A big heap of city projects in the past two years have turned increasingly to a type of planning reliant on what could be called data questions: What do we have? Where do we have it?
As the city eyes upgrades, maintenance and new builds for parks so that every resident is within a short walk of amenities, the question remains how to pay for it
What's at the data-driven heart of the 15-minute city concept — loosely defined as building a city where most of residents' needs can be met within a short walk, bicycle or transit ride from their house — was seen at City Hall's debut to the public of its behemoth Parks and Rec Master Plan, displayed in a sweltering hot room at the Michael Zone Rec Center in Ohio City on Tuesday.
Every single one of Cleveland's 159 parks would be recategorized into one of six"proposed classifications"—as a regional park, a special facility, a civic space, etc.—which would, in turn, determine what exact amenity or improvement that park would need. That is to say, more bike racks, or paved loop trails, or permanent restrooms, or clear connections to a nearby RTA stop.
"That's why people aren't going there," he added."People just want nice things. They don't want to go to a basketball court that has no nets. Or go to a playground with a swing's not working. They just want the most basic things—and be able to It's also a balancing act with funding: Cleveland gets roughly $15 million a year, cash majorly from general obligation bonds , to infuse into new parks, like Clark Field in Tremont, or to brush up those begging for new paint jobs or 21st century seating."I mean, it's usually like a million dollars to do one single park," he said."That's fully taking everything out, putting something new right back in.
Dobshinsky said that OLIN and MOCAP will explore a wider range of funding models in the third phase of the parks plan. But ideas seem to be endless—Cleveland could tap into a plethora of sponsors, of donations from nonprofits, even source dollars garnered from the Shore-to-Core-to-Shore tax increment financing program that City Council passed last month.
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