I walked the Treadway Connector tonight, and it is absolutely awesome! 

 

The path seems like a leveled-out side of a cliff, with a ravine containing the creek (which is sometimes shallow, sometimes deep) directly south of it.  The topography and landscape is pretty cool, and if you travel up the path towards Old Brooklyn, you just sort of emerge into Harmody Park.  Since the valley is only about 50 feet wide and most of the time you're 20 feet below the edges, it feels pretty intimate and quiet. 

 

My only critique is that, if this is a connector, the stretch between Crestline and the Towpath trailhead is not exactly friendly for biking and especially walking.

 

Treadway has to be one of my favorite stretches of Metroparks.  Definitely worth checking out.  I'll try to take photos for posting one of these weekends.     

do you know of a good map of this area?

Map Boy, Guv has a good aerial of the Treadway Connector in the Old Brooklyn thread:

 

http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php?topic=13801.90

From Ohio City Near West's e-newsletter

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Ohio City / South of Lorain area residents: Would you like to participate in a plan to help improve connections from Ohio City neighborhoods to the Train Avenue Corridor?

 

You are invited to attend the Train Avenue Greenway: Public Meeting I

Thursday Evening, February 28th 2008 at 7:00PM

Zion United Church of Christ, 2716 W.14th Street in Tremont

 

Come and be a part of the discussion about how this historic roadway can better serve to connect five West Side Cleveland neighborhoods & the Towpath Trail. For more information, visit our website at www.ocnw.org or click on the following link: http://www.ocnw.org/index.cgi?id=130&p=5332.

 

Here is the background FYI – The Train Avenue Corridor project will formally study a 2 mile length of the Train Avenue Corridor and make recommendations that will lead to future funding for needed infrastructure improvements. One of those proposed improvements will include the determination of the alignment for a neighborhood spur to the Towpath Trail.  This would mean that, along with other necessary improvements for the purpose of transportation and safety, that a multipurpose urban pathway will be created to provide recreational and alternative transportation (bike, etc) use. One purpose of the public meetings is to gain input from area residents in boundary areas, such as Ohio City, as to how to make connections from those neighborhoods to the proposed recreational trail. The Train Avenue Corridor project is a planning study funded through NOACA (the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency). NOACA is a regional agency that helps determine how federal and state funds are distributed and used for transportation improvement projects. The funds for this project are coming from three sources:

 

* Federal funds within the TLCI (Transportation for Livable Communities Initiative) program.

* Private foundation funds channeled through NPI (Neighborhood Progress Inc).

* Small donations from some of the five CDCs (Ohio City, Tremont, Detroit Shoreway, Stockyards, Clark-Fulton) that have the Train Avenue Corridor as one of their boundary areas. 

 

Ohio City Near West did not provide funds, but has been supporting this project through initial development of the funding proposal, and now participates in a steering committee charged with oversight of the project. Ohio City residents, particularly those living in or near the south of Lorain neighborhood areas, may be interested in sharing their ideas / hopes / concerns about the Train Corridor with the project team. The Project Team is composed of members of a firm (URS Consultants) having experience with roadway engineering, landscape architecture, and planning.  Carol Poe Miller – a respected author and historian with deep knowledge of the Ohio City  area, is also a member of the project team. Individuals and groups wanting to know more can call / contact me for more information.

From the May issue of the Plain Press

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Meetings scheduled to plan Greenway for Train Avenue

by Chuck Hoven

 

(Plain Press, May 2008) The second in a series of three public meetings on creating a greenway along Train Avenue will be held at 7 p.m. on May 8th at Urban Community School, 4909 Lorain Avenue. Planners hope to develop a bikeway and multipurpose trail that will connect five Near West Side neighborhoods (Stockyards, Clark Metro, Ohio City, Detroit Shoreway and Tremont) and link to the Towpath Trail and Canalway Corridor that will go through the Cleveland Industrial Flats to Lake Erie. Plans call for a connection to the Big Creek bikeways to the south as well. The results of the planning effort will be presented to the community at a third meeting on May 29th at 7 p.m. at the West 58th Street Church of God (just South of Clark on W. 58th).

