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Council approves land swap with Cleveland schools, funds shared-use stadium at new JFK site

2984956 · April 14, 2025
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Summary

The Finance Committee approved Ordinance 246-2025 authorizing a land exchange between the City of Cleveland and the Cleveland Municipal School District and a shared-use stadium at the new JFK high school site, with the city contributing $2.1 million in bond funds.

The Finance Committee approved Ordinance 246-2025 authorizing a property exchange between the City of Cleveland and the Cleveland Municipal School District (CMSD) and authorizing city contribution to a new athletic stadium at the new JFK High School site.

The ordinance enables the director of parks and recreation and community development to swap several land bank parcels with CMSD (including parcels at 773 and 777 Parkwood Drive and 3172 West 404th Street), and for CMSD to convey the former JFK high school site at 17100 Harvard Avenue (about 14 acres) to the city for community and economic development use. The city will contribute $2,100,000 from bond proceeds toward construction of a new athletic stadium at the new JFK site at 15115–401 Miles Avenue, with a shared-use agreement between the city and CMSD.

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