August 29, 200717 yr 08/29/2007 Frozen treat means 200 jobs ALEX M. PARKER , Morning Journal Writer Content edited 9-4-09 to comply with terms of use http://www.morningjournal.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18759567&BRD=1699&PAG=461&dept_id=46371&rfi=6 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 08/29/2007 Limestone grinding mill plans to build in Lorain, 'potential for dust exists' KATE GIAMMARISE , Morning Journal Writer LORAIN -- Oglebay Norton, a Cleveland-based industrial minerals mining company, plans to build a limestone grinding mill and processing facility in Lorain along the Black River. Content edited 9-4-09 to comply with terms of use ©The Morning Journal 2007 http://www.morningjournal.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18759580&BRD=1699&PAG=461&dept_id=46371&rfi=6
August 31, 200717 yr Okay, so here's how the urban sprawl in Lorain County is playing out - companies and people are sprawling outward to inconvenient places, i.e. places without retail, services, adequate etc. They choose to move there and then all of a sudden are demanding things like hospitals (Cleveland Clinic), retail (Avon Commons, Crocker Park, and then on top of that are begging the government to build them infrastructure. Henkel (formerly Manco) used to be located in Cleveland on W.117th and Berea - close to downtown, the airport, and rapid station. The moved to Westlake for more room and then Avon. They should of thought about the lack of infrastructure out there before they moved there. Wouldn't it have been great if they simply bought up property around them on Berea and W.117th. They wouldn't be asking for all this infrastructure in Avon and probably would have gotten brownfield credits if they had stayed put. The whole thing is just terribly ignorant, selfish and wasteful.
September 16, 200717 yr 09/16/2007 Trail along Black River past steel mills certain to provide unique sights Content edited 9-4-09 to comply with terms of use http://www.morningjournal.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18822432&BRD=1699&PAG=461&dept_id=46368&rfi=6
October 7, 200717 yr now lorain is giving out "retroactive" 15yr tax abatements for their new housing? unh oh. and i love what they call high end homes :laugh: long dull article - sorry. Abatements offered in Lorain's high-end west side causes concerns with county KATE GIAMMARISE, Morning Journal Writer 10/07/2007 The sign in front of Martin's Run in Lorain indicating a 15-year tax abatement. LORAIN -- When homeowner Jim Yanosko found out about a city-run tax abatement program that could save him thousands of dollars for the next 15 years, it didn't take him long to sign up. He and his family had moved to a new home in the Oak Point Estates development in 2001. After finding out about the Lorain Community Reinvestment Area (CRA) tax abatement in a letter from home builder Tom Oster and attending a meeting hosted by the city's Community Development Department about the abatements, Yanosko signed up in April. It sounded like a great deal. The abatement would take Yanosko's property taxes from around $6,000 annually to about $1,600 a year. The savings was huge, he said.
March 11, 200916 yr Sour economy kills Griswold Wal-Mart plan Cindy Leise | The Chronicle-Telegram Content edited 9-4-09 to comply with terms of use
March 11, 200916 yr actually, that wouldnt be a bad place for a new big box. at least it would be decrepit strip mall redevelopment.
August 8, 200915 yr News Issue for new Avon library makes ballot in November Tuesday, August 4, 2009 By MEGAN ROZSA [email protected] AVON — City Council voted last night to put a continuing 2.31-mill operating levy and a $10.5 million bond issue for a new library on November's ballot. URL: http://www.morningjournal.com/articles/2009/08/04/news/mj1425632.prt © 2009 morningjournal.com, a Journal Register Property
August 13, 200915 yr News Fligner's responds to 'growing pains': Supermarket invests in $1.5M smokehouse Wednesday, August 12, 2009 By SCOT ALLYN [email protected] LORAIN — Fligner's Supermarket has responded to a growing demand for its smoked meats with about a $1.5 million investment. The supermarket now has an 8,000-square-foot warehouse around a smokehouse that can handle 2,000 pounds of meat at a time. URL: http://www.morningjournal.com/articles/2009/08/12/news/mj1395928.prt © 2009 morningjournal.com, a Journal Register Property ============================================================================================================= ON THE WEB: Fligner's Market - on Broadway since 1924
November 17, 201113 yr bump for KJP. Not sure why this thread is in City Discussion vs. NEO Projects and Developments.
