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Mayor’s Southeast Side Performance-Based Gap Grant Program
A Partnership with Cuyahoga Land Bank
October 10, 2025
The City of Cleveland and the Cuyahoga County Land Reutilization Corporation, a/k/a the Cuyahoga Land Bank, announce the availability of construction gap grants to support the renovation of single-family residential housing in Cleveland’s southeast side as part of Mayor Bibb’s Southeast Side Promise. Mayor Bibb’s Southeast Side Promise is a multi-faceted plan to address the issue of concentrated disinvestment in the neighborhoods of Cleveland’s southeast side, including the Lee-Harvard, Union-Miles, Lee-Seville and Mount Pleasant neighborhoods, spanning across wards 1, 2, 4 and 6 in the southeast part of the city. The Southeast Side Promise’s mission is to revitalize the area, providing residents with the safe, equitable, and vibrant community they deserve. Since the launch of the Southeast Side Promise Initiative in the Summer of 2023, over $10 million in funding has been deployed for home repair and small business assistance and over 50 blighted residential and commercial structures have been razed. The Southeast Side Performance-Based Gap Grant Program is a part of this initiative.
The Cuyahoga Land Bank will manage gap grant applications and the disbursement of funds on behalf of the City of Cleveland. The Cuyahoga Land Bank is a community improvement corporation formed in 2009. Its mission is to strategically return non-productive properties to productive use and to improve the quality of life for Cuyahoga County residents. The Land Bank is organized as an Ohio nonprofit corporation and as a county land reutilization corporation under Chapters 1724 of the Ohio Revised Code.
Southeast Side Performance-Based Gap Grant documents:
Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis.
US EPA Brownfields Cleanup Grant at 12500 Euclid Ave., East Cleveland, OH 44112
The Cuyahoga Land Bank received funding under a FY 2023 US EPA Brownfields Cleanup Grant to remediate three vacant parcels at the corner of Euclid and Woodlawn Ave. in East Cleveland. This property is a key site in the Circle East District redevelopment plan, which will revitalize a roughly 80-acre residential and commercial area of East Cleveland northeast of University Circle and Lakeview Cemetery. The site was previously used as general retail, a bowling alley, auto sales, a mechanics garage, an auto body repair shop, a gas station, a commercial printer, and a dry cleaner. Remediation was completed in July 2025. Site monitoring to ensure remediation was successful will continue through 2025 and 2026.
Administrative Record Documents:
Questions or comments regarding this project can be submitted via email to Carly Beck (cbeck@cuyahogalandbank.org), Environmental Project & Data Analyst.
US EPA Brownfields Cleanup Grant at 3203 W. 71st St., Cleveland, OH 44102
The Cuyahoga Land Bank received funding under a FY 2024 US EPA Brownfields Cleanup Grant for the remediation of 1.28 acres of vacant industrial land at 3203 W. 71st in the Stockyards neighborhood of Cleveland. The site was previously used for various industrial purposes, including as a textile and leather manufacturing warehouse, a large contractor equipment warehouse, a chemical warehouse, and most recently, a towing company. The on-site structure was demolished in 2018, and the site has been vacant since. The site has significant potential in revitalizing the neighborhood, particularly with possible expansion by the adjacent property owner, the Hillson Nut Company. Remediation is expected to take place in early to mid 2026.
Administrative Record Documents:
Questions or comments regarding this project can be submitted via email to Carly Beck (cbeck@cuyahogalandbank.org), Environmental Project & Data Analyst.
NOACA/Vibrant NEO US EPA Revolving Loan Fund Brownfields Project at 3420 E. 93rd St. and 8920 Laisy Ave., Cleveland, OH 44104
*NEW! The Land Bank has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for remediation of this site. Proposals must be submitted no later than 11 a.m. on Tuesday, October 7, 2025. The RFP and bid specifications can be found here: 3420 E. 93rd and 8920 Laisy Ave. Brownfield Cleanup RFP.*
Please also see Addendum 1 and the Updated Bid Specifications Package (9/26/2025).
The Cuyahoga Land Bank, in collaboration with the City of Cleveland Site Readiness for Good Jobs Fund, has applied for and received funding from the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency (NOACA) and Vibrant NEO Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) for the remediation of 11.75 acres of vacant commercial land at 3420 E. 93rd St. and 8920 Laisy Ave. in the Kinsman neighborhood of Cleveland. The site was previously utilized by the National Bronze & Aluminum Foundry Company, the Harshaw Chemical Company, and the Cleveland Transit Company, among various other industrial uses. The remediation is expected to take place in fall 2025.
Administrative Record Documents:
Questions or comments regarding this project can be submitted via email to Carly Beck (cbeck@cuyahogalandbank.org), Environmental Project & Data Analyst.