SEE ALSO: CONTACTS, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, ASSESSMENT PROGRAM, INDUSTRIAL-COMMERCIAL LAND BANK,VACANT PROPERTY INITIATIVE
Land development is an integral component of the City's overall economic development strategy. Land must be readily available and affordable throughout the City to attract new businesses and to help existing businesses meet their expansion needs.
To meet this demand, the Department of Economic Development manages a Brownfield Redevelopment Program, consisting of:
The goals of the Brownfield Redevelopment Program are to:
- Identify potential sites that could not be returned to productive re-use
- Help developers and businesses determine costs associated with redeveloping a site
- Maintain greenspace
- Redevelop vacant properties that will create new revenues for public schools and public services
- Re-use existing infrastructure instead of building new infrastructure
- Protect City residents and the environment
- Create and retain jobs
- Encourage more sustainable regional development
Photo: The Trinity Redevelopment site was the former Monarch Aluminum facility on Cleveland's West Side
