June 2021
Completion and opening of Brighton Park!
August 2020
Groundbreaking on trail construction and park improvements
2019-2020
Funding secured for the construction of trail and passive park improvements on the Property, as well as environmental restoration of the site through Ohio Public Works Commission’s Clean Ohio Green Space Conservation Program, Ohio Department of Natural Resource’s Recreational Trail Program, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s Sustain Our Great Lakes..Read More
2017
Remediation on the site completed. Assessments and remediation work made possible by brownfield and technical assistance funding from Cuyahoga County, Ohio EPA and US EPA (drone video)
2015
WRLC becomes involved in the Property at the request of a neighbor and Old Brooklyn Community Development Corporation. Read more here.
2008
Property designated as public greenspace in the Lower Big Creek Greenway Redevelopment and Restoration Plan, as an important potential linkage from the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo to the Towpath Trail
2006
Property identified as key acquisition for public open space by the City of Cleveland, Cleveland Metroparks, and Old Brooklyn Community Development Corporation among other project partners
~1999
Debris deposits continued on parts of the site including from the demolition of Municipal Stadium
1980’s – 1990’s
Cuffari’s Go Kart operated on western portion of the property
1976-1987
Property operated as a construction and demolition debris landfill
~1948 – 1976
Property used for disposal of fill from the construction of Interstate I-71 and disposal of foundry sand from the Ford Motor Foundry, among other materials
Pre 1948
Property used for various industrial purposes