Lorain council weighs forgiveness for old HOME loans
Lorain city officials discussed a proposed forgiveness program for decades-old HOME funded loans from the former home repair program. Of 40 loans, 15 borrowers are deceased, leaving $431,832 largely uncollectible as properties transferred by heirs or quitclaim deeds, complicating repayment.
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Lorain
Matt Kusznk
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Ers
Kusznk
North Ridgeville updates on city projects and high school build
In a joint State of North Ridgeville address, Mayor Kevin Corcoran and Superintendent Roxann Ramsey-Casero outlined 2024 city projects and the district’s new high school. A $143 million bond funds a 340000 square foot high school with arts center, auditorium of 1600 seats, auxiliary gym, natatorium, and expanded courses. Groundbreakings planned for April 1 on maintenance facility and August 15 for the high school, with completion targeted for 2028 29. The current high school will operate during construction, then be demolished for repurposed fields. Liberty Elementary added eight classrooms and a gym space in 2024.
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Richard Perkins
Chronicle
Kevin Corcoran
Roxann Ramsey-Caserio
North Ridgeville Academic Center
North Ridgeville
Corcoran
Ramsey-Caserio
Liberty Elementary School
Latta presses for targeted incentives and streamlined permits
U S Rep Bob Latta urged a measured update to Inflation Reduction Act clean energy incentives and faster permitting in a Politico interview. He warned against a sledgehammer approach, backed grid modernization and small modular reactors, and cited Ohio district needs with 80,000 manufacturing jobs across 12 counties. He emphasized affordable energy to keep U S manufacturing competitive.
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U.S
Bob Latta
Politico
Latta
Bowling Green
Kelsey Brugger
Congress
B&e News
Randy Weber
R-Texas
John Hickenlooper
D-Colorado
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
Jim Matheson
Washington D.C
Washington
Brugger
House of Representatives
Subcommittee
Energy
Elyria
Car crashes into construction site on Lake Avenue Elyria
A single vehicle driven by 22 year old Jacob Wells struck a utility pole and fence before stopping at an active construction site near Lake Avenue and Bell Avenue. No injuries reported and Wells cited for failure to maintain reasonable control. Overbrook Road sewer work prompted Monday closure notices and alternate access guidance.
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Lake Avenue
Elyria
Bill Lantz
Bell Avenue
Jacob Wells
Wells
Lantz
Cornell Avenue
Overbrook Road
Gulf Road
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