Michelle Jarboe

@mjarboe

Business reporter learning new things at @WEWS. Past: Crain’s Cleveland, The Plain Dealer. Wife, mom, cat servant. DMs open. [email protected]

Cleveland, OH

Joined July 2010

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Michelle Jarboe@mjarboe · Jan 4, 2024

I'm thrilled to share that I'm joining @WEWS this month as part of the Scripps Journalism Journey Initiative, a national professional-development program. I look forward to telling Cleveland stories in new ways - and learning from inspiring colleagues. scripps.com/press-releases…

mjarboe's tweet card. The E.W. Scripps Company has placed 13 veteran journalists across its local and national newsrooms as part of the second cohort of the Journalism Journey Initiative.

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Michelle Jarboe@mjarboe · Jul 7

DEVELOPING: Lawsuit filed in Franklin County Common Pleas Court over Ohio's plan to take unclaimed funds to help pay for a new Cleveland Browns stadium in Brook Park - and other projects. w/ @DrewScofield01 news5cleveland.com/news/local-new…

mjarboe's tweet card. The lawsuit says the state's move to take unclaimed funds to help pay for the Browns' future stadium in Brook Park is an "unconstitutional and unlawful misappropriation of private property."

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Michelle Jarboe@mjarboe · Jul 25

Fannie Mae is foreclosing on Reserve Square, downtown Cleveland’s largest apartment complex. The landlord says the recent loss of international students caused vacancy to soar, leaving units more than 50% empty and causing a refinancing deal to fall apart. news5cleveland.com/news/local-new…

mjarboe's tweet card. A lender is foreclosing on Downtown Cleveland’s largest apartment complex, after soaring vacancy and a debt-repayment deadline tipped Reserve Square into a deep hole.

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Michelle Jarboe@mjarboe · Jul 23

State grant will help prepare a mega-site in Lorain County. At more than 1,000 acres, it will be the largest economic-development site by far in Northeast Ohio, a built-out region where scarce land makes it hard to win major projects. via @CatherineRossTV news5cleveland.com/news/local-new…

mjarboe's tweet card. A rural area of central Lorain County is bracing for what some leaders have called “generational change.” A state grant will help prime Northeast Ohio’s largest mega site for development.

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Michelle Jarboe@mjarboe · Jul 22

Cleveland wins $960,000 federal planning grant for the lakefront, to develop plans for a new transit hub that will combine Amtrak and RTA. The award comes on the heels of nearly $130 million in federal grants for a land bridge and a revamped Shoreway. news5cleveland.com/news/local-new…

mjarboe's tweet card. The City of Cleveland has landed another federal grant to help remake its lakefront – in this case, to help develop plans for a new transportation hub.

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Michelle Jarboe@mjarboe · Jul 15

The city of Cleveland and the nonprofit North Coast Waterfront Development Corp. are seeking developers for 50 acres of the downtown lakefront - including the land where Huntington Bank Field sits. news5cleveland.com/news/local-new…

mjarboe's tweet card. Cleveland is seeking developers for 50 acres of its Downtown lakefront – including the land where Huntington Bank Field now stands.

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Michelle Jarboe@mjarboe · Jul 11

A Cuyahoga County judge has rejected the Browns' request to throw out the city of Cleveland's lawsuit against the team over the Modell law and the team's existing stadium lease. "The issue of the Browns leaving ... is (no) longer hypothetical," she wrote. news5cleveland.com/sports/browns/…

mjarboe's tweet card. A state court judge has rejected a request from Haslam Sports Group to throw out a lawsuit filed by the city of Cleveland over the Browns’ looming move to Brook Park.

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Michelle Jarboe@mjarboe · Jul 11

“It’s my hope that the Haslams will be good corporate citizens and ensure that there is a very quick and fast demolition of that stadium,” Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb said of Huntington Bank Field. We talked about the city's court battle with the Browns. news5cleveland.com/news/local-new…

mjarboe's tweet card. Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb says the city’s legal fight over the Browns’ departure for Brook Park isn’t over yet, despite interference from state lawmakers.

