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From the 3/15/07 News Sun:

 

 

Southland will get a major facelift

Thursday, March 15, 2007

By Jaime Anton

The News Sun

 

MIDDLEBURG HTS. Southland Shopping Center will soon be getting a facelift.

 

Giant Eagle and Jo-Ann Fabrics and Crafts will both open new stores there and the entire shopping center will undergo a complete redevelopment, including new paving, lighting and landscaping by the center's co-owner New Plan one of the nation's largest real estate companies, based in New York...

 

For more information about New Plan, visit www.newplan.com.

 

http://www.cleveland.com/sun/newssun/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1173980314228750.xml&coll=3


From the 3/13/07 Lorain Morning Journal:

 

 

Golf club owner wants to rezone, plans to build house

SCOT ALLYN, Morning Journal Writer

03/13/2007

 

VERMILION TOWNSHIP -- Hundreds of homes could be built on a local golf course in the next 10 to 15 years, if the property owner is granted new zoning.

 

Walt Jalowiec, owner of Willow Creek Golf Club and Driving Range, 15905 E. Darrow Road, Vermilion Township, wants permission to build about 50 single-family homes, about 60 triplexes and up to 200 condominiums in wooded areas around his 18-hole golf course. The township zoning commission will hold a public hearing March 20 at 7:30 p.m. to discuss the zoning issue in the Vermilion Township Building, 1907 SR 60...

 

[email protected]

 

http://www.morningjournal.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18071293&BRD=1699&PAG=461&dept_id=46371&rfi=6


From the 3/13/07 Ashtabula Star Beacon:

 

 

Conneaut ready to help I-90 housing project

MARK TODD

Star Beacon

 

CONNEAUT - - Developers anxious to transform property near Conneaut's freeway interchange into a residential neighborhood are poised to put their plans on the fast track...

 

http://www.starbeacon.com/local/local_story_072130844


Firefighters roughing it waiting for new station

Solon Herald Sun, 3/25/07

Dusty Rhoads drove a Model T fire truck packed with a dozen water buckets when he rambled out to battle blazes as the city's first firefighter.

 


Landmark panel still considering clocktower

Aurora Advocate, 3/21/07

Members of the city's landmark commission will have another month to think about whether they want to see a clocktower or something else erected at the City Center "point."..

Aurora Advocate: Clock tower eyed in Aurora (3/5/07)

Aurora Advocate: Clocktower proposed at city's 'point' (2/21/07)


Group needs help with skate park cash

Sun Herald, 3/15/07

In spite of two years of hard work, members of the Bay Skate and Bike Park Foundation have only been able to raise about $40,000 of the estimated $250,000-$275,000 needed to build the proposed skate and bike park in front of Bayway Cabin...


Development plan is eyed for packing plant

News Sun, 3/15/07

A sliver of city-owned property near the Bagley Road underpass and the 3-acre site of the former vegetable packing plant has turned out to be a useful bargaining tool for redevelopment...

 


Two businesses plan to expand

Sun Courier, 3/8/07

Two companies at the city's southern tip are moving to, or expanding into, new buildings to help their business grow.

 

One of those businesses provides Ohio with specialty coffees, the other offers powder coatings to the automotive industry. As part of the new construction, both will add jobs...

 

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From the 3/21/07 News Leader:

 

 

Zoning for condos sought

March 21, 2007

by Jeff Saunders

Reporter

 

Northfield Center -- A proposed zoning request change to allow the construction of about 60 condominiums on Olde Eight Road met opposition from residents at a March 14 zoning commission public hearing...

 

E-mail: [email protected]

Phone: 440-232-4055 ext. 4105

 

http://www.the-news-leader.com/news/article/1744482


From the 3/22/07 Elyria Chronicle-Telegram:

 

 

Elyria Chronicle-Telegram: Poll: EHS bond issue trailing among voters (3/1/07)

Elyria Chornicle-Telegram: The challenge to get voters to say YES on EHS (2/25/07)

Elyria Chronicle-Telegram: Elyria school board proceeding with levy (2/8/07)

Elyria Chronicle-Telegram: School officials say auditorium plan easier pitch to make (2/7/07)

Elyria Chronicle-Telegram: FINAL EHS PRICE TAG: $68M (2/6/07)

Elyria Chronicle-Telegram: EHS plan set to get OK for ballot (2/3/07)

Elyria Chronicle-Telegram: Elyria takes public’s pulse on school issue (1/27/07)

 

Pro-levy volunteers plan their strategy for campaign

Shawn Foucher | The Chronicle-Telegram

 

ELYRIA — Connor Schoolcraft wasn’t much interested in composing the battle plans tossed around at Elyria High School on Wednesday, where about 200 people geared up for a grassroots effort aimed at garnering voter support for a new EHS...

 

Contact Shawn Foucher at 329-7197 or [email protected].

