\u201cSo that’s just more foot traffic on our side of the water. I think it’s going to complement us tremendously,\u201d Orlando said. \u201cAnd all the business on that side, you know, it’ll bring attention to Jacob\u2019s Pavilion and the Aquarium, concerts, Globe Iron, Harbor and all the places over there on the West Bank.\u201d<\/p>\n
Orlando is also a board member for nonprofit Flats Forward, which she said is leading efforts to boost economic growth in the East and West Bank neighborhoods.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur goal as Flats Forward, as business owners down there, is to move forward, change things, see what we can do to make it better, safer, more desirable,\u201d she said. \u201c… And that’s what our goal is right now, to overcome that and push forward.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Cleveland Water taxi provides \u201chop-on-hop-off\u201d transportation in partnership with multiple businesses along the waterfront. (Brittany Orlando)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
After launching water taxi services last July, Orlando said, she\u2019s now expanding travel services across the water, which she hopes will help foster a more interconnected community.<\/p>\n
In a statement written to Spectrum News 1, Jim Haviland, executive director of Flats Forward, wrote, the organization \u201cis pleased to be supporting the new ownership group on maximizing the use of their dock for visitation by boat.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cSo we are going to designate one of our water taxis to pick ups and drop off from the West Bank of the flats to North Coast Harbor, and then back to the East and West Bank and do a loop, while the other boat will continue the river route all day long,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
While many are excited to explore reimagined spaces in the riverfront district, Karen Bryant and Derrick Bryant said, other parts of the city will never change.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe now feel the people are still friendly, that still seems the same,\u201d Karen Bryant said. \u201cYou\u2019ll be greeted as you walk. All that\u2019s still the same.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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