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From the 3/28/07 Sandusky Register:

 

 

Port Clinton explores feasibility study

By JACOB LAMMERS | Wednesday March 28 2007, 7:05am

 

PORT CLINTON Port Clinton City Council authorized the city's safety service director Tuesday to seek quotes on a feasibility study that would allow the city to move forward with the marina district project.

 

Ken Puller of Puller Group, one of the developers for the project, suggested in a written report read by Mayor Tom Brown that the city order a feasibility study for the hotel/condos/waterpark/commercial areas.

 

http://www.sanduskyregister.com/articles/2007/03/28/local_news/224684.txt

 

From the 4/11/07 Port Clinton News Herald:

 

 

Council rethinking Puller plan

By CATHARINE HADLEY

Staff writer

 

City Council may soon repeal the ordinance allowing negotiations with the Puller Group for developing the Water Works property.

 

Port Clinton City Council President Linda Hartlaub said after Tuesday night's regular meeting that Council voted to hold a special meeting at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 17.

 

"It is to do the first reading to repeal the ordinance 02-07," Hartlaub said.

 

E-mail Catharine Hadley at [email protected]

 

http://www.portclintonnewsherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070411/NEWS01/704110302/1002/rss01

 

From the 4/12/07 Sandusky Register:

 

 

Developers pass test for Port Clinton marina project

By JACOB LAMMERS | Thursday April 12 2007, 6:32am

 

PORT CLINTON Two potential developers have the wherewithal to back up their promises for the city's marina district, according to an investment banking group specializing in economic development.

 

http://www.sanduskyregister.com/articles/2007/04/12/local_news/241712.txt

 

From the 4/16/07 Sandusky Register:

 

 

Port Clinton to vote again on waterpark

By CHAUNCEY ALCORN | Monday April 16 2007, 6:07am

 

PORT CLINTON A segment of the Port Clinton community is trying to put a stop to the city's recently approved waterpark project negotiations, but their efforts may be in vain.

 

A petition with 318 signatures was collected in January and submitted to the city law director to force city council to repeal its ordinance to negotiate with the Puller Group on the construction of an indoor water park in the city's marina district.

 

http://www.sanduskyregister.com/articles/2007/04/16/front/245674.txt

 

From the 4/25/07 Port Clinton News Herald:

 

 

Plan for Water Works divisive

Rift within Council, community on development

By CATHARINE HADLEY

Staff writer

 

Emotions ran high at Tuesday night's Port Clinton City Council meeting.

 

Several members of the community objected to Council's plan to repeal the ordinance allowing Safety-Service Director Rich Babcock to enter into negotiations with the Puller Group to build a hotel, indoor water park and conference center on the Water Works Park property.

 

E-mail Catharine Hadley at [email protected].

 

http://www.portclintonnewsherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070425/NEWS01/704250302/1002/rss01

 

From the 4/27/07 Port Clinton News Herald:

 

 

Water Works Park zoning change recommended

By CATHARINE HADLEY

Staff writer

 

For the second time this week, residents on both sides of the Water Works Park controversy spoke their minds at a city government meeting.

 

The Port Clinton Planning Commission held a public hearing Thursday afternoon to decide whether to recommend City Council change the zoning at the Water Works Park property. The meeting was held at Municipal Court, a larger venue than City Council chambers, where the commission met last month.

 

http://www.portclintonnewsherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070427/NEWS01/704270303/1002/rss01

 

From the 5/3/07 Sandusky Register:

 

 

Back to beginning for Port Clinton marina project

By JACOB LAMMERS | Thursday May 03 2007, 10:23am

 

PORT CLINTON Port Clinton council is back to square one.

 

The city council adopted an ordinance repealing its attempt to negotiate with Puller Group, one of two developers for the marina district project.

 

http://www.sanduskyregister.com/articles/2007/05/03/local_news/266944.txt

 

From the 5/9/07 Port Clinton News Herald:

 

 

City gets grant for Water Works study

By CATHARINE HADLEY

Staff writer

 

The city may soon learn if Water Works Park is environmentally safe.

 

Port Clinton Mayor Tom Brown said the Ohio Department of Development has sent the paperwork for a $227,683 grant for a Phase II property assessment for the area. He informed City Council of the development during the group's Tuesday night meeting.

 

E-mail Catharine Hadley at [email protected].

