Avon wins approval for Piston Automotive project
Ohio officials gave final approval to Piston Automotive's Avon facility as part of six projects, with a 1.312 percent job credit over eight years. The plant on Avon Commerce Parkway aims to create 79 jobs, with construction underway and operations beginning in late 2028. The company serves Ford and already operates in Toledo and Marion.
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AVON
Piston Automotive
Avon. Gov
Mike DeWine
Ohio Tax Credit Authority
TCA
Bryan Jensen
Avon Commerce Parkway
Moore Road
Tanya Sakhleh
Ford
Lorain County
Ohio
Toledo
Marion
Sakhleh
Jensen
Richard Perkins
Chronicle Piston Automotive
Former nursing facility to host recovering women
A vacant Villa Camillus Nursing Home at 10515 East River Road will be repurposed by Road to Hope House to provide recovery housing for up to 102 adult women in substance use recovery and their children. The project, the nonprofit’s 29th center in Lorain, Erie and Cuyahoga counties, aims to open by October 2025 after a $4 million renovation to create 74 units across five wings with Level 1 to Level 3 homes and on-site support services.
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Bruce Bishop
Chronicle
Road To Hope
Jeff Kamms
Villa Camillus Nursing Home
Columbia Twp
Villa Camillus
East River Road
Road To Hope House
Lorain
Erie
Cuyahoga
Kamms
Lorain County
Avon Lake fills two council vacancies in unanimous votes
Avon Lake appoints Geoffrey Smith to at large council seat after Martin O Donnell resignation. Jennifer Fenderbosch named council president by 7 2 vote. O Donnell resigned Sept 3 after serving as president since 2011 and on council since 2003. Smith was law director 1994 2007 and Lorain public official 2008 2013. Applications for the seat were accepted until Sept 18. 13 applicants were interviewed in executive session.
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Avon Lake
Geoffrey Smith
Martin O’donnell
Jennifer Fenderbosch
O’donnell
Smith
Lorain
Fenderbosch
County jail earns clean state inspection in Elyria
The Lorain County Jail at 9896 Murray Ridge Road in Elyria passed a Sept. 19 inspection by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction with 17 standards met. Sheriff Stammiti credited jail staff for maintaining security housing sanitation and health services while praising the bureau for the report.
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Lorain County
Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction
Phil Stammitti
Murray Ridge Road
Elyria
Jack Barone
Stammitti
Chronicle-Telegram
Odrc Bureau of
Barone
Residents raise 1500 for Oberlin Community Services via art chairs
Kendal at Oberlin residents organized a chair art sale at FAVA to benefit Oberlin Community Services. Ten items sold for 900 dollars, eight more for 600, totaling over 1500 dollars to support the charity and its food pantry aid in Lorain County.
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Oberlin
Kendal
Oberlin Community Services
Terry Kovach
Fava
Kathleen Cerveny
Main Street
Cerveny
OCS
Kendall
Main Street Antiques
Hawk
Lorain County
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