May 22, 20169 yr 4+ years between posts? Still may be the best thread for this. Could be another hit for Elyria... Riddell could call audible, move from Elyria to North Ridgeville May 22, 2016 UPDATED 2 DAYS AGO By STAN BULLARD Six football fields. That’s the size of a building proposed in North Ridgeville that’s believed to be a new home for Riddell, a football helmet and equipment maker now in Elyria, in a $25 million project. North Ridgeville Mayor David Gillock is hopeful the project could reuse a 40-acre site at 38889 Center Ridge Road that he characterized as an eyesore. The site, visible from the Ohio Turnpike, housed a long-vacant shopping center until it was razed for a retail development in 2009 that ultimately did not proceed. Although Gillock and the city council of the Lorain County suburb on the collar of Cuyahoga County are in talks for the project and readying documents to clear the way for it, the mayor said he signed a nondisclosure agreement with the prospect’s site consultant, real estate brokerage Avison Young, and would not identify the company behind it. MORE: http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/20160522/NEWS/160529968/riddell-could-call-audible-move-from-elyria-to-north-ridgeville "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
December 16, 20168 yr Can the title of this thread be renamed similar to what I have in the subject line of this post? U.S. Steel intends to close portion of Lorain operations for good Katie Nix | The Chronicle-TelegramPublished on Dec. 16, 2016 | Updated 1:40 a. m. LORAIN — A portion of the U.S. Steel plant could permanently close by March, according to a letter that union leaders received Wednesday. United Steelworkers Local 1104 President Dennis Hamilton said the portion of the mill known as “four seamless” that is used to make smaller pipes, has been idled since 2015, but a letter from U.S. Steel indicated the company had intentions to cease its operations. MORE: http://www.chroniclet.com/Local-News/2016/12/16/U-S-Steel-intends-to-close-portion-of-Lorain-operations-for-good.html "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
November 15, 20213 yr nice idea and event to get downtown people together this fall: Local News Lorain downtown poised for growth, supporters say Main Street hosts Mix & Mingle along Broadway Avenue By Richard Payerchin | [email protected] | The Morning Journal PUBLISHED: October 5, 2021 at 8:50 p.m. | UPDATED: October 5, 2021 at 8:51 p.m. Despite the novel coronavirus pandemic, small business owners and local government staff said downtown Lorain is poised for a new stage of growth. On Oct. 5, Main Street Lorain hosted its first in-person Mix & Mingle Event of 2021. The gatherings went online during the height of the novel coronavirus pandemic, said Max Schaefer, executive director of the organization. “The purpose of it really is to not only connect interested parties, business owners, property owners, organizations to connect them together, but it’s also to connect them with city government, with county government and to be able to understand really what’s available for them to invest in their business, to invest in their property, to make downtown Lorain a little more attractive,” Schaefer said. The Mix & Mingle is a program of the organization’s Economic Vitality Committee. It is one of four subgroups, with others handling organization, design and promotions. Main Street Lorain hopes to present more gatherings in 2022, Schaefer said. There is more to talk about with topics such as the Lorain Port and Financing Authority’s financing ability and the city’s effort to create a National Register Historic District. Schaefer added there was a side benefit: boosting Tuesday night business for Union Town Provisions, a locally owned restaurant at 422 Broadway that hosted the event. Frederick J. Kerestory, a Lorain-based financial adviser for WestPoint Wealth Management, is chairman of the Economic Vitality Committee. He said he wanted to get involved to watch Lorain mature, evolve and grow. more: https://www.morningjournal.com/2021/10/05/mje-l-main-street-mingle-1006/
November 15, 20213 yr Lorain has had a heck of a comeback with their downtown. I found it much nicer/more vibrant than Elyria's when I went a couple of months ago. I wouldn't have said that pre-pandemic. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
November 16, 20213 yr Elyria has been going nuts with teardowns lately. Quite sad, as it used to be the Lorain County downtown that I liked the most. But Lorain clearly is trying hard to revitalize their downtown at the same time Elyria does nothing but tear down historic buildings.
November 16, 20213 yr it's puzzling and surprizing. historically, being the county seat, elyria was always the smarter civic brother to corrupt, wayward, big brother lorain. that said, i gotta hand it to lorain diehards for banding together, taking stock of their strengths, which is the waterfront and still decent broadway bones, and making the best of it they can. i did read somewhere a developer bought up some of downtown elyria's major buildings/lots, like the old uncle vics, with an eye toward redevelopment. we'll see.
