Civic Groups Mobilize to Keep Burke Lakefront Airport Open Amid Renewed Closure Debate

Min. Dale Edwards Executive Director Call and Post

CLEVELAND — A growing coalition of civic, business, aviation, and community groups is mounting a full-throated push to keep Burke Lakefront Airport open, countering renewed calls from some city leaders and local activists to close the downtown airfield and repurpose the 450-acre site along Lake Erie.

At a series of public meetings, press conferences, and strategy sessions over the past several weeks, supporters of the airport —…