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Phase III – The Skywalk | Red Line Greenway

Connecting Cleveland through trails

The Red Line Greenway in Cleveland, Ohio

Sometime over the summer of 2023, I was contacted by a friend named Lennie Stover. I was introduced to Lennie in 2018 through a contact I made during the pre-production phase of a River Fire Films documentary titled – “Train Ave“.

That film project was appropriately named after the westside Cleveland road – Train Avenue, that the film examines after dozens of dead dogs over the course of several months were being discovered along the side of the road.

Unfortunately, that film was completed but never released to the public. It is, however, currently back in production under the new title “Train Avenue“. 

Lennie is the Founder and Project Coordinator of the Red Line Greenway, an ambitious initiative he had been working on implementing that would connect eight westside neighborhoods to downtown Cleveland, utilizing a rails-to-trails type infrastructure. 

The reason The Red Line Greenway was so significant in Lennie and I connecting is due to a section of his two-mile all-purpose trail butting right up against Train Avenue. 

Phase I and II of The Red Line Greenway were completed and opened to the public in 2021. So when it came time to begin planning Phase III, Lennie approached me about making a promotional video to use for the planning and fundraising situations. And, of course I wanted in on this special project!

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video credits

Produced by:
River Fire Films, LLC

Directed & Edited by:
Jeff Theman

Drone Videography by:
North Coast Aerial
Aerial Agents

Lennie Stover

News Channel 5
Center for Community Solutions
Cleveland Public Library
Cleveland Plain Dealer

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