As 2019 comes to a close, we wanted to take a moment to highlight the past year’s accomplishments. Thanks to the hard work of our neighbors who live, work, create, study, and heal in the Campus District, our community looks and feels even brighter than it did one year ago.
Here is a look back at what we have achieved together:
We added vibrant colors to our streets. Community members painted over 20 light poles within the Superior Arts District, strong women from the Norma Herr Women’s Center and courageous fifth graders from Campus International School created and inspired Guy-Vincent’s designs of three beautiful murals at East 22nd Street and Payne Avenue, and artists and stakeholders took visitors on Superior Avenue’s journey from Cleveland’s historic garment district to thriving artist district at Avenue of the Arts.
We welcomed new staff members to the team. Loretta Wilson joined us as the Superior Arts Improvement District’s outreach worker, connecting to individuals experiencing homelessness in our community. Michael Collier came on board in the beginning of 2019 as a Business Development Manager for both CDI and Downtown Cleveland Alliance and Morgan Clark started in the summer as our AmeriCorps VISTA member.
We connected. We began Where are we Wednesdays?, spending our lunch hours around the District at St. Vincent Charity Hospital, Artefino, and Tri-C Metro’s Campus learning the needs and interests of our community members. We hosted fall and spring clean-ups and conversations along East 22nd Street with Central Promise Ambassadors, Cleveland State University students, and Tri-C students. We continued our Superior Gatherings, Quarterly Business Meetings, and built new relationships with Downtown Cleveland Residents.
We rebranded. With the advice of Campus District’s Marketing Task Force and the hard work of Muse Content Group, we’ve rolled out an updated logo, mission, vision, and more!
We welcomed new projects to the District. Tri-C Metro Campus’s redesigned Campus Center is an amazing community asset that gives the Campus a warm, and open feeling. New residential projects like Prospect Yard (opening this month!) and 2125 Superior that broke ground this year are adding new residential units to the neighborhood.
Above all, Campus District takes pride in the connections it has made with our community members and we look forward to building those relationships in 2020. Our accomplishments are reflections of these relationships. As we move into the new year, we are proud to say we are Cleveland’s Community of Purpose.
