News heard on the Morning Mix today... Plans for Marathon Petroleum’s 1,200-space parking garage off of East Lincoln Street were approved Thursday by the Findlay City Planning Commission, and construction is expected to start in April. Marathon says it will begin construction of a second parking garage after the construction of the 800-space parking garage off of East Sandusky Street is finished. Together, the two five-story parking garages will give Marathon 1,000 more parking spaces than it had before, or a total of 2,500 parking spaces including ground spaces. The new structures are part of Marathon’s overall plan to add $80 million worth of downtown buildings: two office buildings, the two parking garages and possibly a hotel. The Findlay City Planning Commission has also recommended to the Findlay City Council to approve zoning to allow a bus garage to be constructed along Broad Avenue and south of Bigelow Avenue. The planning commission made its recommendation for the change from single-family housing to light industrial use conditional on the 13 acres being sold to Findlay City Schools. The school board has agreed to buy the property for $160,000, but the deal has not yet closed. School officials are awaiting results of site and soil inspections. One citizen objected to the using the site for a bus garage citing traffic concerns and possible fuel storage tanks. With a growing local economy and increased student enrollment, Findlay City Schools are considering modular classrooms to ease the strain on kindergarten through fifth-grade classes. According to Superintendent Ed Kurt, the are 25 students in every kindergarten class across the district…Kurt said first grade has the largest number of students in the district, followed by second grade. District Treasurer Mike Barnhart said a modular is “a lot more fiscally responsible” than new construction. Funds from the district’s permanent improvement levy could be used toward the modulars. The Vanlue school board has approved the resignation of Superintendent Rodney Russell, effective August 1. The sixty three year old Russell said he plans to retire. Russell began his career at Van Buren as an elementary teacher and then moved to Vanlue School. He was principal at Vanlue High School, and during that time also served as girls basketball coach and athletic director. Johnny Boy’z is bringing the fair to you year round. The new Fostoria restaurant will feature a variety of fair style sandwiches, chicken, fries, hush puppies, funnel cakes and all-you-can-eat fish every Friday. Johnny Boy’z is owned by John and Terry Arnder of Fostoria, along with their sons and daughter in-law. The new eatery plans to open in mid-February in the former Garcia’s Mexican restaurant on Sandusky Street in Fostoria. The publication Restaurant Business has named Findlay as the number four ranked market for restaurant growth. The 2014 Restaurant Growth Index says that the restaurant industry growth is driven by two factors: tourism and consumer desire for gathering places. Findlay landed the lofty spot because of recent economic growth and the presence of Marathon Petroleum and Cooper Tire corporate headquarters. Topping the list is the Kahului metro in Hawaii. At the bottom? Los Alamos, New Mexico. Another natural gas pipeline project is targeted to run through Wood County…The Nexus Pipeline is a 250 mile project that runs from southwestern Ohio to Michigan and Canada. The plan has led residents to questioning a need to run the large pipeline through their property. DTE Energy and Spectra Energy hope the 1.5 billion dollar project can be in service by the end of 2017. An exact route is still being calculated and currently encompasses a 600-foot-wide study corridor that will be refined over the next year.
Posted on: Fri, 09 Jan 2015 14:31:24 +0000
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