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Michelle Jarboe@mjarboe · Jul 11

If you watch one thing today, make it this creative story from @ClayLePard and @WEWS photographer Dennis Spronck, who recreated high-profile Cleveland moments from the new Superman movie - shot for shot. (spoiler: nobody from the station learned to fly.) news5cleveland.com/news/local-new…

mjarboe's tweet card. Many will flock to theaters this week to soak up the latest summer blockbuster, but for many in Northeast Ohio, the new Superman movie highlights all sorts of Cleveland landmarks.

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Michelle Jarboe@mjarboe · Jul 11

I talked to Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb and the city's law director, Mark Griffin, about the ongoing legal fight between the city and the Browns - and the city's belief that there's more to sort out here, despite interference from state lawmakers. news5cleveland.com/news/local-new…

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Michelle Jarboe@mjarboe · Jul 9

Union labor leaders and workers packed the house last night at a public meeting in Brook Park, as the city’s planning commission voted to advance a rezoning of the 176-acre industrial site where the Cleveland Browns hope to build a new stadium. news5cleveland.com/sports/browns/…

mjarboe's tweet card. There wasn’t a peep of dissent in the standing-room-only crowd as the Brook Park's planning commission voted to advance a rezoning of the future stadium site.

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Michelle Jarboe@mjarboe · Jul 7

Updated with more details from an interview with Nic Barlage of Rock Entertainment Group. Bedrock hopes to break ground for Cosm in early 2026, with the goal of opening in 2027. "We have big plans for the rest of the development," he said of the block. news5cleveland.com/news/local-new…

mjarboe's tweet card. Cosm will anchor a larger Downtown Cleveland project called the Rock Block, through a deal with Detroit-based developer Bedrock and Rock Entertainment Group.

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Michelle Jarboe@mjarboe · Jul 7

Bedrock and Rock Entertainment Group just announced the anchor tenant for a development project north of Rocket Arena in downtown Cleveland. It’s an immersive sports and entertainment venue called Cosm, with a four-story domed theater tucked inside. news5cleveland.com/news/local-new…

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Michelle Jarboe@mjarboe · Jul 7

.@camijustice checks out the North Coast Yard on the downtown Cleveland lakefront, where P League basketball takes over the blacktop on Wednesday nights. news5cleveland.com/news/local-new…

mjarboe's tweet card. With summer here, the North Coast Yard space has since opened, and amid a wide offering of events for the community to enjoy, one of those takes place on the basketball courts each Wednesday evening.

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Michelle Jarboe@mjarboe · Jul 6

We had so much fun at the Asian Lantern Festival at @clemetzoo last night.

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Michelle Jarboe@mjarboe · Jul 3

The Rockefeller Building in downtown Cleveland is up for sale again - and a Florida-based lender is set to take over the property soon. There's no price listed, but the broker tells me it's likely to sell for much less than the debt ($8.2M). Our last story:news5cleveland.com/news/local-new…

mjarboe's tweet card. Five people were cited and released after breaking into Cleveland's historic Rockefeller Building on West 6th Street and Superior Avenue.

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Michelle Jarboe@mjarboe · Jul 1

With $600 million earmarked for a new Brook Park stadium in the state budget, Browns owners Jimmy and Dee Haslam say they're committed to moving forward. In Cleveland, the Bibb administration says it's "deeply disappointed" by the budget bill. news5cleveland.com/sports/browns/…

mjarboe's tweet card. The owners of the Cleveland Browns marked a win on Tuesday, thanking lawmakers and Gov. Mike DeWine for including a $600 million stadium grant in the next state budget.

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Michelle Jarboe@mjarboe · Jul 1

Gov. Mike DeWine signs state budget, leaving aid for the Cleveland Browns intact - including $600M for a new stadium in Brook Park (from unclaimed funds) and changes to the Modell law, which Cleveland has been trying to use to fight a move. via @MorganTrau news5cleveland.com/news/politics/…

mjarboe's tweet card. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has signed the state's massive operating budget, which includes funding for a new Cleveland Browns domed stadium.

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