You are invited to a Zoom meeting – Clark Field Updates – sponsored by Ward 3 Cleveland Councilman Kerry McCormack.
Special Guest: James McKnight, ASLA, Section Chief, Sr. Landscape Architect of the City of Cleveland Mayor’s Office of Capital Projects
When: Thurs. Mar 11, 2021 05:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
You must Register in advance for this meeting – it takes just a minute and asks for your Full Name and E-mail Address. To Register, follow the link below:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0pcu6grjorH9yUnck3-_r6dEGlBH_Nl-dD
After registering, you will receive a confirmation e-mail containing information about joining the meeting – log-in and phone-in instructions.
**If you do not have internet access, but would like to join the meeting by telephone (regular phone or landline) – contact Councilman McCormack’s office (216.664.2691) by Noon on March 11th, and you will receive telephone access information and instructions to join the call.
Clark Field is a 41.5 acre City of Cleveland Park. In 2013 the City of Cleveland conducted environmental assessments in preparation for renovating the amenities in the park. During these assessments, many contaminations were found in the soil. The City of Cleveland requested assistance from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and was awarded their services to clean up the site before the new park was built. In March of 2017, a public forum was held at Pilgrim Church for community members to meet the EPA team and to learn about their plans for the clean-up. From the Fall of 2017 through the Fall of 2020, the EPA worked to remove the contaminated soil and brought in clean dirt to cover where the soil had been removed.
This has been a long process for the community, the Friends of (Amigos de) Clark Field made their original master plan for the park back in 2001. The arrival of the Towpath Trail and new entrance off of Clark Avenue were built since 2017. The image above is the plans for the renovations. Councilman Kerry McCormack invites you to learn more during a public meeting via Zoom on Thursday, March 11th at 5:30pm.