Oldmanladyluck

Definitely- and to look to our neighbor down south, Columbus has unquestionably done a fantastic job of leveraging Ohio State. I always wondered why there was not the same push in Cleveland to leverage Case, CSU and Tri-C. The assets are here and I'm hopeful Bibb is the man to do it. I may be alone on this one, but I don't view Bibb as a "Silver Bullet" type of guy. Not that big projects won't come during his administration, but I'm expecting him to leverage education for the growth of the city. That and at least economically I believe the region is done shrinking, so there's no where to go but up.

This thread is already toooooo funny 😄 Look out!!! It's Justin Bibb!!! Some folks need to calm down- seriously 😄 One week in on the job and he's committing some type of crime against humanity due to a ceremonial swearing in. Talk about not giving the guy a chance 🤣 To get back on topic, I'm rooting for him. Seriously- his direction will be felt on all of the surrounding communities. As Cleveland improves, so does the region.

Agreed. However, with Stark- yes, NuCLEus was a bust and he's going to make a nice profit from the sale of the land. However, the TMUD definitely increased the value of the property. Without it, there may be some doubt that anyone would be able to develop it in our low-rent/high construction cost market (which I still don't understand- why Cleveland? Why this town? Why is it so expensive to build HERE, of all places? It's not like we've been a high-growth mecca for the last 50 years; otherwise, we'd be Toronto- but we're not). The TMUD puts in place something that definitely helps the next owner with building something significant. Inherently with the stipulations in place with the TMUD, the property is worth more. Without it, it might stay a parking lot for another 20 years.

Love it! And I love that the neighborhood is attracting greater investment. In my view Hough has some of the most interesting historic architecture of any neighborhood in the city, which says a lot for what's been lost. 2020 will be the last year that will show the neighborhood losing population, ga-ron-teed.

Did the Crains article state what the Metroparks plan is for the land? Some of us might be jumping the gun a bit; I truly doubt that the Metroparks is planning a park for this lot. Edit: I think this is the ONE TIME I’ve seen people mad about losing a parking lot- kidding but not kidding.

Great news @KJP! Was this the project you mentioned a couple days ago that you were waiting on an announcement for? Count me as one of the fans of the jenga tower. I remember that if built, it would’ve been even taller than SHW’s new headquarters by a couple feet. That with SHW going up at the same time would’ve been pretty sweet for the city. Whoever buys the land and eventually develops it, I’m hoping they will bring some height to that section of Prospect. Looks like they’d have to in order to justify the cost of the land. Stark did Ohio a favor with TMUD so the NuCLEus project won’t be a complete loss for the city. Hopefully we get something grand at the site in the near future.

Maybe it’s not completely dead? Who knows… He did get the TMUD in place l, which will likely bring the Huntington Building back to life in the short term. Of course that doesn’t benefit Stark- but it’s a benefit to the city. I would say that the Huntington Building redevelopment will be an even bigger deal than NuCLEus- the only drawback being that it’s not skyline changing. To my knowledge, Stark still owns the land where NuCLEus will be built. If we see he’s selling it, I think that will confirm the project is officially dead.

Lots of dropped passes, and another missed kick. How many games have we lost this season now because of a missed field goal? Get this guy on the first bus out of town TONITE..

Thanks for this- I’ve often wondered why our construction costs were so high when compared to other cities. I’m actually glad this is happening- it actually helps the city become more competitive and could lead to an increase in new-builds if costs could come down. There’s no reason for Cleveland to have some of the highest construction costs in the nation with little to no growth over the past 20 years regionally (until now).

Or "The House"- as in, "We'll be at The House for the Billy Joel concert", or "The Cavs will be at The House this weekend". Taking it to The House 😀

The 15 year tax abatement could be retooled to sections of the city which are struggling; with new-builds now selling for over half-a-mil in some sections, maybe it’s time to rethink the tax abatement and where it could be concentrated rather than just blanketed across the city. Collinwood had the Railyards as a major employer, along with the Coit Rd. GE plant which closed in the early 80s. I don’t know how many people the Railyards employ now, but it’s much less now than when the neighborhood first developed. Those large employers which helped keep the neighborhood stable are no longer there or are much smaller than they were. The key to both North and South Collinwood, Mt. Pleasant, and Kinsman in stopping decline and growing again will be in utilizing neighborhood assets and enhancing connections to and in between employment centers. Euclid Beach may be the most underutilized asset Cleveland has, though North Collinwood also has Waterloo and E. 185, which is still a viable neighborhood commercial corridor (and yeah I’m biased 🙂). Mt Pleasant has Zelma George and Luke Easter- which is a great urban park with one of the best skyline views in the city. Kinsman has a huge amount of now open land and is as close to a blank slate as you can get for an urban neighborhood. Urban planning could help make these areas viable again. The problem for Cleveland is that planning in the past only did so much as the decline continued, and planning hasn't worked much in reverse in stopping decline. Growing employment centers in downtown and University Circle has helped some of the surrounding neighborhoods which directly touch them. Making connections to the assets other neighborhoods in the city have and connecting them to employment centers could help them in the future.

Took this last nite while on Columbus Road. I think it definitely adds some energy to the peninsula.

Outstanding angle! Goodbye Parking Lot District!

I FOUND IT! By God, I found it 🤣 For the new world headquarters of Sherwin Williams, I want NOTHING LESS than WORLD CLASS SIGNAGE!!

Just saw this just now... this could also be cross-posted in other threads: https://fb.watch/9rTy1M44ST/

No way we win against the Ravens if the Browns play like they did today.

^^Good point- the numbers are weird all together. With the way the housing market is (still) within the last year and a half, I was under the impression that people having moving back to the region in droves when compared to the last two decades. It may be a while before the data comes out, but the pandemic may have actually helped Cleveland's fortunes rather than hurt with further out-migration.

This story could fall in a few threads but this thread seems to be the most appropriate. Any lack of growing new local talent through education will impact the region in the future. One answer would be a more concerted effort in drawing talent from outside of the region through migration or immigration (both needed); however, people locally need to be able to access the higher-paying jobs of today. Report: By 2025 there won’t be enough educated workers for in-demand jobs in Northeast Ohio By Sean McDonnell, cleveland.com CLEVELAND, Ohio - A new report says that not enough Northeast Ohioans have the education they need for the most in-demand jobs in the region, and that the gap will get worse by 2025. The Aligning Opportunities report, released Thursday by Team NEO, says 65% of Ohio’s workforce will need to have a two- or four-year degree or a trade-school certification by 2025 to meet projected labor demand. Northeast Ohio falls short, the report says, with 37% of the region’s population meeting this mark currently. Another 21% of people have some training, but no degree or certificate, according to the report from Team NEO, a nonprofit regional economic development organization. More at: https://www.cleveland.com/news/2021/11/report-by-2025-there-wont-be-enough-educated-workers-for-in-demand-jobs-in-northeast-ohio.html

^Throwback- sweet pic! I'm a bit underwhelmed by the light strip, honestly… but maybe from different angles it will pop a bit more. Maybe from the river angle pic from the Scranton Penninsula (if anybody knows how to play with photoshop, now that we know what the exterior lighting will look like, I’m making a request 🙂 ).

The agenda states it was removed at the applicant's request. I guess that could be for a number of reasons.

The beginning of the end for the Parking Lot District!!

I got nothing going on at noon so I'll come down.