 

Al Brazynetz, Executive Director of the Stockyard Redevelopment Organization, part of a collaborative involved in the planning process, said the vision is of a “funky urban parkway with great views of bridges.” He recalled some impressive urban vistas viewed from Train Avenue, saying the views are spectacular, especially at night.

 

At the first meeting on February 28th at Zion United Church of Christ on W. 14th, Brazynetz said those in attendance learned some of the history of the area along Train Avenue -- from its beginnings as a path along a creek, called Walworth Run, through the creation of breweries, factories and the railroad, to its conversion into a large combined sewer and the creation of Train Avenue connecting Clark near W. 65th to Scranton Road.

 

The challenge for residents coming to the meeting is to help devise plans to transform Train Avenue from what now is a sewer and a dumping ground to a green parkway. Breakout sessions at the May 8th meeting will work on trail planning, traffic planning and safety, green space and recreational planning, land use along the route and placement of public art, directional signs and historic heritage markers along the trail.

 

Brazynetz says the goals of the collaborative are “to create an aesthetically pleasing greenway, re-establish Train Avenue as a community asset, promote alternatives to the auto by providing a route to pedestrians and cyclists, develop improved access to adjoining neighborhoods and community assets, and to create a regional recreational amenity centered on a multipurpose trail plan that will link into the City of Cleveland’s Bikeway Master Plan.”

 

While the idea of uncovering Walworth Run was looked at, it was dismissed because after heavy rains raw sewage flows through the combined sewer and into the Cuyahoga River. Instead planners hope to devise methods to help reduce the rainwater flow into the combined sewer to prevent the overflow and dumping of raw sewage into the river. Brazynetz said some ideas include creating rain gardens and bio-swales to divert rainwater and retain it in the soil.

 

Brazynetz says the roughly two-mile stretch of Train Avenue currently is about 48% industrial, 43% green or open space and 9% residential. He says there are over a dozen schools located within a half mile of Train Avenue, which will provide opportunities to introduce students to use of the trail.

 

A “funky urban parkway with great views of bridges.” :)

Hey, what's the "Plain Press"?

^ Plain Press is a monthly neighborhood newspaper that covers the West Side neighborhoods of Cleveland.  It's a nonprofit organization.  Here's the link to the Plain Press website.

From an e-newsletter:

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ARE YOU INTERESTED IN THE COMPLETION OF THE TOWPATH TRAIL IN CLEVELAND ?

 

IF SO, JOIN US FOR AN IMPORTANT UPDATE – OPEN HOUSE Tuesday, June 17th - 4 – 8 PM AT THE CLEVELAND ZOO

 

 

Meeting Location: Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, Windows on the World, Zoo Admin Building

 

Topic: View the preferred trail alignment for Harvard Avenue to Steelyard Commons. The consulting team will provide a short presentation and a number of working stations to allow attendees to understand the decision-making process behind the alignment, ask questions and offer comments.

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008/07/groups_studying_plan_to_link_c.html

 

 

Groups studying plan to link Canal Basin Park with the Towpath Trail

 

Posted by dsims July 28, 2008 22:00PM

 

Canal Basin Park is now a hodgepodge of parking lots, pavement and small stretches of grass. But by the time the Towpath Trail extends into the Flats in 2014, it could become a central Cleveland asset.

 

Planners have begun thinking of ways to connect the future park and path with the rest of the city and its river and lake.

FYI, the brand new Harvard bridge over the Cuyahoga River (which connects Old Brooklyn to the adjacent Towpath terminus) is open to two lanes of traffic.  There looks to be a shoulder for bicycles on one side only.  The other side has a wide sidewalk.  It's not necessarily as bike friendly as it could have been. 

For anyone interested:

 

To All

 

Please join us in the second in a series of three meetings that will shape a conceptual framework for Cleveland’s Cuyahoga Riverfront.  We’re calling it The Canal Basin District Plan.  In a planning exercise that looks for “Connections” – trail, bikeway, public transit and pedestrian boardwalks that interfaces and integrates with the developing Towpath Trail and its destination, Canal Basin Park. 

