County roundup: Rootstown prepares for America 250 celebration, plus news from Paris Township
The Rootstown Historical Society will put on the township’s America 250 celebration Saturday, July 4 at the township park.
The Rootstown Historical Society will put on the township’s America 250 celebration Saturday, July 4 at the township park.
“We’re working with our code. We went to Regional Planning, and they had some changes and suggestions, so we’re still doing that back and forth,” township Vice Chair Rich Gano said.
The Village at St. Edward partnered with developer Dan DeHoff to construct a 107-unit, 101,000-square-foot residential care facility that will serve independent, assisted living and memory care residents in Brimfield.
On May 13, Ravenna Township Trustee Vince Coia and staff from the Portage County Engineer’s Office attended a virtual meeting with the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) to discuss some troubled intersections that travel through the township.
The Rootstown Lions Club’s annual Rootstown Memorial Day Parade and Flag Raising will take place Monday, May 25. The parade lineup will begin at 8:30 a.m. in the NEOMED parking lot.
Garrettsville Village Council President Tom Hardesty and Council Member John Brachna recently presented the opportunity to form a Joint Economic Development District between Garrettsville and Nelson Township.
Members of the Atwater High School Class of 1963 Jim Manion, Jerry Michael, Chuck Brockett and Steve Crites attended a recent board of trustees meeting to talk about a request they have made to the Portage County Engineer’s Office.
The planning commission forwarded a resolution to Streetsboro City Council to put a 12-month moratorium on accepting applications for data centers and/or cryptocurrency centers.
The Rootstown Lions Club’s Annual Rootstown Memorial Day Parade and Flag Raising will be held Monday, May 25.
The Village of Hiram’s Downtown Revitalization Spring Fest will be from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 26 on Hayden Street. Approximately 25 vendors, five of which are food trucks, will be selling a variety of goodies.
“We’re just in the infancy stages,” Eldreth said. “Data centers are becoming real popular, so we’re just trying to figure out how to zone them.”
The Streetsboro City School District and the City of Streetsboro entered into a memorandum of understanding to be able to utilize WSTB 88.9 FM, Streetsboro High School’s radio station, as the city’s go-to emergency radio broadcasting center.
The grant will support the creation of Veteran’s Point, featuring a U.S. flag installation, benches and landscaping enhancements.
Brad Ehrhart, president of the Portage Development Board, spoke recently to Garrettsville Village Council about the village’s interest in perhaps at some point becoming part of a Joint Economic Development District (JEDD) with other communities.
The Portage County Board of Commissioners will hold a Special Public Meeting at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 26 concerning recent township board of trustees resolutions that request the board of commissioners prohibit economically significant wind farms, large wind farms and large solar farms within the townships.
Aurora City Council had resolutions of appreciation for firefighter/paramedics Michael Upholz and Michael Gelardi. They recently saved the life of a woman who was in the passenger seat of a car that had just arrived at the Hillcrest Hospital emergency room parking lot.
The Paris Township Trustees approved the use of Savvy Citizen, a free, PA-based, one-way communication app and service that allows local governments, including various townships and boroughs, to send alerts about community events, road closures and important news directly to residents via smartphone notifications, text messages or email.
As part of a Village of Hiram Downtown Revitalization project, Hiram College students are leading a poster contest within the Crestwood and Garfield school districts.