 

http://www.chroniclet.com/2007/03/22/pro-levy-volunteers-plan-their-strategy-for-campaign/


From the 3/23/07 Ashtabula Star Beacon:

 

Ashtabula Star Beacon: Ashtabula council donates toward new business park (3/8/07)

Ashtabula Star Beacon: Ashtabula will help more with new business park (3/3/07)

 

Ground-breaking for business park set for April

SHELLEY TERRY

Star Beacon

 

ASHTABULA - - City Council heard some good news Monday night - - ground-breaking for the Route 11 business park is expected in April, City Manager Anthony Cantagallo said...

http://www.starbeacon.com/local/local_story_081122319


Middlefield's Eagle Park project sees first dirt fly

Ashtabula Star Beacon, 4/4/07

Village Mayor William Poole and other officials took shovels in hand Thursday at noon to break ground for the $900,000 Eagle Park, part of a $1.3 million endeavor to upgrade and preserve community green space....


Revised senior housing plan eyed

Sun Courier, 3/29/07

Senior housing may be closer to becoming a reality, but without multi-family housing...

 

Sun Courier: Coalition still seeks senior housing (2/15/07)


Recreation fees rising with addition to center

Sun Herald, 3/29/07

Patterson said the fees are pretty significant, but accurately reflect the kinds of amenities the addition will feature. The $8.4 million addition will include a natatorium and aquatic center with such features as a four-lane lap pool with diving well; separate two-lane lap pool; water vortex; zero-depth entry; separation wall; small and large water slides; spa; lazy river; pool spray items; and men's, women's and family locker rooms....


Councilman proposes sale of underused parks in city

Elyria Chronicle-Telegram, 3/29/07

Councilman Eddie Edwards said he has a plan to save money and help the depleted Parks Department: Sell some of the underutilized parks...


Tennis, hockey may go

Sun Herald, 3/15/07

Hockey and tennis could be a thing of the past and a new recreation center could be built if proposals from the recreation master plan are turned into reality...

 

 

From the 3/28/07 News-Herald:

 

 

City hopes to settle with developers

March 28, 2007

by Eric Marotta

Editor

 

Macedonia - The city must allow construction of dozens of new housing units on property off South Bedford Road where the city and voters rejected rezoning requests in recent years, according to Law Director Joseph Diemert.

 

According to a letter sent last month from Diemert to about 100 residents of South Bedford Road, development firm Macedonia Investors LLC would in return agree to limit the number of units it will build and the age of residents who would live in the development, reimburse the city for attorney fees, and pay $50,000 for ditching and sidewalks between Maple Court and Nordonia High School...

E-mail: [email protected]

Phone: 440-232-4055 ext. 4103

 

http://www.the-news-leader.com/news/article/1775421


From the 3/28/07 Aurora Advocate:

 

 

City ratifies court ruling in land case

March 28, 2007

by Brent Hovey

Reporter

 

Aurora -- City Council favored a settlement of a legal case between the city and Beljon One LLC at its March 26 meeting.

 

It allows Beljon to build more homes on a 70-acre parcel on East Pioneer Trail than what the city code currently permits...

 

E-mail: [email protected]

Phone: 330-688-0088 Ext. 3115

 

http://www.auroraadvocate.com/news/article/1775442


From the 3/25/07 Ashtabula Star Beacon:

 

 

Inn-Conneaut donates $25G to KSU building

MARK TODD

Star Beacon

 

GENEVA - - An ambitious building project at Kent State University's Ashtabula campus received a $25,000 boost from a Conneaut business Wednesday afternoon....

http://www.starbeacon.com/local/local_story_084072319


Grant will help restore Town Hall

Sun Star, 4/5/07

The Old Town Hall has a new lease on life, thanks to a state grant.

 

The $100,000 grant from the Ohio Cultural Facilities Commission will enable the city to take the first steps toward a complete restoration of the late-19th-century structure, which has variously served as a school, a library and a meeting house...


DeBose will seek funding for center

Garfield-Maple Sun, 4/5/07

State Rep. Michael DeBose, D-12, Cleveland, said he intended to seek state money to help Maple Heights build a combined senior center and recreation center...

 


Fire hub planned for $1.4 million

Twinsburg Bulletin, 4/5/07

Housing a fire station inside the new municipal complex on Darrow Road could cost the township $1.4 million, according to township officials...


Pepper Pike master plan stays on track

Chagrin Valley Times, 4/5/07

Pepper Pike Council members said they want to review a request for qualifications that is being prepared by architectural planning consultant Peter Harding and Law Director Christopher Gibbon for the city's master plan...

 


Money set aside for Route 43

Aurora Advocate, 4/4/07

The Route 43 widening project is set to begin in 2009 and money keeps coming in to make it happen...

 

From the Cleveland Foundation:

 

Cleveland Foundation awards $11.9 million

 

March 27, 2007

 

At its quarterly meeting today, the board of directors of The Cleveland Foundation authorized $11.9 million in grants to fund programs and services that address some of Cleveland's most vital issues.         

 

Those receiving funding this quarter include:

 

Neighborhoods and Housing

 

Neighborhood Progress Inc. (NPI) received a three-year, $4.2 million grant to support its operations and those of 14 to 16 community development corporations (CDCs) in Cleveland. A CDC is a nonprofit group that helps to strengthen a neighborhood through improved housing and commercial opportunities, job creation, and similar activities. Six area CDCs – those in the Buckeye, Detroit Shoreway, Fairfax, Glenville, Slavic Village, and Tremont neighborhoods – have benefited over the past three years from NPI's "Strategic Investment Initiative," which seeks to produce exemplary "neighborhoods of choice" and local market recovery. The new funds will extend these benefits across the rest of Cleveland's CDCs, with a strong emphasis on teaching them business and organizational skills like planning, marketing, and coordination of services. In addition, part of the grant will support the Village Capital Corporation, a subsidiary of NPI that assists with real estate development projects.

