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From the 3/28/07 Enquirer: Warren kept on thriving in 2006 BY ELAINE TRUMPEY | [email protected] Last year was a good one for economic development in Warren County, officials said Tuesday. New business investment in the county soared 57 percent from about $207 million in 2005 to $326 million in 2006. That investment helped create more than 1,100 jobs while it helped retain another 1,300, according to a report delivered Tuesday to Warren County commissioners. http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20070328/NEWS01/703280419/ From the 3/30/07 Enquirer: Little Miami gains 35 acres Donated land would be used for school BY MICHAEL D. CLARK | [email protected] HAMILTON TWP. - After more than two years of negotiations, Little Miami school officials this week were happy to finalize an agreement for 35 acres of donated land - worth $1.6 million - for a new school. The deal between the Warren County school system and Mason-based developer River III also includes donating $300,000 in construction fees based on the sale of lots in a new 377-home community. That planned subdivision on 207 acres in Hamilton Township will surround Little Miami's new intermediate school at Stephens and Zoar roads. http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20070330/NEWS0102/703300410/

From ThisWeek Worthington, 3/29/07: RENDERING: This is an artist's rendering of the upscale homes that would be built in the proposed Michaela subdivision, on the east side of Olentangy River Road, south of state Route 161. Subdivision plan moves onto council without MPC approval Thursday, March 29, 2007 By CANDY BROOKS ThisWeek Staff Writer A proposed subdivision of 14 upscale homes along Olentangy River Road will be presented to Worthington City Council without the recommendation of the Municipal Planning Commission. MPC defeated by a 2-2 vote the final subdivision plat for the Michaela subdivision last week. Three positive votes are needed for approval. James Sauer was absent. Catherine Cunningham, attorney for developer The Bigler Co., said after the Thursday meeting that her client intended to pursue the subdivision plat approval. City Council has final authority in subdivision plats. Last week was the third hearing before the commission and again drew neighbors who object to the density of the proposed project and to the alleged damage that will be done to the land. Read more at http://www.thisweeknews.com/?story=sites/thisweeknews/032907/Worthington/News/032907-News-328056.html

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From the 1/25/07 Garfield-Maple Sun: Hospital opens tower Thursday, January 25, 2007 By John Kametz Garfield-Maple Sun GARFIELD HEIGHTS Visitors to the 52-acre Marymount campus between McCracken and Granger roads will see two new facilities aimed at addressing both emergency and long-term nursing and memory care needs. This follows the grand opening last week of Marymount Hospital's new three-story, $25 million Critical Care Tower. Also dedicated by Cleveland Bishop Richard G. Lennon in ceremonies Thursday was the $22 million, 114-suite Villa St. Joseph... hat is good," she said. http://www.cleveland.com/sun/garfieldmaplesun/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1169747789227960.xml&coll=3 From the 1/24/07 Ashtabula Star Beacon: PHOTO: SECURITY FENCE surrounding the Cleveland Hotel in downtown Conneaut is proof long-awaited restoration work is under way. DANIEL KRAUS / The Star Beacon Facelift for Cleveland Hotel Workers begin restoration work in Conneaut[/size] By MARK TODD Staff Writer [email protected] CONNEAUT - - Workers have begun breathing new life into one of Conneaut's showplaces. Crews this week began the extensive restoration process at the Cleveland Hotel, a circa-1900 building at State Street and Cleveland Court in the city's downtown district. Security fence has been installed around most of the building, and several loads of trash have already been hauled out by a team of 18 workers, said Don Longwell, of Lighthouse Historic Development Inc., the hotel's owner... http://www.starbeacon.com/local/local_story_024071533 From the 1/26/07 News-Herald: Auburn to ask for bond issue Career Center to put $42.5 million issue on ballot in Lake, Geauga counties By: David W. Jones [email protected] 01/26/2007 Auburn Career Center in Concord Township plans to ask voters in Lake and Geauga counties to approve a $42.5 million bond issue on May 8. It is Auburn's first tax request since 1962 when voters in four school districts enabled it to open in 1963 as the Lake County Vocational Education District, the first in Ohio... http://www.news-herald.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17767704&BRD=1698&PAG=461&dept_id=21849&rfi=6 Architects study costs of new city hall digs Parma Sun Post, 1/25/07 City Council has authorized a second-phase study on converting a Pearl Road office building into a police station and City Hall. The city will pay RCU Architects $16,500 to analyze the feasibility and cost of renovating the Heritage Building, which formerly housed R.A. Gall Realty, into new quarters for police and city offices... Residents get first peek at brand new fire station Brooklyn Sun Journal, 1/25/07 With the new city fire station almost finished, department employees are expected to move in the second week of February. Late last week, fire trucks rolled out of the old fire station on Memphis Avenue and took their place in the new fire station down the street as part of an open house held over the weekend... Conneaut Port Authority keeps close watch on marina work Ashtabula Star Beacon, 1/23/07 A tight schedule put a $200,000 marina repair project on the fast track, Conneaut Port Authority members learned at Thursday's regular meeting. A contractor is already at work removing a 400-foot section of crumbling wall at the "lagoon," Conneaut's oldest Lake Erie marina east of the Broad Street extension. Concrete is also being poured at the site, officials have said... University Hospitals Geneva Medical Center plans more improvements Ashtabula Star Beacon, 1/22/07 The latest in a series of major facility enhancements at University Hospitals Geneva Medical Center will get underway this spring when ground is broken on the new Geneva Medical Office Building, to be located on the hospital's campus... Sheffield Twp. seeks funds for fire station Elyria Chronicle-Telegram, 1/21/07 It’s been a fixture in Sheffield Township for 76 years, but the old fire station on Broadway is ready to retire from active duty, according to township trustees. The trustees are looking into getting a new fire station to replace the aging structure, which has sat at 3977 Broadway since 1931, and they’re refusing to use taxpayer money to do it...

