Cleveland: Recommendations coming to upgrade Public Square, malls – WKYC-TV
CLEVELAND — How can the city capitalize on $2 billion of new development to make the entire downtown area more welcoming and people friendly?
Some answers will be offered Thursday by a panel that’s been working since June to find ways to make the city’s public spaces more inviting and connected.
Tony Coyne, chairman of the city Planning Commission, chaired this Group Plan Commission appointed by Mayor Frank Jackson.
The group sought to build on the 100-year-old plan by architect Daniel Burnham.?The update is aimed to get more value from?the Flats East Bank, the new casino and the Medical Mart/Convention Center.
Some call this city’s biggest opportunity ever to make?downtown a more desirable place to live and form real connections to Lake Erie.
Plans will include ideas for Public Square, the malls and?pedestrian corridors between them.
Of course, the big question is, who would pay for the proposed improvements?
Coyne has said it will require cooperation between governments and business community involvement in a public-private partnership.
The presentation will be made at 7:30 a.m. Thursday in Room 211 of the Convention Center.
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