Cleveland Considering Options for Derelict Lakefront Power Plant

A planning consultant hired by FirstEnergy is putting out the first speculative ideas for the future of a contaminated lakefront site of a most demolished power plant.

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April 6, 2017, 8:00 AM PDT

By James Brasuell @CasualBrasuell


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FirstEnergy has its name on more than one piece of lakefront property in Cleveland. | Erik Drost / Flickr

"The contaminated site of the largely demolished FirstEnergy lakefront power plant at East 72nd Street could become a park, or it could host housing, commercial and institutional development, a creative zone for small-scale innovators, or a food production center," reports Steven Litt, sharing the details of a presentation by planning firm CRTKL to the St. Clair Superior Development Corp. in late March.

The recent meeting was the second of the year, "in a fast-moving process" aimed at providing guidance to FirtEnergy and the city for the future of the site. "FirstEnergy is paying for the study to satisfy part of an agreement under which the city allowed it to demolish the former coal-fired plant and to prepare for its eventual sale," reports Litt.

The article includes a lot more detail about the planning study and outreach process so far, the political situation (including the opinions of a group of local advocates called the Green Ribbon Coalition), and the environmental concerns about the site.

Wednesday, March 29, 2017 in The Cleveland Plain Dealer

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