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‘Shore-to-Core’ Downtown TIF Passes Council Committee
The tax incentive will, the city has long argued, boost development downtown over the next three decades
Mark Oprea
Mark Oprea is a staff writer at Scene. He's covered Cleveland for the past decade, and has contributed to TIME, NPR, Narratively, the Pacific Standard and the Cleveland Magazine. He's the winner of two Press Club awards.
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North Olmsted Blooms as a Hub for Cleveland’s Palestinian Diaspora
The vast majority of new businesses on Brookpark Extension Road are owned by Palestinian Americans
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Lakewood Eyes Expansion of Waterfront Access at Lakewood Park, Looks For Funding
Eight years after the Solstice Steps opened, plans call for a pier, small beach and even more access to the water
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NOACA Study Details Dangers of Downtown Cleveland Streets, Paves Way for Solutions
As the city readies its own mobility plan, recommendations came for connecting bike lanes and narrowing streets
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Detroit-Shoreway Bridge ‘Low Line’ Project Gets $7M Federal Funding Boost
The money will cover the cost of the county’s design and engineering study of how to activate the streetcar level of the bridge
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Cleveland Selected for Bloomberg Sustainable Cities Initiative, Will Receive Millions to Fight Climate Change
Funding will go “transformative solutions” in the realms of public works and transportation
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Four Minutes of History: How Clevelanders Are Getting Ready for the Awe and Logistical Challenges of the April 8th Total Solar Eclipse
From amateur astronomers to a county task force, astrologists to meteorologists, all eyes are on the sky for the big moment
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Could a ‘Skywalk Park’ Over the Cuyahoga River Extend the Redline Greenway?
Lennie Stover is trying to wrangle funding for a feasibility study
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Cleveland’s Bike Advocates Foreshadow Infrastructure Makeovers in City Club Talk
A “rapidly” implemented three-year bike plan is coming
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Case Western Reserve University Suspends Students for Justice in Palestine Chapter
Apparently, club members were ‘glueing’ fliers to the campus’ Spirit Wall—a ‘no-no’ according to Case’s posting policy
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Lakeside Men’s Homeless Shelter Extension Opens, Putting Dent in County’s Demand for Beds
The shelter, built in a collaboration between Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry and Cuyahoga County, adds 113 more beds to tackle Cleveland’s homelessness spike
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Massive Astronaut Training Campus Set For Brook Park Gets County Funds
Forget Houston. NASA’s next fleet set to work on the ISS could be trained at Blue Abyss’ facility