Kartplex to open later this year with rental and race tracks
The $12 million Kartplex project will feature rental tracks with top speeds up to 50 mph and competition karts reaching about 100 mph. City and county each provide $2 million with taxpayer dollars used last. Tax increment financing funds city infrastructure along Root Road Colorado Avenue and the Colorado Avenue Industrial Park. McCrone awaits final construction as the first race approaches and reflects on the project nearing completion.
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St. Joseph officials board up vacant Reid Avenue site
City inspectors found multiple entry points and signs of homelessness at the abandoned Reid Avenue building. Safety Director Rey Carrion said ongoing talks about the property’s future continue as the Demolition Board of Appeals authorized boarding up the site. Residents fear youths access to the former hospital complex and the St Joseph Community Center, closed in the early 2010s.
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CEO resigns after jumbotron Coldplay video at Gillette Stadium
Andy Byron, CEO of Cincinnati based Astronomer Inc, resigns after a viral video at a Coldplay concert shows him embracing an employee on the jumbotron at Gillette Stadium. Kristin Cabot also appears. Pete DeJoy named interim CEO as board investigates.
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Croatian Tamburitzans celebrate culture at Lorain festival
Croatian youth dancers aged 5 to 21 travel globally, funded by diaspora donations, to perform traditional dances from New Orleans to Canada and Croatia. In Lorain the festival drew 50 volunteers early rising cooks, reuniting families and sharing culture as Tamburitzans from Pittsburgh plan a November Lorain High School performance with Lorain natives who earned scholarships at Duquesne University.
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