Lima Council gives go-ahead to metal siding update
LIMA Is steel siding on a commercial garage worth an update for a downtown building?
After an hour-plus discussion, Lima City Council voted for its approval.
The matter came before councilors Tuesday night as the last step in a lengthy process that began in October when Contractor Mike Frueh first began updating 201 E. North St. with metal siding and a stone facade.
According to Lima Chief Building Official Amy Harpster, Frueh had made two mistakes at the time. He failed to get the necessary permits on the commercial project and missed the requirement of going to the Downtown Design Review Board.
Zones of opportunity
By Josh Ellerbrock - jellerbrock@limanews.com
An aerial view of downtown Lima shows projects underway but also the continuing need for investment there. This view faces north from Elm Street, from West Street on the left side of image to Central Avenue on the right side.
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Aerial view of Lima, looking north from Spring Street. Richard Parrish | The Lima News
Richard Parrish | The Lima News
The site of the Greater Lima Region Park & Amphitheater is between Spring and Elm streets, bounded by Union and Main streets.
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Rhodes trustees get update on downtown project
Rhodes State College’s Borra Center for Health Sciences should be completed by June 9, 2021.
Sam Shriver | Zoom meeting
LIMA The $20.2 million Borra Center for Health Sciences is scheduled to open in June 2021. The Rhodes State College board of trustees went on a virtual tour on the downtown construction project Tuesday evening.
The facility will be home to five of the college’s programs including nursing, physical therapy assistant, occupational therapy assistant, emergency medical services and respiratory care.
The contractor on the project is the Spieker Co., of Toledo.
Munger Munger + Associates Architects Inc. have been working on the project and took trustees through the construction site via Zoom.