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awesome news! i always had a feeling this was for real. (s) amherst/twp will become the new tourist capital of ohio! (except for maybe cp) :-). Can you imagine all this and then CP AND Cleveland only 30 minutes away, what a sales pitch!

from, Amherst News-Times (5-18-05) Three more dealerships could line Cooper Foster Park Road by JASON HAWK AMHERST -- Don't worry, fans of American cars. The Toyota dealership planned for Amherst's northwestern corner might be getting some good old homemade company. Lexus, Cadillac, and Pontiac (or Buick) dealerships may all join the proposed Toyota retailer on a 40-acre parcel at the corner of Cooper Foster Park and Oak Point roads east of the Cleveland Clinic, according to city council president John Dietrich.

Clinic may buy land for growth LORAIN -- The Cleveland Clinic is considering purchasing eight acres of land near its Lorain Family Health and Surgical Center at 5700 Cooper Foster Park Road for future expansion, according to Cleveland Clinic spokeswoman Eileen Shiel. Shiel confirmed yesterday that although nothing has been finalized and no contracts have been signed, expanding on the property is one of the things the clinic is considering. The property is behind its existing building on the northeast corner of Cooper Foster Park and Oak Point roads, near the SR 2 and Oak Point interchange, according to Shiel.

from, Morning Journal (5-12-05) Petition signers fight proposed Lorain Wal-Mart LORAIN -- Nearly three times the number of signatures needed were submitted yesterday to put a referendum on the November ballot on the rezoning for a Wal-Mart store, according to an attorney representing residents opposed to the location along Cooper Foster Park Road. ''The people will get the right to vote on the rezoning issue,'' said attorney Gerald Phillips after he submitted 4,302 signatures to Lorain Auditor Ron Mantini, 2,859 more than the 1,443 needed to represent 10 percent of the registered voters who cast a ballot in the last governor's race. http://morningjournal.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14513101&BRD=1699&PAG=461&dept_id=46371&rfi=6

from, Morning Journal (5-12-05) Star hopes Lorain academy will raise soccer's profile in America LORAIN - For the last three years, international soccer star and Bay Village native Brad Friedel has had a goal and vision for the game that is king in other countries. During a telephone interview from England yesterday, Friedel talked about changing the face of youth soccer in America with his proposal to build the $9 million Brad Friedel Premier Soccer Academy in Lorain by 2007. http://morningjournal.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14513114&BRD=1699&PAG=461&dept_id=46371&rfi=6

actually now that i think about it.... 10-15 is probably i little high. id say 8-12,000 would be a little more like it but still. I was considering the total number of new homes currently planned for the area (not just Martin's Run)... i believe that number is just shy of 3,000 thus my prediction of 10-15,000.

this project definetly wont be cancelled out completely... Lorain knows that. Even if "Lighthouse Village" fails a shopping center will be there in a few years no matter what. Developers cant ignore a neighborhood like "Martin's Run" which will add 10-15,000 new residents over the next 5 years (and thats just in one subdivision). The thing that I dont get is how they can claim any area in the city "blighted" even when the average new home is over 200,000 dollars.

this TIF crap out of Lorain is really starting to get to me. First Lorain gives Wal Mart a 75% tax TIF to pay for improvements to Cooper Foster Road and now this... :x

