City hears one-year update from Cleveland Public Market Corporation on West Side Market operations, capital plan and financing

The Municipal Service and Properties Committee received a comprehensive update on April 14, 2025, from Cleveland Public Market Corporation (CPMC) and the city’s major projects office on one year of nonprofit management at West Side Market and the capital program to renovate and stabilize the market.

Jessica Trevisano, senior adviser for major projects in Mayor Bibb’s administration, said the city continues to own the market while CPMC leases and manages day-to-day operations and the capital repairs set out in the West Side Market Master Plan. Trevisano said the city has committed $23,000,000 toward capital improvements; CPMC and administration representatives described that funding as catalytic because nonprofit management unlocked tax-credit and philanthropic sources not available to a municipal operator.

CPMC Executive Director Rosemary Mudry and Tiffany Allen White, CPMC’s director of operations, described operational changes over the past year: a roughly 80% year‑to‑date increase in door-counter foot traffic compared with the same period in 2024; continued food-access programs (including a Produce Perks partnership that provided about $75,000 in free produce to nearly 600 families); 91 vending opportunities in the year that included 62 unique businesses (a majority Cleveland‑based and majority minority‑owned); paid internships; merchant demonstrations; and continuation…