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Wooster annexes property for Wooster Innovation Industrial Park
WOOSTER The city grew by 134 acres overnight.
Wooster City Council on Monday approved the annexation of the former Five L Farms property. The city purchased four parcels totaling 134.215 acres last year with plans to develop the property into the Wooster Innovation Industrial Park.
“I think it will be a real boon for the city and we’ll start reaping the benefits sooner than later,” said Council President Mike Buytendyk.
The property stretches from Melrose Drive to Geyers Chapel Road, directly north of the industries on Old Airport Road and the Daisy Brand plant. Mayor Bob Breneman said in his state of the city address last month that the city has already met with several prospective businesses about building at the park.
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BELLAIRE MAYOR Vince DiFabrizio, left, and Treasurer Tom Sable talk after a past Village Council meeting.
BELLAIRE Village Council wrapped up its 2020 year-end finances this week and also mulled issues related to its Law Enforcement Trust Fund.
Village Solicitor Michael Shaheen on Wednesday said council is trying to determine the best course of action related to recent Ohio Auditor’s Office findings against Police Chief Dick Flanagan and former police officer Michael Wheeler.
The audit findings included claims that money, about $23,000 total, is owed to the fund. The state auditor’s office maintains the money should be repaid by Flanagan and Wheeler, who allegedly owe $15,603 and $7,835, respectively, for “unsupported expenditures” made from the fund over the course of a few years. Flanagan was a lieutenant during those years.
Worthington in 2021: City officials see progress on major developments
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Despite the challenges faced by the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, Worthington officials see a productive year ahead for the city, particularly with development.
Projects under construction or in the pipeline heading into 2021 include Trivium Development’s proposal to develop a 46,000-square-foot mixed-use site at 121 W. Wilson Bridge Road, with plans for a restaurant and retail space on the first floor, office space on the second and third floors and a hotel with approximately 12 rooms on the fourth floor.
The developer is seeking approvals for a modification to the planned-unit-development zoning application – originally proposed by property-management company Witness Group as part of its nixed plans to develop a 4-story 108-unit Tru by Hilton hotel at that address. The Truvium proposal would be part of the Worthington Gateway project at the site of a Holiday Inn that stood at 7
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When the Vinton County Fair was canceled because of the pandemic, County Prosecutor Trecia Kimes-Brown wrote $100 checks to every child who completed a 4-H project this year. She did so in the name of anti-drug education through her Law Enforcement Trust Fund (LETF) account.
The move stoked the ire of Vinton County Auditor Cindy Waugh, who did not like the fact that Kimes-Brown gave cash directly to people right before her reelection campaign. (Though Kimes-Brown eventually lost anyway.)
The death of Breonna Taylor this year renewed interest in police forfeiture raids, and Eye on Ohio asked every prosecutor about their LETF accounts, the fund that benefits from seized cash.