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The owner of a landscaping supply business is one of dozens the city of Avon will force to help pay for a planned I-90 interchange at Lear-Nagel Road. The state of Ohio, the city and the Jacobs Group, owner of several hundred soon-to-be-prime acres, are chipping in money for the project, slated to begin this summer. City officials want smaller landowners to pay a share too, since their land values will be enhanced. But owners like McKeown say they'll fight.
Roundtable:
Brian Tucker, publisher and editorial director, Crain's Cleveland Business; David Arredondo, vice-chairman, Lorain County Republican Party; Jill Miller Zimon, blogger, Writes Like She Talks
Avon Interchange
The roundtable continues discussion of the controversy over the tax assessments for the I-90 interchange.
Diebold to Stay:
The leading maker of ATMs will build its new corporate headquarters somewhere in northeast Ohio. The company credits the Kasich administration for putting together inducements worth as much as $100-million. Otherwise, the company may have moved to another state where it has factories. Diebold has over 1000 employees in the Akron-Canton area.
No Dogs or Smokers Allowed:
Cleveland may join a list of American cities banning trans fats from restaurant menus. Ordinances calling for the trans fat ban and for barring open-air smoking near the entrances to city-owned buildings and in public parks were recently introduced as part of the Healthy Cleveland Initiative. Trans fats have been implicated in heart disease and obesity.
Compact Fluorescents Return:
FirstEnergy is again flipping the switch on a CFL give-away that was a public relations disaster two years ago. The company is delivering up to six energy-efficient bulbs to customers who ask for them. Customers are paying for them through a rate increase whether or not they receive bulbs. Compact fluorescents deliver light at a fraction of the energy cost of incandescent bulbs and they tend to last longer.
April 15, 2011