In collaboration with Doan Brook Watershed Partnership (DBWP) and other partners, Chagrin River Watershed Partners completed a project to stabilize eroding streambanks and provide floodplain access in Rockefeller Park in Cleveland. This project is located just north of St. Casimir Way in an area known as Sowinski Park.  

This project restored 1,050 linear feet of Doan Brook and revegetated 0.6 acres of area along the stream with native plants. The project aligned a new stream channel away from the steep historic walls, added floodplain storage, and improved in-stream habitat by creating more defined riffles and pools. The City of Cleveland will install recreational amenities such as trails in the area. 

The Doan Brook Watershed Partnership received a grant from Ohio EPA through the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s 319 grant program to restore Doan Brook at Sowinski Park. The Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District (NEORSD) provided matching funds for this project. 

More information on this project is available at: https://doanbrookpartnership.org/sowinski-park/.

Funders and Partners:  

This project was financed in part through a grant from the State of Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and the United States Environmental Protection Agency, under the provisions of Section 319(h) of the Clean Water Act. The Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District also provided funding for this project.