 

The board also authorized a $450,000 grant to the Downtown Cleveland Alliance for ongoing operations and priority initiatives to strengthen downtown Cleveland. Among those initiatives are economic development, marketing, and "Clean and Safe," a program designed to make the downtown environment friendlier, cleaner, and safer, in part through the use of 45 "Downtown Ambassadors."

 

Public School Improvement

 

The Foundation allocated $300,000 to assist with planning and design of six new "Opportunity Schools" within the Cleveland Municipal School District. Those schools include four single-gender K through 8 academies, the Ginn Academy for high school boys, and a science, technology, engineering and mathematics school.

 

A grant of $90,000 was directed to the Ohio Grantmakers Forum (OGF) to support that organization's work in education. In December, the OGF released a report titled "Education for Ohio's Future," which described the challenges facing the state educational system and set forth a number of policy-related recommendations. The next phase of the project will focus on engaging government officials, grantmakers and the community on educational reform in Ohio.

 

The board also agreed to support the new Cleveland School of Science and Medicine through a $70,000 grant to create a teaching and learning plan, foster professional development among faculty, procure instructional materials, and recruit teachers.

 

Advanced Energy

 

The board granted $200,000 to the Cuyahoga County Commissioners to help fund a feasibility study around the installation of electricity-producing wind turbines in Lake Erie. The project was proposed last year by the Cuyahoga Regional Energy Development Task Force.

 

Early Childhood and Youth Development

The Foundation has also earmarked $135,000 to hire a consultant to help design a comprehensive youth development initiative for Cuyahoga County. The initiative will aim to improve the lives of children ages 5 to 17 in such areas as health, behavior, and family and housing conditions. A youth development taskforce has been meeting since February and will continue to review best practices, interview community experts, assess past youth development-related grantmaking in the county, and analyze public and private funding options. The board also authorized a grant of $11,621 to The Center for Community Solutions to gather data on the county's youth.

 

 

 

http://clevelandplanner.blogspot.com/2007/04/grant-news-cleveland-foundation-awards.html

From the 3/29/07 Sun Star:

 

 

A year later, no action on hotel plan

Thursday, March 29, 2007

By R. David Heileman

The Sun Star

 

STRONGSVILLE Plans for a hotel to be built on land adjacent to a children's camp may have fallen flat.

 

Eugene Magocky, the city's director of economic development, said he has not heard from Roger Ritley, the hotel's developer, since early 2006...

 

http://www.cleveland.com/sun/sunstar/index.ssf?/base/features-0/1175188821129820.xml&coll=3


From the 4/5/07 Solon Herald Sun:

 

 

Solon Herald Sun: Ballot battles begin TransCon complains (3/29/07)

Solon Herald Sun: Rezoning foes rallying votes (3/15/07)

Cleveland Plain Dealer: Senior-housing proposal rejected by Solon council is now on ballot (3/14/07)

Solon Herald Sun: Builder begins petition drive (3/1/07)

 

Rezoning debate proposed

But use of City Hall, city cable channel questioned

Thursday, April 05, 2007

By Bob Sandrick

Solon Herald Sun

 

A group opposing the rezoning of 32 acres next to Hawthorne Valley Country Club into a senior housing district has challenged the senior housing developer and its supporters to a television debate...

 

Contact Sandrick at [email protected]

 

http://www.cleveland.com/sun/solonheraldsun/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1175791420217120.xml&coll=3


From the 4/1/07 Ashtabula Star Beacon:

 

 

Ashtabula Star Beacon: Contrary to rumors, I-90 project survives (3/10/07)

Ashtabula Star Beacon: Corps: 10 acres OK for fuel station (1/26/07)

 

Conneaut truck site switch could put project in high gear

MARK TODD

Star Beacon

 

CONNEAUT - - A change in location could accelerate plans to construct a fuel stop/truck stop at Conneaut's Interstate 90 interchange, City Manager Douglas Lewis said Tuesday...

 

http://www.starbeacon.com/local/local_story_091072318


Restaurant is eyed for old police station

News Sun, 4/5/07

The city is looking to turn its former police station on Main Street in downtown Olmsted Falls into a restaurant with an outdoor patio...

 

 

This is interesting, and it's neat to see someone moving from Westlake into Lorain.

 

Quixotic quest for a variance

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Molly Kavanaugh

Plain Dealer Reporter

 

Lorain -- Tom Philipps loves to shoot the breeze about his latest project.

 

He is renovating a 67-foot-high brick windmill tower into a house with two bedrooms, four bathrooms, four circular stairways (nearly 100 steps in all), a kitchen, living room with gas fireplace, a circular deck, a roof that rotates and an attic...

