Campus District is excited to begin pivoting from our pandemic responses back to broader and long-term neighborhood initiatives. The Board of Directors recently identified the priorities for the district in 2022 and 2023. We’ve organized our programming into four different priorities:
Neighborhood Programming
We’ll build upon our expertise in bringing the community together through public art, mixers, and trauma resilience trainings:
Public Art: We will launch a Public Art Matching Program in Superior Arts District. Superior Arts Improvement Corporation dollars will be set-aside to support and encourage public art creation in the District.
Neighborhood Mixers: As long as it remains safe, we’ll host quarterly neighborhood mixers that showcase the work of many of our community members and we’ll also explore the possibility of a large showcase event. Information coming soon on our first mixer on March 10th at Rust Belt Riders!
Trauma Resilience Trainings: In partnership with Ohio City Inc. and MetroHealth’s Institute for H.O.P.E., we’ll offer a series of trauma resilience trainings for all stakeholders in the district.
Business Development
Campus District Inc., will serve as a bridge between our anchor institutions and our small business community. Our work will include ways to connect students into the neighborhood through class projects.
Planning, Infrastructure, and Advocacy
With multiple master plans occurring simultaneously in the district (CSU, Health Campus, etc.), Campus District will serve as the coordinating organization to ensure that all the processes are communicating with one another. We’ll act as a strong neighborhood advocate for projects like:
The Superior Avenue Midway: A two-directional protected bike-lane that runs from Public Square to East 55th Street down the center of Superior Avenue.
The East 22nd Street Bridge over the Innerbelt: A reconstruction plan for the East 22nd Street Bridge that acts as a cap over the freeway, improving the experience and safety for cyclists and pedestrians on the bridge.
People’s Streets Project on Payne Avenue: a traffic calming, and arts initiative project managed by Campus District and MidTown Cleveland. The project will paint seven crosswalks on Payne Avenue between East 22nd Street and East 40th Street and add a mural to the Payne Avenue bridge over 1-90.
Organizational Growth & Partnerships
Campus District will continue to seek out strategic partnerships with other Community Development Corporations and advocacy organizations in the form of project collaboration. As new businesses locate in the district, we’ll work to grow our membership base in order to be representative of everyone.
