Who Can I Contact?
Looking for contacts to improve or program your neighborhood park? Want to connect with other residents and organizations improving Cleveland parks? Just want to reach out to Cleveland parks and greenspace professionals? The Coalition has compiled a database of resources for residents and organizations below:
Parks & Greenspace Focused Organizations
Our Coalition is made up of multiple organizations working to promote high quality and high quantity parks and greenspaces across Cleveland. Each organization has unique services, resources, and opportunities.
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Coalition
Coalition
Land Conservation
Name
Black Environmental Leaders Association
Address
34194 Aurora Road, #236, Solon, OH 44139
Website
Phone
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216-635-3200
216-830-2770
216-361-0042
216-241-2414
216-307-4069
Mission
Black Environmental Leaders Association (BEL) are aligned as stewards of the natural and built environment through collaboration and partnership, to raise awareness and advocate for environmental and economic justice.
Neighborhood Planners
The Planning Department at the City of Cleveland has several neighborhood planners each devoted to specific neighborhoods across Cleveland. You can use these planners as a resource for what’s happening in your neighborhood and as a representative of the City’s planning objectives.
Website
(216) 664-3550
216-664-2561
City of Cleveland Contracts
A complex network of city departments and officials play a role in improving, maintaining, and programming Cleveland’s parks and greenspaces. The Coalition has compiled contact information for a variety of City officials who play a role in our city’s parks and greenspaces. If you want help determining who to contact, send us an email!
The Division of Park Maintenance and Properties is responsible for the development and implementation of Citywide property maintenance management, and oversees Cleveland Parks, Cemeteries, Golf Courses,
Greenhouses, and Urban Forestry, along with the maintenance of vacant lots.
The Division of Recreation is responsible for the recreation programs and facilities Citywide. They can assist with the programming of the Neighborhood Recreation and Resource Centers (NRRCs) and the permitting required to use park and recreation facilities.
Cleveland Councilmembers
Your Cleveland Councilmember has the potential to be a powerful advocate for local parks and greenspaces in your ward. Some Councilmembers even has discretionary funds that can be used to fund City park improvements outside of traditional City operations.
Community Development Corporations
Community Development Corporation’s (CDC) are non profits representing your neighborhood that can serve as a bridge between City government and residents – they often promote affordable housing, social and safety services, and economic development through grants and city funding. Coalition member Cleveland Neighborhood Progress has a list below:
Resident-Led Parks & Greenspace Groups
There is a large network of Friends of Groups (neighbor-led + park-specific), community gardens, and resident-led parks and greenspace groups across Cleveland. The Coalition works to provide resources for these groups and bring them in contact with the City, organizations, and each other.
Email parkscoalitioncle@gmail.com to get connected with other resident groups
Cleveland Environmental Advocacy Coalition
Cleveland Metroparks
Cleveland Neighborhood Progress
N/A
4101 Fulton Parkway, Cleveland, OH 44144
To pursue actionable objectives and locally-designed policy recommendations for issues including: environmental justice, water, land and green space, infrastructure and transportation, as well as energy and air quality.
Protecting nature, connecting communities and inspiring conservation of our world.
Community Support
Coalition
Cleveland Tree Coalition
11327 Shaker Blvd #500w, Cleveland, OH 44104
N/A
To foster equitable revitalization throughout Cleveland’s neighborhoods by strengthening the community development ecosystem.
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Cleveland Parks & Greenspace Coalition
Coalition
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877-758-4835
To bridge residents, industry experts, funders, political office holders and public partners to ensure accessible, beautiful, and culturally relevant greenspaces are enhancing the lives and health of all Clevelanders.
"To create a healthy, vibrant, sustainable, and equitable urban forest by working collaboratively to implement the Cleveland Tree Plan."
216-524-6580
216-698-8853
440-250-1700
216-241-3114
440-528-4150
County Soil & Water Conservation District
Cuyahoga County Land Bank
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): Region 5
Holden Forests and Gardens (Arboretum + Downtown Botanical Garden)
LAND Studio
Neighborhood Connections
The George Gund Foundation
Western Reserve Land Conservancy
Bellaire- Puritas
Department
Division of Park Maintenance
Division of Recreation
Rid-All Green Partnership
The Cleveland Foundation
Trust for Public Land
Neighborhood
Broadway-Slavic Village
Brooklyn Centre
Buckeye-Shaker Square
Buckeye-Woodhill
Central
Clark-Fulton
Collinwood-Nottingham
Cudell
Cuyahoga Valley
Detroit Shoreway
Downtown
Edgewater
Euclid-Green
Fairfax
Glenville
Goodrich-Kirtland Pk.
