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Civic Vision 2000 Civic Vision 2000 & Beyond Staff Recomendations
Promote downtown Cleveland as the most attractive office center in northeast Ohio. O1. Promote downtown Cleveland as the most attractive office center in northeast Ohio.
Improve downtown's competitive position by maintaining the physical environment of downtown and by encouraging public and private investment which upgrades the appearance and vitality of downtown as an office district. O2. Improve downtown's competitive position by maintaining the public realm--streetscapes, parkland and plazas--and programming them for events and by encouraging public and private investment which upgrades the appearance and vitality of the downtown office district.
Consider appropriate incentives when necessary to ensure that downtown Cleveland continues to absorb the dominant share of the regional office market. O3. Maintain appropriate incentives when necessary to ensure that downtown Cleveland continues to absorb the dominant share of the regional office market. Address the competitive disadvantage created by the cost of parking in the central business district.
Promote the creation of a compact, convenient downtown office district by focusing major downtown office development projects within the core of the Central Business District. Support and encourage the development of well-designed pedestrian connectors which link office buildings to each other and to downtown's retail areas. O4. Promote the creation of a compact, convenient downtown office district by focusing major downtown office development projects within the core of the Central Business District.
Promote diversity in downtown office development by encouraging first floor retail, mixed-use development, and innovative design. Avoid creation of "office ghettos" by encouraging retail, residential, hotel and entertainment uses in and adjacent to office projects. O5. Promote pedestrian activity in the downtown office core by encouraging first floor retail, mixed-use development, and innovative, pedestrian-friendly design. Avoid creation of single use office projects by encouraging retail, residential, hotel and entertainment uses in and adjacent to office buildings.
Encourage the development of conveniently located, well designed office development. Wherever possible, promote joint use of parking garages and the development of first floor retail in garages located on major thoroughfares. O6. Encourage the development of conveniently located, well designed off-street parking to serve downtown office development. Promote dual use of parking garages for day-time and event parking. Where appropriate, encourage the development of first floor retail in garages to support surrounding office and residential buildings.
Provide high-quality transportation to and within the core of the Central Business District. Upgrade the quality of the downtown public transportation network by supporting the continued improvement of the Regional Transit Authority's bus system and by undertaking capital improvements identified as feasible by the Dual Hub Corridor Alternatives Analysis. Accommodate the needs of employees along Superior Avenue by extending the Waterfront Line south from the Lakefront through Playhouse Square and back to Tower City Center. O7. Provide high-quality public transportation to and within the core of the Central Business District. Upgrade the quality of the downtown public transportation network by supporting the continued improvement of the Regional Transit Authority's bus system. Encourage the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority to accommodate the needs of employees in the Quadrangle and Theater districts by undertaking the Euclid Corridor Improvement Project and by studying the extension of the Waterfront Line south from the Lakefront through Playhouse Square and back to Tower City Center.
Support The Plain Dealer's plans to build its new headquarters at East 18th Street and Superior Avenue, which will serve as another anchor at the eastern edge of downtown. O8. Encourage new office development and conversion of existing warehouse buildings for office uses along the Superior Avenue corridor east of East 13th Street by supporting The Plain Dealer's plans to build its new headquarters at East 18th Street and Superior Avenue.
Renovate 1.5 million square feet of vacant office space on Euclid Avenue. Adapt 2.7 million square feet of vacant office space on Euclid Avenue for hotel and residential development. O9. Encourage the conversion of Class C office space concentrated along Euclid and Prospect Avenues to alternative residential and commercial uses.
Create, in the long term, new commercial and office sites between East 9th Street and East 23rd Street along the altered Shoreway. Consequently, the southern edge of Burke Lakefront Airport would no longer be barricaded by freeway traffic. It would evolve into an appealing development parcel with outstanding views of Lake Erie, thus making downtown even more significant, meaningful and friendly. O10. Evaluate, for the long term, new commercial and office sites between East 9th Street and East 23rd Street along the altered Shoreway. These sites may evolve into highly competitive development parcels with outstanding views of Lake Erie.

Note: Sections emphasized indicate new text in the 1998 Staff Recommendations as compared to the 1988 Civic Vision 2000 plan. 

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