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MISSION STATEMENT
Develop a practical and implementable strategy to connect eastside neighborhoods to an enhanced Rockefeller Park and Lakefront By improving the access, activation, environmental aspects, management, residential use and stewardship of greenspace, while also advancing area developmental and placemaking opportunities.
PROJECT SCOPE
The 2020 project entailed a comprehensive analysis on how to improve accessibility to Rockefeller Park from surrounding neighborhoods and the central Martin Luther King (MLK) Junior Boulevard corridor. In addition, students were to consider redevelopment opportunities across the area with a focus on how best to leverage the former FirstEnergy Lakefront Power Plant site and better connect existing area assets (Rockefeller/Gordon Parks, Cleveland Lakefront Nature Preserve, commercial corridors) to stimulate economic development and neighborhood revitalization.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
The 2020 project entailed a comprehensive analysis on how to improve accessibility to Rockefeller Park from surrounding neighborhoods and the central Martin Luther King (MLK) Junior Boulevard corridor. In addition, students were to consider redevelopment opportunities across the area with a focus on how best to leverage the former FirstEnergy Lakefront Power Plant site and better connect existing area assets (Rockefeller/Gordan Parks, Cleveland Lakefront Nature Preserve, commercial corridors) to stimulate economic development and neighborhood revitalization..
THIS IS AN ACADEMIC STUDY
EastsideParks: Connection, Activation, Community is the centerpiece of the 2020 Planning Studio course offered by the Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs, Cleveland State University, for its Master of Urban Planning and Development (MUPD) students in their final year of study. Each year, the studio partners graduate students, faculty advisors, and client organizations to work together to produce a plan that addresses an identified problem in Cleveland or the broader Northeast Ohio region. The studio is intended to be a capstone experience for the graduate students, challenging them to leverage a broad scope of MUPD program-required skills – including team-based research and planning, development of high-quality graphics and maps, public engagement using surveys and interviews, and the preparation of a final report, presentation, and website.