 

http://www.portclintonnewsherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070509/NEWS01/705090306/1002/rss01

 

From the 5/10/07 Port Clinton News Herald:

 

 

Residents forming group to fight 'overdevelopment'

News Herald reports

 

PORT CLINTON --A new local group has been "launched in response to the proposed overdevelopment of Water Works Park."

 

The lakefront and the park "should remain open and accessible for all to enjoy," according to a press release distributed by Port Clinton resident Don Finke of the Citizens Organized for Responsible Development.

 

http://www.portclintonnewsherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070510/NEWS01/705100303/1002/rss01

 

From the 5/22/07 Port Clinton News Herald:

 

 

Questions about Water Works plan answered at town hall meeting

By CATHARINE HADLEY

Staff writer

 

How much money will the city of Port Clinton gain if the Puller Group builds an indoor water park, hotel and conference center on the Lake Erie waterfront?

 

E-mail Catharine Hadley at [email protected].

 

http://www.portclintonnewsherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070522/NEWS01/705220305/1002/rss01

 

From the 5/23/07 Port Clinton News Herald:

 

 

Talks to start with Puller Group

City Council passes motion to enter into negotiations for Water Works Park

By CATHARINE HADLEY

Staff writer

 

City Council has voted to enter negotiations with the Puller Group to develop Water Works Park.

 

Council members approved a motion at Tuesday night's meeting to allow the city to start talks with the developer, which wants to construct an indoor water park, hotel and conference center on the site.

 

E-mail Catharine Hadley at [email protected].

 

http://www.portclintonnewsherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070523/NEWS01/705230305/1002/rss01

 

From the 5/31/07 Port Clinton News Herald:

 

PHOTO: A home is lifted with a crane and lowered on its floating foundation on the Portage River behind Coastal Marina May 18.

For more photos, go to http://www.portclintonnewsherald.com.

 

Living closer than lakefront

Local marinas join in trend of offering homes on barges

By KRISTINA SMITH

Staff writer

 

PORT CLINTON -- Two local marinas have joined a growing market for waterfront living by offering houses on barges.  Coastal Marine II and Lakefront Marina on Lakeshore Drive are selling various types of homes that would be docked at their marinas.  Floating homes are popular in communities on the East and West coasts and in Key West, Fla., he said.  A developer began building them last year at Marine Max on Catawba Island.

 

"The price of waterfront property is rising," said Bob Faflik, Lakefront Marina owner.  "This is a very affordable way that a family or a retired person can have a summer home and live, not just near the water, but on the water."  The houses in both developments can be used year-round, the marina owners said.

 

More at http://www.portclintonnewsherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070531/NEWS01/705310303/1002/rss01

 

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From the 6/20/07 Sandusky Register:

 

PHOTO: Work is being done to make a new parking lot in front of Harbor Light Landing in Catawba.  Register photo/JASON WERLING

 

PHOTO: Water fowl and fish swim through the central water feature at Harbor Light Landing Monday afternoon in Catawba.  Register photo/JASON WERLING

 

Center of attention

By JACOB LAMMERS | Wednesday June 20 2007, 6:20am

 

PORT CLINTON -- An incomplete shopping center is getting a facelift and some new blood.  Harbor Light Landing, 753 S. East Catawba Road, was recently bought by Sandusky developer Ralph Ruta, who is pumping about $1 million into the renovation and completion of the retail center.  The center was built in 2004, but went into foreclosure, leaving 40 percent of it yet to be completed.

 

The original owners, Christopher and Jeffrey Kolar from Geauga County, designed Harbor Light Landing to reflect a New England-themed shopping center.  The retail center, located across from the Ottawa County Visitors Center, features a boardwalk with shops and boutiques stretching along an inland lake.

 

From the 6/22/07 Lorain Morning Journal:

 

 

Yacht Club condo plan gets tabled

By RICHARD PAYERCHIN, Sandusky Bureau Chief

06/22/2007

 

SANDUSKY -- The Sandusky Yacht Club will have to wait a month to learn if the club can build a 12-story condominium complex on its waterfront site.

 

The SYC asked for a height variance so it could build above the 45 foot limit along the waterfront in Sandusky's Downtown Business District. The Sandusky Board of Zoning Appeals last night voted to table the issue, asking yacht club staff to work with developers of what could become the adjacent marina district.

