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Senior village project seeks state funding Kent Lincoln Commons delayed after first funding request denied

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April 20, 2009

By Matt Fredmonsky
Record-Courier staff writer
A senior village development approved by two Kent planning boards last year could see construction begin in 2010 if state funding becomes available.
Developers of the Lincoln Commons Senior Village, planned for a roughly six-acre lot off South Lincoln Street north of Marigold Lane, are awaiting word on a $744,000 tax credit request filed in March with the Ohio Department of Development Office of Housing and Community Partnerships. The overall project is estimated to cost $6.3 million.
The proposal is for five buildings and 36 units permitting residents ages 55 and older.
The proposal is being co-developed by the East Akron Neighborhood Development Corp. and Cincinnati-based Miller Valentine Residential Development Group, according to the project narrative filed with the ODOD.
Pete Schweigeraht, a spokesman for Miller Valentine, said the project was very close to receiving funding in 2008, but the development stalled when the additional state funding was denied.
"We were actually one of the next projects in line for funding, but they ran out of funding before they got to our project," Schweigeraht said. "So we're trying again this year."
Last year, the Kent Planning Commission and Kent Board of Zoning Appeals approved the project. Earlier this year, city planners re-approved the project's conditional use permits, which are valid for one year.
The project includes a clubhouse with 12 parking spaces. Miller Valentine has developed similar senior villages in cities throughout Ohio.
Schweigeraht said construction will begin in the winter of 2010 or spring of 2011 if the funding is approved.
"We should know in July," he said.




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    Posted by Gary April 20, 2009
Even though Kent such a place for retired people it probably will never happen--look what happened to Sheetz! The zoning board will find other problems and prevent another business opening in Kent.

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    Posted by starttyrant April 20, 2009
Is the board of Zoning Appeals sure that none of the project's 5 buildings actually have 2 front yards? Are the certain that there aren't any dead end alleys within 14 feet of any of the buildings?

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