City Council met on September 21st and aside from some zoning and committee updates there was both an executive session and then a statement regarding the proposed relocation of the Springdale Community center to the new Artisan Village (formerly Tri-County Mall). The full joint statement from the developers and City is below. If anyone has … Read more
In the June 15th City Council meeting the agreement to evaluate a transition from our current Community Center to a fitness center at the new Tri-County Mall redevelopment (Artisan Village) decision date was moved from the end of June to the end of September. Summer has flown by! So there are only a couple weeks … Read more
City Council typically moves to an lighter meeting schedule during the height of summer going down to one meeting a month. There tends to be less administrative and legislative work that happens around this time, however with the development work at the mall Council decided to keep the regular meets – though the agendas have … Read more
City Council meet on May 4th and May 18th for its regular meetings. The first meeting had a very light agenda – 2 resolutions, one to authorize the latest allocation of funds from the Federal American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (some call it ‘the Covid Relief Plan’ the same one that increased Child Tax … Read more
City Council meet on April 20th for its regular meeting with a light agenda. One item worth discussion is the Ordinance that setup the new Urban Redevelopment and Tax Increment Equivalent Fund (TIF) for the former Tri-County Mall. The idea of the TIF can be daunting – don’t let the technical language be a instant … Read more
A quick update here for on Earth Day… I am the City’s representative for the OKI Board of Directors. For those not close to the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments (OKI), it is a collection of local governments, business organizations, and community groups that develop strategies largely around transportation and infrastructure projects. OKI has final authority … Read more
I have always thought that transparency in local government and active engagement with as much of the public as practical leads to better outcomes. I believe the best time to communicate is early and often – it does not have to wait until everything is set, in fact, that would be far too late! The … Read more
The developers for the Tri-County Mall redevelopment provided an update on the progress they have been making on designs for the very ambitious project undertaken. They presented the current state of the concept plan (links to presentation and video of presentation at the meeting below). Full presentation link here Full video of presentation at the … Read more
There has certainly been a lot of work going on to address concerns raised about the proposed Community Center transformation into the new Fitness Center at the Mall re-development. After the first Community Engagement Meeting City Administration reports it has been spending a significant amount of time on the detailed planning of the potential relocation … Read more
Last week City Administration held a meeting at the Community Center to discuss closing down the current Community Center and replace it with a Fitness Center at the Tri-County Mall redevelopment. Great news for the residents of Springdale? Well, maybe. After weighing everything known today about the proposal my current position is: While there is … Read more