is-a-tsunami-cleveland-needs-to-be-more-prepared-to-help-incoming-latin-american-immigrants-leaders-say-42129086

New branding tweaks:

$38.5M capitalization secured for luxury Cleveland multi-housing development JLL Capital Markets arranged both the construction loan and Co-GP equity for the 184-unit Residences at Bolivar in downtown Cleveland, Ohio Jenna Sharp Property Management and Capital Markets DENVER, May 22, 2023 – JLL Capital Markets announced that it has arranged $38.5 million in construction financing, in addition to Co-GP equity, for Residences at Bolivar, a 184-unit, Class A, luxury multi-housing development with 2,611 square feet of ground-floor retail located in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. https://www.us.jll.com/en/newsroom/capitalization-secured-for-cleveland-development#:~:text=Jenna Sharp&text=DENVER%2C May 22%2C 2023 –,located in downtown Cleveland%2C Ohio.

Protecting Afghan refugees in Northeast Ohio: Gwendolyn Kochur Published: May. 21, 2023, 5:03 a.m. https://www.cleveland.com/opinion/2023/05/protecting-afghan-refugees-in-northeast-ohio-gwendolyn-kochur.html

Say this on FB Cleveland is getting a new brewery. Well, kinda. Holland, Ohio (near Toledo) based brewery Black Frog Brewery announced on their social media that they will be coming to the area, opening a second location in the new Midtown Collaboration Center at E 66th and Euclid, which broke ground yesterday. Located in the historic Hough neighborhood, The Cleveland Foundation bills it as “a place where partnership and innovation center around place and community” come together. Black Frog is a black owned brewery, owned by Christipher Harris. The project will feature other black owned businesses including food vendors and a music venue, and will also feature “key partners to co-locate innovative aspects of their research and programming in the first building. Partners include: Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), University Hospitals (UH), the Cleveland Institute of Art (CIA), Hyland Software, and ECDI (the country’s largest SBA micro lender).” It’ll take some time for the brewery to get opened though. The building isn’t expected to be ready until late 2024. Once opened it’ll be the fourth brewery with an original location NOT based in Cleveland to open a satellite taproom here, joining Southern Tier Brewing Co. - Cleveland, BrewDog Cleveland, and North High Brewing - Ohio City. Read more here: https://www.clevelandfoundation.org/about/headquarters/mt-bldg

Speaking of CWRU (again mostly having a conversation with myself), the school has added like 200-300 students a year for the past 10+ years. How again does the census count college students in their numbers? Just for undergrad enrollment: 2004-2005: 3,514 2022-2023: 6,017 Something like 80%-90% of undergrads live on campus.

West Park is the new hot place to live at my work. We've had three new younger hires (from Texas, Michigan, and Columbus OH) and all three have bought houses in West Park within the past six months. And I work in Lorain County!

Here we go — National Championship match tonight:

Also Rocky River - this new development is really filling in nicely along Lake Rd. https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/22724-Lake-Rd_Rocky-River_OH_44116_M99256-31028 https://www.luxuryportfolio.com/property/rocky-river-properties-modern-luxury-living-in-700-lake-by-brickhaus/szcf

^ Found it. Two-story dress shop: https://www.cleveland.com/community/2022/12/rocky-rivers-radiant-bride-shop-expanding-and-moving-across-the-street.html

Some infill on Detroit Rd in Rocky River:

Cool photo straight out of Parma:

Case Western Reserve honors senior baseball players in special way Wed, May 10, 2023 at 1:17 PM EDT https://news.yahoo.com/case-western-honors-senior-baseball-171700099.html

We’re grateful that the people of Greater Cleveland have taken us in and helped us get on our feet here in America. We hope you’ll tell your political representatives to let us stay. Op-Ed: Afghan neighbors in Cleveland and across U.S. need Congress to enact a path to citizenship BY AHMAD FARID ARIA & PATRICK KEARNS ●SOCIAL EQUITY ● MAY 4, 2023 When I brought my family from Afghanistan to the United States in 2019, my son – who was 8 at the time – was confused. In Kabul, where I worked as a civil engineer after a few years helping NATO allies and the Afghan government, we had a beautiful home. We left most of what we owned behind, along with all our friends and extended family. My boy didn’t understand why. https://thelandcle.org/stories/op-ed-afghan-neighbors-in-cleveland-and-across-u-s-need-congress-to-enact-a-path-to-citizenship/

Glenville home prices continue to climb along its southern edge (the border of course being Wade Park Ave). And much of that infill has already occurred to the empty lots / tear downs directly NE of E.115th Street.

Solution for both: