Community Projects

Kamm's Corners Streetscape Improvements

Business Improvement District (BID): BID Timeline & BID Manual

Comprehensive Parking Study

Hogsback Lane Access Study

West Park Historical Society

Kamm's Corners Farmers Market

W. 150-Puritas Rapid Transit Station

Rocky River Drive Master Plan

Kamm’s Corners Streetscape Improvements

A streetscape encompasses the physical elements in and adjacent to a street that makes the transition from public space to private space. This includes infrastructure such as the roadway, sidewalks, benches, streetlights, traffic devices, utility poles, etc.

The Lorain Avenue Streetscape in the heart of Kamm’s Corners is undergoing an improvement plan that will greatly enhance the streetscape. This investment will better suit Lorain Avenue in downtown Kamm’s to pedestrian travel, which in turn will keep Lorain Avenue stores and restaurants viable for years to come. The streetscape improvements will be a comprehensive approach to solving traffic and parking issues while creating a beautiful and exciting place in downtown Kamm’s Corners. Please visit our Streetscape page for more information.

Comprehensive Parking Study

Kamm’s Corners Development Corporation (KCDC), in collaboration with the City of
Cleveland, is soliciting proposals from qualified firms or individuals to provide consulting
services for a parking study as detailed in the Scope of Services section. Parking has been
identified by downtown business and property owners, residents, and visitors as a major issue
affecting the attractiveness and viability of “downtown” Kamm’s Corners. For details of the work to be performed by the consultant, click here.

Hogsback Lane Access Study

Final Report—March 22, 2007

The City of Lakewood, along with Kamm's Corners Development Corporation, the Cleveland City Planning Commission, and the Cleveland Metroparks, selected Behnke Associates, Inc. in association with Burgess & Niple to perform a planning study for the Hogsback Lane access point of Rocky River Reservation. With an anticipated completion date of March 2007, this study will determine how to improve park access at Hogsback Lane and the surrounding neighborhood (encompassing both Cleveland and Lakewood) for pedestrians and bicyclists. Most of the funding for this study was provided by a Transportation for Livable Communities Initiative grant from the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency (NOACA), the metropolitan planning organization for Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, and Medina counties.

A series of 3 community meetings were held at St. Mark Church to gather public input on the area, to conduct a poll on desired outcomes, and to present the draft final report. Click the link above to view the final report. Hard copies of the report are available for viewing at our office.

West Park Historical Society

Kamm's Corners Development Corporation helped in the founding of the West Park Historical Society. Visit the society's website for their more information and a membership form.

W. 150-Puritas Rapid Transit Station

Construction on RTA's completely new W. 150-Puritas Rapid Transit Station began in the summer of 2009 with a Groundbreaking Ceremony on May 27th. Key elements in the design of the station include:

A 2,500 square foot main entrance building with a brick grand foyer and a rounded portico outlined in sandstone.
A 30-foot tower that houses two elevators for ADA access.
A 130-foot bridge that brings passengers over the Rapid tracks to the boarding platform.
A smaller, secondary entrance on the residential West 154th Street
New signage and a new parking lot.

Originally opened in 1966, the Puritas Station is one of the 18 rapid stations serving the western side of the GCRTA area. The station serves the Red Line and also serves as a major system park-n-ride with over 550 parking spaces provided for transit patrons. The budget for the project is $9.54 million and much of it will be paid with federal stimulus money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Construction should take about 24 months to complete, and the station will remain open throughout. With about 900 people boarding the transit system there daily, this station is one of the top five for Red Line ridership.

The project architect is DeWolff Partnership Architects.

Rocky River Drive Master Plan

Kamm's Corners Development Corporation adopted a strategic land use plan for Rocky River Drive south of Lorain Avenue extending south to Parkmount Avenue. The Rocky River Drive Master Plan addressed the issues of the corridor in a comprehensive manner, and the long-term goals are to:

Improve the visual character of the corridor.
Promote new higher density residential uses in the corridor—cluster homes and townhouses.
Promote quality new development.
Preserve building with architectural strengths—those that contribute to the character of the corridor.

Download the plan's Executive Summary by clicking here (933 kb file size)

Download the entire plan by clicking here (20.7 mb file size)

Contact Steve Lorenz at 216-252-6559 ext. 1100 or steve.lorenz at kammscorners.com