The momentum to close Burke Lakefront Airport has reached a tipping point, with Today in Ohio podcast hosts suggesting the facility could cease operations within the next year or two.
What was once considered a radical idea has now entered the mainstream of Cleveland civic discourse.
“Burke sits on 450 acres of downtown shoreline,” said Leila Atassi. “It’s basically an entire waterfront district. And it’s been squatting there for 78 years. And it serves this tiny slice of the population while losing the city nearly a million dollars a year.”…