THE GOLDEN ONES MAX AND JACK
2nd coming 😉 Rey Carrion and more to come?
Art work Scott Bakalar
I just couldn’t believe a whole city block was taken down “illegally”, as they all agreed, media the politicians etc. and yet nothing happened to any of the “boys from out of state”!
The time lines mention showed this City Administration KNEW from before it even came down ( all in the previous posts). Why hadn’t anyone in the City Administration been held accountable.
This behind the scenes scenario is very telling as to lacking in ethical behaviours to my way of thinking. This was more than Political Posturing, this disgrace and blot on the street scape is dangerous and has been for nearly 5 YEARS
2022
Photo Chronicle Telegram ,Elyria
Finally I reached out again to the EPA .. I knew there had to be some protocols that had to be followed .see the Pardee report as to what happens before a demolition happens ,let alone one of old disintegrating hospital and all that it carries within it
EPA OHIO
Dear Loraine,
Good afternoon. Thank you for your email concerning the former St. Joseph’s Hospital. Ohio EPA is aware of the site and will be working with the responsible parties to ensure that any demolition and/or cleanup activities are performed in accordance with Ohio’s environmental regulations, which means the proper handling, packaging, transportation, and disposal of the demolition debris and waste.
Demolishing a building involves coordination with multiple organizations and agencies. The Ohio Department of Commerce has a demolition application that outlines the state’s basic requirements on the first page, and local governments like the City of Lorain may have additional rules.
Building demolition shall comply with provisions for pedestrian protection, adjoining property
protection, vacant lot conditions, water accumulation, and utility disconnections in accordance
with Ohio building Code Section 3303.
The Ohio EPA Division of Air Pollution must be notified even if no asbestos or other
hazardous materials are present. Contact Ohio EPA at 614-644-2270. Notification
forms can be obtained at http://www.epa.ohio.gov.
The Ohio Department of Health must be notified if more than 50 lineal feet of 50 square feet of
asbestos is present. Contact the Ohio Department of Health at 614-466-0016. Notification of
abatement forms can be obtained at http://www.odh.ohio.gov.
Always contact the local Fire Department prior to demolition. You may search for local fire
departments on-line at http://www.comapps.ohio.gov/sfm/fire_apps/fmpr/FDLookup/Developers or demolition contractors are responsible for contacting Ohio EPA, especially if hazardous materials like asbestos are present. The agency has an Asbestos Notification Requirements fact sheet that outlines what’s needed before demolition begins.
Before any debris leaves the site, demolition waste must be inspected (or “characterized”) to be disposed of properly. If hazardous waste is found, it must be safely packaged and comply with Ohio’s hazardous waste management standards. The agency may inspect for compliance; failure to follow protocols can lead to fines. City building inspectors focus on local codes but may require proof that Ohio EPA rules are being followed. Construction and demolition debris (C&DD) landfills are commonly used for disposal.
Property owners can use Ohio EPA’s Voluntary Action Program (VAP) to investigate and clean up the site if contamination is suspected. A completed VAP can result in a “No Further Action” letter from the EPA, which may be needed before redevelopment.
minimum, shall include the following:
1. Site details: Construction documents shall show the location of the building to be
demolished, location of adjacent buildings and their means of egress, details of
pedestrian protection/barriers, as well as dimensions to the interior property lines and/or
streets. Fire department access shall be maintained as per the local fire official.
2. Building details: The plans shall indicate the extent of the removal of the building
footing/foundations, specifications on back-fill materials, ground elevations/topography
after completion, means of preventing water accumulation, adjacent property protection,
utility capping/disconnection information, etc.
3. Building Service/Fire Protection details: The plans shall indicate locations of portable fire
extinguishers, maintaining required means of egress in the building during demolition.
Bureau of Building Code Compliance
6606 Tussing Road
614-644-262
Oh Great a starting point at the Lorain Fire Dept I was informed should be heavily involved in this demolition may they had the records I so badly needed as to the demolition, the plans and the disposal of the toxic waster because there are there for all the world to see. Not just Vertical Buildings no ground disturbance as per the City of Lorain Kate Golden ( see post)
From: Loraine Ritchey <lritch7@yahoo.com>
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2025 5:56 PM
To: Radman, Chris <chris_radman@cityoflorain.org>; Walsh, Janice <Janice_Walsh@cityoflorain.org>Subject: Public Records Request St.Joes Demolition Debris etc
BY way of explanation I have sent the email I just sent, see below. However since I am now directed you your Dept LFD I have attached the original Public Records Request, that you should have been made aware of : I would appreciate a very timely answer since I have waited weeks already. Please read carefully the Fire Department obligations under the EPA guidelines Contact me if there are any questions ..If you have no paperwork that covers any of the protocols that should have been in place I will assume none of them were done and would like confirmation as to that fact.
