06-14-09
Public Workshops for Re-Imagining a More Sustainable Cleveland
Do you have vacant lots on your street that you and your neighbors would like to improve?
Need some ideas about what to do with them?
Need a grant to pay for supplies?
You know firsthand the negative effects of unkempt vacant lots in your neighborhoods. Cleveland currently has 3,300 acres of vacant land and our inventory is growing with every new demolition. Now we will have resources to address them.
Please join us to learn more about the “Re-Imagining a More Sustainable Cleveland” grant program. We will be holding public workshops in locations of our vacant land reutilization projects for you to learn about the resources available to revitalize city land bank lots in special target areas.
These sessions will provide information on:
• Overview of the Re-Imagining a More Sustainable Cleveland plan
• Ideas on what you can do with vacant lots
• How to use the Re-Imagining Cleveland Vacant Land Re-Use Pattern Book and Ohio Green Print website
• Application for Re-Imagining Cleveland grants
05-21-09
Map of Cleveland’s Green Systems
This is a map of Cleveland showing vacant sites (in red), existing parks (in dark green), and proposed parkland and greenspaces (in light green). The map was drawn by the Urban Design Center for Cleveland LandLab.
posted by marianne eppig.
05-13-09
Terry Schwarz Receives Cleveland Arts Prize
Congratulations to our very own Terry Schwarz for being awarded the 2009 Cleveland Arts Prize! Terry is senior planner at the CUDC and an adjunct professor at Kent State University.
Terry was awarded the artist prize in design for her work surrounding the Shrinking Cities Institute at the CUDC, which addresses local population decline. The multifaceted work of the Shrinking Cities Institute includes the Cleveland Land Lab, the Pop Up City! temporary use intiative and two editions of the Urban-Infill Journal.
The awards ceremony will be held Thursday, June 25th at the Hanna Theatre in Playhouse Square. Tickets are available by calling 216 321-0012 or by email at info@clevelandartsprize.org.
by david jurca
05-08-09
CircletheUSA.com visits Cleveland
CircletheUSA.com, a website maintained by the Planning Commissioners Journal, is currently undertaking a cross-country road trip documenting notable city planning projects along the way. The recently concluded first leg of the trip stretched from Vermont to Cleveland and the second leg will continue on to Chicago. 
While in Cleveland, the blog’s author met with Terry Schwarz, Senior Planner from the CUDC, Bob Brown, Planning Director for the City of Cleveland and Bobbi Reichtell, Senior Vice President for Programs at Neighborhood Progress Inc., to discuss the Re-Imagining a More Sustainable Cleveland report. The visit and subsequent thoughts on Cleveland’s progressive strategy for addressing vacancy are presented in the Audacious…or Realistic? post.