Cleveland Proposes North Coast Development Authority with Power to Realize Big Lakefront Dreams
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April 14, 2023
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After failing for decades to build a strong connection between downtown and Lake Erie, the City of Cleveland could soon have a powerful new tool to get the job done: a lakefront development authority.
On Monday April 24, Mayor Justin Bibb plans to introduce legislation to City Council to create a North Coast Development Authority empowered to raise hundreds of millions of dollars in private capital and government grants to shepherd big, complex projects to fruition across election cycles and administrations.