Welcome to this, our first issue of The Cleveland Neighborhood Main Street Initiative quarterly e-zine.
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The Cleveland Main Street Initiative, based on a model from the National Trust
for Historic Preservation, helps community groups improve their business districts
by improving physical appearance, developing community partnerships, providing
marketing assistance and creating economic growth.
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Street Area Districts (click on graphics for information)
Four neighborhoods to see business districts revitalized
On
November 21, 2002, business districts in four city neighborhoods won special
designation as Neighborhood Main Street Initiative sites, assuring them of
financial and technical support through a program designed to boost struggling
commercial areas.
The districts – Kamm’s Corners, Lorain Station Historic District, Old Brooklyn and Gordon Square Arts & Entertainment District – will use Main Street benefits to organize committees, develop work plans, schedule promotional activities, and train staff to revitalize their streets.
“Vibrant
business districts are key to a healthy neighborhood,” said Mayor Jane
L. Campbell at the ceremony held at the Weizer Building, 11801 Buckyeye Rd.,
to announce the new awards. “We are currently making measurable progress
in revitalizing Cleveland’s business districts, and this program initiative
exposes new opportunities to further reinvigorate our efforts.”
The Weizer Building is on a corridor that the Buckeye Area Development Corp.
is rehabbing. Buckeye Road was designated a Main Street area in 1999, along
with Professor Street in Tremont and Waterloo Road in North Collinwood. Broadway
Historic District in Slavic Village followed in 2000.
“When businesses invest in the community, everybody wins,” said U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones. “I applaud the efforts of the Cleveland Main Street Initiative and look forward to working with participating organizations to further promote economic growth for Greater Cleveland.”
We’re delighted with the results we’ve seen in the four business districts Main Street has helped since 1999, and we’re confident our new groups will benefit too," said Mikelann Ward Rensel, executive director of CNDC.
“The generosity of our funders combined with the tenacity of our neighborhood leaders is a recipe for success,” said India Pierce Lee, senior program director of Cleveland/Northeast Ohio LISC. “LISC is confident this investment will lead to a community people are eager to call home.”
Main
Street News:
A
new six acre Boys and Girls Club has been completed and opened in the
Broadway Main Street District. Four retail spaces in the Waterloo
Main Street District have been leased and now house the following
new businesses: Agape Books, Waterloo Music Store, What Not Coffee Shop
and Beachland Salvage. The Weizer Building is nearing completion in the
Buckeye Main Street District and will become the new home of Beechbrook's
main offices. Tremont Main Street District reports that the newly
renovated Lemko Hall - where "The Deerhunter" wedding scene
was filmed - is now the location of Eye Candy, Chameleon and Smart T'art
Galleries.
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