From the 3/9/07 Dayton Business Journal: $150M home development gets started Dayton Business Journal - March 9, 2007 by Yvonne Teems DBJ Staff Reporter The developers of Yankee Trace are moving forward on another Dayton-area housing project. Blue Ash-based Great Traditions Land and Development Co. parceled out the lots for its new $150 million to $175 million upscale development in late February and expects preliminary home sales to start in April, said Jim Sullivan, executive vice president. The 200-acre project, called The Trails of Saddle Creek, brings 277 new homes to Washington Township, an area heavily laden with new home building. Saddle Creek homes will range in price from $350,000 to $2 million: * 66 Manor homes will range from $750,000 to $2 million on three-fourths to 2-acre sites; * 71 Estate homes will range from $500,000 to $750,000 on one-half acre to three-fourths acre sites; * 69 Club homes will range from $500,000 to $600,000 on about one-half acre sites; and * 71 Villa homes will range from $350,000 to $450,000 on one-third acre sites. Great Traditions is going for an equestrian theme with this project by cutting large lot sizes and maintaining an open field feel. The project pays homage to the Clyo Road site, the former Berry family horse farm, Sullivan said. MORE: http://dayton.bizjournals.com/dayton/stories/2007/03/12/story2.html

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From the 3/30/07 Blade: Judge hears fourth day of testimony in Dana Corp. case Toledo's Dana Corp. and its two main unions yesterday finished the fourth day of expert testimony on whether the bankrupt auto supplier can throw out union contracts, eliminate retiree health care, and institute other changes. But because bankruptcy laws are not written to protect workers, the United Auto Workers and United Steelworkers will need to bargain a settlement to protect workers and retirees, said Jim Robinson, the Steelworkers' director for Illinois and Indiana. He led union negotiations with Dana. ---- More at: http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070330/BUSINESS03/703300373/-1/RSS04

Both from the 3/29/07 Blade: Unions counter Dana's case for cutting wages By JULIE M. McKINNON BLADE BUSINESS WRITER NEW YORK - Government statistics could determine what union factory workers for Dana Corp. are paid. In a U.S. Bankruptcy Court hearing yesterday in New York City, attorneys for the major unions representing workers suggested a different set of wages compiled by the government than did the experts at the Toledo firm, which would mean pay cuts are not needed. Contact Julie M. McKinnon at: [email protected] or 419-724-6087. ---- More at: http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070329/BUSINESS03/703290425/-1/RSS04 Dana sells Archbold plant; 2 in area still on block Bankrupt Dana Corp. has agreed to sell an operation in Archbold in a $70 million deal involving eight factories worldwide, but the firm has yet to find a buyer for two other northwest Ohio plants on the sales block. Orhan Holding AS, a Turkish industrial concern, has agreed to buy the hose and tubing plants, which the Toledo auto-parts supplier does not consider integral to its operations. - Gary T. Pakulski ---- More at: http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070329/BUSINESS03/703290367/-1/RSS04

