Two requests for use of the city’s American Rescue Plan Act dollars on education and workforce development initiatives made it out of a Cleveland City Council committee meeting Tuesday, but not until after facing some tough questions from council members.
Cuyahoga County Council voted Tuesday evening to appropriate $4.9 million to fund family support specialists for the Say Yes Cleveland program. That's an almost 50% reduction in what the county had initially budgeted to pay for the program, now in its fourth year.
The 253-unit proposal on Stokes Boulevard met with dramatically different responses from a city design-review committee and the Cleveland City Planning Commission. Members of the commission pushed the developers to preserve the only remaining building on the block, a stretch of rowhouses that have been sitting vacant since late 2017.
The NRP Group and a joint venture formed by Silver Hills Development and Edwards Communities expect to build more than 600 apartments near the Cuyahoga River, on long-fallow land in the Flats. The Cleveland City Planning Commission gave its blessing to both projects Friday, Feb. 4.
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