Land Use

Cleveland Heights Green Zoning Project
http://blog.cleveland.com/sunpress/2010/07/cleveland_heights_seeks_green.html
The City has hired a consultant to incorporate sustainable practices into its zoning code as part of a “green zoning project,” to be completed by the end of 2010.

Connecting Cleveland 2020
http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/cwp/cpc.html
New comprehensive plan under preparation for Cleveland.  Includes a reform of the City's zoning code to adopt "Smart Zoning" approaches.

Cuyahoga County Planning Commission’s Cuyahoga Valley Initiative
http://www.cuyahogavalley.net/
The Cuyahoga Valley Initiative seeks to influence development patterns, construction practices, and industrial processes for the next generation using a sustainable development approach based on the integration of economic, social and ecological systems

Sustainable Sites Initiative of the American Society of Landscape Architects
http://www.sustainablesites.org/
The Initiative is designed to create a national rating system for sustainable landscape design.  NEO projects participating in 2010 are: Cleveland Botanical Garden in Cleveland, the West Creek Reservation in Parma, and the Holden Arboretum in Kirtland.

Trust for Public Land
http://www.tpl.org/                                                                                        www.ecocitycleveland.org/smartgrowth/openspace/recent_acquisitions.html
The Trust for Public Land (TPL) is a national, nonprofit, land conservation organization that conserves land for people to enjoy as parks, community gardens, historic sites, rural lands, and other natural places, ensuring livable communities for future generations.  Examples of TPL assistance to NE Ohio include a partnership with the City of Avon Lake to acquire 70 acres for conservation, and the acquisition of 574 acres at Geauga County's Bass Lake.  TPL's GREENPRINTING services (as compared to blueprinting) helps communities make informed decisions about land conservation. The Greenprint process uses GIS based mapping tools and a visioning process .

If you know of an initiative that should be listed on this page, please download the NEO Initiative Submission Form.doc located at the bottom of "Regional Initiatives" page.