 

Our first session explored the gamut of possible connections; at this session, we will begin the process of distilling those possibilities.  The meeting is set for Tuesday, September 16th  from 6:00 – 8:00 pm at the KA Design Center, located at 1468 West 9th Street in the Western Reserve Building.  .

 

Please RSVP to Marilyn @ Downtown Cleveland Alliance – 216-736-7799.or e-mail reply [email protected]

All these darn meetings when I'm out of town!

 

If anyone goes, feel free to report back, please.

Towpath Trail section at Steelyard Commons falls short in design quality

Posted by slitt January 16, 2009 17:21PM

Chuck Crow/The Plain Dealer

 

One of the saddest new additions to the Cleveland landscape sits behind the Steelyard Commons shopping center, which opened in the industrial Flats south of downtown in 2007.

 

Behind the Target, Home Depot and other stores lies a 10-foot-wide asphalt bike path. It runs north-south for 0.4 miles, from one end of the shopping center to the other.

 

More at:

http://blog.cleveland.com/architecture/2009/01/_one_of_the_saddest.html#more

Train Avenue Towpath Trail connector

Submitted by Marc Lefkowitz  |  Last edited February 3, 2009 - 9:46am

 

 

 

Train Avenue before trail and greenwayOn January 23, 2009, the Cleveland Planning Commission approved with accommodation the Train Avenue Greenway Plan. It’s the latest piece in re-envisioning a green Flats District.

 

Train Avenue is a prime example of Cleveland morphing into a more sustainable city without erasing its urban, industrial roots. The plan is to build a 2.5 mile bike path and greenway that starts at W. 65th Street and winds its way east to the Cuyahoga River to meet up with the Towpath Trail in the Industrial Flats (near Tremont).

 

http://www.gcbl.org/transportation/bikes/cycling-advocacy-and-planning/train-avenue-towpath-trail-connector

I heard that the Clean Ohio grant was awarded for the east bank trail connector. The grant enables ParkWorks and the Trust for Public land to buy the abandoned rail corridor between Whiskey Island and the Hope Memorial bridge. Raising money to construct the scale is the next step.

With a nice interactive map: http://www.greencitybluelake.org/images/planning_projects/flats_map.htm.

 

Future Flats: Green industrial play spaces

Marc Lefkowitz

Green City Blue Lake

March 13, 2009

 

Converting old infrastructure—rusted freight rail lines and ill-used parking lots—into exciting recreational and green spaces is driving the latest re-invention of the Cleveland Flats. The city and a group of nonprofit organizations have been working on makeover plans that reflect new values—healthy living and a more nuanced approach to the icons of the past, which the Flats has in spades—making them part of a package of design elements for a city founded on the fires of industry ...

 

... More at http://www.gcbl.org/blog/marc-lefkowitz/future-flats-green-industrial-play-spaces

Not entirely Towpath-related (should we maybe start a Canal Basin Park thread?). This isn't a huge move (I think about 0.5 miles by road ... but only because the roads curve like crazy down there :)). But it does give the Rowing Foundation a permanent home and moves it to the base of the proposed park. 

 

What's striking me as really interesting are the opportunities that are bubbling up for Canal Basin Park to be a really accessible place for multiple modes of non-car transit. Using GoogleMaps' estimates, it looks like the Rowing Foundation's proposed new site would be an 11 min. walk to Settler's Landing Station, 8 mins. to the Towpath Trailhead, 7 mins. to the W. 25th Rapid Station and 2 mins. to the Ohio City Bike Co-op. That's some pretty great connectivity there. Assuming we are ever able to get the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railway to terminate here, this little peninsula of land would be a connector to the river, lake, Towpath AND the National Park ... for bikers, hikers, rowers and kayakers. Yay Canal Basin! :)

 

The Future of Rowing and in Cleveland

 

The CRF Board has been searching for years for a permanent home for rowing on the Cuyahoga River and our chance is NOW! Rivergate Recreation Center, presently the Commodore’s Club site, will be the home to not only rowing but public access to the river. The vision is to incorporate dragon boats, kayaking, public art, cycling, and rowing enabling a destination for downtown recreation ...

