From Crain's Akron Business: The city between Akron and Canton has two big developments underway that will bring more than 500 apartments to market. And NIMBYism was never an issue, developers say.
GREEN Green City Council March 28 approved legislation accepting $275,000 in state capital funds for the construction of the Willadale Trail, an approximately 1-mile extension of a nature trail from Boettler Park to Koons Road. Council member Richard Brandenburg (at large) noted the net amount of the state grant will be $269,500 after administrative
Brian Lisik
Suburbanite correspondent
GREEN The Green Fire Department will be getting a new $1.3 million purchase ladder truck, paid in part by Nexus pipeline settlement funds.
Green City Council approved the purchase of the Pierce Velocity 100-foot heavy duty aerial platform fire truck at its Feb. 23 regular meeting.
Councilman At-Large Clark DeVitis explained that the truck is being paid out of the city’s ambulance billing and Nexus Gas Transmission pipeline funds, with the final cost coming in less than the city’s original $1.5 million allocation.
“This is a new ladder truck for the city and if we pay pre-pay for the truck upfront we’ll save $38,958,” DeVitis said. “So the price is with that discount applied.”