Hopkins
Hough
Jefferson
Kamm's
Kinsman
Lee-Harvard
Lee-Seville
Mount Pleasant
North Shore Collinwood
Ohio City
Old Brooklyn
St. Clair-Superior
Stockyards
Tremont
Union-Miles
University
West Boulevard
Parks & Recreation
Division
Government
Government
Community Support
Philanthropy
Land Conservation
3311 Perkins Ave #100, Cleveland, OH
812 Huron Rd E Suite 800, Cleveland, OH 44115
25089 Center Ridge Rd, Westlake, OH 44145
9550 Sperry Rd, Kirtland, OH 44094
11030 East Blvd, Cleveland, OH 44106
2519 Detroit Ave Suite 100, Cleveland, OH 44113
1971 E 66th St, Cleveland, OH 44103
1299 Superior Ave, Cleveland, OH 44114
8500 Station St Suite 230, Mentor, OH 44060
8129 Otter Dr, Cleveland, Ohio 44104
6601 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44103
45 W Prospect Ave #1845, Cleveland, OH 44115
1250 Old River Rd. #202, Cleveland, OH 44113
3850 Chagrin River Rd, Moreland Hills, OH 44022
Planner Name
Adam Davenport
Kenya Gray
Britany Pabon
Kim Scott
Kim Scott
Kenya Gray
Britany Pabon
Ariel Washington
Adam Davenport
SPA
Adam Davenport
SPA
Adam Davenport
Ariel Washington
Kim Scott
Ariel Washington
Kim Scott
Adam Davenport
Kim Scott
Adam Davenport
Adam Davenport
Kim Scott
Kenya Gray
Kenya Gray
Kim Scott
Ariel Washington
Britany Pabon
Britany Pabon
Ariel Washington
Britany Pabon
Britany Pabon
Kenya Gray
Kim Scott
Adam Davenport
Website
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Implement programs and practices that protect and restore healthy soil and water resources.
To advance [Cuyahoga County]’s broad policy goals within the prescribed perimeters of the State statute that established county land banks in Ohio. These goals include the revitalization of neighborhoods, the promotion of economic growth, and the creation of job and workforce development opportunities.
Government
Land Conservation
Public Space/Art
Community Support
Government
Community Support
Philanthropy
Land Conservation
Phone
To protect human health and the environment
To connect people with the wonder, beauty, and value of trees and plants, to inspire action for healthy communities
To create places and connect people through public art, sustainable building and design, collaborative planning, and dynamic programming.
To ignite the power of everyday people to create, together, an extraordinary world right where they live.
To strengthen regional cohesion, preserve existing infrastructure, and build a sustainable multimodal transportation system to support economic development and enhance quality of life in Northeast Ohio.
440-946-4400
216-721-1600
216-621-5413
Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency (NOACA)
Project EverGreen
Bringing people together to make a difference in how our yards, parks and communities create a greener, healthier, cooler Earth.
Mayor's Office of Capital Projects
216-861-3810
216-928-7518
Phone
(216) 664-3800
(216) 420-8392
(216) 664-2984
(216) 664-3803
(216) 664-3803
(216) 420-8392
(216) 664-2984
(216) 664-3806
(216) 664-3800
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(216) 664-3800
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(216) 664-3800
(216) 664-3806
(216) 664-3803
(216) 664-3806
(216) 664-3803
(216) 664-3800
(216) 664-3803
(216) 664-3800
(216) 664-3800
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(216) 420-8392
(216) 420-8392
(216) 664-3803
(216) 664-3806
(216) 664-2984
(216) 664-2984
(216) 664-3806
(216) 664-2984
(216) 664-2984
(216) 420-8392
(216) 664-3803
(216) 664-3800
Duties
To enhance the lives of all residents of Greater Cleveland, now and for generations to come, by working together with our donors to build community endowment, address needs through grantmaking, and provide leadership on key community issues.
The sole purpose of contributing to human well-being and the progress of society. Emphasis: climate change and environmental degradation, entrenched and accelerating inequality, especially racial inequity, and weakened democracy.
To create parks and protect land for people, ensuring healthy, livable communities for generations to come.
To provide the people of our region with essential natural assets through land conservation and restoration.
Division of Organized Sports
216-664-2561
Organized Sports is responsible for the management and use of athletic fields and complexes across City of Cleveland parks. Contact the Manager of Organized Sports if you need to reserve an athletic field or are curious how to volunteer with an organized sports league/learn about city offerings.
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Division of Special Events
Division of Architecture and Site Development
Economic Development
Planning Commission
216-664-2484
216-664-2231
216-664-3575
216-664-2406
216-664-2210
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The Division of Special Events and Marketing issues special-use permit applications for Cemeteries, the City Hall Rotunda, Malls B & C, Parks and Playgrounds, Public Square, Cultural Gardens, and the Rockefeller Park Greenhouse.
The Site Development section of the Division provides and researches landscape architectural/site plans and delivers technical assistance to the department. Its activities include the development and monitoring of l Capital Improvement Programs like the Park Improvement Program and Recreation Improvement Program
Neighborhood & District Plans, Comprehensive Citywide & Downtown Plans, Zoning Map & Code Amendments, Zoning Variance Review, Architectural Design Review, Streetscape and Other Public Improvement Planning, Transit and Transportation Planning, Subdivisions, Lot Splits & Consolidations
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