 

... More at http://www.cuyahogariverrap.org/YOTRnews/CRF%20Campaign%20Brochure.pdf

A rendering is available at: http://www.clevelandrows.org/pdf/CRF_July_2009_Newsletter.pdf.

 

BTW, why is this thread in the Highways section?

That is a really tight time frame. 

Towpath Trail idea really floats

Akron will dedicate new section of path along Summit Lake

 

By Bob Downing

Beacon Journal staff writer

 

POSTED: 05:30 p.m. EDT, Aug 30, 2009

 

Users of the Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail won't need a miracle to walk on water.

 

The newest segment of the Towpath Trail in South Akron includes a floating section that runs nearly a third of a mile along Summit Lake's southern shoreline and passes under the Kenmore Boulevard bridge.

From Scene:

$500,000 grant pulled from Towpath....

 

http://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2010/04/27/the-towpaths-trail-of-broken-promises-continues-500000-grant-pulled

 

This is a pretty big break for the towpath...

 

Army engineers clear Harshaw site for Towpath Trail section in Cuyahoga Heights

By Pat Galbincea, The Plain Dealer

May 13, 2010, 9:00AM

 

CUYAHOGA HEIGHTS, Ohio -- Towpath Trail planners received the go-ahead Wednesday from the Army Corps of Engineers to extend the path into a 6-acre section of the former Harshaw Chemical Co. property.

The land, on the east bank of the Cuyahoga River off Harvard Avenue, is mostly wooded and in a low-lying area. Engineers said that their evaluation and assessments concluded there are no risks to using the land for recreational purposes.

 

Andrea Kolhoff, a project engineer for the Army, said the Harshaw site once processed uranium between 1944 and 1959 near the Harvard-Denison Bridge, which is on the other side of the river, and that's where most of the contamination is...

 

more at: http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/05/army_engineers_clear_harshaw_s.html

 

 

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/06/northeast_ohio_towpath_blazes.html

 

Northeast Ohio Towpath blazes new trail as it completes 40-mile stretch

Published: Sunday, June 27, 2010, 9:00 AM

 

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Charmaine Miller walks five miles on the Towpath Trail in Cuyahoga Heights every day.

 

"You can't beat the scenery," the 56-year-old Cleveland woman says.

 

Miller is like many of the walkers, bikers and runners who have grown accustomed to the trail since the first 20-mile section opened in 1993 within the Cuyahoga Valley National Park.

 

Now the Towpath Trail has hit a milestone: You can travel a continuous 40 miles -- from Harvard Avenue in Cleveland to Canal Park in Akron.

Purchase of land in Cleveland's Flats clears way for new section of Towpath Trail

 

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Planners have added a piece of land in the Flats that's critical to finishing the Cuyahoga County section of the 101-mile Towpath Trail.

 

The Ohio Canal Corridor and the Trust for Public Land announced Thursday that they are acquiring 11 acres along the Cuyahoga River for $4.8 million.

 

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/07/purchase_of_land_in_clevelands.html

Towpath Trail builders add 2 properties along Cuyahoga River, but still need more

Published: Monday, August 02, 2010, 6:40 PM   

Pat Galbincea, The Plain Dealer

 

 

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Towpath Trail planners aren't done purchasing property in The Flats.

 

Tim Donovan, director of the Ohio Canal Corridor, said Monday that his group is eyeing other parcels that could complete the 101-mile trail from Lake Erie south to Dover-New Philadelphia following the route of the Ohio & Erie Canal.

 

Last Friday, the Ohio Canal Corridor and Trust for Public Land announced the purchase of 11 acres -- two adjacent properties along the Cuyahoga River -- for $4.8 million. That acquisition accommodates nearly a half-mile of trail and will connect to the proposed Canal Basin Park, a 20-acre park at the site where the Ohio & Erie Canal once tied into the Cuyahoga River.

