Economic Development Plan“A "has been" venue. ”
" Seems like this used to be the place to be. However now it appears as a "has been" venue. I love the look and concept of the place, but they need to add better stores, especially for being near a convention center. The venue has a Hard Rock Cafe and a movie theater inside, which added a lot of value. It's also connected to a casino so that was a plus as well. If given an option however, I would definitely shop elsewhere. " “Stroll through, but you won't be missing much” " Tower City has long been a missed opportunity for development and retail Downtown. While occasionally hosting some interesting events (like the Cleveland International Film Festival), it is mostly a ghost town with little to no compelling shopping or dining opportunities. The fountain's little show is worth a watch, though." Malaysia's Vision Tower City Center has many issues involving the economic development of the area. Speaking with employees , friends and family many people would rather go other places to shop and hang out. They feel that the area needs be brightened up and more appealing to the public. The center is to dark and gloomy. The stores in the mall should stay open until 9:00 PM during the week days so that Tower city can compete with the other malls in the state that do stay open until 9:00 PM. There should also be more variety of stores to shop at in Tower City . The mall could make a lot more money if they got a Forever 21 , H&M , Macy’s etc. These stores would be more appealing to customers because they are popular. If there are more popular stores more money will be made and jobs will be created as well. Tower City is already a lot of peoples place of Tower City Center security could be improved as well to ensure the safety of the people.People in the community wanted to feel safe while shopping and traveling around tower city. Tower city safety could also be improved if the entire mall was closed at the same time. For example when the stores close at 7 o’clock so does the food court and the movies. That eliminate the traffic flow of a lot of people because they would be forced to only come in the building to use the rapid and that’s it. This will help people Jasmine's Vision The streets to get to Tower City are destroyed from the weather because the freezing and unfreezing of water creates pot holes that worsen over time. The bad streets turn people away from coming to Tower City because it is difficult to get around with all of the pot holes and constant construction. If we improve the streets we will increase the amount of people that shop in Tower City which will bring more money to the area. We can improve the streets by finding a way to get water off the streets when it is cold outside it will not go into to cracks in the cement and create holes. We will also have to redo all of the streets first so we can have a fresh start. |
Wellness Development Plan
Malaysia's Vision
I want the Tower City Center area to promote people to be their best self by better promoting the fitness locations that they have to offer. The fitness centers located downtown are ReZults, The Club at Key Center and K2 Fitness. I noticed that during our interviews and journey of research that not many people of the fitness centers in or around Tower city. The gym and fitness centers around tower city should be advertised more. We could promote the gym by putting posters on buses, having fitness instructors pass out flyers and speak about the importance of being healthy and put posters around tower city. It would promote more people to go to that gym which brings more money in the community flowing. Promotion of the fitness centers would allow people that live or work in this area the option to work out at the gym because it would be more convenient to them seeing that it is already there. Jasmine's Vision We noticed while visiting tower city that there isn't many healthy food choices in the food court. People are making unhealthy food choices because there isn't many healthy restaurants in tower city. We should add more healthy choices such as Panera Bread, Jason's Deli, and Einstein Bros. Bagel. These different places offer a variety of healthy choices and since they are new to Tower City more people will be willing to try them. The new food places sell organic food, hormone free meats and low calorie choices. This would also promote healthier eating habits and encourage people to watch what they ate. If the people are eating healthy and feel healthy we will have a healthy environment. |
Ecological Development Plan Malaysia's Vision
Tower City Center being an popular area for shopping,food,etc. should feel responsible for making sure people have the best experience by giving people the best of Tower City by promoting a healthy environment. Tower City Center waste a lot of natural resources in order for the building to function everyday. I want people to feel proud of Tower City Center area and promote people to take care of it. I noticed that Tower City can improve in many way to help the ecological development of the area but the one that stands out the most to me is the amount of lightening that is being wasted. There could be an reduction in light usage in the building by first taking advantage of the natural light the many windows of the building bring in. Utilizing all the lighting in a space waste a lot energy. To solve this issue stores , restaurants , offices, etc. in tower city could use task- specific lighting. This form of lighting would cut back on the usage of electricity for lightening. The lights could also only be turned on during the night. The building could also replace all the lightening with fluorescent tubes in the lights and use fluorescent bulbs to save a lot on lighting cost. For example, A standard 60-watt bulb puts out about 800 lumens; so does a 13-watt fluorescent bulb. So instead of paying for 60 watts of electricity, you only pay for 13 watts to get the same amount of light.You could save up 78 % in cost on the bill of electricity if they switched to using fluorescent lightning. Tower City would save on the building electricity bill if they required this from the businesses within. Jasmine's Vision Litter pollutes our environment Litter is a big issue inside and outside of Tower City. We should add recycle bins and more trash cans inside and outside of Tower City. We will label the trash cans and recycle bins with instructions and pictures so people will use them correctly. We will also emphasize on the importance of keeping our areas clean so people will understand why they should recycle. We can start a holiday here in Cleveland to reinforce awareness of recycling. |
The Big Project - Homeless Shelter
Our Vision
We want to solve a bigger issue in the Tower City Center / Downtown neighborhood that we are really passionate about which is getting the homeless off the street. We want to open an a place to go for those who don't have a place to go. It would be Hand to Hand which means there is always a place to go no matter what race,gender,sexuality,religion with people who are willing to help. No one should be forced to sleep outside or miss a meal because they don't have a place to call home. This winter was one of the coldest we have had in a while and it makes us feel sad to think the homeless people were freezing because they don't have a place to go. With our new facility it will help improve all areas of our plan of action. It will improve our economic plan because if we bring more jobs to Tower City we will need people to work these new jobs. It will improve our wellness plan because if we take the homeless people off the street we will cut back on crimes being committed and make the Tower City area overall safer. It will improve our ecological plan because we will use solar power and wind power to power our homeless shelter. |