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Syatt Elevates
Syatt Elevates helps governments, park systems, foundations, community organizations, and institutions turn completed plans into places and programs people actually use, trust, and claim as their own.
A guided community ride and historic tour of a proposed neighborhood greenway connecting Lee-Miles and Lee-Seville. A neighborhood greenway is a calm residential street designed to be safe and comfortable for walking, biking, and rolling. Our vision takes inspiration from the West Park greenways on Cleveland's west side.
This community has always built for itself. In 1927, Black and white residents formed the Village of Miles Heights, and in 1929 it elected Ohio's first Black mayor, Arthur R. Johnston. After Cleveland annexed the village in 1932, the story changed. Black neighborhoods across the city were redlined, families who moved here faced repeated efforts to keep them out, and for generations, investment that makes streets safe and pleasant to move through (sidewalks, bike lanes, trails, transit) too often went to other parts of town first.
The result shows up in daily life. In Lee-Seville, more than a quarter of households don't own a car: 34% in the census tract east of Lee Road and 27% to the west. For these families, safe ways to walk, bike, and roll aren't a bonus. They're how people get to work, school, groceries, and each other. This neighborhood doesn't need convincing that it deserves better. It needs the city to show up.
A neighborhood greenway is a near-term, community-driven project that makes everyday trips safer now. It builds momentum for Cleveland Moves on the southeast side and prepares the neighborhood for the planned Lee Road improvements.
Syatt Elevates helps governments, park systems, foundations, community organizations, and institutions turn completed plans into places and programs people actually use, trust, and claim as their own.
