The city of Shaker Heights plans to relocate the school district’s transportation facilities to make way for a new neighborhood center along Lee Road.
Shaker Heights Mayor David Weiss said moving the bus garage would open space for an upgraded Chelton Park and a new building with shops, offices, and housing.
“It’s intended to really transform not only the area to make it more of a thriving commercial district, but also to have a positive impact on the neighborhoods on either side of Lee Road, namely Moreland and Lomond,” Weiss said. “And then ultimately this is about economic development. It’s about creating jobs and attracting people to a new part of Shaker that frankly, hasn’t had the same kind of investment that, for instance, the Van Aiken district has.”…