Lorain Port and Finance Authority Executive Director Tom Brown looks up at the crooked flagpole at Victory Park, the city s monument and tribute to the fallen fighters of World War I. The Port took over Victory Park and in 2019 began leading a makeover of the green space and monument. The novel coronavirus force cancelation of some signature Port events, including Rockin on the River concerts. But improvements at Victory Park rank among the accomplishments of 2020, Brown said.
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An excavator operated by a Lorain Public Property Department worker tears into 1627 Pennsylvania Ave. the morning of June 24, 2020. It was the first vacant condemned home to be torn down by a city crew instead of hiring an outside contractor. Lorain Mayor Jack Bradley said he was proud of city workers being able to tear down structures that did not have underlying environmental contaminants, such as asbestos, in 2020.
Chris Christen, director of operations for Freedom Boat Club Lake Erie, shows a bait dip net that one angler mistakenly thought was a tiny landing net aboard one of the Sea Fox vessels in the club s rental fleet. Freedom Boat Club will operate at the former Gerbick Motors offices and shop at 1600 Colorado Ave., Lorain and at the Oasis Marinas Port Lorain, renting boats to members in summer 2021.
A personal watercraft rental business will move to the Port of Lorain in 2021.
Erie Shore Wave Runners, which started in 2019 in Vermilion, will become based at Oasis Marinas Port Lorain, 301 Lakeside Ave., for summer next year.
The company has outgrown its current location and aims to be a new attraction for Lorainâs waterfront, said Chris Haynes of Kent, co-founder and partner with Eddie Widok, a Lorain native who now lives in Vermilion.
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On Dec. 7, Haynes announced the company plans and spoke to Lorain City Council during that boardâs online meeting.
He explained a number of factors that influenced the decision to move to the International City.