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Library Saving Money through Efficient Building Design

Sari Feldman · July 11, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Heights Observer blogger Fran Mentch recently shared her perspective on Cuyahoga County Public Library’s Facilities Master Plan and building a new South Euclid-Lyndhurst Branch. Cuyahoga County Public Library appreciates the opportunity to respond to the issues she raised and … [Read more...] about Library Saving Money through Efficient Building Design

Filed Under: Development, Government, GUEST BLOGGERS Tagged With: cuyahoga county public library, library, lyndhurst, South Euclid

Supercongrats to First Interstate for Superwalmart!

Fran Mentch · March 23, 2012 · Leave a Comment

It's official. Superwalmart is going to be built on Oakwood and Walmart is leaving Severance Center in Cleveland Heights. Cleveland Heights city officials are fully and completely culpable for this lost economic opportunity. Their inability to understand that a Metropark is an … [Read more...] about Supercongrats to First Interstate for Superwalmart!

Filed Under: Development, Fran Mentch Tagged With: Cleveland Heights City Government, Oakwood, Trust For Public Land

Otter To Flounder: ‘You (messed) up, you trusted us!’

Garry Kanter · February 24, 2012 · 4 Comments

“Walmart Supercenter may be headed to Oakwood Commons in South Euclid” - Plain Dealer, February 22, 2012 As you can see from this headline and the linked article, there's a new branch of science: South Euclidean Geometry. Test yourself on how well you know this … [Read more...] about Otter To Flounder: ‘You (messed) up, you trusted us!’

Filed Under: Development, Government, GUEST BLOGGERS, Quality of Life, Shop Local

What to do with Millikin: If you listen, you can hear the community’s voice

Bob Rosenbaum · February 23, 2012 · 9 Comments

In rejecting a $550,000 offer for the decaying Millikin School building by Orthodox-Jewish school Mosdos Ohr Hatorah, I think the CH-UH School Board might be making a mistake. Millikin hasn't been used as a public school since the '70s; it was left vacant in 2006 when the … [Read more...] about What to do with Millikin: If you listen, you can hear the community’s voice

Filed Under: Bob Rosenbaum, Development, Schools Tagged With: CHUH School Board, development, Millikin School, Mosdos Ohr Hatorah, Public School, real estate, Severance

It’s almost official: Oakwood Commons brochure names WalMart

Bob Rosenbaum · February 21, 2012 · 9 Comments

Fran Mentch, the bloodied and bruised volunteer who tried to prevent big-box retail development of the former Oakwood Golf Course, gets to say "I told you so." For more than a year, there has been a persistent rumor that one of the first tenants in the new development would be … [Read more...] about It’s almost official: Oakwood Commons brochure names WalMart

Filed Under: Bob Rosenbaum, Development, Shop Local

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