History of MidTown
| 2011: | The 128,000-square-foot MidTown Tech Park building opens at East 69th Street and Euclid Avenue.
Reached an agreement with Federal Highway Administration and Ohio Department of Transportation to re-evaluate the proposed plan to close the Carnegie and Prospect Innerbelt ramps. |
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| 2010: | MidTown Cleveland designated an Ohio Hub of Innovation and Opportunity in support of the Health-Tech Corridor.
Received a $3M Job Ready Site (JRS) grant for the MidTown Tech Park. |
| 2009: | MidTown Cleveland participates in a feasibility study conducted by AngelouEconomics resulting in the creation of the Health-Tech Corridor. |
| 2008: | MidTown designated one of four Cuyahoga County Innovation Zones.
MidTown Cleveland, Inc. receives RTA’s Business Partner of the Year award for work on the ECTP. |
| 2007: | MidTown celebrated its 25th Anniversary and the completion of the ECTP bus rapid transit HealthLine. |
| 2006: | Working closely with the City of Cleveland and Regional Transit Authority (RTA), construction on the new $200M Euclid Corridor Transportation Project (ECTP) began in MidTown. |
| 2005: | MidTown Cleveland’s new transit supportive zoning code, supportive of the Euclid Corridor Transportation Project and MidTown’s Master Plan, is adopted by the City of Cleveland. |
| 2004: | An updated master plan, “Beyond 2005: A Vision for MidTown Cleveland,” is adopted by the City of Cleveland. |
| 2003: | MidTown is awarded a $3M Clean Ohio grant to assemble and remediate land between East 57th to East 59th Streets on Euclid Avenue. |
| 2002: | MidTown Cleveland, Inc. celebrated 20 years by conducting a branding exercise resulting in a new logo and website. |
| 2001: | East 55th Street Inter-Neighborhood Committee addressed issues of security, visual quality and infrastructure improvements along this main street. |
| 2000: | MidTown helped dedicate the Colonel Young Square Memorial & Park located at the intersection of Prospect Avenue and Prospect Road. |
| 1999: | A $5.6M reconstruction of East 40th Street is completed, improving access and visual quality. |
| 1998: | MidTown Cleveland is recognized by the Brookings Institution as a national success story and a model for urban redevelopment. |
| 1997: | MidTown Corridor celebrated its 15th Anniversary and changed name to MidTown Cleveland.
Through a successful public-private partnership, Applied Industrial Technologies (formerly Bearings, Inc.) moved into a new $30M headquarters building on Euclid Avenue, retaining 311 jobs in Cleveland. |
| 1996: | The MidTown 2000 Master Plan is published. |
| 1995: | Pierre’s Ice Cream constructed a new manufacturing and distribution center on Euclid Avenue on land acquired through MidTown’s Land Assembly Initiative. |
| 1994: | Prospect Avenue Redevelopment Project is completed.
MidTown is designated an Empowerment Zone area within Cleveland. |
| 1993: | In recognition of its success, MidTown expanded its boundaries north to include Payne Avenue and east to East 79th Street. |
| 1992: | First Business After Hours networking event is held. |
| 1991: | In conjunction with the Prospect Avenue Redevelopment Project, “MidTown, It’s Working” slogan is created to promote the area. |
| 1990: | Cleveland citywide crime stats rank MidTown as one of its safest neighborhoods. |
| 1989: | American Red Cross builds its new headquarters on Euclid Avenue. |
| 1988: | Presidential Citation for Private Sector Initiatives given to Mort Mandel, Premier Industrial for leadership of MidTown Corridor.
Carnegie Avenue repaving project is completed. |
| 1987: | MidTown’s Security Committee successfully petitioned for an anti-prostitution ordinance to create a safer neighborhood. |
| 1986: | Published design guidelines manual to encourage high-quality exterior building improvements. |
| 1985: | “Operation Pride” resulted in more than 100 visual quality improvements. |
| 1984: | Upper Prospect Avenue is placed on National Register of Historic Places. |
| 1983: | MidTown created its first “Dirty Dozen” list reporting, tracking and eliminating blighted buildings and properties.
MidTown stakeholders contributed funds to begin land banking of key properties. |
| 1982: | MidTown Corridor founded by Mort Mandel, Tom Roulston and local business leaders. |