 

http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/117619462844290.xml&coll=2

From the 4/5/07 Chagrin Herald Sun:

 

 

West Geauga Sun: Big visions for Windsor, Ivex sites (2/1/07)

 

Renovate mill for re-use: committee

Thursday, April 05, 2007

By Kim Wendel

Chagrin Herald Sun

 

CHAGRIN FALLS Mayor Tom Brick's Paper Mill Vision Committee stands behind an adaptive re-use of the former Ivex paper mill on Cleveland Street...

 

Contact Wendel at [email protected] or (216) 986-5473

 

http://www.cleveland.com/chagrinheraldsun/news/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1175717459159120.xml&coll=4


From the 4/5/07 Sun Herald:

 

 

West Life: Amended Bradley Bay plan approved (4/4/07)

 

Resident still pushing for Bradley Bay buffer

Thursday, April 05, 2007

By Carolyn Steigman

 

BAY VILLAGE According to Karen Dade, a member of Save Our Neighborhood Bay Village, Bradley Bay is being allowed to disregard the city's buffering requirements.

 

In addition, she said she was given the "brush off" at a recent meeting of the Planning Commission by the chairwoman when she asked about it...

 

 

http://www.cleveland.com/sun/sunherald/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1175791345217120.xml&coll=3


Construction leaves bridge bumpy

Lorain Morning Journal, 4/10/07

A state project to maintain the Lofton Henderson Bridge on 21st Street is irking some residents.

 

State contractors are doing minor repairs to the bridge's structure, according to Lorain County Engineer Ken Carney...


Plant C grant goes to Columbus

Ashtabula Star Beacon, 4/1/07

A $3 million grant application to Ohio Department of Development to clean up the former FirstEnergy Plant C building goes to Columbus Monday for review...

 

 

Anyone have any insight about the naming rights of Jacob's Field?  I thought they expired or are on the verge of doing so.  Thanks!

Anyone have any insight about the naming rights of Jacob's Field?  I thought they expired or are on the verge of doing so.  Thanks!

 

the internet (search feature) is such a wonderful thing.  From what I understand, the right expire in 2014 and the cost per year is approximately $700k

^lol, I was reading on the Lakewood Observer message board that "rumor had it" the stadium would be renamed National City something any day now. haha

Anyone have any insight about the naming rights of Jacob's Field?  I thought they expired or are on the verge of doing so.  Thanks!

 

the internet (search feature) is such a wonderful thing.  From what I understand, the right expire in 2014 and the cost per year is approximately $700k

 

Way to encourage people to use the board!

 

I assume that the name Jacob's Field will stand until the end of the season.  But the rights were set to expire at the end of last season.  I'm just wondering why bidding fell through and why the park wasn't rebranded for 2007 (even though I'd love for the park to maintain the existing name).

^ Urban Ohio Field of Dreams?

From the 4/2/07 News-Herald:

 

 

News-Herald: Crile offices are OK'd (4/4/07)

 

Hospital zoning discussed

Public hearing set for Tuesday to voice opinions on the new LakeEast

Sue Karel

[email protected]

04/02/2007

 

Will Lake Hospital System's new state-of-the-art hospital, to be built in Concord Township, give birth to so many medical and dental offices that they will not only surround the hospital campus on Auburn Road, but spring up along nearby Crile Road?

 

http://www.news-herald.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18157444&BRD=1698&PAG=461&dept_id=21849&rfi=6


From the 4/5/07 Sun Star:

 

 

Wal-Mart to be supercenter

Retailer will add full grocery store to Pearl Road site

Thursday, April 05, 2007

By R. David Heileman

The Sun Star

 

STRONGSVILLE Local residents will soon be able to purchase everything from baseball gloves to TVs, stock up on groceries and get their vehicles serviced all in one stop...

 

http://www.cleveland.com/sun/sunstar/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1175791563217120.xml&coll=3

 

First time poster long time reader.Love the info on here,very interested in the development in the city.Only thing is the small town info,i think should have its own Thread i for one have no interest in reading about Conneaut or Ashtabula,Elyria etc....

Welcome to the forum. While I understand why you might not care about the small town/suburban development, for the most part they are tied into the Greater Cleveland area. This specific thread is basically a catch-all for projects not in the city, or those that are too small to  warrant their own thread. 

^Maybe there should be a different thread for all those non-urban cleveland articles. I admit, they really annoy me each time I have to scroll through all that stuff.

Welcome to the forum PAZ.

Sometimes those events that happen in places like Elyria or Ashtabula have a large impact on what happens in Cleveland.

On the other hand, you can just hit ignore on Grasscat. :-D

 

 

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I'm Off to Philly for the APA Conference.

It is wet, but 10 - 2- degrees warmer.

Maybe I'll start a thread for items of interest for UO I can pass on to everyone.

That is, if I get home at a decent hour every night semi-sober.

Or, I might just drunk-post to stir up the masses - after all we still have a couple of weeks before DanInDC is back.

 

 

 

These threads are regional.  It's the same for all of the metros in Ohio. 

 

Just scroll past it if you don't care to read it.  It's really not that difficult!

 


From the 4/12/07 Solon Herald Sun:

 

 

Senior housing rezoning: a hot issue

Thursday, April 12, 2007

By Bob Sandrick

Solon Herald Sun

 

First of two parts

 

It was just over a year ago that TransCon Builders Inc. proposed a golf-course community for senior citizens on Aurora Road next to Hawthorne Valley Country Club...