Pressure on schools to adjust Brian Bardwell The Chronicle-Telegram Residential growth in the district will force the cash-strapped Amherst Schools to either sink or swim, according to district Superintendent Robert Boynton. A planned multi-million-dollar soccer academy off Leavitt Road in Lorain, thousands of new homes already built and thousands of others in the planning stages will continue to swell the district’s enrollment for years to come, he said. And a proposal for a multi-billion dollar resort and residential complex at the Cleveland Quarries property will add even more students if it ultimately gets built. In recent years the district renovated Marion L. Steele High School and built a new junior high with room to accommodate future growth, but development has occurred at a faster pace than was anticipated, according to Boynton. “We know that this is a growing community,” said Superintendent Bob Boynton. “Our concern is that it’s managed.” Since Boynton took over the schools in 1998, the district’s enrollment has swelled by more than 600 students and continues to grow by about 70 a year, he said. But that growth could easily be doubled in 2006, when students from around the country and across the globe are scheduled to attend a year-round residential soccer academy. The portion of Lorain where soccer pro Brad Friedel plans to build — on acreage part of the Emerald Valley Golf Club, is situated in the Amherst school district. Within five years, residential development on the west side of Lorain will yield about 3,000 new homes, said Lorain Community Development Director Sandy Prudoff, and roughly 2,400 of those fall inside the Amherst school district, including all of Deerfield Estates and Camden Ridge, as well as about half of the Martin’s Run residential development. “There’s an enormous amount of growth going on here,” he said. Boynton said there is not much room left inside the city and in the portions of Lorain in the Amherst school district for further housing developments than those already planned, but he worries that developers will start striking more deals to buy and develop Amherst Township properties for housing developments. “Our biggest concern is really what happens in the township,” he said. “There’s a lot of undeveloped land out there.” Several developments under way in Amherst and the township are expected to yield nearly 900 more new homes. But if the enrollment doesn’t take any dramatic swings, Boynton says, the district will be able to accommodate it all. “We have been positioning ourselves since 1998 or ’99. We’ve kept a close eye on growth since then,” Boynton said. “We’ll be fine until 2012 if it’s a steady, manageable growth.” The buildings could reach capacity then, but the district already has a master plan laid out in anticipation of eligibility for funding from the Ohio School Facilities Commission in five years, so it should be able to start opening new buildings just when it needs them. “We’re hoping that come 2010, it will all come together,” he said.

Amherst schools wondering how much growth to expect Friday, April 22, 2005 Plain Dealer Reporter Amherst -- As Ohio's newest turnpike interchange brings more traffic to this rural community, school officials hope the congestion won't spread to the classroom. The district's 4,260 students live in Amherst, Amherst Township and a portion of southern Lorain. Averaging 60 to 80 new students a year, enrollment could be handled for about five years, Superintendent Bob Boynton said. To reach this Plain Dealer Reporter: [email protected], 800-767-2821

wow....and I just now read that last week Kiddie Kollege, First Federal and someone wanting to build a 10,000 sq. ft. building (all on rt58)....went before the Amherst planning commission for approval. Things look to be heating up out here in western Lorain County......

from, Chronicle Telegram (4-20-05) RESIDENTS OPPOSE SHOPPING CENTER LORAIN/AMHERST - Donna Ignatko and her late husband moved into a roomy home on Vassar Avenue in Lorain back in 1964. Dense woodlands surrounded their property then, and they still do. But all that could change soon. A Westlake developer will present its proposal to the city’s Planning Commission on May 4 for the rezoning of 65 acres at Leavitt and Jaeger roads for its Lighthouse Village shopping center. The project could be anchored by a Home Depot and two other large retailers, as well as a dozen storefronts. Ignatko, who is organizing a public meeting at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Lorain Public Library to mobilize opposition to the project, said the new center would be built on land that was supposed to be protected. “I don’t want this to be a NIMBY situation,” said Ignatko, referring to the “Not In My Backyard” sentiment. “I told the developer in January 2004 that if I moved to Timbuktu, I would still fight this because there’s principle involved here.” from, Chronicle Telegram (4-20-05) IS LORAIN GROWING ENOUGH FOR NEW RETAIL PROJECTS? LORAIN/AMHERST - On Lorain's west side, tony new neighborhoods are popping up all over the place. But how much will it take to support a parrallel wave of new retail offerings? Some residents believe all those new households will give new retail centers the traffic needed to spell sucess. Others are more concerned that building too many centers could repeat the probolems that were created in other parts of the city, where shopping centers have set empty and blighted for years. Earlier this month, council approved a plan to build a new Wal-Mart superstore right across Leavitt Road from an existing SuperK. Further west, off Oak Point Road near state Route 2, another developer is currently building 192 homes at Deerfield estates to feed into 287,450 square feet worth of retail offerings. And now along comes a proposed development off Leavitt Road near Tower Boulevard called Lighthouse Village that city leaders say could include a Home Depot and other large retailers.

