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From the 5/14/07 Martins Ferry Times Leader: Wilson hopeful for future of coal By JASON BRUN, Times Leader Staff Writer HOPEDALE — According to Ohio Sen. Jason Wilson (D-30th District), a bright future for Eastern Ohio could be lit by the dark coal beneath our feet. Wilson spoke Saturday evening at the Harrison Coal and Reclamation Historical Park Inc. (HCRHP) 13th annual dinner and auction held at the Hopedale Social Hall. The senator explained the local coal industry was once part of what he considers the “carburetor of the economic engine that ran this country.” He talked about future plans that are in the works to develop an 800-acre coal liquefaction plant in Wellsville. MORE: http://timesleaderonline.com/news/articles.asp?articleID=7452

Local sellers, buyers hook up Century-old Covington building shows advantage of patience BY MIKE BOYER | [email protected] Patience can be a virtue in real-estate investing. Ask Peg Wyant, president of Grandin Properties LLC. Wyant, whose firm has been buying and refurbishing historic buildings in O'Bryonville, Hyde Park and Mount Adams since 1998, has had an eye on the 100-year-old Arthur Apartments building, 525-545 Greenup St., almost that long. But the building either wasn't for sale or a deal couldn't be reached. Last year, Grandin bought the Arthur Apartments, its first Northern Kentucky purchase, for $2.1 million. "It first caught my eye in 1995," she said. "Last year, we were able to buy it from the estate of the former owner with the help of my broker John Frank (at Colliers Turley Martin Tucker). He knows the type of property I like." Wyant, who has been actively involved in revitalizing the O'Bryonville area between Hyde Park and East Walnut Hills, say she prefers to invest in "best-in-class, urban-friendly neighborhoods." She defines that as areas with buildings with historic character in easy walking distance of amenities like a grocery and a dry cleaner. Local investors like Grandin are spending more of their dollars in their own backyard, said Frank. The popularity of Cincinnati-area real estate with investors from the East and West Coasts because of its relatively high investment returns, has been well-documented. But Colliers, which tracks all deals of $1 million or more, said last year exclusively "local deals" - those between a local buyer and local seller - increased 5 percent, totaling $65.5 million, up from $62.4 million in 2005. Read full article here: http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20070511/BIZ01/705110353/

