Finally! Some progress on lakefront development: The Wake Up for Thursday, May 22, 2025

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Finally! Some progress on lakefront development: The Wake Up for Thursday, May 22, 2025
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The not-for-profit set up by the city of Cleveland to oversee lakefront development will officially make a call out this summer for developers with visions of how to transform up to 50 acres along the waterfront.

We’ve been dreaming about it for decades, seen a parade of pretty renderings arrive and evaporate: How best to develop Cleveland ’s downtown lakefront? Now Cleveland is taking steps to finally transform up to 50 acres along Lake Erie.

This summer, the not-for-profit set up by the city will call for developers’ visions for a combination of retail, housing, recreation and public space. “This project is about reimagining what’s possible for our city,” Mayor Justin Bibb. “It’s about reconnecting Clevelanders to the water, creating an inclusive, vibrant destination that reflects who we are and where we’re going.” Work is set to begin in 2027 on a $284 million project to remake the Shoreway as a boulevard and create a land bridge over it. The Rock Hall is expanding along its section of North Coast Harbor. And to tide us over, Cleveland this summer is building a pop-up park on a parking lot north of the Browns stadium, with a temporary basketball court, two pickleball courts, a roller rink, shade coverings and plenty of programming.: The not-for-profit set up by the city of Cleveland to oversee lakefront development will officially make a call out this summer for developers with visions of how to transform up to 50 acres along the waterfront.: The Ohio House passed a bill Wednesday that seeks to end confusion over kindergarten cutoff dates. House Bill 114 passed, 93-0, stating a child must be 5 years old by the first day of instruction for kindergarten,: Ohio Solicitor General T. Elliot Gaiser brought his case Wednesday to head the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee, which conducted a confirmation hearing on Gaiser and three other nominees.the Cleveland native would head the office that provides legal advice to the president and all executive branch agencies, drafts the attorney general’s legal opinions and provides its own written opinions and advice in response to executive branch requests.: A week after an Ohio Senate Republican filed legislation to legalize online gambling in Ohio, a pair of House Republicans unveiled a separate, more limited proposal. We’re talking about the push for casino-style games on: A bill to let Ohio workers exempt their tips from state and local income taxes had its first hearing Wednesday in the state House.the idea wasn’t appealing to readers who subscribe to cleveland.com’s “From the Editor” Subtext service, who worried that exempting tips could lead employers to lower base pay or create new loopholes in the tax code.: The Ohio House on Wednesday passed legislation that would impose stiffer prison sentences on those who repeatedly commit violent gun crimes or illegally have guns, marking what one supporter called the largest escalation of state criminal penalties in a generation,the latest seasonal outlook from the Climate Prediction Center, released May 15, favors above-normal temperatures and increased chances of precipitation in the Cleveland area for June, July and August.: Cleveland and Cuyahoga County are severing their ties with the Greater Cleveland Partnership, now that the region‘s chamber of commerce has endorsed the plan to build the Browns’ future stadium in Brook Park, rather than downtown,. In a jointly written letter Tuesday, Mayor Justin Bibb and Cuyahoga County Executive Chris Ronayne said GCP’s decision to endorse the Brook Park stadium is “an affront to any partnership we have had together,” so as a result, they will stop participating in any GCP-led initiatives.: Team NEO, Northeast Ohio’s jobs development partner with the state, is staying neutral on whether the Browns should remain downtown or move to Brook Park,. Just hours after the Greater Cleveland Partnership endorsed the move to Brook Park, Team NEO issued a statement declining to take a side.: After Bratenahl claimed $839,000 in fire and EMS bills got lost in the mail — or perhaps were never sent — Cleveland is now upgrading to certified mail, because apparently their invoices needed a tracking number and a signature.Bratenahl Mayor Keith Benjamin said the village hadn’t paid four years’ worth of bills because it never received them.: Ohio ranked 34th on the recently released U.S. News & World Report Best States Rankings 2025 for health care, which measured health care access and public health across the country.across Ohio on June 5. The openings include seven locations in Northeast Ohio as well as stores in Canton and Cincinnati.: An office building in Orange was the top commercial building sale in Cuyahoga County in April. A 20,025-square-foot single-story building at 3755 Orange Place sold for $7 million on April 25, making it the priciest transaction of the month,. On Wednesday, East Cleveland City Councilwoman Pat Blochowiak took the witness stand to testify against Brandon King, 57, who faces felony charges that accuse him of funneling city money to a family business.: Matthew Turnipseede, 51, who ran a $7.4 million Ponzi scheme with his Las Vegas-based MoneyLine Analytics sports-betting venture, was sentenced by a federal judge Wednesday to more than five years in prison and ordered to repay $4.7 million,: Live Nation is launching a national ticketing initiative this summer that will give fans a chance to attend select concerts for $30, including performances at Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls,: Rito’s Bakery in Brunswick will close its doors after 60 years of the multi-generational family-owned business giving Greater Cleveland a taste of authentic Italian flavors,. Final day of business for Rito’s is May 31. The Djurin family, who owns Schnitz Ale Brewery, will turn the space into Schnitz Ale Bakery and Market.: Juried photography exhibitions with a national call-out are usually a feast for the eyes. The Firelands Association for the Visual Arts in Oberlin has one teed up as a part of its 45th anniversary season,: For a time, the Lonz Winery was the top wine producer in the United States and Middle Bass Island, in the middle of Lake Erie, was a top destination for fun seekers from far and wide. Today,, Middle Bass is a much slower version of its previous self. And the winery is long gone. The Lonzes’ house is perhaps better than ever.If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation.and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our

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