From the 3/21/07 ABJ: Business forum nurtures Akron, Israel ties High-tech companies ready to compete for shot to expand in region, Ohio delegate says By Paula Schleis Beacon Journal business writer It's been just a week since Zev Gurion returned to Akron from Israel, but he's already getting the feedback that city and business leaders had hoped for. High-tech Israeli companies eager to expand into the U.S. market see Ohio as a top destination and are ready to compete for it. ... http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/business/16944725.htm?source=rss&channel=ohio_business

From the 1/23/07 PD: Israeli firms learn Ohio's vital signs are looking good Medical-technology companies visit Tuesday, January 23, 2007 Mary Vanac Plain Dealer Reporter Northeast Ohio is the place to develop medical information technology, Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher told representatives of 14 Israeli companies, as well as nonprofit groups and government agencies, on Monday, the first full day of a five-day trade mission to Cleveland and Akron. Because of the region's top-rated hospitals, flexible work force and culture -- and the state's Third Frontier investments -- "I doubt you will find a region of a state that offers more to each of you than this region," Fisher told his audience at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Independence. The Israeli companies are looking to sell their electronic health record, medical information, wireless diagnostic and medical and emergency training systems to health-care providers here. ... http://www.cleveland.com/business/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/business/1169546258103940.xml&coll=2

From the 3/22/07 Aurora Journal-Press: New U.S. 50 bridge close to state OK By Erika Schmidt Russell, News Editor 03/22/2007 By all indications, construction of a new bridge over Tanners Creek in Lawrenceburg should be under way next year. Lawrenceburg officials are awaiting word from the Indiana Department of Transportation on a contract to build the bridge, said City Manager Tom Steidel. The $25 million bridge is on a state projects list set to be bid in the next 18 months. ... http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18112533&BRD=2075&PAG=461&dept_id=386538&rfi=6

From the 3/9/07 Dearborn County Register: U.S. 50 report: too many driveways By Denise Freitag Burdette, Assistant News Editor 03/09/2007 “U.S. 50 is plagued with access problems such as poorly located and/or closely spaced driveways and intersections.” But the final report for the U.S. 50 Gateway Study presented to Dearborn County commissioners Tuesday night, March 6, offers possible solutions for the traffic congested road. ... http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18060422&BRD=2076&PAG=461&dept_id=384100&rfi=6

From the 1/19/07 Aurora Journal Press: Business owners talk with planners about U.S. 50 By Denise Freitag Burdette, Assistant News Editor 01/19/2007 Concerns about preliminary plans to improve access along the U.S. 50 corridor from Front Street in Lawrenceburg to the Interstate 275 interchange in Greendale resulted in a special meeting between businesses and Ohio Kentucky Indiana Regional Council of Governments’ representatives Tuesday, Jan. 9. OKI has hired M•E Companies, Westerville, Ohio, Westerville, Ohio, for Dearborn County, to conduct a gateway study of U.S. 50, focusing on planning and land use concepts along the corridor. A second study is being conducted through Indiana Department of Transportation to explore possible solutions for the areas most impacted by the congested traffic. ... http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17731977&BRD=2075&PAG=461&dept_id=386538&rfi=6

From the 3/28/07 Enquirer: Port Authority gets $58,000 THE ENQUIRER Mason City Council allocated $58,000 to the Mason Port Authority on Monday for a study of the Interstate 71 growth corridor. The study will identify a development strategy for the 2,000 acres that includes the Western Row Road and Kings Mills interchanges. http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20070328/NEWS01/703280414/ From Community Press Mason-Deerfield, 3/28/07: Mason tax rates clarified for school bond issue MASON - Tax rates would decrease at a slower pace if a bond issue to expand Mason High School is approved on May 8. Using a state formula, the $30 million bond issue has been certified at 1.27 mills by the Warren County Auditor's office, but school officials say a restructuring of debt under state funding law applying to fast-growing districts will allow financing of the issue under existing millage. The district will also depend on rising property values and new construction. http://news.communitypress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/C2/20070328/NEWS01/703280380/

