WRT was selected by a consortium of stakeholders to lead Clark-Fulton Together—a community-driven master plan to envision strategies to create a more healthy, equitable, and sustainable future for the Clark-Fulton community. The plan represents a culmination of more than two years of working in collaboration with the residents and community leaders of the Clark-Fulton neighborhood.
The Clark-Fulton neighborhood on Cleveland’s near west side, originally settled by Europeans, suffered from a large-scale departure of its residents in the 1960s due to a decline in job opportunities. Since then, Clark-Fulton has become the home to an incredibly diverse and vibrant population, receiving migrations of African Americans and Puerto Ricans, immigrants from Central and South America, and refugees from Bhutan, Somalia, Iraq, Burma, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Today, Clark-Fulton is a beacon of diversity in the middle of the city, with 46% of residents from a Hispanic background and with people from a wide range of racial and ethnic groups living and representing the neighborhood. Now, the Clark-Fulton community is witnessing a surge of ongoing and planned investments and is benefitting from a broad coalition of community partners working together to support their community and create positive change.