 

Contact Sandrick at [email protected]

 

http://www.cleveland.com/sun/solonheraldsun/index.ssf?/base/features-0/117639590758340.xml&coll=3


From the 4/12/07 Lorain Morning Journal:

 

 

Residents teed off over zoning in Vermilion Township

MEGAN KING, Morning Journal Writer

04/12/2007

 

VERMILION TOWNSHIP -- Opposition continued last night in Vermilion Township about rezoning for a local golf course in order to permit the building of a hundred homes around the course.

 

But despite the opposition, the township trustees unanimously approved rezoning the property...

 

http://www.morningjournal.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18199537&BRD=1699&PAG=461&dept_id=46371&rfi=6


Plaza brings new life to long-vacant corner

West Side Sun News, 4/12/07

A tired street corner appears to be regaining some life after the recent grand opening of a retail complex.

 

The long-vacant Carousel Lanes was reopened as the Ridgeway Plaza, on Ridge Road south of Denison Avenue. It is between a bingo hall to the north and more retail to the south. The most noticeable blemish remaining at that corner is a former doughnut shop that has sat boarded up for years...


Justice goes uptown

News Sun, 4/12/07

A City Council court construction subcommittee has reached a verdict: A new, free-standing municipal courthouse should be built on the site of a former used car lot at the north end of town.

...


Industrial park proposal is moving forward

Ashtabula Star Beacon, 4/12/07

Mayor Robert Schultz's goal of expanding the village's economic base is closer to becoming a reality, taking the form of a proposed industrial park...

 


Bond issue show, tell

Lakewood Sun Post, 4/12/07

Lakewood residents will get two chances in April to see the results so far of the city's school building program. Next month, they'll get one chance to decide if they want it to continue...

 

First time poster long time reader.Love the info on here,very interested in the development in the city.Only thing is the small town info,i think should have its own Thread i for one have no interest in reading about Conneaut or Ashtabula,Elyria etc....

^Maybe there should be a different thread for all those non-urban cleveland articles. I admit, they really annoy me each time I have to scroll through all that stuff.

 

I agree.  I click on here expecting to read about Cleveland and I have to sift through to only discover the majority are about suburbs or beyond.  Not that I really want it, but would it be better to have a separate suburbs development thread that wouldn't clutter up the Cleveland one?

Part of me says different thread then part of me says all this talk of supporting regionalism is good so the thread should stay as is.  Then another part of me says to the first part of me -- "what did you say?" 

:drunk:

These threads are regional.  It's the same for all of the metros in Ohio. 

 

Not to belabor the point, but you post separate threads for Delaware County and Fairfield County growth, and these are surely part of the Columbus metro, so why treat Cleveland's surrounding counties differently?  How do you decide whether an article pertaining to Medina County goes in Cleveland or Akron-Canton?

These threads are regional.  It's the same for all of the metros in Ohio. 

 

Not to belabor the point, but you post separate threads for Delaware County and Fairfield County growth, and these are surely part of the Columbus metro, so why treat Cleveland's surrounding counties differently?  How do you decide whether an article pertaining to Medina County goes in Cleveland or Akron-Canton?

 

How about when you take the time and effort Grasscat does to find all of these articles, then all of you can damn well decide where they go

i think they should go on SuburbanOhio.com...

These threads are regional.  It's the same for all of the metros in Ohio. 

 

Not to belabor the point, but you post separate threads for Delaware County and Fairfield County growth, and these are surely part of the Columbus metro, so why treat Cleveland's surrounding counties differently?  How do you decide whether an article pertaining to Medina County goes in Cleveland or Akron-Canton?

 

How about when you take the time and effort Grasscat does to find all of these articles, then all of you can damn well decide where they go

 

 

Agreed!

 

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Plaza brings new life to long-vacant corner

West Side Sun News, 4/12/07

A tired street corner appears to be regaining some life after the recent grand opening of a retail complex.

 

 

They have done a good job fixing that intersection.

So what's going to happen with the doughnut shop?

 

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During the summer of last year, there was a prospective user for the boarded-up doughnut shop (a mom-and-pop restaurant), but that deal fell through. I haven't heard anything since.

"In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck

These threads are regional.  It's the same for all of the metros in Ohio. 

 

Not to belabor the point, but you post separate threads for Delaware County and Fairfield County growth, and these are surely part of the Columbus metro, so why treat Cleveland's surrounding counties differently?  How do you decide whether an article pertaining to Medina County goes in Cleveland or Akron-Canton?

 

When you can show me that Lake, Geauga, and Ashtabula counties are experiencing rapid growth, then I'll start threads for them.

 

In other words, the only reason Butler, Warren, Delaware have "growth" threads is becuase they are experiencing rapid growth.  Those threads are meant to highlight the struggles of those counties with dealing with unplanned, out of control growth.

 

BTW, there is also a Lorain County growth thread, so Cleveland is NOT being singled out for exclusion.

 

 

How about when you take the time and effort Grasscat does to find all of these articles, then all of you can damn well decide where they go

 

Thank you.

I didn't mean to create such a issue with my post.I just know the Thread is called Cleveland Developments.

