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Axios
5 days ago
- Politics
- Axios
Top Democrats descend on Cleveland for mayoral summit
A group of high-profile Democrats is gathering in Cleveland on Friday to preach the message of "community over chaos." State of play: The summit, hosted by Mayor Justin Bibb and the Democratic Mayors Association, draws national figures like Sherrod Brown, Ro Khanna and Andy Beshear alongside a number of big-city mayors. The event purports to juxtapose the chaos in D.C. with the daily problem-solving and progress made from the trenches of municipal governance. What they're saying: " We're on the frontlines of every issue, driving progress every day," Bibb said in a statement. "I'm proud to welcome my fellow mayors to Cleveland for this summit as we come together to focus on what it takes to deliver for our communities and make them stronger." Between the lines: Bibb currently serves as president of the mayors organization and has used the perch to raise both his and Cleveland's national profile. Zoom in: The schedule includes remarks from Khanna ("Building Community and a Winning Agenda"), a fireside chat with Beshear, and a series of discussions loosely framed around sustaining community and resilience.
Axios
15-07-2025
- Business
- Axios
Bibb launches "the Cleveland ERA," a new development agenda
In Cleveland, "era" is no longer just a word — it's an acronym. State of play: On Tuesday, Mayor Justin Bibb launched what he's calling "the Cleveland ERA," or Economic Resurgence in Action. It's a development agenda seeking to revitalize the city's economy and infrastructure. What they're saying: "Cleveland built its legacy on industrial innovation," Bibb said in a press release. "Now, we're opening the toolbox again — unlocking land, fueling development, and building a future where opportunity flows from our factories to our neighborhoods." Zoom in: The Cleveland ERA includes waterfront development, business attraction via shovel-ready industrial sites, and the Cleveland Hopkins modernization effort. Flashback: Bibb soft-launched "the Cleveland ERA" at his 2025 State of the City address. "We can build things in Cleveland and lead the industrial revival of Ohio and the nation," he said then.
Axios
15-07-2025
- Business
- Axios
Cleveland launches search for lakefront developers
The city of Cleveland is officially seeking developers to transform up to 50 acres of its downtown lakefront into a year-round neighborhood — this time without the Cleveland Browns. Why it matters: This is the city's most ambitious lakefront redevelopment effort in decades. Mayor Justin Bibb sees it as an opportunity to undo past planning failures and finally connect the downtown core to Lake Erie. If successful, it would reorient downtown toward the water — a key component of Bibb's "Shore to Core to Shore" development framework — and create new housing, jobs, and cultural destinations in an area long occupied by surface lots and the Browns stadium. Driving the news: The city and its nonprofit development partner, the North Coast Waterfront Development Corporation (NCWDC), issued a formal request Tuesday to solicit interested developers. Developers have until Sept. 19 to submit. Zoom in: The city encourages a mix of uses on the waterfront site between West 3rd and East 9th streets, including retail, housing, entertainment, hotels, and public spaces. The request offers flexibility to repurpose or replace the existing stadium, which the city expects to be demolished in 2029 if the Browns move to Brook Park. Bibb told reporters last week that he hopes the Haslams will be "good corporate citizens" and contribute to demolition costs upon their exit. State of play: The city developed a lakefront master plan over three years of public engagement to identify core values for development, including racial equity, economic opportunity and climate resilience. Between the lines: That work was spearheaded by the landscape architecture firm Field Operations. The current request is for developers to execute on the vision. By the numbers: The city has already secured $150 million in federal and state grants to construct a pedestrian land bridge connecting downtown to the project site. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2027. The city is also offering an array of "incentive opportunities," including residential and commercial tax abatements, TIFs, the Opportunity Zone designation, job creation tax credits and proceeds from a New Community Authority to finance infrastructure and public amenities. The last word: Bibb wrote the 50-acre North Coast site "sits at the intersection of civic pride, economic opportunity, and global ambition" in an introductory letter to developers.