From the 5/14/07 DDN: Board wants a 'timeout' on development Sugarcreek Twp. trustees are redoing and updating their zoning and want to be finished before starting any new projects. By Katherine Ullmer Staff Writer Monday, May 14, 2007 SUGARCREEK TWP., Greene County — The Sugarcreek Twp. trustees announced Friday they plan to hold a public hearing May 21 to discuss putting a moratorium on some residential development in the township. "It would be a temporary moratorium," said Trustee Mike Pittman. "We are redoing the zoning code and updating our zoning. During this time of updating, we just want to make sure we get our zoning complete before we have any more new development." "It might only be six months," said trustee chairwoman Nadine Daughtery. "We want to take a timeout 'till we finish our comprehensive land use plan and zoning updates," said trustee Dick King. "We want them to reflect the current law and the desire of the citizens. It'd be a freeze on certain zoning. Excluded would be commercial development and individual homes, but the large plat developments would be stopped for a while." Projects already approved, like the recent large Miller-Valentine and Ernst clustered residential developments, wouldn't be affected, Daugherty said. Also, anyone with an individual lot wouldn't be stopped from building a home on it, she said. MORE: http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/05/13/ddn051407bellbrook.html From the 5/12/07 Springfield News-Sun: Old armory may become tech campus City plans to apply for grants to help cover the costs of reusing the facility as an education satellite campus. By LaToya Thompson Staff Writer Saturday, May 12, 2007 URBANA — The former Ohio Army National Guard armory could become a hub for in-county educational services and economic development opportunities. City officials plan lease the building to the Bellefontaine-based Ohio Hi-Point Career Center as a Champaign County satellite location for high school and adult education programs. Hi-Point offers career training services to five nearby counties. The armory, located on U.S. Route 68 North, next to Grimes Field, provides a permanent, close-to-home option for Hi-Point's Champaign County students, Superintendent Kim Wilson said. Also, the Champaign County Community Improvement Corporation will use a portion of the armory as a small business development center. "It presents an excellent re-use opportunity with a relatively small investment to leverage resources we already have and provide a focal point for (economic development)," CIC economic development planner David Faulkner said. MORE: http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/05/11/sns051207armory.html EMA facility construction to begin Greenville Daily Advocate, 5/14/07 Plans are being finalized for the construction of a new Emergency Management Agency (EMA) facility to be located in a separate building near the south end of the Darke County jail. The EMA office was first planned as an add-on to the jail, but was scrapped for logistical and economic reasons. "The sewer and DP&L lines all run through the back parking lot," Darke County Sheriff Toby Spencer explained. "Working around that would have run into some money; we found it just wasn't feasible," he added. The estimated cost of the new EMA facility is $1.2 million. Darke County's half-percent sales tax that took effect Oct. 1, 2005, generated $1.5 million for the project. The additional $300,000 is earmarked for other capital improvement projects such as re-roofing the jail. Currently, the EMA is located in the jail's basement. Civil War monument planned for courthouse Xenia Daily Gazette, 5/12/07 The grounds around the Greene County Courthouse may soon have another monument honoring American war veterans, this time with a marker in remembrance of the nation’s bloodiest conflict. The Greene County Civil War Discussion Group and the Sons of Union Veterans were recently granted approval for the space to establish a black granite monument near the cannon on the north side of the courthouse, said discussion group member DeAnn Richards. If everything goes according to plan, the monument will be dedicated on July 10, 2008, exactly 143 years after the 74th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, the 10th Ohio Battery and the 154th Regiment Ohio Infantry were mustered out from the war. “People have been trying to get this done for 142 years and now I’m as happy as a kid on Christmas Day,” Richards said. Nature park opening on Fairborn's edge Dayton Daily News, 5/12/07 After more than a decade of development, a new nature reserve built on land once used for mining will officially open to the public on June 2. The 169 acres, to be called Cemex Reserve, will be on the eastern edge of Fairborn. It is a tract where Southwest Portland Cement— later known as Southdown Cement Co. — dug surface pits to mine gravel close to Interstate 675. The company was later purchased by Cemex. The land was donated to Greene County Parks when it was still part of Southdown. Painstaking efforts by a coalition of volunteer groups including the Beavercreek Wetlands Association, Wright State University students and others, along local donations and $3 million in funding from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, has created a green wetland from what was once a barren spot that resembled a moonscape. Frogs, turtles, beavers, deer, and 129 bird species have been spotted. 88-Year-Old Company Invests, Expands, Adds Jobs Dayton BizBites Newsletter, 5/11/07 Dayton Forging and Heat Treating will invest approximately $3.8 million to modernize its operations at 215 North Findlay St., a commitment that will retain 80 jobs and create 28 more over the next three years. The Dayton City Commission approved a $50,000 development agreement on May 9, adding to a $100,000 Montgomery County ED/GE grant. Commissioners also approved a 10-year Enterprise Zone Agreement that will allow property tax savings for the company. Founded in 1919, Dayton Forging and Heat Treating is an open die forge plant, commercial heat treating facility, rough machine shop, and forged bar stock warehouse. It produces large, forged products such as cylinders and mandrels for industries, including aerospace. The modernization will include expanded electric and gas utility capacity and the purchase and installation of new equipment and machinery.