I was raised in Cleveland :wave: :wave:and Ashtabula and Conneaut are not even close to it.so why give us info on it.Heck

Akron is closer.

 

Ashtabula is in the metro area, Grasscat spends a lot of time formatting the posts so you can easily read the article headline and where it is from.  If you don't want to read it, scroll down.  As an out of towner, it is nice to read about the smaller stories from the area. 

Since when are metro areas 62 miles away

Since when are metro areas 62 miles away

 

Since the Census Bureau said so.

 

LINK


From the 4/12/07 Twinsburg Sun:

 

 

Clinic to open hospital here

Thursday, April 12, 2007

By Lena A. Ina

The Twinsburg Sun

 

TWINSBURG The Cleveland Clinic will open an in-patient hospital on Darrow Road just south of Interstate 480 in 2008 or 2009...

 

Contact Ina at [email protected] or (216) 986-5472.

 

http://www.cleveland.com/sun/twinsburgsun/index.ssf?/base/news-0/117639619958340.xml&coll=3


WH business owners, residents ramp up debate

News-Herald, 4/13/07

Willoughby Hills City Council acted as a sounding board Thursday night as residents vented about accommodations made for next month's bridge construction near Interstate 90...


Airport board looks to develop land

Ashtabula Star Beacon, 4/13/07

Crops may sprout soon on 180 acres of perimeter land around the Ashtabula County airport and planning for an industrial park are on the Ashtabula County Airport Authority's agenda...

 

 

Grasscat can be really random and post news stories form Cleveland, Alabama; Cleveland, Arkansas; Cleveland, Georgia, Cleveland, Minnesota; Cleveland, Missouri; Cleveland, Mississippi; Cleveland, North Carolina; Cleveland, North Dakota; Cleveland, New Mexico; Cleveland, New York; Cleveland, Oklahoma; Cleveland, South Carolina; Cleveland, Tennessee; Cleveland, Texas; Cleveland, Utah; Cleveland, Virginia; Cleveland, Wisconsin, and/or Cleveland, West Virginia.

^how long did you research that last post?

 

As a card carrying smartass, I applaud you my friend

I could post pictures of Cleveland from Family Guy.

From the 4/17/07 PD:

 

 

Twinsburg to get new Clinic campus

No decision yet on type of medical facility

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Mary Vanac

Plain Dealer Reporter

 

The Cleveland Clinic is planning to build a medical campus on Darrow Road in Twinsburg, just south of Interstate 480...

To reach this Plain Dealer reporter:

[email protected], 216-999-5302

 

http://www.cleveland.com/business/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/business-1/1176798961185810.xml&coll=2


From the 4/17/07 News-Herald:

 

 

A groundbreaking affair

Twenty-two people, including representatives from Lake Hospital Systems and politicians break ground for the new Tri-Point Medical Center Monday in Concord Township.

By: Brandon C. Baker

[email protected]

04/17/2007

 

More than 20 area politicians, officials and Lake Hospital System trustees on Monday stood, with shovels in hand, as the ground-breakers for the much-anticipated, newly named TriPoint Medical Center in Concord Township...

 

http://www.news-herald.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18219168&BRD=1698&PAG=461&dept_id=21849&rfi=6


Westlake Five Seasons' $1M project complete

Crain's Cleveland Business, 4/16/07

The Five Seasons Sports Club in Westlake has completed a $1 million expansion and renovation on the 19-year-old building...

 


Demolition moving forward for old Ashtabula schools

Ashtabula Star Beacon, 4/15/07

Three old school buildings in the Ashtabula Area City School District no longer in use are set to be demolished this summer...

 


Revitalizing Main Ave. moves forward

Ashtabula Star Beacon, 4/14/07

Jane Haines is excited about revitalizing downtown and it showed at Wednesday's Ashtabula Downtown Development Association (ADDA) meeting.

 

About 25 local residents, business owners and city officials attended the breakfast meeting, held monthly at Casa Capelli's restaurant on Main Avenue...

 

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Both from the 4/18/07 News Leader:

 

 

Commission to decide zoning change in May

by Jeff Saunders

Reporter

 

Northfield Center -- While the Summit County Planning Commission is recommending the township reject a request to rezone 18 acres to allow for a condominium development, the township's zoning commission is still considering what its recommendation will be to the Board of Trustees.

 

E-mail: [email protected]

Phone: 440-232-4055 ext. 4105

 

http://www.the-news-leader.com/news/article/1869201


Plaza may get 1,500-seat sports arena

By Jeff Saunders

Reporter

 

Northfield Village -- Area sports fans may soon have a new venue to enjoy, if a project in the village comes to fruition.

 

A proposed 60,700-square-foot sports arena costing as much as $3 million could be built in Gabriel Brothers Plaza, according to plaza owner Larry Shafron...

 

E-mail: [email protected]

Phone: 440-232-4055 ext. 4105

 

http://www.the-news-leader.com/news/article/1869491

 

Anyone know what's happening across from Cleveland City Hall next to the Celebrezze building?

That's the second phase of an overhaul of the Celebreeze building. From Dick Corporation, who was awarded the contract: "Phase II will be a reconstruction of an “urban forest” in the exterior plaza that includes demolition, structural repair, waterproofing, fills, pavers, and extensive landscaping."

