The CLEVLOT Public Showcase was a public event open to all from 4:00pm - 7:00pm on Tuesday, November 14th. The flexible format allowed attendees to come whenever they were available and stay as long as they'd like. Held at Killingworth Meeting Place, it was the third time a CLEVLOT session was held at this venue. As with other CLEVLOT events, meeting venues were chosen within the project’s target neighborhoods of Union-Miles, Central, Kinsman, Buckeye-Woodhill, Buckeye-Shaker, and Mount Pleasant.
Event details:
November 14th, 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Killingsworth Meeting Place
4127 E 131st St, Cleveland, OH 44105
The goal of this event was to provide an open invitation to discuss the collaborative work generated during the CLEVLOT process and collect public feedback, so we can continue to develop the recommended tools with confidence.
The event was a drop-in style format without a fixed program schedule. Attendees were welcome to arrive at their convenience. Once an attendee was greeted, they were given a printed handout with definitions of common terms and invited to contribute their expertise. Attendees were guided through different interactive stations to share their feedback. The event included six engagement stations. The first station provided an introduction to the CLEVLOT goals and overall process.
The next four stations focused on each working group:
Planning Criteria, Metrics & Integration
Long-term Stewardship & Support
Process Transparency & Community Engagement
Policy & Funding
The working group stations had large graphic boards that visually described the tools developed to respond to each working group’s problem statement.
Finally, the sixth station included comment cards for participants to share additional thoughts.
Comments received from all the stations were collected and documented. The feedback will be shared with project partners and Working Group members to help guide next steps in the CLEVLOT process.
We are grateful to all residents, advocacy group members, City staff, and community members who participated in the CLEVLOT Public Showcase. The event was a valuable opportunity to engage new individuals in the process and share recent updates with long-time participants. We look forward to continuing to build strong partnerships as we collaboratively build tools to guide vacant land reuse projects and management strategies for the advancement of environmental justice, public health, and quality of life for Cleveland’s overburdened communities.