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Community news and articles of interest
Chagrin Valley Times, January 2, 2025. The City of Aurora announced last week its $5.3 million purchase of 48 acres of lakefront land and the 53-acre lake formerly part of Sea World. The city plans to build a public park. Read the full article here.
Cleveland Plain Dealer 9/18/2024: Aurora City Council unanimously approved spending $5.3 million for nearly 50 acres of land and the adjacent Geauga lake. The city plans to develop the property as public space, redeveloping it into a park that could include a pool and beach, along with boating and other amenities.
Read the full article.
Bainbridge Township will be holding a series of community meetings on the upcoming levy which will be on the November 5th ballot. These are being held at the Bainbridge fire station. Please see this letter for the meeting dates which go from July through late October.
Please see attached flyer for Brainbridge Township Community Activities 2024 calendar including dates for paper shredding and large trash/electronics drop off days. Note that seniors can request Bainbridge Township’s pick up of large trash items on May 6-8 (details are on the flyer).
See the Township Community Activities flyer here.
Chagrin Valley Times, October 12, 2023. Five years after abandoning plans to build a store at the former Geauga Lake District, Meijer’s plans are back on. The store will be a standard Meijer “supercenter” of approximately 160,000 square feet. However, no build date has been set yet.
Read the full article here.
CVT July 24 2023 – Plans for a Meijer superstore in the Geauga Lake property are back in play. Bainbridge Township trustees recently approved Meijer Geauga Lake’s final development plan which incorporates nostalgic elements reflecting the heritage of the amusement park.
Read the full Chagrin Valley Today article here.
The City of Aurora is planning to buy Geauga Lake and 40 acres of lakefront land that was once the SeaWorld property in what the city is calling “the opportunity of a lifetime”.
Plans are still being finalized but the vision is to redevelop the property into a public park.
More details and drawings here and here. Conceptual drawings can be viewed at the city’s website www.auroraoh.com
Notable dates in 2023 for Bainbridge Township can be viewed in this flyer. Household trash such as old computers, electronics, furniture, grills etc can be dropped off at the Bainbridge Service Department Auxiliary lot from May 1 – 6 (7:30 am to noon) – Bainbridge residents only. More details are in the flyer.
Seniors can arrange for their household trash to be picked up May 1 – 3 (8:00am to 2:30pm). Senior MUST be registered by the Geauga County Departments of Aging to be placed on the pick up list. The deadline to register is April 24. See flyer for details on how to register.
Chagrin Valley Today, February 10, 2022 – Development is underway by Vision Development Inc on the site of the former Geauga Lake property. It will bring the first complex devoted to apartments in Bainbridge Township. The overall development is expected to eventually also include offices and restaurants.
Read the full article here.
Chagrin Valley Today, Nov 14, 2021 – Bainbrigde Township Board of Trustees have unanimously approved a site plan to build apartments on the former Geauga Lake property.
Read the full article here.