November 16, 20213 yr here is hot off the press news i found about the developer purchasing downtown elyria properties. he is the elyria guy going after tmud credits: Flanigan project in Elyria seeking $3.4 million in Ohio tax credits Dave O'Brien The Chronicle-Telegram Nov 14, 2021 6:00 AM ELYRIA — A project by developer and businessman Kevin Flanigan, who owns a number of properties on Broad Street in downtown Elyria, is in the running for more than $3.4 million in state tax credits, the Ohio Department of Development announced last week. Flanigan's group, Elyria Block Development LLC, has applied for $3,414,100 in general Transformational Mixed-Use Development tax credits for its Downtown Elyria Redevelopment plan. The tax credit would help Flanigan redevelop 7 Kersetter Way and 100 Washington Ave. (formerly Uncle Vic’s), 401-415 Broad (the Robinson building), 417-425 Broad St. (the Dixon building, former home of the Powerhouse Gym), and 381 and 371 Broad St. (formerly the Mussey Block) in downtown Elyria. more: https://chroniclet.com/news/281819/flanigan-project-in-elyria-seeking-34-million-in-ohio-tax-credits/
November 16, 20213 yr i also found a cool ghost sign for troxel mfg co. -- they made bike seats, including inventing the iconic banana seat of the 1970s. the sign was found in the ruins of the the infamous uncle vics club warehouse ruins in elyria after some teens burned it down awhile back. troxel later moved to another part of town in the 1940s and then down to moscow, tn. in the 1960s. https://chroniclet.com/news/264214/uncle-vics-demo-reveals-troxel-sign/ https://www.troxel.com/about
January 8, 20223 yr so now lorain has one of those script cleveland selfie/insta things: https://www.morningjournal.com/2022/01/07/new-lorain-downtown-landmark-unveiled/
January 8, 20223 yr 49 minutes ago, mrnyc said: so now lorain has one of those script cleveland selfie/insta things: https://www.morningjournal.com/2022/01/07/new-lorain-downtown-landmark-unveiled/ This will definitely turn things around in Lorain.
January 9, 20223 yr 5 hours ago, Pugu said: This will definitely turn things around in Lorain. Imagine raising $25,000 just to put up another sign to remind people where they are, just in case they'd forgotten.
January 9, 20223 yr the thing for me is they put it on a prime lot where you would think they would want to encourage a development. then again, nothing was happening there, so why not.
January 9, 20223 yr Looks like the new Lorain sign is working! Developer plans esports hub, offices, housing in downtown Elyria "....Flanigan, who controls much of three blocks on Broad Street, is cobbling together a $35 million deal. A pair of historic buildings will hold an esports venue, with offices and podcasting and broadcasting spaces upstairs. On a vacant corner to the east, at Broad and Washington Avenue, site plans call for a 51-unit apartment building — a rare ground-up construction project...." https://www.crainscleveland.com/real-estate/developer-plans-esports-hub-offices-housing-downtown-elyria
January 9, 20223 yr Elyria and the city of Lorain are not the same place. When is the last time I-71 turned a profit?
January 9, 20223 yr 10 minutes ago, Boomerang_Brian said: Elyria and the city of Lorain are not the same place. Yes, that is true. Lorain has the preferred benefit of being on the water, whereas Elyria isn't. But if Elyria turns itself around and starts booming, Lorain City will certain benefit. Also, this thread is about Lorain County and not Lorain City.
January 9, 20223 yr 1 hour ago, Pugu said: Looks like the new Lorain sign is working! Developer plans esports hub, offices, housing in downtown Elyria 59 minutes ago, Boomerang_Brian said: Elyria and the city of Lorain are not the same place. 46 minutes ago, Pugu said: Yes, that is true. Lorain has the preferred benefit of being on the water, whereas Elyria isn't. But if Elyria turns itself around and starts booming, Lorain City will certain benefit. Also, this thread is about Lorain County and not Lorain City. I’m surprised that you missed the point. /s When is the last time I-71 turned a profit?
January 9, 20223 yr 56 minutes ago, Boomerang_Brian said: I’m surprised that you missed the point. /s I'm not sure what you mean. I know they're different municipalities. If Elyria starts booming it will spread into the geographically-advantaged city of Lorain. I mentioned the sign for the continuity of the discussion on the thread and as a joke--I don't really think a civic-pride Lorain sign results in economic projects in Elyria. What is the point you're trying to make?
January 10, 20223 yr 22 hours ago, X said: Isn't that area supposed to become park? where did you hear that? i think there was a hotel there way back. then it was a big service station for a long time -- until sometime in the 1970s. afaik since then it has been an empty lot. a park would be ok, but really its a development site. i seem to recall they wanted a casino there, or around there (?) back when lorain was the only place pushing ohio for legalized gambling.
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