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just something minor i came across..... http://www.ukdata.com/company-listings/details/TRANS+EUROPEAN+SECURITIES+INTERNATIONAL+LLP.html

lol... thats a song?

from, Morning Journal (3-06-05) From sandstone quarries to possible luxury resort By KRISTA SCHULTZ Amherst Township - Once the oldest and largest quarrying business in existence, Cleveland Quarries will now be using its natural assets and atmosphere as the stage for a proposed billion dollar leisure resort plan. United Kingdom-based consortium Trans European Securities International LLP originally proposed its plan of a 970-acre leisure resort and golf course to a packed house of trustees, local government officials and residents back in late September. The plan has slowly begun to grind forward in the months since.

or one 350-400+ story tower!!! :-o

I completely agree that this is not for sure until they start construction. But, this company (someone) has been in constant contact with Lorain County officials for the past 11 months. They have not done anything out of the ordinary so far, why should we be any more skeptical of this project than any other?? Yea, you can say all they have done so far is purchase an option on the land but what else could you expect of them at this point? Deveopers dont buy the land or start construction before zoning has been approved. This is going to be a long process. Amherst and Brownhelm townships have to completely re-write their zoning regulations. A project like this takes months, years of planning. Give it time, and wait to see what happens, before you write it off.

HEY MISTER GOOD DAY!! welcome to the topic! Mister Day Man said: Obviously, this will affect the entire region, but I don't believe you can call this sprawl... There are no companies relocating from Cleveland and the 25,000 people who live in this "community" will not be comming from Cleveland. They will be comming from across the US and the globe. Sure there will be people who move here from Cleveland, but thats not the developer's objective. For this to be successful it will have to draw people from all over the place. In my eyes it can only bring good to NE Ohio...positive international attention, desperatly needed jobs (at least 6 or 7,000), spin off developments from Hopkins to Route 58 and Baumhart Rd. and beyond, and not to mention, a huge boost to the local schools and communities. All this without taking anything from Cleveland. Does any one think that NE Ohio would be better off without this development???

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I don't think anyone is seriously comparing it to Disney World.. only in the sense that both projects had/ will have an enormous impact on the surrounding communities. I think this (Cleveland Quarries Project) will be more comparable to places like Cedar Point and other big amusement parks. It could be the biggest resort in Ohio and maybe even the midwest. Maybe even one of the top in the country. Only time will tell what comes of it though, lots can change between now and opening day. Looks like the next really exciting news wont come out until - Christmas time - when TESI will release a 3-D model, specific building renderings, costs, tenents, ect. In the mean time we can expect to learn things like the results of the feasability study, traffic impacts, where sewers will come from ect... For the next week or so there are just going to be local community/county meetings, there probably wont be too much news from those. This is just an on going process right now... give it some time.

When ever and where ever one of these Wal-Marts are proposed there is opposition. Well 90% of the time anyways. The most frequent argument against the store is that it will put others, around it, out of business. In this case its the other way around, No Wal-Mart = no other development :?. In Amherst, a Wal Mart was recently proposed, residents petioned against the plan. The main argument was that nearby businesses would close (K-Mart, Giant Eagle, Bobels ect.) ..... within the next 6 months, THREE new shopping centers, totalling 1,000,000 square feet are proposed. Go figure?!!? Doesn't seem to be hurting business much.... I'm sure there are other examples of this happening .... it seems Wal-Mart is not an inhibitor of development but rather attracts other "big-box stores" Just an observation.

On the map I posted, Wal Mart had already been "penciled in".... that leads me to believe Wal Mart definetly WOULD have opened a store there, if it had not been for all the opposition.

thanks punch..... theres more info at.... http://www.goodmanrealestate.com/property.asp?idProperty=32#