Mayor: Time to Fix Roads, Flooding Problems

STRONGSVILLE, OH - Mayor Tom Perciak delivered an optimistic state of the city address to a packed house Tuesday, the City of Strongsville reported.

The mayor said the main goals of the year are to repave route 40, widen the Royalton Road ramp, renovate the Rec Center and correct flooding issues.

Engineering students are currently working on ways to solve ongoing flooding problems in Strongsville. Their efforts could lead to retention basins on Lyon Lane, culverts on Cortland, the Waterford Crossing and in the Admiralty area.

Perciac also praised the industrial base of Strongsville, saying it helped soften the blow of the $2.4 million a year hit to revenue created by state and federal funding cuts.

The mayor said the budget gap has been completely closed thanks to the 8,600 employees in the city’s four industrial parks. According to the mayor, income taxes make up 86 percent of the city’s general fund and business parks provide 55 percent of that income tax.

“This is why we value our business community so much,” Perciak said.

The mayor announced some exciting businesses that will be coming to town, including a new Five Guys. See the list below courtesy of the City of Strongsville.

• DSW, Michael’s, The Rail, Core organic restaurant, the Vitamin Shoppe and more at The Commons at SouthPark (the former Giant Eagle building);
• Tom + Chee, Pita Pit, Master Pizza and more at a redeveloped plaza on Pearl at Westwood
• Square 22 restaurant, Hot Head Burritos, River Dog Café and more at the new Westwood Commons at Pearl and Westwood
• Mitchell’s Ice Cream on Westwood just east of Pearl
• Architectural Justice, an interior design showroom with a café, at Pearl and Westwood, where the former Center Towing/Vining’s gas station stood.
• Five Guys Burgers and Pizza Fire at the former Ground Round/Tomo site
• A 32,000-square-foot Brew Kettle restaurant, brewery and winery on Pearl near Whitney
• O’Charley’s restaurant, now under construction on Pearl near Whitney

Photo via the City of Strongsville