Cuyahoga County Planning Commission Weblog: Bedford

Clean Ohio brownfields grants

2009-12-04T01:45:55Z

The Ohio Department of Development awarded a $3 million Clean Ohio Revitalization Fund grant to the City of Lyndhurst for brownfield remediation at the northeast corner of Mayfield and Brainard roads. The site will be redeveloped as a Key Bank branch. Cuyahoga County also received a $2.5 million grant for remediation at the Ben Venue Laboratories expansion in Bedford. The State awarded a total of 16 grants.

Brownfield tax abatement ambiguity

2009-12-02T20:36:42Z

Differing interpretations of Ohio's brownfield remediation tax incentive statute nearly caused major problems for the Taylor Chair Company of Bedford.

Storefront renovation funding cuts

2008-12-13T04:13:00Z

The First Suburbs Development Council's storefront renovation program has lost funding due to Cuyahoga County budget cuts.

Problems for residential projects in Bedford

2008-07-01T19:29:00Z

The slow housing market has apparently stalled two residential developments in Bedford. Construction of Bentbrook Village behind St. Pius X Catholic Church has halted, and no homes have been built at Bedford Falls, the development planned for the former Taylor Chair site.

Bedford HUD homes renovated

2008-06-12T18:23:00Z

The City of Bedford completed the renovation of two HUD homes, and will sell them later this month through a sealed bid process. The city is also working on five other HUD homes that it has acquired.

Quiet zone planning continues

2008-04-04T20:51:00Z

The cities of Berea, Brook Park, Olmsted Falls, and Rocky River are continuing their plans to establish railroad quiet zones. Brook Park remains on target to become the first multi-crossing quiet zone in Ohio. Bedford, meanwhile, is waiting for news from the Federal Railroad Administration about its planned quiet zone.

Bedford Wal-Mart supercenter opens

2008-03-10T17:34:00Z

The 203,000 square foot Wal-Mart supercenter on Rockside Road in Bedford opened on Friday. It is the company's second supercenter in Cuyahoga County.

Brush Wellman brownfield site offically clean

2008-01-18T21:38:00Z

The Ohio EPA declared that the environmental cleanup of Tinkers Creek Commerce Park is complete and issued a covenant not to sue.

Bedford supercenter to open in March

2008-01-11T18:48:00Z

The 195,000 square foot Wal-Mart Supercenter at Meadowbrook Market Square in Bedford is scheduled to open on March 7.

Bedford brownfields

2007-12-13T20:37:00Z

While Bedford officials consider the cleanup of the former Brush Wellman site a success, the City has two other brownfield sites in need of remediation.

Reactions to rent subsidy proposal

2007-11-06T16:41:00Z

The rent subsidy program proposed for downtown Bedford received mixed reviews from downtown business owners.

Downtown Bedford rent subsidy program

2007-10-26T21:07:00Z

Bedford officials are considering a rent subsidy program aimed at attracting new businesses to downtown Bedford.

Award for Bedford redevelopment

2007-08-20T19:21:00Z

The Ohio office of HUD's Community Planning and Development Division gave its 2007 CPD award of excellence to Tinkers Creek Commerce Park in Bedford, the industrial park built on the former Brush Wellman site.

Bedford quiet zone proposal moving very slowly

2007-08-09T19:17:00Z

A recent railroad crossing accident may delay Bedford's attempts to establish a railroad quiet zone, "but the quiet zone process is already moving at glacial speed," according to City Manager Bob Reid.

Bedford leaders on tax sharing

2007-08-09T19:01:00Z

After reaching a water distribution and no poaching agreement with the City of Cleveland, leaders in Bedford are contemplating the implications of a region-wide tax sharing plan.