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Draft Master Plan
Cleveland.com (2/7/2024): Ohio House’s $2B appropriations bill includes $20M for a downtown Cleveland land bridge
Cleveland Magazine (2/1/2024): Will Cleveland’s Waterfronts Finally Be Transformed?
ABC News 5 (1/9/2024): Shore-to-Core-to-Shore: Legislation proposes plan to pay for Cleveland’s downtown waterfront development
Cleveland 19 News (12/19/2023): North Coast Master Plan: Cleveland’s vision to connect downtown to the lakefront
CWRU Observer (11/3/2023): Cleveland announces plan to revitalize downtown lakefront
Axios Cleveland (10/24/2023): Cleveland lakefront plan envisions boutique hotel, food hall, “porch culture”
Cleveland Magazine (10/24/2023): Cleveland Shares Latest Renderings for North Coast Lakefront Plan
Cleveland Scene (10/24/2023): In North Coast’s Latest Draft, a Refinement of Design and Purpose for Cleveland’s Lakefront
Crain’s Cleveland Business (10/24/2023): City asks residents to answer survey as North Coast lakefront plan evolves
ABC News 5 (10/23/2023): Cleveland’s ‘North Coast’ lakefront development plan draft 60% complete
WKSU (10/23/2023): Cleveland lakefront master plan in final stages, intended to be finalized in January
WOIO 19 News (10/23/2023): 1st draft of what could be the future of Cleveland’s ‘North Coast’ released
WKYC 3 (10/21/2023): ‘60% draft’ of Cleveland’s North Coast Master Plan revealed
Cleveland.com (10/20/2023): 60% complete Cleveland downtown lakefront plan calls for affordable fun, scaled-down Shoreway, eventual move for Browns tailgaters
FOX 8 (10/20/2023): New images show big plans for lakefront development
Master Plan Early Concepts
Cleveland Business Journal (7/28/2023): Cleveland unveils concepts for project to open lakefront to development, recreation
Cleveland Scene (7/28/2023): North Coast Lakefront Master Plan Reveals Cleveland’s Big Goals
Crain’s Cleveland Business (7/28/2023): Five takeaways from Cleveland’s North Coast lakefront plan presentation
Cleveland 19 News (7/27/2023): What future of Cleveland lakefront surrounding Browns stadium could look like
Cleveland.com (7/27/2023): Cleveland wants feedback on downtown lakefront draft plan that includes beach, ‘land bridge’ with a graceful curve
FOX 8 (7/27/2023): First look: Cleveland officials lay out plans for city’s ‘North Coast’
WKYC (7/27/2023): Officials show new downtown Cleveland land bridge proposal as part of city’s lakefront master plan
Cleveland.com (7/18/2023): Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb will invite public comment on initial downtown lakefront vision July 27
WKSU (6/7/2023): Cleveland Mayor Bibb touts plans for a post-pandemic recreational and residential Downtown
Spring 2023 Community Workshops
Cleveland Scene (5/12/2023): Lakefront Project Plans Come Into Focus as North Coast Master Plan Team Completes Second Listening Tour
WKSU (5/11/2023): Cleveland narrows options on connecting Downtown to the lakefront, still open to feedback
Axios Cleveland (5/11/2023): Land bridge to the lakefront coming into focus
Cleveland.com (5/7/2023): Latest Cleveland lakefront plans show downtown ‘land bridge’ possible without severing Shoreway
Cleveland.com (5/5/2023): Mayor Justin Bibb’s bid for $21 million in ARPA money for waterfronts wins support from planning commission
WKYC 3 (5/5/2023): Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb’s $21 million ARPA waterfront fund approved by city planning commission
Fall 2022 Listening Sessions
Crain’s Cleveland Business (1/30/2023): Opinion: Momentum is building for progress along Lake Erie
Cleveland 19 News (11/29/2022): Cleveland holds final public meeting of the year to discuss the future of lakefront
WKSU (11/4/2022): Mayor Bibb hosts town hall on plans to reconnect Cleveland to the lakefront
WKYC 3 (11/3/2022): Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb holds town hall event on future of downtown lakefront
ABC News 5 (11/3/2022): ‘Cleveland can do a lot better’ — Cleveland mayor hopes to create better access to our best asset Lake Erie
FOX 8 (11/3/2022): Future of Cleveland lakefront: Big changes possible
Cleveland.com (10/26/2022): City of Cleveland launching public meetings on future of the downtown lakefront
Crain’s Cleveland Business (10/25/2022): Bibb announces lakefront design listening sessions, town hall meeting
Office of the Mayor (10/25/2022): North Coast Connector Could Bridge Century-Old Divide
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