Rep. Sweeney announces passage of state capital budget, secures $23.8 million in new community project funding across Cuyahoga County

COLUMBUS – State Representative Bride Rose Sweeney (D-Cleveland) announced the passage of House Bill 687 yesterday, the Capital Appropriations Budget for Fiscal Years 2023 and 2024. The capital budget makes appropriations for state-owned infrastructure, colleges, universities, and school districts as well as other community projects. 

“As the ranking Democratic member on the House Finance Committee, I was honored to be part of crafting the newly-passed state capital budget,” said Rep. Sweeney. “This bipartisan $3.5 billion dollar bill will make smart investments in our future, deliver tangible results in our communities and bring tax dollars home to Cuyahoga County.”

The capital budget is typically passed every 2 years, with this year’s budget appropriating over $3.5 billion across the State of Ohio. It also includes $191 million for impactful local community projects, which is the largest allocation for community projects in at least the last ten years. Cuyahoga County received the most community project funding of any county.

Rep. Sweeney helped secure $23.8 million in funding for 70 community projects across Cuyahoga County, including:

Community Project Title
Appropriation
Cleveland Zoo Primate Rainforest
$ 1,700,000 
Bellefaire Jewish Children's Bureau Child and Youth Service Center
$ 1,000,000 
Euclid Waterfront Improvement Plan - Phase III
$ 1,000,000 
Eric Mendelsohn Park Synagogue Campus Restoration
$ 1,000,000 
Playhouse Square
$ 1,000,000 
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Expansion
$ 1,000,000 
Cleveland Museum of Art Horace Kelley Art Foundation Lobby Renovation Phase II
$ 900,000 
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
$ 900,000 
Irishtown Bend and Canal Basin Park
$ 850,000 
James A. Garfield Memorial Preservation
$  750,000 
Greater Cleveland Foodbank
$ 750,000 
Strongsville Town Center Enhancement and Walkability Initiative
$ 725,000 
Cleveland Christian Home
$ 700,000 
Providence House East Side Campus Community Hub
$ 700,000 
The Cleveland Institute of Art (CIA)
$ 550,000 
The Foundry
$ 500,000 
Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum
$ 500,000 
Ohio Aerospace Institute Building Repair Project
$ 500,000 
Severance Music Center
$ 500,000 
Kulas Hall Renovation - Cleveland Institute of Music
$ 500,000 
MetroHealth Senior Health and Wellness Center
$ 450,000 
Chagrin Meadows Preserve
$ 400,000 
Solon to Chagrin Falls Multi-Purpose Trail
$ 400,000 
May Dugan Building Renovation and Expansion
$ 350,000 
Cleveland Center for Arts and Technology
$ 325,000 
Vocational Guidance Services Workforce Center
$ 300,000 
Olmsted Township Nature Trail and Bark Park
$ 300,000 
Sisters of Charity Health System and Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland
$ 250,000 
Walt Collins Veterans Housing Facility
$ 200,000 
Center Gateway Improvement Project - Rocky River
$ 200,000 
Memorial Park All-Purpose Trail - North Royalton
$ 200,000 
Beck Center
$ 200,000 
Complete Cozad - Health Hospitality Campus
$ 200,000 
MacDonald Women's Hospital Healthy Women Initiative 
$ 200,000 
Construction Based Trades Academy
$ 200,000 
Karamu House Educational Wing Renovations
$ 175,000 
Shoes & Clothes 4 Kids
$ 175,000 
MAGNET's Manufacturing Innovation, Technology and Job Center Park
$ 150,000 
North Olmsted Community Park Improvements
$ 150,000 
Olmsted Falls East River Road Park
$ 150,000 
Restore Rockefeller
$150,000 
Seven Hills Calvin Park Drainage Improvements
$ 150,000 
United Way of Greater Cleveland Building Renovations
$ 150,000 
Kenmore Commons Improvements
$ 150,000 
University Settlement Broadway Rising Project
$  150,000 
West Side Catholic Center – Housing Self Sufficiency Program
$ 150,000 
Middleburg Heights Memorial Hall Courtyard
$ 104,000 
Christine’s Hope
$100,000 
Comprehensive Health Care at the Centers, Gordon Square
$ 100,000 
Y Haven
$ 100,000 
Bay Village Green Improvements
$ 100,000 
Brecksville Field House
$ 100,000 
Highland Heights Park Connector
$100,000 
Police and Fire Dedication Playground - Lyndhurst
$ 100,000 
Village of Bentleyville Riverview Community Park
$ 100,000 
Chagrin Falls Historical Society
$100,000 
Kol Israel Foundation Holocaust Memorial
$ 100,000 
Lilly Weston House
$ 100,000 
Parma Park Improvements
$  90,000 
Brook Park Central Park
$ 75,000 
Cuyahoga Heights Willowbrook Connector Trail
$  75,000 
Fairview Park Bain Park
$ 75,000 
Independence Pool Facility Improvements
$  75,000 
The Lyric Center
$ 75,000 
Cornerstone of Hope
$ 50,000 
Cleveland Botanical Garden Public Accessible Garden Path
$ 50,000 
Richmond Heights Community Park Gazebo
$ 50,000 
Tinker's Creek Trail
$  50,000 
Walton Hills Thomas Young Park
$  48,000 
Gates Mills Community House Improvements
$ 40,000 
 

Having also passed the Ohio Senate, the capital budget now heads to the Governor’s desk.