We want to hear from you!
Plans for the lakefront are now building on prior feedback as the project partners work to refine the original vision for CHEERS. What are your priorities for the lakefront? Take this interactive survey to learn about CHEERS and let us know how we can make accessing, interacting with, and appreciating the Cleveland lakefront a better experience.
Responses to the survey will be accepted through April 15th, 2023.
Past Meeting Information
Check back here periodically for presentations, videos, and other information from the many community and stakeholder engagement opportunities we will be holding as CHEERS progresses.
December 16, 2022 Stakeholder Kick-Off
2022-12-16 Stakeholder Kick-Off Presentation
2022-12-16 Stakeholder Kick-Off Meeting Recording
About CHEERS
The Cleveland Harbor Eastern Embayment Resilience Strategy (CHEERS) project is a concept that emerged from a yearlong study to determine how to transform Cleveland’s lakeshore through reconnecting communities to the lake, improving public health, bolstering the economy, and benefiting the environment and natural habitat. It is now entering a design phase with the help of a consultant team to move the original study towards implementation. Stakeholders and the support received from the community are crucial to the success of CHEERS. Community engagement kicks off in early 2023 – check back for updates!
CHEERS will utilize beneficial use of dredge material to improve shoreline resilience, build habitat, expand parks, and work to heal damage done by past unjust developmental practices and industrial use. Click here for a summary of background on CHEERS, and here for the full version of the initial plan.
CHEERS is a partnership between Black Environmental Leaders, the City of Cleveland, Cleveland Metroparks, Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Ohio Department of Transportation, and the Port of Cleveland.
The Partners
This stage of CHEERS focuses on detailed investigations of existing conditions on the project site and will develop engineering documents for the in-water structures.
- The project partners will also continue community engagement and park planning with an eye towards phasing and implementation timeframes.
- Site investigations and engineering are underway to move the project towards permitting from state and federal agencies
- Nearly $6M in funding has been received from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s National Coastal Resilience Fund and the State of Ohio’s Maritime Assistance Program, along with local match commitments from the six project partners.
Main Consultant Team
CHEERS News
CHEERS Project Advances to Design Phase - October 2022
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