Past & Current Plans
and Best Practices

	A report to the Planning Capstone Studio
	on the Walworth Run Corridor

Introduction

	Obtain, review, summarize plans; determine relevancy to issues, themes, proposals
	Obtain, review, summarize innovations and best practices with regard to redevelopment schemes for similar corridors
	Relate to the Cuyahoga Valley Initiative

Past and Current Plans

	WIRE-Net’s Stockyard Development Program and Strategy
	West Creek Valley Management Plan
	Connecting Cleveland 2020 Plan
	Cleveland Bikeway Master Plan

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Past and Current Plans, cont’d

	Cuyahoga County Greenspace Plan
	Linking the Towpath Trail
	The Cuyahoga Valley Initiative
	The Cleveland Innerbelt Study

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Lower Big Creek: Existing uses

Lower Big Creek

	Current land-use: Industrial/land fill
	Proposed: Mixed Industrial & recreation
	Multi-use path from Zoo to Towpath Trail
	Redevelopment strategy: Brownfield redevelopment studies, easements, and acquisitions of parcels along the valley
	Funding: Federal/EPA (80%)
	City of Cleveland (20%)

Lower Big Creek: Existing conditions

	Closed & active landfill operations
	Significant illegal dumping
	Highway impairment
	Some intact riparian cover

Bessemer Road Extension

Bessemer Road Extension

	Current land-use: Vacant or underutilized
	Proposed: Industrial
	Redevelopment strategy:
	- Build it, they will come
	- Relocate scattered industry away from prime residential development sites
	Funding: Federal/TRAC  ($8 million)

Treadway Creek

	Current land-use: Industrial/land fill
	Proposed: Restore riparian river valley
	Multi-use path from neighborhoods-Towpath
	Redevelopment strategy: Brownfield redevelopment studies, easements, and acquisitions of parcels along the valley
	Funding: Federal/State (80%)
	City of Cleveland (20%)

South Side Works (Pittsburgh)

	Redevelopment of Industrial brownfields for a new mixed-use neighborhood development.
	Connect to river through new street patterns and trails.
	Goals: 1) job creation 2) river access will push commerce, neighborhood life, and recreation towards riverfront.

City of Alton, Illinois Industrial Business Corridor

	Remediate & redevelop 1 large brownfield w/ the hope of spurring further redevelopment around surrounding properties.
	Goal: Brownfield cleanup will rejuvenate older urban core.
	Funding: Federal/EPA Brownfields Pilot Program; City/TIF money

Redevelopment of Lyndale Corridor (Minnesota)
Land-use Alternatives
Strengthening Corridor Entrance

Greening the Corridor
 (Restore tree canopy, introduce planting strips)

Reconstruction of sidewalks and construction of Bike paths

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Lancaster Avenue
Philadelphia, PA

	Lancaster Avenue, a commercial corridor that runs parallel to a railroad, bears close similarities to the Train Avenue Site.
	A more heavily traveled artery than Train Avenue but its past and present land uses indicate that it may serve as an effective model for industrial corridor redevelopment.

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Lancaster Avenue: Project Objectives

	Corridor beautification
	Generate a strong identity for the corridor
	Promote commercial development and expand retail services
	Enhance the "sociability" of the corridor

Phalen Corridor Initiative
St. Paul, MN

Phalen Corridor Initiative
St. Paul, MN

	The Phalen Corridor Initiative is a comprehensive community reinvestment effort.
	Project Objective: To restore economic, physical, and social prosperity to Saint Paul's East Side.
	The project’s centerpiece is the creation of a 2.6-mile long boulevard that will span the corridor and link over 100 acres of under-utilized urban land.

Central Eastside Industrial District Portland, OR

	Branding the Train Avenue site as an “industrial district”
	An industrial redevelopment success story

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Central Eastside Industrial Council:
 Vision for the Evolution of an Industrial District

	Employment Growth
	New Urban Industries
	Complementing other Districts
	Preserving the District Fabric

Central Eastside Industrial Council:
Implementing the Vision

	Growth—Expanding Opportunities
	Retention—Preserving a Working District
	Support—For the Present and Future District