Cleveland Metroparks

Cleveland Metroparks Zoo offers accommodations for animals with various needs and habitats to stay cool as record-breaking temperatures climb into the 90s.

Sunday is Mother’s Day, and there’s plenty to do to make her entire weekend special, from concerts to a film fest to enjoying nature and even creating art with some feline help.

The Western Reserve Land Conservancy bought the property in 2021. It may soon become part of the Cleveland Metroparks, displacing 140 homeowners.

The 10-year levy will appear as Issue 5 on Cuyahoga County ballots and Issue 10 in Hinckley Township. Unlike renewals, levy replacements consider the increase in a home’s value since the last new levy passed.

The report from the Trust for Public Land places Cleveland 23rd among the 100 most-populated cities in the country. This year's improvement was driven by increased access.

The four projects are a part of the Cuyahoga Greenways Plan, a countywide initiative launched in 2019. They aim to address connectivity gaps by providing connectors and extensions to existing trails.

Hundreds gathered at Wendy Park Thursday to mark the grand opening of the Wendy Park Bridge, connecting Whiskey Island to the near West Side.

The controversial bill in the Ohio House that would ban businesses and employers from requiring vaccines is now on hold because it lacks the votes to proceed; Gov. Mike DeWine and Lt. Gov. Jon Husted say they won’t be attending former President Donald Trump’s rally in Lorain on Saturday; two Republican lawmakers got into a tense confrontation at an upscale Columbus restaurant two weeks ago over the now-historic vote to expel Larry Householder from the Ohio House; and more stories.

Eight neighborhoods are now connected to downtown by nearly 2 miles of trails.

During a year hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, Cleveland Metroparks comes out a winner; the park system recorded more visitors in 2020 than ever before. Now it has launched an app that helps all of those visitors better explore the park system.