SOBA Public Library

Cleveland’s east side Lake Erie shoreline has been impacted by industry and transportation infrastructure. A dynamic new plan known as the Cleveland Harbor Eastern Embayment Resilience Strategy, or CHEERS, envisions doubling park space, improving neighborhood connections, and protecting existing infrastructure. Hear from representatives from two of the six agencies leading this work about how the team worked extensively with residents and stakeholders and how that input is centered in the resulting plan. CHEERS leverages the beneficial use of dredge material, which is necessary to keep commerce on the Cuyahoga River, to expand shoreline habitat, proposes creating a protected cove for paddling, and fulfills the request heard most frequently from our neighbors: to safely touch the water and truly connect with Lake Erie.