Cuyahoga County Planning Commission Weblog: East Cleveland

Huron Hospital groundbreaking

2010-06-04T02:23:08Z

The Cleveland Clinic broke ground today on a community health center at Huron Hospital in East Cleveland. The three-story, 50,000-square-foot Huron Community Health Center is scheduled to open in late 2011.

Update: a Plain Dealer editorial called it "welcome interest in a community that hears too little good news."

2010-02-16T03:58:17Z

This year, Case Western Reserve University's Regionally Speaking programs will focus on the partnership between the university's Social Justice Alliance and Institute and the City of East Cleveland. Sunday's Plain Dealer examined new East Cleveland Mayor Gary Norton's plans to revive his community.

2010-02-10T03:32:34Z

Huron Hospital plans to build a $20–30 million expansion of its East Cleveland campus. The hospital will formally announce the expansion along Euclid Avenue later this year.

Update: a Plain Dealer editorial called the expansion a "statement of Huron's continued commitment to the community it has served since 1874 -- and as a vote of confidence in East Cleveland's future."

2009-04-16T18:13:45Z

2009-03-10T16:42:11Z

On April 16-19, participants in the McGregor Foundation's Greater Circle Seniors Design Charette will generate ideas for affordable senior housing at four sites in Cleveland's Glenville, Fairfax, and Buckeye-Shaker neighborhoods.

2009-02-23T21:25:22Z

Volunteers and students with Case Western Reserve University are creating an inventory of the more than 2,200 abandoned houses in East Cleveland. The data will be used to prioritize demolitions.

2008-12-19T15:45:00Z

Mayor Brewer of East Cleveland proposed building a 12,000-seat amphitheater in his city's portion of historic Forest Hill Park. The idea would require approval from the Forest Hill Park Advisory Commission, and at least one of its three members is opposed to the concept. Others question the need for additional concert venues.

2008-12-01T22:19:00Z

Steven Litt was impressed by the plans for the redesign of the bus and rapid transit station at the base of Cedar Hill in University Circle. Under the plans, the transfer station on the south side of Cedar Glen would be replaced with a new public park.

2008-11-21T20:43:00Z

With the foreclosure crisis increasing the supply of abandoned homes in Cleveland and East Cleveland, more of the area's homeless are squatting in the vacant houses. Advocates for the homeless are working to establish a program that would allow the skilled homeless to take possession of abandoned homes in exchange for repairing them.

2008-10-28T21:58:00Z

2008-10-25T03:30:00Z

The Euclid Corridor was officially opened with a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the HealthLine this afternoon. Construction of the $200 million, 7.1-mile project took three years, and it was the subject of Thursday's Sound of Ideas on WCPN. RTA will hold opening celebrations all weekend.

2008-06-23T19:27:00Z

2008-05-20T20:00:00Z

2008-05-12T20:31:00Z

2008-05-09T21:29:00Z

On Thursday, OneCommunity announced the official launch of a wireless Internet cloud covering most of University Circle and parts of Cleveland Heights and East Cleveland. They also rolled out Linked Communities, a new web portal for the University Circle area.