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The Red Line Greenway Trail is nearly 2 miles of paved trails that connect eight neighborhoods to Downtown Cleveland.
Cleveland Metroparks is continuing its efforts to connect trails and green space around Greater Cleveland with a new pathway unveiled Wednesday.
The Red Line Greenway connects eight neighborhoods to Downtown Cleveland, running from West 53rd Street eastward, with nearly 2 miles of pavement.
Adding trails around Greater Cleveland and in neighborhoods like Ohio City is important to addressing equitable access to the outdoors, said GCRTA Chief Operating Officer Floun’say Caver.
“RTA values the way that urban trails and transit can work together to provide for needed transportation, access and equity,” Caver said. “And yes, urban trails and parks are an equity issue.”
Red Line Greenway “The Re-Connecting Cleveland project including the newly opened Red Line Greenway is doing just that it is reconnecting our communities through a bold vision only possible through successful partnerships and community support,” said Cleveland Metroparks CEO Brian M. Zimmerman. “This new accessible trail is breaking transportation barriers that have existed for decades and will improve access to and from downtown.”
The Red Line Greenway directly connects eight Cleveland neighborhoods along its route from the Michael Zone Recreation Center Park at West 53rd Street to the Cleveland Foundation Centennial Lake Link Trail at the intersection of Franklin Avenue and Columbus Road. Additional access points include West 44th Street, West 41st Street, West 25th Street and Columbus Road near Abbey Avenue and Franklin Avenue. The trail utilizes former RTA right-of-way along the Red Line to provide a linear urban trail with additional pull-off areas for passive recr
Cleveland Metroparks unveils Red Line Greenway bike and pedestrian trail
The trail stretches from the Michael Zone Recreation Center Park at West 53rd Street to Irishtown Bend on the Cuyahoga River. Author: Dave Dino DeNatale Updated: 1:28 PM EDT May 12, 2021
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On Wednesday, Cleveland Metroparks officially unveiled Red Line Greenway, an all-purpose trail that stretches nearly two miles and links the area around W. 65th Street to Irishtown Bend and the West Bank of the Flats.
Wednesday s opening was celebrated by a ribbon cutting at the trail access point on Columbus Road where Cleveland Metroparks was joined by project partners and supporters including LAND studio, The Trust for Public Land, Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA), Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency (NOACA), and Cleveland Rotary Club.
Apartments, offices and retail planned for Voss site in Ohio City
Apartments, offices and retail planned for Voss site in Ohio City
Michelle Jarboe
The former Voss Industries complex, on West 25th Street in Cleveland s Ohio City neighborhood, is slated for renovations as apartments, offices and retail.
A former manufacturing complex in Cleveland s Ohio City neighborhood, only steps from the West Side Market, is being reimagined as apartments, offices and retail space.
That revival plan for the vacant Voss Industries buildings along West 25th Street is the first phase of a much larger potential project dreamed up by homegrown developer MRN Ltd. In late March, an MRN affiliate paid $7.5 million for the 4.2-acre Voss property, which includes parking lots that could become construction sites.