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Welcome to Detroit Shoreway A Neighborhood with a view, a community with a vision

Welcome to Detroit Shoreway A Neighborhood with a view, a community with a vision. Detroit Shoreway Community Development Organization. Detroit Shoreway – “A neighborhood with a view, A community with a vision”. Neighborhood Profile.

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Welcome to Detroit Shoreway A Neighborhood with a view, a community with a vision

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  1. Welcome to Detroit ShorewayA Neighborhood with a view, a community with a vision Detroit Shoreway Community Development Organization

  2. Detroit Shoreway – “A neighborhood with a view, A community with a vision” Neighborhood Profile

  3. Detroit Shoreway – “A neighborhood with a view, A community with a vision” Neighborhood Profile • 15,000 people call Detroit Shoreway home • Detroit Shoreway is in the center of the Near West Side neighborhoods – a very densely populated community with 77,000 people • If it were incorporated as a city, the Near West Side would be Ohio’s eighth largest city • Detroit Shoreway is one of the few lakefront communities in Northeast Ohio where you can walk to the beach • The 200-acre Edgewater State Park, Ohio’s most popular State Park, borders the northern end of the neighborhood

  4. Detroit Shoreway – “A neighborhood with a view, A community with a vision” Neighborhood Profile • As recently as the 1970 census, the Detroit • Shoreway neighborhood had the highest number • of people who walked to work • The closure of the two largest employers, • Westinghouse and Eveready Battery, sent the • neighborhood into a tailspin • By 1990, the neighborhood had a 40% poverty rate • and median home sales price of $16,000 • We’ve been dedicated to rebuilding the • neighborhood’s housing market for the last two • decades to attract private sector investment • through market rate housing development and • acquisition and redevelopment of multi-family • buildings along Detroit Avenue

  5. Detroit Shoreway – “A neighborhood with a view, A community with a vision” Grassroots Origins • Founded in 1973 as a grassroots organization focused on working with residents and businesses toward the goal of revitalizing the neighborhood. • DSCDO mission: Through collaboration, DSCDO aims to guide the physical, economic and social development of the Detroit Shoreway neighborhood toward an improved quality of life.

  6. Gordon Square Arts District - Leveraging the Arts as a Tool for Economic Development $30M Capital Campaign • Renovation of Capitol Theatre • Renovation of Cleveland Public Theatre • Construction of Near West Theatre • Detroit Avenue Streetscape • Parking Improvements

  7. Gordon Square Arts District - Leveraging the Arts as a Tool for Economic Development Capitol Theatre • 1920s-era theatre fell into disrepair in 1970s and was vacant for 25 years • $7 million renovation of Capitol Theatre, completed in October 2009 • The cornerstone of the Gordon Square Arts District (GSAD) will bring over 100,000 people annually to GSAD

  8. Gordon Square Arts District - Leveraging the Arts as a Tool for Economic Development Near West Theatre • Grassroots, intergenerational theatre with an emphasis on serving youth • A new performance center will provide a home for Near West Theatre in the Gordon Square Arts District

  9. Gordon Square Arts District - Leveraging the Arts as a Tool for Economic Development Cleveland Public Theatre • Built in 1911, it is the oldest standing theatre in Cleveland • One of the nation’s leading experimental & political performance venues sponsoring dance, music, poetry, and performance arts • Phase I Renovation: • Establish foundation for larger-scale renovation • Expand available facilities • Improve operational capacity of the existing buildings

  10. Gordon Square Arts District - Leveraging the Arts as a Tool for Economic Development Parking Lot Expansion, Way-finding and Fencing

  11. Gordon Square Arts District - Leveraging the Arts as a Tool for Economic Development Team NEO – Economic Impact Study To date: 60 new businesses since 2006 520 new employees in the district When completed in 2013: 643 jobs in GSAD 773 jobs in Cleveland 950 jobs in Ohio Economic output of $371 million

  12. Economic Development Over 75 new businesses since 2006

  13. Events pARTy in Gordon Square 12,000 visitors 2nd Saturday in June Dyngus Day 5,000 visitors Easter Monday Dia de los Muertos 2,500 visitors 1st Saturday in November Wrapped in Tradition 2,000 visitors 2nd Saturday in December Third Fridays 1,500 visitors Monthly Artwalk

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