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From the 5/14/07 Warren Tribune Chronicle: Girard pushes to develop lake area By JENNIFER KOVACS Tribune Chronicle GIRARD — The possibilities are endless, but it’s going to cost someone plenty to develop the area surrounding the Upper Girard Lake. This month, a study was submitted to the city by Thomas Fok and Associates Inc. that breaks down the actual costs associated with extending water and sanitary sewer lines to the nearly 900 acres of land there. Tonight, Councilman Thom-as Seidler is going to ask his fellow council members to authorize the administration to seek grants to help cover the estimated $4.6 million it will take to get it done. http://tribune-chronicle.com/articles.asp?articleID=18059 Still looking for funding East Liverpool Review, 5/14/07 The source of funding for the proposed development of a downtown “university district” has not yet been determined according to E.G.&G. Inc., the landscape architects, planners and engineers who helped design the project. E.G.&G. President John Grossmann said Kent State University has funded the master planning document which incorporates improvements within a 10-block radius downtown from Fifth Street to state Route 30. Other projects outpointed housing proposal Salem News, 5/14/07 The proposed Salem Townhouse project for Beechwood Road may get another look during the 2008 funding cycle. Christy Scott, a spokesperson for the Neighborhood Revitalization Program (NRP) in Cleveland, the company spearheading the $7 million development, said “preliminary feedback” from the Ohio Housing Finance Agency forced a decision to not move forward but that was “not to say we won’t go forward...this was just for the 2007 funding round.”

From the 5/13/07 Newark Advocate: Special Report: Public utilities key to control Villages blossom with water, sewer availability By KENT MALLETT Advocate Reporter NEWARK -- Small villages throughout Licking County might not want to grow larger, but they're planning for it anyway. Some of the planning is not by choice but by Environmental Protection Agency mandate. Some of the planning, though, is a reluctant choice to plan for the growth themselves rather then let someone else do it for them. Availability of water and sewer service becomes the key for a community to grow as it wants and protect its outlying areas from neighboring utility sources. So many Licking County communities have expanded their water and sewer plants to maintain control of their futures. Licking County's population is projected to increase 37 percent by the year 2030. Franklin County already has started to spill into western Licking County, with the current widening of Ohio 161/37 promising to accelerate the impact on rural areas, especially in Jersey and St. Albans townships. Full story at http://www.newarkadvocate.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070513/NEWS01/705130338/1002/rss01

Both from the 5/13/07 Canton Repository: Beware of predatory lenders By G. PATRICK KELLEY REPOSITORY BUSINESS EDITOR Predatory mortgage lending was always a business for those willing to roll the dice. But the snake eyes rolled lately are going past the lenders and hurting neighborhoods, the housing market and bank stocks. A predatory loan is one that is set up to benefit the lender or broker, often at the expense of the borrower. Predatory lenders use unfair and deceptive practices to get people to sign loans that they either don’t need or can’t afford. Most predatory loans are part of the subprime lending industry. But not all subprime loans are predatory. ... More at: http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?ID=353970 * PHOTO: HAPPY ENDING Deanna Weis and her husband, John, almost lost their northeast Canton home to an adjustable- rate mortgage that inflated beyond their ability to pay. The Weises closed on a new, 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage last month. REPOSITORY BOB ROSSITER Overextended couple almost lose their home By G. PATRICK KELLEY REPOSITORY BUSINESS EDITOR CANTON News stories every day tell about mounting foreclosures and predatory lending in the mortgage market. Most are about people about to lose their homes. But this story has a happy ending. John D. and Deanna Weis paid $75,000 for their northeast Canton home in February 2004. They got a mortgage from Option One that’s called a “2/28” loan. That’s a flat interest rate for two years and an adjustable rate for 28 years. ... More at: http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?ID=354067

School officials mulling whether to pursue building project in Wapakoneta Lima News, 5/12/07 They got the call that state monies will be available this year. Now all school officials in Wapakoneta need to determine is what to do about that. School leaders took the first step Thursday night. A week after learning the district is on the Ohio School Facilities Commission list for 2007, the Wapakoneta school board took the initial step at deciding how to proceed. “My initial plan is to have some more community meetings and get more feedback about what direction we should head in,” Superintendent Keith Horner said. “My inclination is that we will participate. The deferral question is one that we’re wrestling with.” Officials thought it would be at least 2008 before Wapakoneta was offered state funds. The district has held discussions and community meetings on the subject, but those talks were geared toward making a decision a year from now. “We’re approved to participate. If we should choose to do so the state will pay for 63 percent of the project, without the locally funded initiatives,” Horner said. “We are locked in at that rate. We could choose to defer until next year. The problem with deferring is we would incur some inflationary costs.”

