City and Chamber betting Vegas trips will produce more business
Last month, Mayor Bob Stefanik and Community Development Director Tom Jordan were in Las Vegas, as they have for several years in May, attending a conference for retail and restaurants. The conference, the Global Retail Real Estate Convention (RECon), took place from May 19 to 22, at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The two attended the event in the hopes of drumming up business for several retail areas in the city. A portion of the trip is made possible through the North Royalton Chamber of Commerce, who has been subsidizing the cost of entry to the conference for about eight years. ....
Council looks at problematic intersections
Problematic Intersections have been a topic of conversations for many years and have recently been discussed in the North Royalton Council Safety Committee. Specifically, they have been talking about the intersections of Ridge Road at Royalwood and Julia and the intersection of York and Albion Roads. As Chairman of the Safety Committee I brought up the concerns of my residents in my Committee regarding the traffic at the intersection of York Road and Albion Road,” said Ward 3 Councilman, Dan Langshaw. “It has been difficult over the years to find funding of any kind to address issues on ....
County approves ban on plastic bags to take effect on Jan. 1, 2020
Members of the Cuyahoga County Council approved a ban on disposable plastic shopping bags at their May 28 Council meeting, after the legislation was amended that will extend the time for when the measure will be enacted. The legislation was introduced by County Council members District 11 Sunny M. Simon and District 2 Dale Miller on April 9. The ban will take effect on January 1, 2020. The original legislation had the start date as October 1, 2019, but was changed to allow those retail establishments time to prepare for and adjust to the change. The ban was approved 8 to 3, with Republic ....
Son inspires family to launch H-Bomb Ties
Many a Father, Grandfather and Godfather will be receiving a tie for Father’s Day. Ties and Father’s Day are pretty synonymous, a gesture of love and care of someone very close. It was those same reasons why H-Bomb Ties began - love and care of someone very close. North Royalton residents, John and Tera Chmura love and care for their ten-year-old son Harrison. He was born with Down Syndrome and also has Autism. “We knew that finding employment when he became an adult would become difficult,” said John Chmura. “So my wife and I decided to create something on our own - a business. ....
Ground prepared for new elementary school building
The North Royalton School District Building project is in full swing. “Work is progressing on our two construction sites, said North Royalton School Superintendent Greg Gurka. At the new elementary school property, located at the southwest corner of State Road and Valley Parkway, work has begun to construct the new school. “The first phase of this was to have specific trees cut down that will become the footprint of the building,” said Gurka. “Our goal is to keep as many of the existing trees on the site as possible while still allowing us to construct the building and the driveway ....