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PLACE O h i o C i t y i s t h e l a s t ve s t i ge o f t h e C o n n e c t i c u t We s te r n Re s e r ve wh i c h f o u n d e d t h e C i t y o f C l eve l a n d ove r 2 2 0 ye a r s a go. T h i s u n i q u e a r ra n ge m e nt l a i d t h e g r o u n d wo rk f o r s o m e o f t h e n e i g h b o rh o o d ’s m o s t r e c o g n i z a b l e a n d a dv a nt a ge o u s p hys i c a l f e a t u r e s . Na r r ow s t r e e t s a n d a r e l a t ive l y i nt a c t a l l ey n e t wo rk a l l ow f o r r e m a rk a b l y f ew d r iveways , i m p r ov i n g w a l k a b i l i t y. A s t r e e t n e t wo rk d eve l o p e d a s a s p o ke a n d h ub p a t te r n a r o u n d F ra n k l i n C i r c l e a l l ow f o r i nte r e s t i n g a n g l e s a n d te r m i n a t i o n v i s t a s t h a t h e l p c r e a t e a s e n s e o f p l a c e. P r ox i m i t y t o t h e wa te r f r o nt a n d D ow ntow n g ive r e s i d e nt s u n p a ra l l e l e d a c c e s s to j o b s a n d a m e n i t i e s . O h i o C i t y h a s f o u r n a t i o n a l l y r e g i s t e r e d h i s t o r i c d i s t r i c t s t h a t , wh e n c o m b i n e d , c r e a te t h e l a rge s t l o c a l l a n d m a rk s d i s t r i c t w i t h i n t h e C i t y o f C l eve l a n d a n d h e l p p r e s e r ve t h e m o s t i nt a c t c o l l e c t i o n o f Vi c t o r i a n r e s i d e nt i a l a n d c o m m e r c i a l a r c h i te c t u r e i n t h e C i t y o f C l eve l a n d . T h i s u n i q u e c o m b i n a t i o n o f h i s t o r i c a s s e t s a n d c h a r a c te r a l o n g w i t h a n a dv a nt a ge o u s l o c a t i o n a n d s m a r t p l a n n i n g , h ave a l l p l aye d a l a rge p a r t i n wh a t a t t ra c t s p e o p l e t o m ove t o a n d i nve s t i n t h e n e i g h b o rh o o d . T h i s a l s o c r e a te s i n h e r e nt te n s i o n b e t we e n p r e s e r v i n g t h e ve r y h i s to r i c c h a ra c te r t h a t i s i nte g ra l to O h i o C i t y ’s i d e nt i t y a n d b a l a n c i n g t h e b e n e f i t s o f s m a r t g r ow t h i n t h e f a c e o f m a rke t d e m a n d . O C I w i l l l e a d t h i s i m p o r t a nt e f f o r t t o e n s u r e t h a t o u r n e i g h b o rh o o d ’s h i s t o r y a n d v a l u e s , i n c l u d i n g a f f o r d a b i l i t y a n d e c o n o m i c d ive r s i t y, a r e m a i nt a i n e d wh i l e s e r v i n g a s a b r i g ht s p o t o f r e s i d e nt i a l a n d c o m m e r c i a l g r ow t h w i t h i n t h e c i t y. A s we n av i ga t e t h e s e c h a l l e n ge s a n d o p p o r t u n i t i e s , O h i o C i t y i s a l s o p r e s e nt e d w i t h a u n i q u e o p p o r t u n i t y to p l a n a n d i m p l e m e nt a c o m p r e h e n s ive c o n n e c t iv i t y p l a n t h a t w i l l e n h a n c e b o t h t h e p hys i c a l a n d s o c i a l f a b r i c o f t h e n e i g h b o rh o o d , r e i n f o r c i n g a n d r e b u i l d i n g c o n n e c t i o n s to o u r n a t u ra l a s s e t s , o u r r e g i o n a l t ra n s p o r t a t i o n sy s t e m ( i n c l u d i n g n a t u r e t ra i l s ) , a n d p r o m o t i n g g r e e n a n d e f f i c i e nt p l a n n i n g p r i n c i p l e s t h a t b e n e f i t o u r r e s i d e nt s a n d o u r r e g i o n a s a wh o l e.

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