From the 5/13/07 PD: Sales tax for schools is difficult idea to sell Medina County lead will be hard to follow Sunday, May 13, 2007 Terry Oblander Plain Dealer Reporter Medina County voters may have started a movement to do what the state legislature has not - shift the burden for big-ticket items for schools away from the property tax. Voters made Medina the first Ohio county to use sales tax money for education. A new 0.5 percent sales tax will raise about $9.4 million a year for new schools and buses. The tax proceeds will be distributed to the districts on a per-student basis. Property taxes in at least one district will tumble almost immediately. Brunswick school superintendent James Hayas said his district would keep its pre-election promise and will vote on May 21 to kill a property tax that costs homeowners $44.41 per $100,000 of property value. http://www.the-daily-record.com/news/article/1994281

From the 5/12/07 Blade: Dana Corp. reports it lost $92 million in 1st quarter Bankrupt Dana Corp. said this week in a regulatory filing that it lost $92 million in the first quarter of 2007, and that sales slipped 2 percent to $2.15 billion. The loss was lower than at the same time in 2006 when the firm lost $126 million, according to the quarterly financial report filed Thursday with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission. ---- More at: http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070512/BUSINESS03/70512023/-1/RSS04

From the 5/13/07 Enquirer: Plan leaves Wal-Mart out Vision is for 'walkable downtown' BY BRENNA R. KELLY | [email protected] UNION - In the heated debate over whether another Wal-Mart Supercenter should be built in Florence, some residents have suggested that the discount retailer look farther south on U.S. 42. Wal-Mart wants to build the second store at U.S. 42 and Weaver Road, in hopes of serving customers south and west of Florence. It will be up to Boone County Planning Commission and Florence City Council whether the store will be built on the land which has been vacant since the Boone-Kenton warehouse burned three years ago. Read more here: http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070513/NEWS0103/705130431/1059/rss13

From the 5/13/07 Enquirer: Where have the Angels gone? Some West Siders wonder about the anti-crime group BY KIMBALL PERRY | [email protected] The Guardian Angels were heralded as potential saviors when they arrived in the summer of 2004, vowing to help clean up crime in Westwood and Price Hill. Now, even fervent advocates of that area wonder what happened. http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20070513/NEWS01/705130403/

From the 5/13/07 Warren Tribune Chronicle: Brookfield firm to work with Latino group on ID cards By LARRY RINGLER Tribune Chronicle BROOKFIELD — One path to controlling the nation’s illegal immigration crisis and other security issues may run nearly 2,000 miles from the Mexican border through Brookfield — at least if Zerco Systems International Inc. has its way. That road began to take shape May 4 when the Latino Coalition, a nonprofit, nonpartisan group dealing with Hispanic issues in the United States, tapped Zerco as its official technology adviser. Privately held Zerco will work with the coalition on pilot programs this spring focusing on visiting worker identification problems. A second program is expected to start this summer on a comprehensive health care ID system. MORE: http://tribune-chronicle.com/articles.asp?articleID=18036

Both from the 5/13/07 Newark Advocate: * PHOTO: J-me Braig, the director of the Greater Buckeye Lake Historical Society Museum, talks about the growth and changes that Buckeye Lake has seen in the past century. Morgan Wonorski, The Advocate * PHOTO: This wetland on Hunts Landing Road in Buckeye Lake will be preserved and incorporated into landscaping for condos and single family homes, to be called the Landings at Maple Bay. Morgan Wonorski, The Advocate Harvesting Our Growth: Buckeye Lake thirsting for more Village hopes water system wets developers' interest By LIZA MARTIN Advocate Reporter BUCKEYE LAKE -- If you build it, they will come. That's the philosophy of Buckeye Lake village officials, who have worked to implement a public water system, the lack of which has impeded the village's growth. "When the water system is here, we'll see all areas of the community develop," Mayor Frank Foster said. Foster and other village officials hope that with a public water system will come more opportunities for residential, commercial and industrial growth. "Development is directly driven by where public utilities are located," said Valerie Hans, development director for Buckeye Lake. The village, home to a little more than 3,000 people, was incorporated in 1983. Although snowbirds and those with second homes inhabit the village, Foster estimates 90 percent of the population lives there year round. Full story at http://www.newarkadvocate.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070513/NEWS01/705130336/1002/rss01