Yahoo
02-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb isn't happy about the Browns' relocation to Brook Park
The Cleveland Browns got what they wanted from Ohio, in the form of $600 million in taxpayer money and a change to the law that would have otherwise kept them from leaving downtown Cleveland for suburban Brook Park. And while the Browns are very happy about the outcome, Cleveland is not. "We are deeply disappointed that the final state budget includes both a $600 million public subsidy for a domed stadium in Brook Park and changes to Ohio's [Art] Modell Law — provisions we strongly opposed and requested be removed," Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb said Tuesday, via "Relocating the Browns will divert economic activity from downtown, create a competing entertainment district, and disrupt the momentum of our lakefront redevelopment." The change to the Art Modell Law allows Ohio teams to move within Ohio. Given that the Ohio legislature created the initial law after the Browns moved to Baltimore in 1996, it seems that there's little room for Cleveland to fight the legislature's decision to change the law. The planned use of unclaimed funds to pay the $600 million to the Browns may become a bigger impediment to the plan. A 2009 decision of the Ohio Supreme Court could provide the basis of a challenge to the plan to tap into the money for the purposes of funding the new stadium. Put simply, "unclaimed funds" are not abandoned. They remain the property of those who have not claimed them. The argument would be that those funds cannot be redistributed by the state for the purposes of building a new football stadium. And so, even as the Browns declare victory and rush forward to make plans for selling season tickets to their new stadium, there's a chance that Ohio will have to scrap the plan to pay the $600 million via unclaimed funds and come up with an alternative approach. The one approach that will never happen is to put the issue to the voters. When the voters have a chance to say whether their money will be used to subsidize the multibillionaire owners of sports teams, the response is usually, "Hell no." As it arguably should be. With the values of NFL teams skyrocketing, why shouldn't NFL teams pay for their own stadiums? The habit of using public funds for such projects feels less like good governance and more like the misadventures of Dennis Moore.
NBC Sports
02-07-2025
- Business
- NBC Sports
Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb isn't happy about the Browns' relocation to Brook Park
The Cleveland Browns got what they wanted from Ohio, in the form of $600 million in taxpayer money and a change to the law that would have otherwise kept them from leaving downtown Cleveland for suburban Brook Park. And while the Browns are very happy about the outcome, Cleveland is not. 'We are deeply disappointed that the final state budget includes both a $600 million public subsidy for a domed stadium in Brook Park and changes to Ohio's [Art] Modell Law — provisions we strongly opposed and requested be removed,' Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb said Tuesday, via 'Relocating the Browns will divert economic activity from downtown, create a competing entertainment district, and disrupt the momentum of our lakefront redevelopment.' The change to the Art Modell Law allows Ohio teams to move within Ohio. Given that the Ohio legislature created the initial law after the Browns moved to Baltimore in 1996, it seems that there's little room for Cleveland to fight the legislature's decision to change the law. The planned use of unclaimed funds to pay the $600 million to the Browns may become a bigger impediment to the plan. A 2009 decision of the Ohio Supreme Court could provide the basis of a challenge to the plan to tap into the money for the purposes of funding the new stadium. Put simply, 'unclaimed funds' are not abandoned. They remain the property of those who have not claimed them. The argument would be that those funds cannot be redistributed by the state for the purposes of building a new football stadium. And so, even as the Browns declare victory and rush forward to make plans for selling season tickets to their new stadium, there's a chance that Ohio will have to scrap the plan to pay the $600 million via unclaimed funds and come up with an alternative approach. The one approach that will never happen is to put the issue to the voters. When the voters have a chance to say whether their money will be used to subsidize the multibillionaire owners of sports teams, the response is usually, 'Hell no.' As it arguably should be. With the values of NFL teams skyrocketing, why shouldn't NFL teams pay for their own stadiums? The habit of using public funds for such projects feels less like good governance and more like the misadventures of Dennis Moore.