AND this was Fire Chief Chris Radman’s reply
On Monday, June 2, 2025 at 01:25:15 PM EDT, Radman, Chris <chris_radman@cityoflorain.org> wrote:The fire department was not involved with this demolition. We primarily deal with demolition when a fire occurs. There is not a report at the fire station besides a reported natural gas leak in December 9, 2020. The reports reads that P-1 investigated and met with Columbia Gas . It wasconfirmed that the gas had already been turned off.
Christopher Radman Fire Chief
And there you have it n”NO INVOLVEMENT”from our Fire Dept , nothing about the disposal of the debris, where it was dumped, who dumped it, not checked by anyone as to the toxicity of the debris
I reached out to the various accredited dump sites for toxic waste within Lorain County and surrounding counties.. None had received anything (and it would have had to have been documented. So where did they dumped he tuck loads of debris and where did they take the scrap metal? It doesn’t bear thinking about ,what is now happening in a another community.. should this be investigated SOMEONE KNOWS
https://theomnibuzz.com/what-are-the-5-methods-of-hazardous-waste-disposal
I still couldn’t credit the fact that no-one followed through with anything, not the street dept ( who were mentioned in Golden’s email when things went wrong, not the Police Dept Auxillary ( who had to direct the traffic) NOT ONE DEPARTMENT HEAD or city worker said ”
wait something is not right here, no-one apart from Mrs Springowski questioned what was happening, no hard questions from local media .
Well after all this time it is my opinion and contention, they didn’t want to make waves for some reason.
Rey Carrion obviously knew the protocols after being in Community Development and let us face it the City of Lorain under his old boss Chase Ritenauer took down the front of St. Joes following all the guidelines and the EPA with no issues in 2015,,,,and was copied on my emails so he must have known that it was stinking to high heaven , and not just the toxic waste.
Who in the Jack Bradley’s Administration had the power to censor the lack of follow through or the protocols required by the EPA. Well who ever is to blame and I have put it square on the shoulders of Jack Bradley has cost the American Tax Payer Millions… and I am guesing at least 20 to remediate his whole debacle what with studies etc.
Are we in a third world country now in this city, where people can come in not checked on the word of who Max Upton who introduced A7 to this City and no-one questioned their documents or lack thereof WHY NOT JACK BRADLEY YOU ARE THE LEADER IN ALL THIS DEBACLE ?
NOW THE QUESTION BEGS TO BE ANSWERED SINCE BRADLEY’S MAN UPTON INTRODUCED LORAIN TO A7… WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT A7? did they even do a cursory check as I did …
SOLD TO A7 Development Group LLC (with outstanding taxes, and utilities)
A7 Development Corp LLC by March 2020 had been in business for a little over 2 years and has one principle Salvatore Tecce A7 Development Company File No. 001 348859
Registered Address: 4 DENSEREAUX PLACE, MIDDLETON 01949 MA
SALVATORE TECCE (who is the company’s only principle. He is the agent, president, vice president, director, treasurer and secretary
Salvatore Tecce is also one of the two “principles for the demolition company hired by A7 Development (Group) Corp –“Earth Exchange” And please note the date of their registration.
EARTH EXCHANGE INC. has been set up 2/16/2021 in state MA. The current status of the business is Active. The EARTH EXCHANGE INC. principal address is 800 TURNPIKE ST STE 300, N ANDOVER, 01845. Meanwhile you can send your letters to 800 TURNPIKE ST STE 300, N ANDOVER, MA, 01845. The company`s registered agent is LEGALINC CORPORATE SERVICES INC. 5237 SUMMERLIN COMMONS STE 400, FT MYERS, FL, 33907. The company`s management are Director, Vice President – Tecce Salvatore, President, Secretary – Youkstetter Karl.
We know from various sources, media etc. EARTH EXCHANGE started taking down the building in JANUARY of 2021
WelL apparently Upton either didn’t know or check any further than the “yes we are interested” because he found out to his regret ( I hope he regretted the lack of information…… he has left but his boss looks bad, to me at least . In a memo when the tip tipped he states : Note related entities this is the glowing group of umbrella companies that are all the same …….
The whole letter AFTER THE FACT!!!!!!!!!
AND NOW A REMINDER OF WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE AND i AM FINISHED……. i WILL SEND OUT THE WHOLE SERIES TO THOSE I THINK SHOULD GET OFF THEIR POLITICAL DUFFS AND MEDIA AND AGENCIES NEARLY FIVE YEARS AND ……
the reminders of not checking the who they were dealing with and before……
Legacy of St. Joes and the deals – Part Two
Jack Bradley’s Legacy A tale of Woe, Waffling, and Wonder of Political Wheeling and Dealing
Part one : https://oheragain.com/2025/01/30/a-legacy-of-wheeling-dealing-and-demise-of-st-joes-lorain/
We now come to the 21st Century and the continuing saga of monies spent and some familiar names of today
2000 – That year we KNOW that now County Commissioner Jeff Riddell just happened to be the ‘PRESIDENT OF THE NON -PROFIT – SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORTATION – Jeff Riddell was very good and the deals as documented on this blog November 2023
How do we know ?
