City of Cleveland:   www.city.cleveland.oh.us,   Departments of Parks,  Recreation, and Properties and Port Control (airport, harbors): some of the city’s 157 parks are part of the waterfront notably Kirtland, Gordon, Harold T Clark, Skatepark, www.planning.city.cleveland.oh.us, Connecting Cleveland:The Waterfront District Plan-the master plan for the waterfront and other updates

 

Cuyahoga County:  www.planning.co.cuyahoga.oh.us, click on projects for info about Whiskey Island, the Towpath Trail, and the Cuyahoga Valley Initiative, the Initiative is a comprehensive rethinking of the Valley

 

Cleveland Cuyahoga County Port Authority: www.portofcleveland.com Maritime issues-international and Great Lakes, port relocation info at www.yourfutureport.com

 

State of Ohio’s Cleveland Lakefront State Park:  www.clevelandlakefront.org, Info on major parks of the lakefront-Edgewater, E 55th St Marina,Gordon, Euclid Beach, Villa Angela/Wildwood

www.dnr.state.oh.us/parks, info from Dept of Natural Resources site

 

Ohio Dept of Transportation: www.innerbelt.org, click on Lakefront West for info on the West Shoreway project

 

Cleveland Metroparks:   www.clemetpark.com, 5 of the 17 reservations have a connection with the Cleveland Waterfront or Cleveland, potential for expanded presence on the waterfront

 

Army Corps of Engineers:  www.lrb.usace.army.mil/missions/Cleveland/index.html, The Corps maintains navigation in the river and harbor thru  their DMMP (Dredge Material Management Plan), selection of the new site for dredge is part of the port relocation plan     

 

EcoCityCleveland: www.ecocitycleveland.org, archive site-current site is green Citybluelake, for a primer on waterfront design see the BLUE Project -Best Practices for Waterfront Design-this is a joint project with CWC, www.gcbl.org, Green City Blue Lake site updates and blogging on current events

 

Ohio Canal Corridor:  www.ohiocanal.org, the Towpath Trail extension from Harvard Ave north to the lake, part of regional park system that follows the historic Ohio & Erie Canal

 

Flats Oxbow Association:  www.clevelandflats.org,  organization for various stake-holders in the flats (recreational, commercial/martime,  housing, etc), newsletter,  history

 

Cuyahoga River Remedial Action Project (RAP),  www.cuyahogariverrap.org, Action plan for removing lower river from list of endangered waterways, “Green” bulkheads project, American Heritage River

 

Greater Cleveland Partnership: www.gcpartnership.com, major business influence on waterfront planning and projects

 

Flats East Bank Project: www.fairmountproperties.com, see retail development, info on other sites also

 

Cleveland Foundation: www.clevelandfoundation.org, ferry project to Canada, advanced wind energy

 

Northeast Ohio Area Coordinating Agency:  www.noaca.org,  federally designated planning agency for transportation and air and water quality issues for 5 counties of NE Ohio

 

Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District:  www.neorsd.org, wastewater treatment, massive CSO (Combined sewer overflow) project, water quality issues

 

Cuyahoga Soil and Water Conservation District:  www.cuyahogaswcd.org, click onGrant funded projects for Dike 14 Enviromental Study Fact Sheet 2007: Sampling of pollutants and meaning for the nature preserve

 

Cuyahoga County Engineer’s Office:  www.cuyctyengineers.org, Towpath Trail info, Spearheading actual construction of Towpath from Harvard Ave to Canal Basin (under the Detroit Superior Bridge)

 

Cleveland Division of Water: www.clevelandwater.com

 

Dike 14 EEC: www.dike14.org, Environmental Educational Collaborative, main organization for  realizing transition of Dike 14 to public nature preserve, Dike 14 Nature Preserve Committee also involved

 

Friends of Big Creek: www.friendsofbigcreek.org, public spaces from the Cuyahoga River to the Zoo to Brookside Park to trails in Brooklyn and Parma

 

Friends of Edgewater State Park:  email:liveincleveland.com, friends group for Edgewater State Park

 

Friends of  Kirtland Park:   email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , Kirtland Park at E49th and the South  Marginal Road

 

Friends of Euclid Creek: www.friendsofeuclidcreek.nhlink.net

 

Friends of Whiskey Island: www.citizensvision.org

 

Friends of the Crooked River: www.cuyahogariver.net, stewardship of its namesake, presenters of River Day in May

 

Wendy Park Foundation: www.wendypark.org, info presented by Wendy Park Foundation

 

Cleveland Rowing Association: www.clevelandrows.org, rowing on the Cuyahoga

 

Cleveland Bikes:  www.clevelandbikes.org, advocates for cycling friendly waterfront

 

Trust For Public Land: www.tpl.org

 

www.lemta.com, boating advocates, marinas

 

www.wgmather.nhlink.net, Steamship William G Mather at North Coast harbor

 

www.usscod.org, WW2 submarine at North Coast harbor

 

www.windustrious.org, advocates of wind farm  for offshore Cleveland