CLEVELAND, Ohio – A new Cuyahoga County loan program aims to spur real estate development along major public transit lines, expanding access to jobs and creating vibrant, walkable communities where residents can live, work and play without cars.

For decades, county growth has catered to automobiles, with zoning codes that separated homes from businesses and required vast parking lots. But county officials hope that the new Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) Loan Program will help reshape the urban landscape, creating more mixed-use neighborhoods designed around transit hubs, where housing, retail and office space are integrated in a walkable environment.

The county points to places like the Van Aken District in Shaker Heights, the Welleon luxury apartment complex in Gordon Square and the

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