IMPLEMENTATION
Step Up Downtown includes recommendations for short-term priorities and long-term investments
Implementation Approach The Step Up Downtown plan ushers in an important phase in the evolution of Downtown Cleveland. In order to remain a competitive destination for jobs, new businesses and investment, Downtown must continue to move toward a livable 24/7 vital urban center. As essential steps to achieving these goals, this plan recommends that Downtown Cleveland Alliance continue its existing clean & safe, business development, and marketing initiatives (see Appendix C), and strengthen its leadership role in setting Downtown’s livability agenda. The planning process reinforced the importance of connectivity among Downtown’s attractions and districts and outlines a new placemaking role for DCA in partnership with a variety of civic and strategic partners. The action items enumerated below are recommendations that will help DCA and its partners realize the more fully-connected urban fabric envisioned at the outset of this process and corroborated by the market assessment and public outreach, while also working towards a Downtown Cleveland that is appealing and accessible across all demographics. Recommended actions are organized into three categories: • ENVIRONMENT – Public realm enhancements to increase connectivity within and between the major nodes of the development framework described within. (Connections and key sites from within the report are referenced by number parenthetically). • ECONOMY – Business development and marketing initiatives that augment and capitalize on a more fully connected Downtown Cleveland. • EXPERIENCE – Strategic initiatives that support - and make it easier for people to experience - Downtown Cleveland’s improved connectivity. The time frames for the Short Term: Mid Term: Long Term:
action items below are conceived as follows: 0 – 2 years 2 – 5 years Beyond 5 years 53