 

The Towpath Trail now ends at Harvard Avenue in Cleveland. Completing the last six miles of the trail north into downtown Cleveland and to Lake Erie has been difficult because of acquiring the land and dealing with obstacles like railroad tracks and the questionable safety of the old Harshaw Chemical Co. grounds, where the company processed uranium, radium and other toxic material for atomic bombs during World War II and into the 1950s.

 

http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/08/post_334.html

 

thanks to $500K grant, crucial leg of towpath trail will be completed

 

Completing the last five-mile leg of the Towpath Trail into Cleveland might be taking longer than it took to dig the entire Ohio and Erie Canal, whose 100-plus mile span was carved out by hand in just two years in the 1820s. Yet thanks to a recent $500,000 grant from the State of Ohio, the trail is inching ever closer to its final destination -- Settlers Landing Park in the Flats.

 

http://freshwatercleveland.com/devnews/towpathtrail121511.aspx

City Planning Commission

Agenda for March 2, 2012

 

MANDATORY REFERRAL

 

Ordinance No. 170-12(Ward 12/Councilman Brancatelli): Authorizing the Director of Capital Projects to enter into one or more agreements with The Board of Park Commissioners of the Cleveland Metropolitan Park District to complete the Towpath Trail Stage 1 Interim On-Road Route; and authorizing payment to the Park Board for the City’s cost of the improvement.

 

http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/designreview/drcagenda/2012/03022012/index.php

I'm a member of the Friends of Canal Basin Park and we had a meeting last night and got some good info!!  The Scranton Road portion of Towpath will break ground in June!!  $11 million is already secured and $45 million will still be needed for the final stages of the trail. They are in the early phases of designing "Canal Basin Park" which is a huge combo of the parks existing along the river already and future additions and programming to the park to truly bring people down and make it a well used park.  There will be a Riversweep (mass clean-up) on Saturday, May 12 from 9am-noon and if anyone is interested...info is at http://ohiocanal.org/riversweep.htm  Great things are going to be happening here and is mostly being led by people in the downtown communities.

I just wondering if educational towpath (motor) boats for that section would be faster and cheaper...  screens showing the history of the towpath...???

 

Towpath Trail builders have new way to get around contaminated land in Cleveland

 

Plans to connect the Towpath Trail through a plot of radioactive land south of Steelyard Commons have been ditched. Instead, officials are working on an ambitious multimillion-dollar detour

 

http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2012/06/towpath_trail_builders_have_ne.html

Cross posted: The last portion of the towpath trail is finally here!! I got an email today and will update this with the facebook link to the event.

 

On July 30, ground will be broken on Cleveland's first publicly funded section of the Towpath Trail. This long clamored-for project represents the physical beginning of the Towpath's journey to the doorstep of downtown Cleveland.

Towpath Groundbreaking 

July 30, 2012 at 11 a.m.

Scranton Peninsula.

Open to the public. 

More........

 

http://www.city.cleveland.oh.us/CityofCleveland/Home/PressRelease/prdetail?id=12458

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

July 27, 2012

News Advisory

 

Groundbreaking for Scranton Peninsula Brings Towpath Trail Connections and New Public Access to the Cuyahoga River

 

CLEVELAND - On Monday July 30th at 11 a.m. an historic groundbreaking will be held at the Scranton Peninsula as part of the Towpath Trail/Cuyahoga River Restoration Project. Senator Sherrod Brown, Cleveland Mayor Frank G. Jackson, County Executive Ed FitzGerald and a broad consortium of public and private leaders will share in this significant accomplishment. The public is invited to BYOS (Bring Your Own Shovel) and participate in a “People’s Groundbreaking” at the event.