 

http://www.morningjournal.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18506707&BRD=1699&PAG=461&dept_id=46371&rfi=6

 

Sandusky YMCA wants new facility, new location

Sandusky Register, 6/14/07

 

The Sandusky Area YMCA wants to open a new facility at a new location, but can't do it alone.  "To make a new YMCA possible, it has to be a community-sponsored initiative, meaning the foundations have to be on board, the corporations have to be onboard and the city has to be on board," said Brett Kinzel, board of trustees president.

 

Over the last 18 months, the YMCA has been researching the feasibility of opening a new facility, which included finding an optimal location.  "Part of the 22-step process was to do a site selection analysis. We originally started out with four sites, but based on demographics and geographics, we decided 2020 Hayes Ave. would be the best location," Kinzel said.  The Hayes Avenue location is the site of the former Memorial Hospital.  The YMCA has made an offer on the location, but so has the Erie County Health Department.

 

ODOD press release, 6/26/07:

 

 

FISHER APPROVES BROWNFIELD LOAN FOR ERIE COUNTY PROJECT

$ 618,000 Approved for Lakecrest Town Center Project

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

June 25, 2007

 

Columbus, OH -- Lieutenant Governor Lee Fisher, Director of the Ohio Department of Development, today announced the approval of a $618,000 loan from the Brownfield Revolving Loan Fund for the remediation and redevelopment of the former Bechtel-McLaughlin site in Erie County's Perkins Township. The approval from the Ohio Department of Development is subject to completion of pre-loan closing activities and further consideration by the United State Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA), which has final granting authority. The loan will be utilized by JRSMI, LLC for the $18 million Lakecrest Town Center project.

 

"The Lakecrest Town Center project is significant not only for job creation and economic expansion for Perkins Township, but also for the revitalization of an abandoned industrial site into thriving commercial use," said Lt. Governor Fisher. "The state is proud to offer assistance to communities through brownfield programs and loans which utilize existing infrastructure and preserve greenspace while generating economic growth."

 

The brownfield loan from the Ohio Department of Development, with approval from the US EPA, will be used to conduct remediation and demolition activities at 20.95 acre former metal plating operations site. Development of the site is set to begin in the fall with anchor tenants Aldi's and Menards already identified. The project and commercial tenants are expected to create 106 jobs.

 

The Ohio Department of Development's Brownfield Revolving Loan Fund offers below-market rate loans to assist with the remediation of brownfield properties to return them to productive economic use in communities. The program provides loans by capitalizing grants from the US EPA.

 

http://www.odod.state.oh.us/newsroom/releases/1775.asp

 

From the 6/20/07 Lorain Morning Journal:

 

$18 million facility will consolidate 42 doctors' practices

By RICHARD PAYERCHIN, Sandusky Bureau Chief

06/20/2007

 

PERKINS TOWNSHIP -- Doctors' offices spread around Sandusky and its neighboring townships will consolidate in a new building planned by Northern Ohio Medical Specialists.  NOMS will construct an $18 million, three-story, 110,426 square foot office complex on almost 24 acres at the southwest corner of Strub Road and SR 4, said Bradley P. Smith, chief executive officer of the medical group.

 

The Perkins Township trustees last week voted 3-0 to approve the final building plan for the site. NOMS hopes to break ground this summer with an 18-month construction schedule for the project, which has an estimated construction cost of about $18 million, Smith said.  ''We're very excited about the project,'' Smith said. ''It will be a great move for our company. It will be a great service to the community.

 

http://www.morningjournal.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18496476&BRD=1699&PAG=461&dept_id=46371&rfi=6

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From the 7/10/07 Lorain Morning Journal:

 

 

Project hits ballot: Voters will decide how Sandusky waterfront will be redeveloped

By RICHARD PAYERCHIN, Sandusky Bureau Chief

07/10/2007

 

SANDUSKY -- City residents in November will have their say on redeveloping Sandusky's waterfront City Hall with condominiums, hotel and a redesign of Battery Park.

 

Sandusky City Commission agreed to have city residents vote on the project known as the Marina District. The vote would guide city leaders in negotiating a development agreement for City Hall, 222 Meigs St., and surrounding land, the Sandusky Sailing Club, Battery Park and the marina and the former Surf's Up Wave Action Pool, which operates as the Sandusky Bay Pavilion.

 

http://www.morningjournal.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18567547&BRD=1699&PAG=461&dept_id=46371&rfi=6

 

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From the Sandusky Register:

 

NASA plans 'rebirth' at Plum Brook

Tuesday September 11 2007, 2:24pm

 

PERKINS TWP.

