PATH CLEARED FOR PARK

Port of Cleveland board OKs Irishtown Bend legal settlement with Bobby, Tony George

BY KIM PALMER AND MICHELLE JARBOE

e Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority’s board of directors has signed o on a legal settlement that clears the way for stabilization of the Irishtown Bend hillside and the eventual creation of a 23-acre riverfront park.

In a unanimous vote on Tuesday, March 28, the agency’s board authorized a deal between a slew of civic partners and father-andson real estate investors Tony and Bobby George, who own the last piece of property needed for the hillside work. e settlement, which still requires approval from the board of park commissioners for the Cleveland Metroparks, will end a stalled eminent domain proceeding and a tortuous legal ght. e