From the 5/12/07 Blade: Oregon gets $500,000 for development park The Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority yesterday gave $500,000 to the city of Oregon for infrastructure improvements in Plat 1 of the Cedar Point Development Park. In return for its contribution, the port authority will receive one-third of the proceeds from land sales in the park. The park is off Corduroy Road and consists of 80 acres. Twenty acres are developed, and the city owns 60 acres north of Corduroy and east of Lallendorf Road in the heart of its manufacturing district. The city established Plat 1 last year and created eight lots to accommodate and promote economic development. More at http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070512/NEWS17/70512007/-1/RSS08

From the 5/11/07 Eastern Hills Journal: Isabella development approved BY FORREST SELLERS | [email protected] OAKLEY - A recent zoning decision may mean an end to a local eyesore. Steven Kurtz, zoning hearing examiner for Cincinnati, has approved an application to build a Noodles restaurant and Verizon Wireless store at Isabella Avenue and Wasson Road. Kurtz had said several conditions would need to be met. Developer Midland Atlantic Properties had wanted to locate the main entrance in the rear, even though zoning requires an entrance in the front or street side of the building. Kurtz approved a rear entrance as long as a secondary entrance was in the front. Certain signage and landscaping requirements would also have to be met. Oakley Community Council President Dave Schaff said the development would be an improvement over the vacant lot currently on the site. MORE: http://news.communitypress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/C2/20070511/NEWS01/705110404/ From same: Plainville Road targeted for economic growth BY JEREME SIMMONS | [email protected] MADISON PLACE - Columbia Township trustees voted May 8 to create a Community Reinvestment Area (CRA) on Plainville Road in Madison Place. The township has two other CRAs in place on Wooster Pike and in the Ridge and Highland avenues' business district. "We have pinpointed this area as our next push for bringing in development," Trustees President Stephen Langenkamp said. "A lot of this area is blighted and vacant. We have to get people in there because most of our revenue is from property tax." According to township Administrator C. Michael Lemon, the process generally takes about four months. The Hamilton County Commissioners office and the Ohio Department of Development must approve the designation. These designated areas provide the opportunity for tax abatements for both businesses and homeowners. MORE: http://news.communitypress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/C2/20070511/NEWS01/705110403/ Walgreens revises plan for its proposed store Cincinnati Enquirer, 5/13/07 Hum-drum, box-shaped store design is not welcome in Forest Park. The city recently spent six weeks working with Walgreens on the design of a new $2 million, 15,000-square-foot drug store in Promenade Plaza at Kemper and Winton roads. Walgreens revised its design for the proposed store to give the façade a more residential look with gabled, shingled roofing, columns, bricked walls and a mini-tower above the entrance. An empty structure on the site will have to be demolished before work on the Walgreens store begins. Demolition is planned to begin in August and to be completed by early 2008. State gives $300,000 for Heritage Park Cincinnati Enquirer, 5/13/07 Ohio taxpayers are contributing $300,000 to Heritage Park. The state controlling board approved the release of the funds last week for improvements to the year-old, 126-acre Colerain Township park. The $300,000 will help pay for the development of additional athletic fields, walking trails and canoe ramps. The largest recreation area in the township, Heritage Park, 11405 East Miami River Road, stands at a bend in the Great Miami River. The park features a varied topography spotlighting ball fields, wetlands and scenic river views. Society to refurbish historic school Cincinnati Enquirer, 5/13/07 The school is a bit different from the modern structures seen today. Sitting on a plot of land in Dry Ridge, it has wooden panels and a tin roof, with six windows on the east side and five windows on the west side to let in the sun. It looks a lot like all the Rosenwald schools, which were built around the early 1920s to help educate southern blacks. About 5,000 were built in the south, and 150 were originally built in the state, but now only two remain in Kentucky. Many of the rest were demolished. But historical officials want to preserve the Dry Ridge school, located off U.S. 25 near Dry Ridge Road and Assembly Church Road. Built in 1923, the one-room school is now a symbol of black education in Kentucky, they say. "We want to create a historic site to commemorate and celebrate a very significant phase of black education in Kentucky," said Charles Nuckolls, a member of the Northern Kentucky African-American Heritage Task Force. UC Celebrates the Completion of Another Habitat Home UC News, 5/11/07 It has been a year of anticipation for Custodio Muianga, his wife, Edite, and their three small children, Maite, Edivale and Marla. After raising the first wall of their future home with University of Cincinnati student volunteers in early September, their dream of home ownership is now a reality. UC president Nancy L. Zimpher will join the Muiangas and UC volunteers as they formally dedicate the fourth home UC has built in partnership with Cincinnati Habitat for Humanity and Fifth Third Bank. The dedication takes place at 10 a.m., Saturday, May 19, at the new home at 3556 Haven St. in Avondale, just two doors down from where UC volunteers completed the third home in partnership with Cincinnati Habitat for Humanity last spring. The Muiangas are from Mozambique. Custodio Muianga has a full scholarship to UC as he studies for his PhD in environmental safety and occupational hygiene. He is also a student helper in the UC Office of Environmental Health and Safety. Construction began on the Muiangas’ two-story, three-bedroom home in early September, when a group of first-year UC Honors Scholars started work at the site two weeks before fall classes got underway as part of their service-learning English class. Throughout the academic year, UC student volunteers have spent Saturdays working at the site with the new homeowners. N. College Hill plans for three new buildings Cincinnati Enquirer, 5/11/07 The North College Hill school district is in line to get 63 percent of its proposed $38.4 million school construction plan - about $24 million - paid for by the state, Superintendent Gary Gellert said Thursday. District officials are devising a three-pronged strategy to raise the local share of the building project. Over the next four years, North College Hill plans to build three schools - an elementary, and a middle and a high school that will share some common space. The district also plans to close its five old schools, saving money on operations and repairs, Gellert said. Four of the school buildings are 50 to 84 years old, and the newest building, Becker Elementary, is 44. The new schools would be built to hold all the district's current 1,530 students in a central-district location, keeping the current high school's gymnasium and auditorium. The plan calls for the elementary school (preK-4) to go on the field west of the pool, the middle school (Grades 5-8) near the parking lot west of the gymnasium, and the new high school in front of the current one.

