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Commercial Support Initiative
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Cleveland Neighborhood Development Coalition (CNDC) provides members with a comprehensive toolbox of technical assistance, advocacy, resource identification and training opportunities to help neighborhoods strengthen their retail base. Check out Retail Design on a Dime storefronts, click here. Read a copy of the study by MJB Consultants: Big-Box Retail and Neighborhood Business Districts: Impact Analysis and Competitive Strategy, click here Retail Commercial Support Initiative This committee, comprised of Community Development Corporation (CDC) staff and directors, bankers, City and County representatives and developers, meets monthly to tackle issues of mutual concern. In the latter half of 2001, the group launched www.retailspacescleveland.com, a database of available development opportunities in Cleveland’s neighborhood retail districts. The
committee was instrumental in the adoption of the Pedestrian Retail Overlay
District ordinance, which protects the qualities of neighborhood retail
districts that encourage pedestrian activity. For more information about
the ordinance and a copy of the adopted legislation, click
here.
Goals and issues are addressed simultaneously in five key areas:
Exciting News Flash! “Got It! In the Neighborhood“ was featured in the January/Februay issue of the National Main Street Center's journal, Main Street News. Neighborhood Safety Committee The CNDC Neighborhood Safety Committee, a coalition of Re$tore Cleveland groups, members of the Retail Commercial Support Initiative, and community organizers is launching Phase II of their safety strategy, the development of CDC Safety Action Plans for each neighborhood. Plans will be created by area stakeholders, CDC staff, board members and local police. The creation of “crime” maps, comprehensive data collection, objective baseline measurements and best practices database assembled during Phase I of the Neighborhood Safety Initiative provide a solid base for the development of CDC Safety Action Plans for Phase II. Merchant Safety Kits were also created and distributed during Phase I. The technical assistance contract was awarded to Charles McNeeley, currently Chief of Police for Olmsted Falls. Chief McNeeley has over 32 years experience serving in the City of Cleveland Police Department. He was the Commander of the First District when he retired in 2002. Click here for press release.
E-mail for more information on the Retail/Commercial activites of CNDC.
AVAILABLE RETAIL SPACES IN CLEVELAND To help developers in Cleveland and across the nation become aware of the great retail opportunities in our Cleveland urban neighborhoods, CNDC, with financial support from Dominion East Ohio and AT &T , has developed the webiste: www.RetailSpacesCleveland.com where seventeen Cleveland community development coporations have banded together to present the neighborhood demographics, assets, additional informatio and listings of availabel retail spaces with locations and descriptions. This
website will be updated on a regualr basis with more CDC's joining during
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Viable
retail districts ensure a healthy, lively neighborhood.
An
innovative and ambitious variation of the National Trust for Historic
Preservation’s Main Street program, Cleveland’s version is based within
the structure of existing CDCs. The program adheres to the Main Street
program philosophy of incremental, comprehensive change based on direct,
inclusive community participation.
The
“Got It! In the Neighborhood“campaign highlights
the exciting range of retail and services in the City and encourages the
community to explore what is available in locally owned stores. The campaign
was set in motion with the unveiling of public information panels illustrating
unique and unexpected shopping opportunities in the city. Many of the
images are from stores located in one of Cleveland's neighborhoods. For
more information,