How The Great Lakes Could Drive The Rust Belt’s Economic Future

The region’s greatest asset is also one of its most underutilized.

Benno Martens

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Photo by Elizabeth Kay on Unsplash

Take a drive east into downtown Cleveland on the West Shoreway, and you’ll see it. There on the lakefront, as you pass by First Energy Stadium, The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and the Great Lakes Science Center sits the future of the Rust Belt…

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Benno Martens

Community development professional. Writing about city planning, development, and placemaking. bennomartens.com