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Like spring flowers, Beachwood’s community garden program grows; Mayor sees exciting things coming for Commerce Park Jeff Piorkowski, cleveland.com BEACHWOOD, Ohio The city’s community garden is a big hit and now talk is moving on to possibly installing dedicated pickle ball courts in the park to the north of the Beachwood Aquatic Center. “The community garden has been a tremendous success,” Mayor Martin Horwitz said. The city added the community garden last year in the park, beginning with 40 gardening plots, all of which residents quickly scooped up. This year, another 20 plots were added and, they too, quickly sold out. ....
Beachwood readies sale of portion of massive service garage; after renovation, ‘hundreds’ may be working there Jeff Piorkowski, cleveland.com BEACHWOOD, Ohio Plans for the sale of nearly half of the city’s massive service department garage are still on, but undergoing modifications, as City Council approved Monday (March 1) legislation that includes addendums to the original sale agreement. The building, 23550 Commerce Park, was purchased by the city more than a decade ago after it served as the offices and warehouse of Jo-Ann Fabrics stores. The city is selling the northern portion of the building for $2.7 million to Industrial Commercial Properties (ICP), of Solon. The company refurbishes such large commercial and industrial properties for reuse and lease. Beachwood is selling the northern portion of the building, which measures 116,000 square feet and was formerly used by Jo-Ann Fabrics as office space, and will retain for service department ....
Beachwood Law Director Calta resigns, effective in April Jeff Piorkowski, cleveland.com BEACHWOOD, Ohio Diane Calta, who has served as Beachwood’s law director since April 2018, has resigned to take a position with a local law firm. Calta will continue to work for Beachwood through at least mid-April to complete pending matters and assist with transition. She will then join the firm Mansour Gavin LPA. City Council President James Pasch confirmed Calta’s resignation in a news release Monday (Feb. 22) in which he stated, “It is a bittersweet moment for us while we are happy for Ms. Calta, this is certainly a loss for Beachwood and our residents. ....