 

Note: RSVP’s for the event are near 200

 

WHO: Mayor Frank G. Jackson

U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown

Former U.S. Senator George Voinovich

Congressman Dennis Kucinich

Former Congressman Ralph Regula

County Executive Ed FitzGerald

Cleveland City Councilman Joe Cimperman

Brian Zimmerman, Executive Director of Cleveland Metroparks

Tim Donovan, Ohio Canal Corridor

 

WHAT: Groundbreaking of the Scranton Peninsula Towpath Trail Connection

 

WHEN: Monday, July 30, 2012

11:00 am

 

WHERE: Scranton Peninsula

Corner of Carter Road and Scranton Road in Cleveland (map)

 

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Unfortunately, I wasn't able to make it.  I had an 11am meeting come up at work that Monday. Blah

More progress........

 

http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/designreview/drcagenda/2012/10192012/index.php

 

City Planning Commission

Agenda for October 19, 2012

 

Ordinance No. 1407-12(Ward 3/Councilmember Cimperman): Authorizing the Director of Public Works to apply for and accept a grant form the Clean Ohio Conservation Program, or its successor or designee, for environmental assessment and remediation and for property acquisition needed for Stage 3 of the Towpath Trail Project; authorizing the Director to enter into and exercise Option to Purchase agreements with Concrete, Inc. and Jerome T. Osborne for properties needed for the Project and to grant or accept gifts of property between the parties; authorizing the Commissioner of Purchases and Supplies to purchase the properties; and authorizing payment of grant funds to Cuyahoga County for the assessment and remediation of the properties.

I forgot to post this update:

 

Dig the sepia tone graphics at the beginning.

New towpath update vid.

Gund Foundation awards $2 million to Trust for Public Land to kickstart completion of Towpath and Lake Link Trails

By Steven Litt, The Plain Dealer

on November 07, 2013 at 5:04 PM, updated November 08, 2013 at 7:10 AM

 

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The George Gund Foundation awarded $2 million on Thursday to kick off a six-year, $30 million project led by the Trust for Public Land to finish long-delayed trails that would link the Flats and the Cleveland lakefront.

 

The goal is to complete the final miles of the Towpath Trail and to establish Canal Basin Park on the East Bank of the Flats along the Cuyahoga River, and to extend the Lake Link Trail on the West Bank roughly from the Columbus Road Bridge north to Whiskey Island.

 

Three water taxi stations on the river are also part of the mix.

 

READ MORE AT:

http://www.cleveland.com/architecture/index.ssf/2013/11/gund_foundation_awards_2_milli.html#incart_river

^ I echo the frustration for this taking so long, but the land acquisition is a complex process. The sooner this trail gets set, the sooner we're going to see it jump start all kinds of potential spinoff development.

Some shots of Lock 38 and visitor center.

 

Here are some cyclists being picked up behind Lock 38.

 

From an e-mailed press release.........

 

For Immediate Release

October 24, 2014

Contact: Tim Donovan, Executive Director

Canalway Partners

[email protected]

(216)214-0336

 

Towpath Trail in Cleveland Awarded $500,000

from Ohio Department of Natural Resources

 

Cleveland- The Cuyahoga County Department of Public Works has been awarded a $500,000 grant for Stage 3 of the Towpath Trail from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR).

 

The funds were part of $6.1 million in grants awarded to 16 projects around the state through the Clean Ohio Trails Fund. The Clean Ohio Trails Fund improves outdoor recreation opportunities for Ohioans, it is one of four components of the Clean Ohio Fund which was created in 2000 to restore, protect and connect Ohio’s natural and urban places.

 

Stage 3 of the Towpath Trail Extension Project will add one mile of the remaining five miles necessary to connect the Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail from Harvard Ave. to Canal Basin Park. This stage of the trail, according to Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald, “will provide an important off-road linkage between the employment hub Steelyard Commons and the recreational area Clark Field.” Cuyahoga County is the project manager of the Towpath Trail Extension Project, in charge of tracking project funds and contracts.

