Monday, June 10, 2019

CLEVELAND: THE WORLD’S MOST BARRIER-FREE CITY -- 1

ZERO THRESHOLD DESIGN COMPETITION IS A GREAT FIRST STEP


I can see the headline now.

Perhaps it is aspirational at the moment. But all great ideas start as aspirations.

And the tag line sure beats “Mistake on the Lake,” that made me cringe through the 70s and 80s and I’ll take it over the well-intended, but failed “Cleveland’s a Plum” re-branding effort launched in 1981.

Perhaps I am biased. My wife, Heidi Johnson-Wright, a suburban Cleveland girl who appeared on the Morning Exchange and other consummate local programs as a poster child for the Arthritis Foundation, has used a wheelchair for her mobility for more than four decades.

Familia Wright, residents of Miami’s Little Havana since the dawn of the 21st century, has a long history of advocating for people with disabilities. 

The idea that our old hometown – looking as resilient and inviting as it ever has when we visited less than a year ago – would become the barrier-free place to be.

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