Aerial view of Cleveland, Tenn., looking Southeast near I-75.CLEVELAND, Tenn. — Cleveland has scored well in recent environmentally-friendly initiatives intended to protect and restore the city’s natural surroundings.
On Monday, officials discussed the city’s progress in establishing a new wetlands area near the Rolling Hills community and a couple of grants for improving Cleveland’s “clean and green” outlook.
Cleveland’s 20-acre wetland area, sited along “the back nine” of the Rolling Hills Golf Course, made great marks, according to a recent Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation audit, said Jonathan Jobe, the city’s director of Development and Engineering Services.
“Good progress has been made now,” said Jobe. “We had to regrade that area to get it to hold some water, to get it to turn into a wetland.”
The wetland was created as a balance to wetlands lost from the construction of the new Cleveland Regional Airport, located in northern Bradley County.