Revised Front St. project outlined

By Connie Cartmell, Marietta Times, November 20, 2008

 

Bricks, for historical ambiance and lower long-term maintenance, and "speed tables" to slow traffic will be a part of Marietta's revamped Front Street resurfacing and pedestrian safety upgrade project in January.  "Bricks are a good tie to Marietta," said Chad Presley, city safety-service director, during a meeting of City Council's streets and transportation committee Wednesday.

 

Marietta brick-paved streets already include Putnam, Wooster, Fifth, Sixth, Tupper, Cutler and Maple streets, Sacra Via, plus part of Scammel. Many of the paving bricks were made in Marietta, using plentiful clay deposits.  The new plan to upgrade the 100 and 200 blocks of Front Street will be more expensive than the first approach, which involved brick-stamped, pressed concrete and raised crosswalks and bumpouts instead of speed tables (gradual inclines intended to get motorists to slow down).

 

Group gets OK for green space

By Sam Shawver, Marietta Times, November 21, 2008

 

Friends of the Lower Muskingum finally received Marietta City Council's support Thursday to apply for a Clean Ohio grant that would allow the purchase of approximately 14 acres within the city limits to be used as a trail and permanent green space.  Passage of the resolution of support has been held up due to some council members' concerns that the 14-acre tract to be purchased belongs to Mayor Michael Mullen and former safety-service director Dave Sands.

 

 

Fairfield Inn eyes local lot

By Sam Shawver, Marietta Times

POSTED: March 19, 2010

 

Plans are under way for a new 103-unit hotel in Marietta, according to a presentation made recently to the Marietta Planning Commission.

 

Local contractor Larry Lang owns the 2-acre lot where the hotel is to be built.  The land is among 27 acres Lang has available for development in that area.  "(The hotel) has put some money down on the lot already, and they want to start construction soon," he said, noting approval from the planning commission was still needed on some aspects of the project.  "They would like to have the hotel open by this fall."

 

Paul Eskenazi, with Chicago-based PBE Architecture Inc., has requested a parking variance for a Fairfield Inn & Suites hotel that would be located near the intersection of Pike Street and County House Lane.  The proposed 54,612-square-foot, three-story hotel is expected to include an indoor pool and exercise facilities, but no restaurant.  Connie Hoblitzell, with Washington County's building permit office, said the parking variance is needed so that the architect can complete his design work for the facility.

 

FULL ARTICLE: http://www.mariettatimes.com/page/content.detail/id/520412.html?nav=5002

After the fire

Appearances altered, but shoppers undeterred

Kate York, Marietta Times.com

POSTED: April 3, 2010

 

When a fire destroyed four Front Street businesses in 2003, other downtown Marietta merchants built a colorful wall with a mural on it at the barricade, reminding tourists and shoppers that there were more businesses ahead and plenty more to downtown than a few vacant spots.  There are no plans for such a wall at the site of last week's fire that burned three Front Street buildings, but merchants say they'll once again band together and come out on the other side.

 

"It's not going to look as nice downtown for a little while, but it's not going to stop people from coming," said Teri Ann Pfeffer, owner of Teri Ann's, 290 Front St.  "We all try everyday to make our town look as beautiful as possible, but tragic things happen."

 

Two of the building facades that housed the Front Street Deli and Bakery and Riverside Artists Gallery are largely intact and can be saved.  The 190 Front St. building that housed the Marietta Wine Cellars was completely destroyed.  Keeping the facades is very important for the entire business district, said Karen Briley, of Schafer Leather Store, 140 Front St.  "No doubt about it, we want to see them rebuilt," she said.  "It's important to have the facades to keep the whole historical look downtown."

 

Full article: http://www.mariettatimes.com/page/content.detail/id/520834.html?nav=5002

State tax credits were recently issued for the renovation of a two-story commercial building in Downtown Marietta.  The building is scheduled to be renovated into the offices of a local accounting firm:

 

 

From https://development.ohio.gov/files/media/pressrelease/2016.6.28%20-%20Release%20-%20Ohio%20Historic%20Preservation%20Tax%20Credit%20Round%2016.pdf

 

313 Second Street (Marietta, Washington County)

 

Total Project Cost: $2,096,000

Total Tax Credit: $249,999

Address: 313 Second Street, 45750

 

Marietta-based Perry and Associates, an accounting firm, will rehabilitate the former Wilderman Ford Motor Car dealership building as their new offices, housing 30-40 employees.  After housing various retail tenants over the decades, the building sat vacant for more than 20 years.  This is Marietta's second Ohio Historic Preservation Tax Credit project and will enhance the downtown area across from the Washington County Courthouse.

The Parkersburg, WV TV-station across the Ohio River from Marietta ran this piece on the building receiving historic tax credits:

 

http://www.thenewscenter.tv/content/news/Marietta-receives-250k-tax-credit-for-historic-building-385083851.html

 

 

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The Marietta Times newspaper ran this profile on the history of the 313 Second Street building in 2015:

 

http://www.mariettatimes.com/page/content.detail/id/568985/Second-Street-history.html?nav=5285

 

Marietta health system opening women, children's hospital

 

"Memorial Health System, headquartered in Marietta, Ohio, will soon build southeast Ohio’s only women and children’s hospital, thanks to $30 million allocated to the project in the state budget.

 

The new hospital will be on the system’s Belpre Medical Campus, along with a new Pediatric Emergency Department that was recently built there, and which will open by the end of the year.

 

Construction is slated to begin in the spring and will take 18 months to two years."

 

https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/healthcare/2023/07/14/30-million-in-ohios-budget-will-go-to-new-hospital-in-southeast-ohio-marietta-maternity-care-desert/70407396007/