From the 2/15/07 Portsmouth Daily Times: * PHOTO: Attendees at the unveiling of plans for the new Southern Ohio Medical Center cardiovascular building are reflected in the window of Building K, which overlooks the white outline of the new building's perimeter on Wednesday. Lindsay Niegelberg/Daily Times SOMC unveils new expansion plans By FRANK LEWIS Wednesday, February 14, 2007 10:03 PM EST PDT Staff Writer Employees, community leaders and citizens of southern Ohio watched a video unveiling plans for the new expansion of the Southern Ohio Medical Center on Wednesday. The video featured three-dimensional computer-generated images of the future look of SOMC. SOMC President Randy Arnett spoke on the new additions, including the expansions in emergency, surgery, heart and vascular services, nursing, as well as the new front entrance and lobby. “We're going to have about 500 jobs as this is built,” SOMC President Randy Arnett said. “Five hundred construction jobs, almost all of them will be local people. We're going to have over 200 permanent jobs when we're through. That's a tremendous impact here in our community.” http://www.portsmouth-dailytimes.com/articles/2007/02/15/news/local_news/1news_somc.txt

From the 4/25/07 Sandusky Register: Sandusky finalizes plans with Deep Water developer By BRANDI BARHITE | Wednesday April 25 2007, 3:05pm SANDUSKY The final piece of the Paper District project is on paper, but someone other than Mid-States is developing the property. Stephen Schill, president of Watertower Development Corp., in Westlake, Ohio, had an option to buy the Deep Water Marina property last year. The option was valued at $2.7 million. http://www.sanduskyregister.com/articles/2007/04/25/local_news/259718.txt

