Port of Cleveland to sell $75 million in bonds for Cleveland Museum of Natural History expansion
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This rendering shows the Cleveland Museum of Natural History Museum’s Transforming the World of Discovery expansion and renovation project.
The board voted on the issue Thursday, Feb. 11, during a meeting at which longtime member and former chair Chris Ronayne, who is president of University Circle Inc., announced he was stepping down from the board.
The tax-exempt cultural facility revenue bond is part of the funding needed for the latest part of the museum s $150 million expansion program that president and CEO Sonia Winner told Port board members will connect people to the natural world and make the museum the most dynamic natural history museum of its kind.
31 applicants seek spot on PUCO after Randazzo resignation
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The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio attracted 31 applicants who are vying for a position on its board after Sam Randazzo, the organization s chair, resigned in the wake of the House Bill 6 scandal.
Included in the list of applicants, who would serve for three years of the five-year term, are Northeast Ohioans including Jade Davis, vice president of external affairs for Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority; James Pawlik, a Cleveland State University adjunct instructor; and Andrew W. Smyser, director of energy services for the Greater Cleveland Partnership.
A number of outgoing or former politicians have also thrown their hat into the ring. Two of the applicants, Ohio Supreme Court Justice Judith French and Ohio Sen. Sean O Brien (D-Cortland), lost their seats this November, while others including two former members of the Ohio House of Representatives, William Schuck (35th District) and Mike Verich (66th D