 

NASA Plum Brook Station is undergoing a "rebirth" and heading into its busiest time since the boom days of the Apollo program.

 

NASA officials announced Monday they will build a new entrance to NASA Plum Brook, allowing motorists access via Scheid Road off of U.S. 250. They said they also hope to build a space-themed attraction at Plum Brook to draw tourists who already come to the Sandusky area to visit Cedar Point and the waterparks.

 

http://www.sanduskyregister.com/articles/2007/09/11/front/402790.txt

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Perkins condo-office plan gets OK

 

Certainly some interesting renderings here:

http://images.townnews.com/sanduskyregister.com/content/articles/2007/09/26/front/419528.jpg

http://images.townnews.com/sanduskyregister.com/content/articles/2007/09/26/front/4195283.jpg

http://images.townnews.com/sanduskyregister.com/content/articles/2007/09/26/front/4195281.jpg

 

By MOLLY LINN | Wednesday September 26 2007, 3:47pm

 

PERKINS TWP. - Plans for Ashford Park, a 91.5-acre residential and commercial development behind the Sandusky Mall in Perkins Township, received initial approval during a public hearing Tuesday night.

 

Perkins Township Trustees Tom Pascoe and Tim Coleman wanted to table the zoning change from single-family residential to a planned unit development, but Trustee Bill Dwelle voted for the planned unit development.

 

 

http://www.sanduskyregister.com/articles/2007/09/26/front/419528.txt

 

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Also, click on the above link and check out some of the commentary on this proposed development.

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SanduskyRegister.com Front Article

 

Port Clinton resort could bring revenue, jobs

By JACOB LAMMERS

Saturday, October 27, 2007 3:21 AM EDT

 

 

PORT CLINTON

 

A proposed waterpark, hotel and convention center could bring in $92 million in new tax revenues in addition to new jobs to the Port Clinton area, according to an economic impact study.

 

That figure is the cumulative amount of new tax money the resort could generate over the course of 12 years, according to David Sangree, president of the Cleveland-based Hotel & Leisure Advisors, who wrote the report.

 

Post edited 9-4-09 to comply with terms of use

 

http://sanduskyregister.com/articles/2007/10/27/front/doc4722ca7b0f9e5834612960.txt

 

SanduskyRegister.com Front Article

 

Consumers Ice building torn down for possible development

By ABIGAIL BOBROW

Thursday, October 25, 2007 6:56 AM EDT

 

SANDUSKY

 

Another piece of Sandusky history is melting away to make room for new development.

 

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http://sanduskyregister.com/articles/2007/10/25/front/454130.txt

Marina District gets green light

 

By JENNIFER GRATHWOL | Wednesday November 07 2007, 1:27am

http://www.sanduskyregister.com/articles/2007/11/07/front/468630.txt#blogcomments

 

SANDUSKY- Voters to city leaders: Build the Marina District. With 51.8 percent of the 6,983 votes cast, voters gave the green light to the waterfront redevelopment project considered by supporters vital to the city's future.

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This is great for Sandtown!!!

hooray for Sandusky! (seriously)

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wow -- great news for san-dus-ky!

Aerial rendering photo of the proposed project:

http://images.townnews.com/sanduskyregister.com/content/articles/2007/11/14/front/479444.jpg

 

The area (north of Washington St and east of Meigs St, as well as areas north of Water St) is considered to be downtown (the far east end), albeit the surrounding blocks are almost all residential.  Here's a regular street map of the area:

SandMarinaDist.jpg

 

 

Here's the link to the accompanying article (basically says the same stuff as the last article I posted)

http://www.sanduskyregister.com/articles/2007/11/14/front/479444.txt

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Deal signed for Perkins plant

By JANET NGUYEN

Thursday, January 17, 2008 12:18 PM EST

 

After four months of deliberation, Delphi Corp. has chosen a potential buyer for the Delphi Automotive Systems in Perkins Township.

 

Delphi Corp. entered into a $44.2 million asset sale and purchase agreement Wednesday with Cleveland-based Resilience Capital Partners for the sale of its wheel bearings business.

 

MORE: http://sanduskyregister.com/articles/2008/01/17/front/568500.prt

That's actually pretty cool looking, sans the surface lots behind the buildings.

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i kinda like how the one building is "bowed" like a sail would be in the wind.

 

Do you know of an aerial that shows the status quo?

