First Suburbs Are Feeling The Urban Core's Pain

Cleveland's older suburbs hope to fight new projects that will drain more people from the aging suburbs.

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February 11, 2005, 5:00 AM PST

"Cleveland's older suburbs don't expect to stop construction of a freeway interchange that they say will drain more people and businesses from Cuyahoga County, but leaders hope to win similar battles down the road...First Suburbs Consortium says projects like a proposed third I-90 interchange in Avon, just across the Lorain County border, disperse Northeast Ohio's population. The shift consumes farmland and saps older communities, says the letter, which also went to the county mayors' association."

Thanks to J. Scott Muscatello

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