Posted Apr 28, 2012, 3:02 PM
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Two great stories here from the PD
I find all the crying suburbanites in the comments section pretty hilarious, especially all their complaints about the mayor's push to focus on PEOPLE and not cars.
Downtown Cleveland parking tightens up due to casino, other projects, but experts see no shortage
Michelle Jarboe McFee, The Plain Dealer 4-28-12
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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- To an urban casino, a new convention center and other Cleveland projects, add one more downtown development: It won't be as easy, or affordable, to find parking next door to your destination.
In a downtown replete with parking -- 56,000 or so spaces -- major operators aren't predicting a shortage.
Still, new attractions, more housing and a few additional office tenants promise to boost occupancy at parking facilities. Higher demand, plus the glitz of a new casino on Public Square, already are pushing rates up in some parts of a downtown that has grown comfortable with cheap parking.
Craig Purnell pays $3.25 a day to park next to the Cleveland Grays Armory, a short walk from his office on East Ninth Street.
With AmTrust Financial Services Inc., a New York-based insurer, moving 1,000 jobs to the district and several apartment projects planned, Purnell worries that parking will become harder to find, and pricier.
"I really think that parking is going to become more of a premium in the months to come, over the next year or so," said Purnell, who commutes from Akron to work as a database administrator for the Baker Hostetler law firm. "In the past six to eight months, I've really seen a lot more traffic and a lot more people than I have in the past."
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And this one here is just all around awesome news 
Cleveland's inner city is growing faster than its suburbs as young adults flock downtown
Robert L. Smith, The Plain Dealer 4-27-12
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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- When a new job brought Stacey Brown to Cleveland from San Francisco two months ago, she went looking for an apartment downtown. Her manager told her that's where young people were flocking. Sure enough, she found a full house.
"It was soooo hard finding an apartment," said Brown, an upbeat and single 26 year old. "I mean I looked for three weeks, all over downtown."
Thanks largely to young professionals, the inner city is growing faster than the outer city and the county for the first time in modern history, a recent Case Western Reserve University study found.
Neighborhood life is blossoming on blocks once dominated by office workers and commuters, and people are clamoring for dog parks.
Richey Piiparinen, a researcher for Case's Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development, sees a more powerful force than a casino or a medical mart.
"It's a youth movement," he said. "This could be a huge thing."
Not to say anyone will mistake downtown Cleveland for Chicago. Even after two decades of unprecedented growth, the population within walking distance of Public Square approaches only 10,000 people (compared to 29,000 in Chicago's Loop). Many urban planners see 20,000 to 25,000 residents the threshold for creating a natural, self-sustaining downtown neighborhood, one that attracts grocery stores and schools.
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And to the forum!!!
The Progressive proposal has been dead since the board of directors vetoed it back when Al Lerner was chairman of the board - that info comes directly from Peter B. Lewis' people. And the only proposal from the Jacobs Group was for a 21-story office tower but that's been dead for quite some time.
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