Executive Pry Moves Forward With Village of Lakemore Community Investment Area Renewal Plan

On Monday, August 6, 2007, the County of Summit Council adopted Summit County Executive Russell M. Pry’s Village of Lakemore Community Investment Area Renewal Plan. The plan, introduced to County Council in July 2007, is designed to effect a comprehensive rehabilitation of the Village of Lakemore’s housing stock, public infrastructure and neighborhood.

The Village of Lakemore Community Investment Area (LCIA) includes approximately 392 residential structures. The area is bordered by Springfield Lake to the north, Hilda Street to the west, Sanitarium Road to the south and Lake Road to the east. The project area includes approximately 100 acres and has a population of 1,047 citizens.

The partnership between the County and the Village will allow for the razing of blighted homes, housing rehabilitation, repairs to flooding problems, implementation of sidewalks, a lakeshore trail and a fishing pier, the widening of area roads and the prospect of new home developments and commercial businesses.

“The citizens of the Village of Lakemore will benefit greatly from this project, as well as the County of Summit as a whole,” said Summit County Executive Russell M. Pry. “I am looking forward to implementing this plan.”

According to the Summit County Department of Community and Economic Development, the next phase of the Village of Lakemore Community Investment Area Renewal Plan is to establish a development agreement between the Village of Lakemore and the County of Summit.

“The development agreement will specify which government entity will be responsible for carrying out specific actions of the plan,” said Warren Walfish, senior administrator for the Summit County Department of Community and Economic Development. “Once the document is finalized, the agreement will be forwarded to Summit County Council for their authorization.”

To view the Lakemore Community Investment Area Renewal Plan click on the County of Summit website at http://www.co.summit.oh.us/executive/dev.htm.

For more information contact the Summit County Department of Community and Economic Development at 330-643-2552.