Project Description
Barrier-free Cleveland
Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative, Kent State University
Smart City Project Overview
Barrier-free Cleveland is a user-centered approach towards working with stakeholders and technical experts to develop a phased plan that increases the ability of persons with (primarily physical) disabilities in two low-income Cleveland neighborhoods to access and perform everyday living activities in an urban environment.
Organization's mission and/or purpose
Serving Northeast Ohio since 1983, Kent State University’s Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative is a nonprofit urban design practice committed to improving the quality of urban places through technical design assistance, research, education, and advocacy. Supported by the College of Architecture and Environmental Design at Kent State University, the CUDC offers planning and urban design expertise to public agencies and non-profit community development organizations. The CUDC offers expertise in master planning, commercial district revitalization, recreation planning, historic preservation, neighborhood redevelopment, and streetscape design. The CUDC develops information and public awareness about the physical environment and design and development issues through research, discussion forums, exhibitions, public debates and design workshops.
Project Links
Project point
Terry Schwarz
[email protected]
216-357-3426