 

Cuyahoga County is joined together in a project development agreement with the City of Cleveland, Cleveland Metroparks and Canalway Partners. The City of Cleveland will own the property associated with the project and contributes staff support from the departments of City Planning and Capital Projects. Chief of Sustainability Jenita McGowan said “This portion of the Towpath Trail fills in a key portion of our trail network that will connect Cleveland residents to parks, jobs, neighborhoods and our waterfront areas.” Cleveland Metroparks will handle day-to-day management of the Towpath Trail in Cleveland. Metroparks CEO Brian Zimmerman said “this Clean Ohio grant from ODNR provides critical funding to the trail network in Cuyahoga County.”

 

Canalway Partners Executive Director Tim Donovan adds that “building the Towpath Trail through Cleveland’s industrial valley presents a myriad of challenges. Cobbling together the right mix of federal and state funding that complements shared goals and meets individual criteria is a constant challenge. In this case, the Clean Ohio Trail Fund fits perfectly.  We are appreciative of their award which will deliver another mile of Towpath Trail between Steelyard Commons and Literary Avenue.”

 

Canalway Partners is chief fundraiser for the Towpath Trail in Cuyahoga County, taking a lead in strategic decision-making, grantwriting, and community/ media outreach.

 

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E-mailed PR....

 

For Immediate Release

October 28, 2014

 

Contact: Tim Donovan, Executive Director

Canalway Partners

[email protected]

(216)520-1825 or cell: (216)214-0336

 

Towpath Trail Open House in Tremont, November 6th

 

Cleveland- The Towpath Trail Partnership Committee, DLZ and Michael Baker Engineering will host a Towpath Trail Open House at Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church in Tremont Thursday, November 6th from 5:00PM - 7:00PM.

 

This meeting will share preferred route alternative for Stages 1 and 4 of the Towpath Trail Extension Project, provide land use scenarios for the greenway and introduce interpretive themes and settings.

 

The Towpath Trail Partnership Committee includes the city of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Cleveland Metroparks and Canalway Partners.  Team members will be available to answer questions and concerns.

 

Information about Stage 1 and Stage 3 of the Towpath Trail Extension Project is available online at http://canalwaypartners.com/towpath-trail/

 

Towpath Trail Open House-

 

Thursday, November 6, 2014

5:00 PM – 7:00 PM

 

Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church

2187 W. 14th Street

Cleveland, OH 44113

 

Please RSVP your attendance to Amilyn Cedergreen at [email protected]

Designs for Towpath Trail final stretches have dramatic overlooks and an elevated piece under Harvard-Denison Bridge

 

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Plans for the final miles of the Towpath Trail show an elevated section traveling underneath the Harvard-Denison Bridge and a stretch in Tremont that converts much of University Road into a bluff-side path with dramatic overlooks.

 

The plans are for the northernmost six miles of the Towpath Trail, part of the 101-mile Ohio & Erie Canalway that runs from Tuscarawas County to Cleveland.

 

Although most of the southern canalway is complete, building the final miles from the Metroparks Reservation at old Harvard Avenue to downtown Cleveland has been complicated and time-consuming because of a patchwork of property owners and environmental issues.

 

The remaining segments in Cuyahoga County are now expected to be completed by 2019, much to the delight of residents and others scrutinizing the "preferred route alternatives" for the Towpath Trail Extension at a meeting last week.

 

http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2014/11/designs_for_towpath_trail_fina.html#incart_m-rpt-1

 

That Tremont segment is going to be awesome. From there to downtown will be one of the coolest urban bike rides/walks in the country. 

Cross-posted in the GCRTA thread: http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php?topic=4504.msg741862#msg741862

 

RTA natural gas conversion, Red Line Greenway, among projects landing $42.7 million

By Alison Grant, The Plain Dealer

on January 24, 2015 at 1:50 PM, updated January 24, 2015 at 2:02 PM

 

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- New natural gas buses, a bike path along an unused railroad line and a multipurpose trail in the Metroparks are among 11 Greater Cleveland projects receiving a combined $42.7 million from the region's umbrella transportation planning organization.

 

The Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency awarded the grants with federal dollars from a program focused on improving air quality and reducing congestion. NOACA released a list of the grants Friday evening.

