Cleveland

On the Docket: Stabilizing Neighborhoods in Cleveland

Real estate speculators are being fined big bucks in Cleveland for letting properties sit vacant, but the jury's still out on whether this is the key to stabilizing neighborhoods.
22 January 2012 - 9:00am
Shelterforce

The Best and Worst Run Cities in Amercia

A new study concludes that encouraging businesses to prosper and create jobs is the most important function of local government.
14 January 2012 - 9:00am
24/7 Wall Street

Cleveland Turns Its Focus Uptown

Cleveland, suffering from a disappearing population, is pinning its hopes on a new Uptown arts and entertainment district, including the new Museum of Contemporary Art which opens in 2012.
21 December 2011 - 1:00pm
The New York Times

Cleveland's Growing Problem with Abandoned Homes

60 Minutes reports on Cleveland, Ohio's growing problem of abandoned homes, where 1/5th of all houses are now vacant.
19 December 2011 - 7:00am
CBS News

The Plusses and Minuses of the Cleveland Casino

Richey Piiparinen weighs the good and bad aspects of a proposed casino which the developer says will be "integrated within the fabric" of Cleveland's downtown.
3 November 2011 - 9:00am
Rust Wire

Developers in Downtown, Cleveland are Turning to the Slots to Appeal to a New Crowd

Executives of Rock Gaming LLC and its partner, Caesars Entertainment Corp, are hoping to revitalize Cleveland's downtown nightlife and create connections with nearby businesses by building Horseshoe Casino Cleveland.
18 October 2011 - 2:00pm
The Plain Dealer

Converting Vacant Lots to Farms Can Feed Cleveland Population, Study Finds

A recent study found that a city could completely live off food grown from urban agriculture. Sharanbir Grewal, the study's author, discovered in his analysis of Cleveland that the city could produce up to 48 percent of the city's fresh produce.
14 September 2011 - 1:00pm
Smart Planet

Cleveland's Land Bank Fights Blight of Foreclosures

With a high rate of foreclosure, Cleveland instituted a land bank to rein in rampant vacancies. After two years, the program has made some headway.
30 August 2011 - 8:00am
NPR

Extreme Makeover: Housing Policies Edition

As consumer real estate debt surpasses $9 trillion, TIME magazine examines four radical proposals that top policymakers and economists think will help turn things around.
28 August 2011 - 11:00am
Time

Place Overpowers Bunkers in Cleveland's Post-9/11 Projects

A decade after terrorist attacks looked to usher in an age of security-heavy architecture, new projects in cities are eschewing the security bunker for eyes and feet on the street.
19 August 2011 - 7:00am
The Cleveland Plain Dealer

Obama Launches Strong Cities, Strong Communities Initiative In 6 Cities

Six pilot cities are selected for the launch of a new federal, interagency initiative know as 'Strong Cities, Strong Communities': Fresno, New Orleans, Detroit, Cleveland, Memphis and Chester, PA.
12 July 2011 - 1:00pm
The White House blog

Subsidizing Sprawl Through Relocation Tax Breaks

A new study from the nonprofit research center Good Jobs First looks into how relocation tax breaks for businesses have encouraged sprawl in the Cleveland and Cincinnati metropolitan areas.
9 July 2011 - 11:00am
Crain's Cleveland Business

BRT Boom in U.S.

A new study says that Los Angeles, Cleveland, Las Vegas, Eugene and Pittsburgh are leading the surge with the best bus rapid transit (BRT) systems in the nation.
28 May 2011 - 7:00am
The Institute of Transportation and Development Policy

Cities Aren't Disposable

So says Maria Choca Urban of the Center for Neighborhood Technology, which recently released a plan for retrieving Cleveland, Ohio from the dustbin.
24 May 2011 - 12:00pm
Cleveland Plain Dealer

Football Team's Cleveland Plans Could Learn from the Past and Public

The Cleveland Browns football team has announced plans to revitalize a lakefront part of the city. Those plans could benefit from more public input and could learn from previous success, according to this article.
22 April 2011 - 7:00am
The Cleveland Plain Dealer

Recovery and Rebirth in Cleveland

A city in decline for decades, Cleveland is showing signs of recovery, according to this article from Smithsonian.
14 April 2011 - 10:00am
Smithsonian

Traffic Plan Offers Potential for Downtown Cleveland

Traffic plans for a new casino in downtown Cleveland could create a major improvement for the neighborhood -- or an indelible sore spot.
23 March 2011 - 8:00am
The Cleveland Plain Dealer

NPR Reports On Freeway Conversion Movement

WCPN reporter interviews a commuter who is annoyed by a plan to make her commute longer - but it becomes clear that the suburbanite's faster commute is at the expense of an urban neighborhood.
23 March 2011 - 5:00am
NPR

The Problem with Boosterism

Urban-boosters in Cleveland and other Rust Belt locales are fierce defenders of their much-maligned cities. But does civic boosterism gloss over the region's very real problems? Worse, does it serve to protect the dysfunctional status quo?
15 February 2011 - 11:00am
Rust Wire

Cleveland Attempts to Transform Its Image

The city's Group Plan Commission has a plan it thinks could revitalize the struggling city.
12 February 2011 - 1:00pm
Cleveland.com
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