Undeterred by council’s refusal to earmark the last $1.5 million from Steubenville’s American Rescue Plan funding for parks and recreation, Fourth Ward Councilman Royal Mayo now plans to ask council to freeze the remaining funds instead. At Tuesday’s meeting, Mayo told council he’s bringing in emergency legislation April 4 that would freeze the remaining funds […]
STEUBENVILLE Undeterred by council’s refusal to earmark the last $1.5 million from Steubenville’s American Rescue Plan fund allotment for parks and recr
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STEUBENVILLE Urban Projects Director Chris Petrossi told City Council Tuesday the nationally known retailer eyeing the old Grant School site before the pandemic is back in the picture.
Petrossi said the company, which has never been identified, “put (its) search on hold for the pandemic but they’re back, actively looking at the community again.”
In October 2019 before the pandemic council agreed to rezone the property to central business district (B-1), paving the way for that unidentified retail developer to come forward with plans for the 0.94-acre site.
Petrossi said a 1-acre site is the developer’s sweet spot.
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