The Observation Deck

I Received the following email from the Ohio Department of Development:

Mr. Call,
Regarding your request: The City of Lakewood is not currently under an enterprise zone and no petition for enterprise zone certification has been received by our office. I am also not showing that we have any application or any other documents pertaining to the Lakewood Hospital.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks,
Daniel

https://development.ohio.gov/images/dsa_logo.png

Daniel Strasser

Tax Incentives Analyst
Office of Strategic Business Investments

77 South High Street
Columbus, Ohio 43215
614.728.6778 F: 614.644.1789



This doesn't necessarily mean that there isn't an application out there somewhere it just means they did not find it.

https://www.development.ohio.gov/bs/bs_censustracts.htm

The recently passed federal tax bill allowed states to identify up to 25% of low-income, high-poverty census tracts to the U.S. Treasury, which made the final determination of “Opportunity Zones”. These areas will be eligible for “Opportunity Funds” (not yet formed) to invest in economic development to receive a 10-year federal tax break.

Input from Interested Parties
Based on the timeline outlined in legislation, Development reached out to local units of governments from municipalities to county commissioners, local development professionals, development organizations, port authorities, and more. The Development Services Agency received over 100 calls and 238 online submissions, as well as letters of support, many including multiple census tracts.

How to Apply
For Zone Certification
The zone's geographic area is identified by the local communities involved in the creation of the zone. Once a zone is defined, the local legislative authority participating in the creation must petition the director of the Development Services Agency. The director must then certify the area for it to become an active Enterprise Zone.

IDENTIFIED BY THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES.

So the city had to reach out to the state for the money.

They did not. Then Summers expressed disappointment in the Crain article:

I'm disappointed that this Lakewood Hospital redevelopment project, estimated to be $70 million to $90 million, didn't make it on the economic development radar of the state," said Lakewood Mayor Mike Summers.

These people live in their own alternate reality.

Bridget Conant wrote: So the city had to reach out to the state for the money.

They did not. Then Summers expressed disappointment in the Crain article:

I'm disappointed that this Lakewood Hospital redevelopment project, estimated to be $70 million to $90 million, didn't make it on the economic development radar of the state," said Lakewood Mayor Mike Summers.

These people live in their own alternate reality.

Alas, another cover-up by Mayor Summers Administration that was far to busy fighting residents over Record Requests, and the pets they own, than take steps to save Lakewood money, and provide real incentives for businesses to come here.

It is outrageous that now Lakewood residents are being forced to pay for the development of a secret plan hatched in part by the ex-Mayor now about to benefit from it. While City Hall lied, misrepresented, committed cover up after cover up to hammer this through. To a contractor that was nowhere near the best, the most qualified or deserving. Merely the one that had supported the members of council and the Mayor the most with parties and donations.

Yet another embarrassment by the gang that can't shoot straight.

Mayor Summers dedicated to making Lakewood broke and the laughing stock of Ohio.

Easily, the worst Mayor in Lakewood's history.

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I posted here months ago about the lengthy litigation history of Carnegie and it’s owner. Use Deck search and you’ll see the numerous articles and lawsuits I found.

Red flags everywhere. But Carnegie gets selected.

There was never any doubt in my mind how it was going to go down.

Oh here, I’ll do the work for you. Read all about the history of Carnegie, to whom the city is now gifting millions of dollars.

http://lakewoodobserver.com/forum/viewt ... ts#p179088

The Mayor and his Perps are so myopically focused on their own double-dog-dare-double-down-self-dealing deal that they don't know how to competently operate the city. These things happen because "lying ain't easy." Would be interesting to hear from long-time city staff whether the magnitude of feckless cluelessness is as big as it appears to be. Might be a chorus.

Here is the link to the Crain's article on this topic:

http://www.crainscleveland.com/article/ ... -officials

Both Mr. Fitzgerald and Mr. Summers are quoted.