The park coalition needs to raise another $28 million
Irishtown Bend in 2019. A recent $5 million matching grant this week advances the untouched riverfront space toward its projected three-year evolution into a 23-acre park.
With about $17 million committed, the group needs some $28 million more by 2025-2026 to keep on schedule. In 2021, the Cleveland Metroparks made a $3.3 million commitment to the build Irishtown's riverfront trail and boardwalk. The Gund Foundation also recently donated $3.1 million to the effort.Since July, the Port of Cleveland, which is in charge of the two-year, $53-million land stabilization process, has beenon the corner of West 25th and Detroit under claims of eminent domain.
The Port and its partners have filed notice of an appeal to the 8th District. Briefs are due later this month and in January.Tom McNair, head of Ohio City, Inc., brushed off any anxiety about George's half-acre property and said with momentum on the funding side there's every reason to focus on the work at hand and not the lone property holdout.
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