From the 3/16/07 Blade: $1.3 million Lagrange renovation announced Shoppes on Lagrinka to be ready by fall By CLYDE HUGHES BLADE STAFF WRITER The row of buildings in the 2800 block of Lagrange Street, in the heart of the Polish International Village, doesn't look like much - with peeling paint, tattered interiors, and fading "For Lease" signs in the windows. Yesterday, city of Toledo and Lucas County officials crowded into one of the empty buildings and joined representatives of Lagrange Development Corp. in announcing a $1.3 million renovation of four turn-of-the-century buildings that corporation officials hope will become a destination point. The project, called The Shoppes on Lagrinka, will take six months to complete and will be ready for occupancy by the fall, said Terry Glazer, president of the corporation. Mr. Glazer said he has received roughly 60 calls about the buildings, but business owners wanted to see renovation work in progress before committing. That work begins this week. Mr. Glazer said Lagrange Development cobbled together nine funding sources and 13 funding programs in raising the money needed to renovate the structures. The city of Toledo, for example, contributed nearly $300,000 in grants for the project. The Toledo office of the Local Initiatives Support Corp. loaned Lagrange $200,000 to buy the buildings. KeyBank also provided a $376,000 loan and other help. Mayor Carty Finkbeiner praised Lagrange for its determination to make the project a reality and credited the neighborhood for its cleanliness. More at http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070316/NEWS16/703160340/-1/RSS10

From ThisWeek Grandview, 3/29/07: Prescott Place a work in progress First residents in upscale development expected this summer Thursday, March 29, 2007 By ALAN FROMAN ThisWeek Staff Writer The first residents of the Pizzuti Companies' new Prescott Place condominium development are expected to move in over the summer. "We've already sold seven of the units with an eighth sale pending. That's a third of the units sold before our model home is even open," said Joel Pizzuti, president and chief operating officer. "We're really pleased. There has been exceptional interest in this development," he said. "It says a lot about the quality of the development and the attraction of living in Marble Cliff." The development on the former St. Raphael's Home for the Aged site will have 23 condominium units -- three each in seven new buildings and two in the original Bush mansion, which is being subdivided. The Bush mansion's design serves as the defining character for the other buildings in the development, Pizzuti said. Read more at http://www.thisweeknews.com/?story=sites/thisweeknews/032907/Grandview/News/032907-News-326602.html

Four school plans outlined Wapakoneta Daily News, 3/27/07 Members of the Ohio Schools Facilities Commission (OSFC) recommended three plans for construction and renovation of Wapakoneta City Schools. Superintendent Keith Horner said administrators are considering at least one additional plan, one they hope is approved by the commission established in 1997 to administer state funding for construction and renovation of Ohio schools. To receive state funding, any plan the district adopts must first be approved by OSFC members. The district could be up for funding this spring, but most likely would fall in line for funding next spring. Three plans already approved by OSFC members for the Wapakoneta City Schools District are plans titled red, white and blue. The red plan includes four buildings, with eighth- through 12th-grade students at the high school, fifth- through seventh-grade at the middle school, and two kindergarten through fourth-grade elementary school buildings — one school with 800 students and the other with a minimum of 350 students.

From ThisWeek Westerville, 3/29/07: Board, campaign group enthusiastically endorse constitutional amendment Thursday, March 29, 2007 By MACKENZIE WHITE ThisWeek Staff Writer The Westerville Board of Education and the Our Community, Our Schools committee pledged support Monday for a school funding constitutional amendment. "The public has been calling for this discussion, and we've not had it," Our Community, Our Schools chair Larry Jenkins said. School board president Cindy Crowe pledged the district will seek double the number of signatures it's been asked to contribute toward getting the amendment on the November ballot. Crowe said supporters have asked the district to obtain nearly 15,000 signatures to match the number of students enrolled in the district. Collecting double that will "send a message" to the statehouse, she said. MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/?story=sites/thisweeknews/032907/Westerville/News/032907-News-326055.html