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More Sprawl in Sandusky (actually, Perkins Township):

 

County OKs Lakecrest plan

Menards, Aldi to anchor shopping center at Strub, Milan roads

By TOM JACKSON

http://www.sanduskyregister.com/articles/2008/02/29/local_news/624411.txt

 

 

PERKINS TWP.  Construction of a new Perkins Township shopping center at Strub Road and U.S. 250 should begin soon after action Thursday night by Erie County’s main planning board.

    The Erie Regional Planning Commission, meeting at BGSU Firelands, agreed Thursday night to approve the road plat for Lakecrest Town Center, located on the northeast corner of Strub and Milan roads.

 

 

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This shopping center will be located on the site of a former factory and church on sprawltastic Route 250.  And, of course, the Menard's being built is less than a mile away from a Lowe's and a Home Depot.

I don't know what's wrong with the current Aldi location on Perkins Ave away from all the CP traffic.  Perkins has this prime empty space and this is what they do with it?

 

I'm surprised Hoty didn't try to put another strip mall there.

I'm surprised Hoty didn't try to put another strip mall there.

 

Oh God, Hoty  :whip:

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STREET LIGHTHOUSES

3-D canvases arrive for Sandusky’s charity art project

 

By JENNIFER GRATHWOL

http://www.sanduskyregister.com/articles/2008/03/28/local_news/661051.txt

 

SANDUSKY - Let there be lighthouses.  Twenty-five fiberglass lighthouses, each 6 feet tall, arrived at the Merry-Go-Round Museum on Thursday afternoon for the 2008 Light in the Harbor community art project.

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City lighthouses up for bid

 

http://activepaper.olivesoftware.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=RegisterD&BaseHref=SDSKY/2008/09/01&PageLabel=A2&EntityId=Ar00201&ViewMode=HTML

By MICHELLE PLETCHER

 

 

SANDUSKY - The 28 lighthouses scattered across the city added a splash of color everywhere this summer, but all good things must come to an end.

    A Light in the Harbor, a fundraising effort to benefit the Firelands chapter of the American Red Cross, the Merry-Go-Round Museum and The Erie County United Way, has been up and running since Memorial Day.

 

    For information call the Merry-Go-Round Museum at 419-626-6111; the American Red Cross at 419-626-1641; or United Way orf Erie County at 419-625-4672.

Erie County gets $300K for biz park

‘High tech campus’ on Huron Avery Road to be allied with projects at NASA Plum Brook

 

By TOM JACKSON

http://www.sanduskyregister.com/articles/2008/03/28/local_news/661103.txt

 

 

PERKINS TWP. - Erie County apparently has friends in Columbus.  The Ohio Department of Development has awarded a $300,000 grant to help develop the county’s planned new business park on Huron-Avery Road.

Driveway dispute a hurdle for Maui Sands

By ANNIE ZELM | Friday April 04 2008, 11:18am

 

http://www.sanduskyregister.com/articles/2008/04/04/front/669164.txt

 

PERKINS TWP - A resort along U.S. 250 faces a few roadblocks in its final stages ofconstruction, but a spokeswoman said it still aims to open in mid-May.

 

In a letter dated March 28, atraffic planning engineer from the Ohio Department of Transportation informed the owner of the Maui Sands Resort the new development violates the State Highway Access Management Manual.

ACH could be sold, could be idled

 

By ANNIE ZELM | Thursday April 10 2008, 11:32am

http://www.sanduskyregister.com/articles/2008/04/10/front/676097.txt

 

MARGARETTA TWP - When it comes to the future of hundreds of workers, uncertainty seems to exist on an industrial scale.

 

Automotive Component Holdings, Erie County's largest industrial employer, may be forced to shut down operations at its Sandusky plant if the plant is not purchased soon, a spokeswoman said.

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Waterpark in Perkins Township opens as area’s second-largest

By ANNIE ZELM

 

http://www.sanduskyregister.com/articles/2008/06/04/front/781680.txt

 

PERKINS TWP. - Paradise awaits.  The long-anticipated Maui Sands Resort opened last weekend.

  With 55,000 square feet of slides, activity pools, spas and children’s playgrounds, the Hawaiian-themed indoor waterpark is the second largest in the area.

I'd be curious to see the numbers on the visitors these places get.  With five (I believe that's the correct number) water parks in town they can't all be doing well can they?

I don't know why they would build if they thought they couldn't survive. More are probably on the way.

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