^ Thank you, Mayday!  :clap:

From the 4/19/07 Elyria Chronicle-Telegram:

 

 

Levy supporters rally at Elyria High

Shawn Foucher | The Chronicle-Telegram

 

ELYRIA — Surely a levy campaign committee that can make a pizza delivery seem like a gala deserves credit for invigorating the troops.

 

The committee certainly did a bang-up job doing just that Wednesday evening, when a man in a fleece pullover wheeled a cart of pizzas into Elyria High School’s gymnasium and was greeted by cheers from the 250 people gathered there...

 

Contact Shawn Foucher at 329-7197 or [email protected].

 

http://www.chroniclet.com/2007/04/19/levy-supporters-rally-at-elyria-high/


Bridge work continuing

Elyria Chronicle-Telegram, 4/19/07

Work on the Henderson Bridge is on schedule and set for completion Aug. 31, according to Ohio Department of Transportation spokesman Brian Stacy...

 

From the 4/19/07 Twinsburg Sun:

 

 

Hospital not definite: Clinic

Thursday, April 19, 2007

By Lena A. Ina

The Twinsburg Sun

 

TWINSBURG The Cleveland Clinic's plans to build a full-service hospital on state Route 91 aren't quite definite...

 

Contact Ina at [email protected] or (216) 986-5472.

 

http://www.cleveland.com/sun/twinsburgsun/index.ssf?/base/news-0/117700086812250.xml&coll=3


From the 4/19/07 Garfield-Maple Sun:

 

 

Court tells AmeriCon clean-up, install fence

Thursday, April 19, 2007

By Ken Baka

Garfield-Maple Sun

 

GARFIELD HEIGHTS An owner of AmeriCon Homes Inc. agreed to clean construction debris at the company's Valley Ranch subdivision and install a fence around unfinished basements and foundations, a city attorney said...

 

 

http://www.cleveland.com/sun/garfieldmaplesun/index.ssf?/base/news-0/117700085712250.xml&coll=3


North Olmsted City Hall has new look, entrance

Sun Herald, 4/19/07

It's the same building, but several significant changes have been made at City Hall, with more on the way...

 


Goodbye Gabriel Bros.?

Nordonia Hills Sun, 4/19/07

An avid sports enthusiast who regularly participates in physical activity, Gabriel Brothers Plaza owner Law-rence Shafron envisions oper-ating a community-based sports arena where the dis-count clothing store is now lo-cated...

 


E. 222nd will get makeover City receives state grant for street transformation

Euclid Sun Journal, 4/19/07

Residents and industries will see a marked visual change on the now run-down looking stretch of East 222nd Street that runs from St. Clair Avenue south to Tungsten Road...

 


Building for within Fairview Park working on center's member base

Sun Herald, 4/19/07

Work on the city's recreation center isn't limited to construction these days...

 


A question for the ages

Bedford Sun Banner, 4/19/07

If the city eventually rezones land west of Holy Trinity Church to allow for a senior housing district, it will have been accomplished only after a lengthy process...

 

From the 4/25/07 PD:

 

 

Developers push for Solon rezoning

May 8 ballot issue to determine fate of housing project

Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Maggi Martin

Plain Dealer Reporter

 

Solon - A plan to build senior housing on 32 undeveloped acres faces stiff opposition from some residents who fear changing the zoning for the project will allow unchecked development in the neighborhood...

 

 

To reach this Plain Dealer reporter:

[email protected], 440-602-4782

 

http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/117749060213670.xml&coll=2


From the 4/25/07 Aurora Advocate:

 

 

Clustered housing planned if zoning Issue 10 approved

by Brent Hovey

Reporter

 

Aurora -- The second of two rezoning issues on the May 8 ballot -- Issue 10 -- involves about 40 acres on the southwest corner of Route 306 and Treat Road...

 

E-mail: [email protected]

Phone: 330-688-0088 ext. 3115

 

http://www.auroraadvocate.com/news/article/1903181


Revised clocktower design better liked by residents, panel

Aurora Advocate, 4/25/07

Following a groundswell of support from local residents, the landmark commission April 19 granted a certificate of appropriateness for a revised clocktower design at the City Center point...

 


New owner plans to demolish Pavilion

News Leader, 4/25/07

The Pavilion building on Valley View Road may soon be gone, now that it has been sold and its new owner said he is going to have the building demolished...

 


City to acquire 'link' property

Aurora Advocate, 4/25/07

The city plans to purchase 22 acres between Sunny Lake Park and the Audubon Society of Greater Cleveland's Aurora Sanctuary to preserve as green space...

 


Demolition of the old Harbor High School on hold

Ashtabula Star Beacon, 4/22/07

The architectural and restoration review board Tuesday night postponed approving Ashtabula Area City School Board's request to demolish old Harbor High School, pending contact with a Florida contractor interested developing the building...

 

Ashtabula Star Beacon: School demolition takes different turn (4/21/07)


KSU reveals floor plans for new building

Ashtabula Star Beacon, 4/20/07

Floor plans for the new Health and Science Building at Kent State University were unveiled Tuesday evening...

