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Work has begun on clearing the northern edge of University Rd. where an elevated bridge will connect the northern end of stage 3 to the new trail. Stage 4 of the Towpath Trail Extension will run 1.5 miles from Literary Ave. to the future Canal Basin Park in Downtown Cleveland’s Flats. Bidding on stage 4 […]
We recently spoke with Adrienne of Tremont who shared a great RiverSweep story- So, how did you first get involved with RiverSweep? My neighborhood in Tremont has always been very involved with RiverSweep. I signed up to volunteer after receiving an email for the event four years ago, and I’ve been participating ever since. Did […]
On Saturday, May 13th, volunteers will be cleaning up garbage and covering graffiti in Cleveland neighborhoods such as the Flats, Tremont, and Slavic Village at RiverSweep. Each year, RiverSweep draws students, activists and members of the business community to work together to clean the Cuyahoga River Valley of trash and tires. In its 28th year, […]
Cool throwback shot from Dan Morgan, Straight Shooter. From 2007-2009 community volunteers at Canalway Partners annual RiverSweep event pulled over 2000 illegally dumped tires on property that is now under construction as Stage 3 of the Towpath Trail Extension!
Canalway Partners Executive Director Tim Donovan was recently on featured on WVIZ/PBS ideastream discussing Stage 3 of the Towpath Trail Extension Project and Saturday’s Ribbon Cutting. Watch the video online here.
Canalway Partners has partnered with the Earth Day Coalition to offer discounted admission to EarthFest for the first 200 attendees of the Towpath Stage 3 Groundbreaking. Pick up a coupon at the groundbreaking and head over to the Berea Fairgrounds for the longest running Earth Day celebration in the nation.
Towpath supporters are invited to join public officials from Cuyahoga County, the City of Cleveland, Cleveland Metroparks, Canalway Partners and more to ceremonially break ground on Stage 3 of the Towpath Trail Extension Project. We will break ground at Clark Field (get directions), 9:00 AM Earth Day morning Saturday, April 22nd. This is a B.Y.O.S. event- […]
RiverSweep is Ohio’s largest done-in-a-day cleanup effort. Each year local businesses, schools and individuals team up to clean our shared backyard. In 2016, 950 volunteers removed over 80 tons of trash, including 475 tires. RiverSweep 2017 will happen from 9am to noon on Saturday May 13th. Each year RiverSweep features unique frog art, this year George […]
Great news for an important cultural asset within the Ohio & Erie Canalway National Heritage Area– The Ukrainian Museum-Archives (UMA) in the Tremont neighborhood of Cleveland has signed a cooperation agreement with The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., to digitize the extensive collection of books, periodicals and other materials in the UMA […]
