Thursday, April 25, 2013
Twinsburg City Council hopes to have voters consider rezoning properties at Darrow Road and Enterprise Parkway for a new senior housing development.
Twinsburg City Council will soon consider sending to voters a rezoning that would allow a company to build new residential development for seniors. The council introduced the rezonings at its meeting this week. If approved by voters -- the plan is to put the rezonings on the November ballot -- then Westside Falls LLC plans to develop senior housing at 8256 Darrow Road near Enterprise Parkway. Few details are available on the scope of the development at this time. The city planning commission has already reviewed the rezoning requests and have recommended approval, according to city documents. The city council will consider the rezonings over the next few meetings before finalizing the decision to send it to the voters this fall.
Thursday, April 11, 2013
The city is considering hiring Golf Sense Inc. to make recommendations on how to improve Gleneagles Golf Course
City officials are looking for ways to improve the play experience at Gleneagles Golf Course and are considering hiring a consultant to study the city-owned course. Twinsburg City Counsil is considering an ordinance to hire Golf Sense Inc. to study the course and make recommendations on how it can remain competitive with the area's other municipal and private golf courses. Golf Sense beat out three other firms for consideration. The ordinance to hire the firm had its first reading Tuesday night. The study will examine each hole and look for ways to improve their design and landscaping to make a better experience for golfers. The goal, of course, is to help the course bring in more revenue and more rounds of golf each year.
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
The Twinsburg City Council recently gave final approval to a ballot measure that would ask the voters to decide whether to repeal a quarter-cent income tax.
Twinsburg City Council recently gave final approval to a ballot measure that asks city voters to decide in November whether to reduce the city income tax rate. If voters approve the measure Nov. 5, the city's income tax will fall to 2 percent from 2.25 percent. The move by city council keeps a promise that city officials made back in 2009 to repeal the income tax within 4 years, once the city weathered the "economic storm." City council members have said that putting the wheels in motion to repeal the extra tax is one of their priorities this year. The quarter-percent income tax brought in about $3 million extra in 2011, and about $3.2 million in 2012. The tax was initially approved to help bolster city revenues after the Chrysler plant …
Monday, March 18, 2013
Mayor Katherine Procop said city officials would consider the requests from the Twinsburg Old School Committee.
Twinsburg residents hoping to save the historic Old School from demolition have asked the city for more time to study the building. Michael Turle addressed city council and the mayor last week and asked for time and information their citizen committee could use to try to find a solution for the Old School. He asked the city to provide information and access to the building so they could find possible uses that would allow the city to save the school. "More than anything, we need some time so we could do this," Turle said. "I'm asking for the opportunity to do this for our city and the preservation of our city." Mayor Katherine Procop said city officials will consider the residents' proposal and let them know. City officials, including …
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
SMC Design Dynamics Inc. plans to buy a vacant building in Twinsburg and move into the city.
Twinsburg City Council approved Tuesday a tax incentive agreement with a Hudson company looking to move to Twinsburg and create new jobs. SMC Design Dynamics, Inc., a company in Hudson that designs and builds medical products, plans to purchase a vacant building at 2374 Edison Boulevard in Twinsburg. The move would mean a more than $1.1 million investment in Twinsburg, including purchase of the building. The company plans to bring seven full-time and two part-time jobs with it, and has agreed to create 14 new full-time jobs within the first three years of its five-year contract with the city. In return of its investment and hiring new workers, Twinsburg will pay SMC tax incentive grants for the next five years. Twinsburg will have to share…
Monday, March 11, 2013
SMC Design Dynamics Inc. plans to move from Hudson into a vacant building on Edison Boulevard.
Twinsburg officials have offered a Hudson company tax incentives to move to Twinsburg and create new jobs. SMC Design Dynamics, Inc., a company in Hudson that designs and builds medical products, plans to purchase a vacant building at 2374 Edison Boulevard in Twinsburg. The move would mean a more than $1.1 million investment in Twinsburg, including purchase of the building. The company plans to bring seven full-time and two part-time jobs with it, and has agreed to create 14 new full-time jobs within the first three years of its five-year contract with the city. In return of its investment and hiring new workers, Twinsburg will pay SMC tax incentive grants for the next five years. The grant would be equal to 33 percent of the income taxes …
Friday, March 8, 2013
Gary Sorace, a member of the Twinsburg City Council, was appointed as an interim assistant principal at Dodge Intermediate School.
Gary Sorace, who retired from employment with Twinsburg Schools last year, is back helping the school district on a temporary basis. Sorace, also a member of Twinsburg City Council, was formally appointed as an interim assistant principal at Dodge Intermediate School on Wednesday night at the school board meeting. Sorace started working on March 1. He will be paid $345 per day, according to district information. Sorace is helping the district since Dodge's principal, Barb Werstler took a temporary district office job, leading the assistant principal, Douglas Higham, to fill in as principal. Sorace was an educator for more than 30 years in the Twinsburg Schools before retiring last May.
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
The Twinsburg City Council will consider legislation tonight to ask voters to bring the 2.25 percent income tax rate down to 2 percent.
Twinsburg City Council tonight will consider legislation to ask voters to reduce the city income tax from 2.25 percent to 2 percent. The move by city council keeps a promise that city officials made back in 2009 to repeal the income tax within 4 years, once the city weathered the "economic storm." If the law passes, then voters will decide whether to repeal the tax at the polls in November. City council members have said that putting the wheels in motion to repeal the extra tax is one of their priorities this year. The quarter-percent income tax brought in about $3 million extra in 2011, and about $3.2 million in 2012. The tax was initially approved to help bolster city revenues after the Chrysler plant shut down, dealing a big hit to the …
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Mayor Katherine Procop said it would cost up to $8 million to properly rehabilitate the Old School.
Twinsburg Mayor Katherine Procop said Tuesday she believes the Old School should be demolished. "It’s a really difficult thing to retrofit a building like that," Procop said after a group of residents came to support saving the Old School from demolition. "We have spent a lot of time, a lot of hours analyzing it. I am of the mindset that it needs to be demolished. It’s past its use." No final decision on tearing it down has been made as city officials continue to gather information. City officials don't know yet how much it will cost to demolish the building. Resident Michael Turle said the city should restore the building to save its past. "This is important to me as a lifelong Twinsburg resident," he said. "I see this issue as being …
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Mayor Katherine Procop said the city would use the building for the Twinsburg Community Theatre
The Twinsburg City Council plans to purchase the old township hall from Twinsburg Township for $210,000. The city council approved the contract on Tuesday night. The township still has to approve the contract as well, but Procop said she believes the township will accept the city's offer, which was reached after a long negotiation. Procop said the city wants to buy the building, located on Ravenna Road next to the Twins Days Festival offices, so that the Twinsburg Community Theatre could use the building for storage and other purposes. Right now, the Old School is used for storage for the community theatre, Procop said.
Matt Bova
7:31 am on Thursday, April 25, 2013
Dean - I've been saying that for years. A clubhouse with a nice raised deck to overlook the 18th (now the 9th) would be cause enough to stay for a few post-golf drinks and stories. Glen Eagles has the largest parking lot of any golf course within 20 miles, second to perhaps Sleepy Hollow...but at least they have the clubhouse/banquet hall. more ›