Imagine Downtown Massillon steering group historic building boost
Mayor Kathy Catazaro-Perry wants to redefine the vacant building status in Massillon by adding partially unoccupied structures to registration effort.
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Mayor Kathy Catazaro-Perry wants to redefine the vacant building status in Massillon by adding partially unoccupied structures to registration effort.
The estimated cost to tear down the former Howard's Tiger Rags and adjacent building is $175,000.
Fixing unsafe buildings in downtown Massillon and attracting young adults looking for downtown living were ideas mulled by a new city steering panel.
Brooke Longheir, owner of CJ Duncan Jewelers: "I'm relieved my building is still standing."
Massillon City Council voted 5-4 earlier this week against a plan to demolition the old Howard's Tiger Rags and adjacent building downtown.