From the 3/28/07 Greenville Daily Advocate: Education plan well received locally Most agree, however, that the legislature could change everything Bob Robinson Managing Editor GREENVILLE - Strickland seems to be focusing on children's needs in education... something previous administrations had not done. This was the general reaction of most district school superintendents in Darke County. Two weeks ago, Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland gave his State of the State address. Two days later, he gave his budget for the 2008-09 fiscal years to the General Assembly. Last week, the Daily Advocate reported comments by public officials serving Darke County. Reaction was mixed. The Advocate was able to make contact with six Darke County superintendents regarding their reactions to Strickland's plans for education. MORE: http://www.dailyadvocate.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=2&ArticleID=123494&TM=79984.49

From the 3/30/07 Lancaster Eagle-Gazette: Ohio EPA seeks public input on ethanol plant Fate of E85 plant, a Seattle-based company, awaits review of health, environmental concerns By TAMARIA L. KULEMEKA The Eagle-Gazette Staff LANCASTER - The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency issued a draft of an air pollution control permit to a company seeking to build an ethanol plant in Lancaster. The draft permit doesn't mean that E85 Inc. has the green light to move forward with construction and production of ethanol. The draft permit, issued Thursday, opens the door for the EPA to begin soliciting comments about the proposed ethanol plant. Review of the public comments will aid the EPA in its decision to approve or disapprove the issuing of a final permit. MORE: http://www.lancastereaglegazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070330/NEWS01/703300325/1002/rss01

From the 3/28/07 Newark Advocate: Ethanol opponents may be too few Legal defense group may bow out; man still plans to work to block development By MARK SZAKONYI Advocate Reporter NEWARK -- A lukewarm turnout at a Saturday meeting about blocking a proposed ethanol plant in Newark has the organizer doubting any future action by her group. Eme Lybarger, of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, said she didn't get the sense from the meeting that the majority of residents were against the facility. http://www.newarkadvocate.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070328/NEWS01/703280303/1002/rss01

From the 3/30/07 Enquirer: Teens bring crime downtown At least six victimized by truants; police promise more arrests on way BY EILEEN KELLEY | [email protected] DOWNTOWN - A group of teens has been roaming city streets in recent days intimidating, sucker-punching and in some cases robbing unsuspecting people downtown. As of Friday afternoon, police had arrested 13 teens for the crimes, said Lt. Tom Lanter of the Cincinnati Police Department. Its excellent police work, Lanter said. http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20070330/NEWS01/703300418/

From the 3/29/07 Enquirer: 7 arrested in downtown attacks BY EILEEN KELLEY | [email protected] Cincinnati police have arrested seven teenagers over the past several days for various assaults and robberies downtown. The ages of those arrested range from 14 to 18. http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20070329/NEWS01/303290048/

From the 3/28/07 Enquirer: Family struggles with 2nd killing BY EILEEN KELLEY | [email protected] For the second time in two weeks, Annie Brantley has had to say goodbye to a relative killed by gun violence in Cincinnati. She learned Tuesday her nephew Michael Brantley, 28, had been shot to death. Her second cousin, Michael Barber, 28, was killed March 13. Both homicide cases are open. http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20070328/NEWS01/303280043/

From the 3/29/07 Newark Advocates: Man appeals zoning permit for Wal-Mart Etna Township residents continue battle to keep store from Ohio 310 site By CHAD KLIMACK Advocate Reporter ETNA TOWNSHIP -- Etna Township residents continue to fight Wal-Mart's efforts to build a store on Ohio 310. A resident of Cumberland Trail, a subdivision across Ohio 310 from the proposed store site, this week appealed a zoning permit Zoning Inspector Stan Robinson approved March 7. The permit calls for a 184,189-square-foot Wal-Mart store. The cost of the project is estimated at $12 million, according to the permit. Cumberland Trail resident Gilbert Guttentag appealed the permit. "Zoning laws are there to protect the people in this township," he said Wednesday. Newark attorney Jonathan Veley, who is representing Guttentag, outlined a number of reasons for the challenge in paperwork he submitted to the township. Full story at http://www.newarkadvocate.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070329/NEWS01/703290336/1002/rss01