On a recent Thursday afternoon, there was a cacophony of sounds emanating from Shaker Square. Construction workers in neon vests were smoothing out freshly-paved road.
Leafblowers worked down the block from contractors to clear weeds. Painters ran their white brushes up and down cracked facades.
CNP head Tania Menesse, who grew up nearby in Shaker Heights, said the pair of nonprofits' spending of millions to fix up outdated heating and electrical, install elevators, jazz-up wrought iron-wrapped patios could help prevent another foreclosure, a fate suffered by its previous tenants in 2021. The other option is to let the area linger at its very worst: a prewar relic battered by cracked paint and vacant storefronts.
Tania Menesse, the director of Cleveland Neighborhood Progress, has been stalwart in her pedestrian-focused view of how to improve Shaker Square. Unfortunately, enthusiasm couldn't survive Great Recession economics. Years later, Coral Co., who owned the square since the mid aughts, defaulted on a $11 million loan and went into foreclosure. The pandemic shuttered Fire, rocked the Atlas Theater and just about killed any and all public events. When, in 2022, City Council voted to provide $5 million in loans to Manesse and team, the Square barely had working security cameras. Its sewage system was backed up.
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