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Foltz Parkway

Thursday, December 13, 2012

Strongsville Wants to Have Biggest Industrial Park in County

Extending Foltz Parkway to Boston Road would open up undeveloped land, mayor says

  City officials will try again to get a grant to extend Foltz Parkway to Boston Road -- a move that would open up about 139 city-owned acres for development, plus another 300 acres of privately owned land. "We're looking for grant money -- very aggressively," Mayor Tom Perciak said. "Once we extend that road, this will be the largest industrial park in all of Cuyahoga County." City Council agreed last month to hire an engineering firm to update the six-year-old plans for extending Foltz Parkway from where it ends south to the county line. That will give Strongsville access to the rest of the 169 acres it bought nearly a decade ago. In 2005, the city extended Foltz about 1,500 feet, touching about 43 acres of the land but leaving the rest …

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

City Seeks Grant to Extend Foltz, Start Developing 500 Acres

Industrial parkway would be expanded to Boston Road

The city is asking the Ohio Department of Development for $3.5 million to extend Foltz Parkway to Boston Road to serve 500 acres of industrial land. Strongsville would match that grant with a $1.5 million contribution toward the $5 million project. This is the third time the city is seeking a grant from the Ohio Job Ready Sites Program for the road. "We're hoping the third time's the charm," Mayor Tom Perciak said. Once the road is in place, development a the 500-acre industrial park can start, potentially bringing hundreds of jobs -- and new income tax revenue -- to town. The city owns 169 acres there, with the rest privately held.  The existing Foltz Parkway extends into 43 acres of the undeveloped land and stops. Perciak said the city …

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