From the 4/24/07 Sandusky Register: Citizens to vote on Marina District By MOLLY LINN | Tuesday April 24 2007, 3:08pm SANDUSKY The citizens are going to decide after all. Sandusky commissioners unanimously agreed Monday to leave the fate of the city hall redevelopment project up to the people. http://www.sanduskyregister.com/articles/2007/04/24/front/254277.txt

From the 4/22/07 Sandusky Register: Chesapeake developer dies By JACOB LAMMERS | Saturday April 21 2007, 7:32am SANDUSKY The Paper District project will continue on schedule even with the death of the developer's president, said business partner and son Charles Davis. Bob Davis, president of Mid-States Development Corp. in Dublin, died Saturday after a four-month battle with cancer. Davis was diagnosed with cancer Jan. 28 and had been ill for some time, Charles Davis said. http://www.sanduskyregister.com/articles/2007/04/22/front/252403.txt

From the 4/21/07 Sandusky Register: Westlake firm signs on to develop Deep Water site By BRANDI BARHITE | Saturday April 21 2007, 7:32am SANDUSKY The final piece of the Paper District project is on paper. But someone other than Mid-States is developing the property. http://www.sanduskyregister.com/articles/2007/04/21/local_news/251722.txt

All from the 4/10/07 Sandusky Register: * PHOTO: Aerials of Downtown Sandusky. Summer 2006 Register photos/Christy Seyer * PHOTO 2 City gets grant money for transit dockage By LAURA COLLINS | Tuesday April 10 2007, 7:31am SANDUSKY Sandusky learned Monday it will receive a grant toward finally getting some transit docks downtown. The city received a $780,000 grant from the state Controlling Board. The Cooperative Boating http://www.sanduskyregister.com/articles/2007/04/10/local_news/doc461b5b5724e7a289721400.txt * PHOTO: Aerial of Keller Building summer 2006. Register photos/Christy Seyler Keller Building gets a reprieve By BRANDI BARHITE | Tuesday April 10 2007, 7:31am SANDUSKY The grassroots effort to save the Keller Building worked. City Commission voted 6-0 Monday to stabilize the historic building and pursue its future redevelopment. Commissioner Dennis Murray was not at Monday’s meeting. http://www.sanduskyregister.com/articles/2007/04/10/local_news/doc461b59489ba8e801819469.txt Young professionals support Marina District Monday April 09 2007, 1:23pm SANDUSKY The North Coast Young Professionals Board of Directors has endorsed the Marina District project. The recent study done by AngelouEconomics illustrates how the population of the 25-44-year-old age group has decreased by 14.4 percent over the last seven years, according to Jonathan Penwell, chairman of the board of directors. http://www.sanduskyregister.com/articles/2007/04/10/front/239226.txt

From the 4/6/07 Sandusky Register: Crandall: My mind's made up on marina vote By MOLLY LINN | Friday April 06 2007, 7:06am SANDUSKY Citizens For Sandusky's Future asked Commissioner Brian Crandall to meet with the group to discuss the Marina District project, which it supports. But Crandall's response surprised, even upset, some members, such as Jeff Smith. Crandall won't meet -- his opinion to take the issue to the ballot is steadfast. http://www.sanduskyregister.com/articles/2007/04/06/front/234768.txt

From the 4/3/07 Sandusky Register: Marina vote a conflict for Kaman? By MOLLY LINN | Tuesday April 03 2007, 10:49am SANDUSKY Ex officio Mayor Dan Kaman might not be able to vote on moving ahead with the Marina District project. And his vote -- or lack thereof -- could determine the fate of the proposed residential and commercial project at 222 Meigs St. http://www.sanduskyregister.com/articles/2007/04/03/front/230996.txt

From the 3/28/07 Sandusky Register: Marina District plans close to completion By MOLLY LINN | Wednesday March 28 2007, 7:21pm SANDUSKY The company that wants to buy the Sadler Sailing Basin has upped its offer from $1.3 million to $1.5 million, but the city's focus for now is to negotiate a new lease with the current tenants. http://www.sanduskyregister.com/articles/2007/03/29/front/226025.txt