Downtown Cleveland, Ohio

Ken served as Senior Vice President of the Downtown Cleveland Partnership (DCP) where he initiated and led their efforts to revitalize lower Euclid Avenue, Cleveland’s Main Street, resulting in over $400 million in real estate investment in only six years. Ken’s other projects at DCP included management of DCP’s advocacy efforts on over $1 billion in major infrastructure projects, and management of all safety initiatives.

Ken also led stakeholder input and professional design review efforts on several major transportation improvement projects, including the Health Line Bus Rapid Transit Corridor, the Innerbelt Corridor Project, and a Greater Cleveland Wayfinding Signage System.

Health Line BRT

By integrating Safedesign™ strategies into the Health Line BRT, Ken helped create a number of innovative station, streetscape, and operation features, including the location of stations near new or proposed housing sites for natural surveillance, improved signal timing for major pedestrian intersections, leaning bars as a seating alternative, and careful tree species selection and placement to enhance natural surveillance.

Ken also provided technical reviews of ridership projections, made recommendations for appropriate lighting and signage, , and managed communications with over 60 property owners along the corridor for more than 6 years.

Euclid Avenue Revitalization

In addition to managing the creation of a highly successful revitalization plan for Cleveland’s Millionaire’s Row “Mainstreet”, Ken led the creation of an adjacent National Register Historic District, managed interim placemaking improvements, facilitated private housing and hotel projects, and helped create a brand repositioning strategy for this key district.

Wayfinding Signage System

Ken oversaw the creation of the Wayfinding Signage system design and played a key role in installation of over 18 different sign types, including privately funded pedestrian kiosks interstate signage, district-labeled street name signs, and exit wayfinding signs. He was able to build consensus among over 40 large and important private stakeholders as well as meet ODOT, Transit Authority, and FHWA requirements. Ken also managed the creation of the pedestrian kiosk maps.