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No Lakewood Recycling on Presidents’ Day
Due to the Presidents’ Day holiday, there will be no refuse or recycling collected on Monday, February 20th. Residents whose refuse is normally collected on Monday will have their collection on Tuesday, Feb. 21st instead. Residents whose refuse is normally collected on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday should have their refuse and recyclables available for collection on their regular day, to be collected either on their regular day or the day after. Residents whose refuse and recycling is regularly collected on Friday can expect normal pickups that day.
For more information, call the City of Lakewood Division of Refuse & Recycling at (216) 252-4322. Note that all City of Lakewood offices and the Lakewood Municipal Court will be closed for the holiday.
Featured Event… County Exec Ed FitzGerald at SPJ Ethics Luncheon
With the trial of former Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora on federal corruption charges starting, former County Auditor Frank Russo seeking to avoid a 21-year prison sentence, and more than 50 others having pled guilty to or been convicted of engaging in corruption in County government, the Cleveland Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) will present a public program to review the County’s efforts to create a more ethical culture.
Cuyahoga County Executive and former Lakewood Mayor Edward FitzGerald will be the featured speaker at an ethics luncheon-program on Wednesday, January 11th. Government reporter Harlan Spector of The Plain Dealer and Lynda Mayer of the League of Women Voters will be featured panelists at the event; both are experts on the County’s new ethics ordinance.
Today’s PD reports that, going into the second year of his term, FitzGerald has not hired an internal auditor as is required by the new government’s charter.
Lunch begins at noon and the program runs from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. at the City Club of Cleveland, 850 Euclid Avenue in downtown Cleveland. Luncheon tickets are $20 each.
To make a reservation or for more information, contact SPJ Secretary-Treasurer Tom Moore at 440.454.3282 or tmoore56@msn.com. Tickets may also be reserved online by clicking here.
Lakewood Signs Cuyahoga County Agreement
Economic Development Compact May Discourage Raiding
Lakewood Ohio Mayor Michael P. Summers has signed an “anti-poaching” economic development agreement with Cuyahoga County government. At its November 7, 2011 meeting, Lakewood City Council passed a resolution authorizing him to enter into an anti-poaching agreement with Cuyahoga County Executive (and former Lakewood Mayor) Edward FitzGerald, who has asked all communities in the county to sign.
According to a press release issued by the mayor’s office today, the agreement “is to encourage responsible, forward thinking economic development activities by communities within Cuyahoga County at no great peril to the livelihood of neighboring communities. The agreement identifies more specific purposes, including:
- Facilitating interactions between the county and communities to promote economic development;
- Establishing a county-based “one-stop shop” for businesses considering location or expansion in Cuyahoga County;
- Expressing the commitment of the participating communities that they will not actively pursue the relocation of a business that has not indicated that it is considering a move from its current location in another participating community;
- And in instances where a business is exploring a possible move, establishing procedures to balance the interest of the business’ home community and other participating communities.”
Stated Summers, “The elements for this agreement lay the foundation for better regional cooperation and advancement in a more equitable manner. I have grown to understand and appreciate that Lakewood, and all Cuyahoga communities, need to transcend from viewing ourselves as being a community in Cuyahoga County towards a community that is part of Cuyahoga County.”
Lakewood Residents Plan to Protest McDonald’s
Area Residents, School Students, Church Will Picket Proposed Drive-Thru
Lakewood, Ohio residents living on Woodward Avenue and several other streets are planning two public protests this week. The first will be a demonstration at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, November 2nd, to protest the building of a McDonald’s restaurant. They will protest at the planned restaurant site, the shuttered Detroit Theatre on the corner of Detroit and Woodward Aves. Group members say they’re concerned about “increased traffic and safety issues that will result from the construction of a double drive-thru, fast-food eatery with two entrances and two exits on Woodward Avenue, a residential street of over 100 households.”
The citizens’ group is planning a second protest prior to the 7:00 p.m. Lakewood Planning Commission meeting on Thursday, November 3rd, outside of Lakewood City Hall at 12650 Detroit Ave. Group members have attended and participated in City of Lakewood hearings and reviews for the McDonald’s restaurant. A spokeswoman for the group added,
“It’s not just Woodward Avenue residents. Neighbors from Hall, Northland and Wagar Avenues may be participating. These streets are also impacted by the McDonald’s construction, as well as Trinity Lutheran Church (at Detroit and Hall), students from Harding Middle School (at Madison and Woodward), and local businesses.”
The planned McDonald’s has been a subject of debate for several weeks in the “Community Forum” on Lakewood Buzz.
Built in 1923, the Detroit Theatre closed its doors in January; it was the last movie house in Lakewood. The building’s owner is asking $695,000 for the theatre and property at 16407 Detroit, according to the grassroots group of residents.
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