 

More than half the total funding is going to the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority as it transitions its fleet from diesel-powered buses and trolleys to cleaner-burning natural-gas vehicles.

 

RTA General Manager Joe Calabrese thanked NOACA for help in replacing vehicles that will age past their useful life of about 12 years by 2017-20.

 

The funding will pay for swapping out most of RTA's diesel-powered buses with  compressed natural gas-fueled buses; replacing 11 downtown trolleys that were put into service in 2006; and, in 2020, replacing the 21 bus-rapid transit vehicles used on the HealthLine, which opened in 2008.

 

MORE:

http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2015/01/rta_natural_gas_conversion_red.html#incart_river

From an e-mailed notice...

 

This month we have the following three big events for the Red Line Greenway:

 

Saturday, May 2nd 9 to noon – Red Line Greenway Beautification

Volunteer for various landscaping projects that keep this two mile site looking great for visitors and everyday transit passengers.

 

Saturday May 16th 9 to noon – Rotary Volunteer & Tour Day

All community members and Rotarians from throughout Northeast Ohio are invited to tour this urban oasis. Volunteer for various projects that will be undertaken during the event. Advance registration and a signed waiver are required for access. Contact the Rotary office at 216-556-8637 or email them at [email protected]. Waivers will be available at the gate the day of the event. See the attached flyer for details.

 

Wednesday, May 27th, 6:30 PM to 8 PM – Red Line Greenway Public Meeting

The first ever public meeting for the RLG will be held at the St. Ignatius Breen Center. Registration begins at 6:30 PM and the presentations begin at 7 PM. The purpose of this event is to inform the public of the projects status, potential alignment and access points, stimulate discussion about the project and receive community feedback. Details are in the attached flyer. This event is co-sponsored by Cleveland Metroparks, Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, LAND studio, Urban Land Institute and Rotary Club of Cleveland.

 

 

We hope you can join us for one or all of these events and that you will share this email with other interested people.

 

Lennie Stover

Co-founder

Red Line Greenway

By Rotary Club of Cleveland

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$700k state grant kicks off Stage 3 of Towpath Trail, designed to celebrate Cleveland industry (photos)

By Steven Litt, The Plain Dealer

on June 26, 2015 at 10:30 AM, updated June 26, 2015 at 10:31 AM

 

CLEVELAND, Ohio – A $700,000 Clean Ohio grant announced Friday by the city will kick off the final round of land acquisitions needed to finish the next segment of the long-awaited Towpath Trail to be built in the city.

 

The money will help trigger the final design and construction of Stage 3 of the trail, a $17.5 million segment nearly two miles long that will pass through the industrial portion of the city's Flats, extending north from the Steelyard Commons shopping center to University Road at Literary Avenue in Tremont, just south of the Innerbelt Bridge.

 

Stage 3 is one of four planned sections of trail extending six miles from Harvard Avenue at the city's southern border with Newburgh Heights.

 

MORE:

http://www.cleveland.com/architecture/index.ssf/2015/06/700k_state_grant_kicks_off_sta.html#incart_related_stories

lived away from Cleveland for quite awhile now....  totally confused on what's where with the trail....  but here is a nice video....

 

Forgot to post these from a couple of weeks ago. Thank you CLeveland Foundation. This is a beautiful leg of the trail.

 

 

DSCN7200 by Musky, on Flickr

 

 

DSCN7197 by [/size]Musky, on Flickr

 

 

DSCN7195 by [/size]Musky, on Flickr

 

 

DSCN7194 by Scott Muscatello, on Flickr

 

 

DSCN7192 by [/size]Musky, on Flickr

 

 

DSCN7193 by [/size]Musky, on Flickr

 

 

DSCN7188 by [/size]Musky, on Flickr

 

 

DSCN7187 by Musky, on Flickr

 

 

DSCN7183 by [/size]Musky, on Flickr

 

 

DSCN7180 by [/size]Musky, on Flickr

 

 

DSCN7182 by [/size]Musky, on Flickr