 

 

From the 4/27/07 Elyria Chroncile-Telegram:

 

 

New high school campaign aims to leave no stone unturned, or door unknocked

Adam Wright | The Chronicle-Telegram

 

ELYRIA — Is nearly $92,000 enough to change people’s minds about a new high school?

 

That’s what the Citizens Committee for Quality Education is hoping after raising $20,000 more to promote the bond issue going before voters in May compared to the last time the bond issue went on the ballot in 2002...Contact Adam Wright at (440) 329-7151 or at [email protected]

 

http://www.chroniclet.com/2007/04/27/new-high-school-campaign-aims-to-leave-no-stone-unturned-or-door-unknocked/


Library shows off renovation

Sun Herald, 4/26/07

Longtime patrons and residents entering the public library may not recognize it after a recent renovation project left it looking like a brand-new building...


Lake medical campus eyes big expansion

News-Herald, 4/26/07

Lake Hospital System is planning a $1.96 million addition to the Madison Medical Campus it opened four years ago...

 


Group of properties urged for town center

Chagrin Valley Times, 4/26/07

There has been discussion over the years on how Bainbridge's town center, south of Route 422, will develop in the future.

 

Some possible ideas are being offered with the listing for sale of properties along the Chillicothe Road (Route 306) corridor...

 


Damaged factory to be rebuilt

West Side Sun News, 4/26/07

As soon as he can get permits from the city, the owner of a fire-damaged factory said he intends to rebuild it...

 


Church eyes old Sims Buick site

Euclid Sun Journal, 4/26/07

Cathedral Worship Center's leaders have big plans for a Euclid Avenue property. Now all they need is the go-ahead from City Council.

 

The church wants to use the former Sims Buick property, 21601 Euclid Ave. Council will vote May 7 or 21 on granting a use district exception...

 

 

From the 5/2/07 News Leader:

 

 

Developer wants tax break for road

by Jeff Saunders

Reporter

 

Macedonia -- The city's former mayor, whose company wants to build a $40-million, 40-acre senior residential complex just south of City Hall, is asking for help to build a $3 million access road and utilities to the complex...

 

E-mail: [email protected]

Phone: 440-232-4055 ext. 4105

 

http://www.the-news-leader.com/news/article/1939271


Town hall gets second chance

Akron Beacon Journal, 4/28/07

Voters in Richfield Township are being asked for a second time to approve an $875,000 bond issue to build a new town hall...

 

Cleveland Plain Dealer: Richfield Twp. considers new hall (4/27/07)


Three West Orange proposals

Chagrin Herald Sun, 4/26/07

Mayor Tom Brick now has three proposals from developers for the re-development of West Orange Street...

 

 

From the 5/3/07 Maple Heights Press:

 

 

Senior housing project will go up at St. Wenceslas

by Tim Troglen

Reporter

 

Maple Heights -- Plans for an apartment building for senior citizens on the property of St. Wenceslas Catholic Church were put on the back burner last summer because of a lack of funding...

 

E-mail: [email protected]

 

Phone: 440-232-4055 ext. 4109

 

http://www.mapleheightspress.com/news/article/1942591


Master plan wins approval in Orange

Chagrin Valley Times, 5/3/07

After close to a year of discussion and changes, Orange Village Council has approved the village's master plan...

 

 

Driving downtown this morning I saw two new signs for two new developments (?) on Chester.  I didn't find either on this board or in a Google search.  Anyone have any further info on either of these?

 

-Chester & 82nd (the signboard shows what looks like three buildings of townhouses)

 

-Lagrange Place (with flag! sign noted that it was within walking distance of Clinic, Circle and Case.  Promoting walking!)

 

 

 

 

Driving downtown this morning I saw two new signs for two new developments (?) on Chester.  I didn't find either on this board or in a Google search.  Anyone have any further info on either of these?

 

-Chester & 82nd (the signboard shows what looks like three buildings of townhouses)

 

-Lagrange Place (with flag! sign noted that it was within walking distance of Clinic, Circle and Case.  Promoting walking!)

 

 

 

 

 

Please see:

 

http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php?topic=2977.msg182507#msg182507

 

 

I believe edsiou was the forumer who mentioned this. Not the sexiest of projects but it'll be nice for that corner of the Galleria:

 

From cleveland.com:

 

Dollar Bank Galleria branch OK'd

Plans call for grand 2-story entry

Saturday, May 05, 2007

Tom Breckenridge

Plain Dealer Reporter

Dollar Bank is bullish on the Galleria at Erieview.

 

The Pittsburgh-based bank gained approval Friday to convert the southwest portion of the Galleria into a grand entry for a new, two-story bank branch.

 

"We have never felt we had a headquarters in Cleveland," said Joseph Smith, the bank's senior vice president of marketing. "We view this as a significant commitment to having a strong presence and a premier branch."

 

More at cleveland.com http://www.cleveland.com

Note:  The Dollar Bank information, has also been cross posted in the "Cleveland's downtown vacancy rate down, unemployment rate sees sharp decline" thread.

The East Ninth Street facade will feature a high-definition, electronic signboard broadcasting information and programs on local events and history, Smith said.

 

Dollar Bank plans to finish the project by year's end.

 

 

These are the two best parts of the project.

 

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