Key Staff
Lynn Garrity will serve as the Program Director for this project. She has worked on park issues for over 17 years at the National, county and local level. As a landscape architect she is fully aware of placemaking and the importance of parks as an integral component in the community. Over the years, she has assisted in managing multi-million dollar projects with the National Park Service, developed numerous Watershed/Greenspace plans throughout Cuyahoga County and helped raise over $2 million in private and public funding for the implementation of the Euclid Creek Watershed Plan. She holds a Bachelors’ Degree in Landscape Architecture and recently received a Masters in Environmental Management from Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment.
Jim Kastelic (Volunteer Advisor)
Recommended Letters of Support
Sustainability Institute – CMNH – David Beach
UCI- Chris Ronayne
Cleveland Metroparks
Cleveland City Council persons (Zone, Polensek, Pierce-Scott, Westbrook, Cimperman)
City of Cleveland
Cleveland Urban League
CDC’s – Northeast Shores, Detroit Shoreway,
State of Ohio, Division of Parks
Friends of Edgewater Park
Euclid Beach Now
Cuyahoga County
Cleveland Cuyahoga Port Authority
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
Greater Cleveland Partnership
Wendy Park Foundation
Dike 14 Collaborative
Senator George Voinovich
State Representative Kenny Yuko
State Representative Eugene Miller
CONTENTS:
The Cleveland Lakefront’s Parks
History of Cleveland’s Lakefront
A New Approach To Our City’s Front Door: A Public-Private Partnership
A Case for a Cleveland Lakefront Park Conservancy
Key Staff / Recommended Letters of Support
Cleveland Waterfront Coalition