A weekly webinar series highlighting the voices and progress in Downtown Cleveland.
Since 2018, Downtown Cleveland Alliance’s “Downtown Now!” spotlight in Community Leader, a quarterly publication by Cleveland Magazine, has highlighted the voices and progress of our community.
Now, as we navigate the challenges specific to our neighborhood and beyond – and continue to work to make Downtown a clean, safe and investment-ready environment– it remains of the utmost importance to provide a forum to inform and engage everyone connected to Downtown Cleveland.
Our new “Downtown Now!” weekly virtual briefings will deliver resources and updates, promote health and wellness, bolster economic resilience and give insight on the latest information and initiatives to responsibly reopen from voices across our community. Downtown Now!: Episode #35- NextGen System Redesign On the next episode of the Downtown Now! Webinar series we will talk to Natoya Walker Minor, Deputy General Manager for Administration and External Affairs, Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority about how the redesign will improve transportation in Downtown Cleveland. View on YouTube, live at 3 pm!
Explore Downtown Cleveland this summer on a guided walking tour! Tours of Cleveland, LLC offers exciting and educational walking tours of beautiful and historic downtown Cleveland. This walking tour covers Public Square to Playhouse Square and everything in between including the Cleveland Public Library, the Cleveland Federal Reserve, as well visits inside the Arcade and the Cleveland Trust Company Building. The majority of our tour is outside. Tours are rain or shine. Two hours in length. Reservations required.
This walking tour will highlight public art in all its forms in and around the Civic Center of downtown. We will not only visit the art but we explore the artist, their ties to Cleveland, the history of the work as well as the people being depicted and their connections to Cleveland. We will see the contemporary sculpture like the Free Stamp and Sky Blossoms, statues of historical figures like Jesse Owens and Tom Johnson, as well as other fantastic pieces that you may have never noticed before. Reservations required.
TAKE A HIKE® offers FREE, 90 minute, in-person walking tours of unique and historic neighborhoods in Cleveland! Since 2008, more than 38,000 people have enjoyed tours in person and in 2020 thousands explored independently. The interactive walking tours are led by knowledgeable guides that will share fascinating facts about historical assets and key figures that helped make Cleveland a special place. You'll learn about architecture, cultural development, historic preservation, and Cleveland's role in American history. New development projects are also highlighted. Along the way, you'll meet important figures from Cleveland’s past, portrayed by actors and actresses, who will share with you their stories. The Civic Center District Tour meets at Old Stone Church. Please arrive 15 minutes early as the tour starts promptly. About the Tour: Conceived in 1903, Cleveland’s Mall Plan is the second most intact City Beautiful Movement Plan after L’Enfant’s Washington D.C. Proposed by Mayor Tom Johnson, Daniel Burnham’s Group Plan resulted in six iconic structures being built between 1912-1931. Today, one building is being used commercially as the Drury Hotel, and the Group Plan is being considered for National Historic Landmark status. TAKE A HIKE® is a program of Historic Gateway Neighborhood Corporation and Presented by Dollar Bank with generous support from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture, Ohio & Erie Canalway, and Downtown Cleveland Alliance. TAKE A HIKE® offers 14 unique in-person neighborhood guided tours from June through September. Learn more at takeahikecle.com Please Donate - TAKE A HIKE® tours are free, however, donations to support the program are always appreciated. Group Reservations - If you have a group larger than 4 people, please email Molly at mcrawford@historicgateway.org in advance to reserve your tickets. -------------------------------------------------- About the Historic Gateway Neighborhood Corporation - HGNC is 501(c)3 non-profit organization committed to promoting the continued re-development of our unique, historic district in downtown Cleveland into a vibrant commercial, entertainment, and residential neighborhood. For more information, visit www.ClevelandGatewayDistrict.com.