Well when Jeff Riddell was President of South Shore Community Development Corp. he signed documents, this one in particular giving Community Health Partners , The combination of St. Joesphs Hospital and Lorain Community Hospital … easement across the South Shore Community Developemnt “property” for the ‘PARKING GARAGE ” which was then owned by Community Health Partners ( soon to become Mercy)
We will come back to this situation later on. and some familiar names
Fast Forward : a few years and the money has dried up and according to Mr. Cordes ( Board of South Shore Development ) in March of 2009 and my That Woman Blog
2009
“Hopefully, we’ll find some solutions before things come to the critical mass point,”
https://www.morningjournal.com/articles/2009/03/14/news/mj750123.txt ( link is broken) https://www.morningjournal.com/2001/12/30/st-joseph-center-needs-tenants
Interesting enough two of the comments from that post :
Renee Dore , Historian and Co Chair Of Charleston Village Society
RE: that Spring THAT LIES BENEATH
“The elevator (lobby) in the Drs. office building across the street still has the sulphur odor of the spring- there used to be a sign posted as to what the source of the odor. “
In that post of getting real… broken links but some of the time line:
March of 2009 the article in the Morning Journal
St. Joseph center in crisis: Lack of tenants, operating capital could cause eventual closure
http://www.morningjournal.com/articles/2009/03/14/news/mj750123.txt
had the then President of the South Shore Development Board ( In 1997 St. Joseph Community Center was created by the South Shore Development CDC ) – Jim Cordes ( Lorain County Administrator) as stating:
The center is running out of cash and faces about a $300,000 deficit this year, he said.
SEPTEMBER 2010
Between those two statements a lot of “planning, bells and whistles, handshaking and patting on the back has happened . NOTE some links no longer work but they are there as proof and can be accessed through Library Files
Lorain City Council in 2010 approved money to operate St. Joe’s while Krasienko’s administration looked for ways to keep it open.
The agreement also calls for the current South Shore board, which has been largely defunct since the city took control of St. Joe’s at the beginning of the year, to be replaced with a new ninemember board. Five of the board’s members will be handpicked by IRG, which gives the company a controlling number of seats. Three members will be selected by the city. The county commissioners will pick the final board member.
In fact just last June 2011 another deal was brokered with great hoopla and artwork
http://www.morningjournal.com/articles/2011/06/30/news/mj4742477.txt
“Definitely good news,” said Mayor Tony Krasienko. “Obviously, we’ve put a lot of time and resources into making sure the St. Joseph Community Center is a success.
However, there was concern from some on Lorain City Council as to the “way forward” and in July 18 2011 an update on the situation at St. Joe’s was requested. You can find the minutes of that meeting in the following PDF file
council meeting minutes
note CLICK ON those council minutes link . Questions were asked BUT ..the political and legal speak won out….
Interesting because in 2012 as the above link shows – South Shore supposedly had a lot going for it
We had the Valor Homes , Veterans Affairs , Outpatients Clinic , Branch of Lorain County Community College , Title Office, Lorain Sports Hall of Fame, Senator Browns Office and Representative Suttons office , Child Day Care and Adult Day care ‘ AND BECAUSE OF THAT THE GOVERNMENT FORGAVE A LOT OF MONEY !!!!
So Lorain County for their part paid out $425,000.00 Resolution 12-677 ( are we adding any of this up yet? THIS WAS OCTOBER 2012
What nobody said in all these glowing reports that the building was lacking in maintenance , the roofs were leaking and those attending seminars etc in the auditorium were dodging raindrops!!!!!
Now in the meantime there was a big meeting and again much bell ringing and glad handing journal-entry-commissioners-meeting-st-joes (1) (5) (1)
There is a lot of toing and froing in that meeting , but what I am intersted in
Mid-2010 – City and County made a decision that the SSCDC Center should remain open.
September of 2010 – Development Agreement between City of Lorain, SSCDC, Ohio
Department of Development, County of Lorain, Mercy Health Partners, and Industrial Realty
Group.
September of 2010 – Ohio Realty Advisors was retained by SSCDC to manage the property.
January 2012 – Mercy Donation of adjacent property. IS THAT THE DAMNED FALLING DOWN PARKING GARAGE, IF SO WHO ACCEPTED THE DONATION FOR SOUTH SHORE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, and why would they take on more problems ???? ( these things need to be investigated!!!!!! The property was in dire straits even then…..
In 2010- 2011 under Mayor Krasienko questions were asked ….about that property
Daniel Given asked
At that time The Board and members of council discussed the “way forward” with positive pronunciations and in response to Mr. Given’s question in July 2011-
There are many questions with long – term stability of the building and group etc.What kind of cash reserves do we have on hand for repair and maintenance etc. What if the basement floods or sewer breaks etc.
THE RESPONSE:
Lee Berger: Financially I am happy to say we are projecting to be stable by the end of this year ( 2011) with the sale of the 5th floor. We have done a lot of work internally to get the operating costs down to something we can handle and obviously leasing the building is our way out. Our projections in 2012, which we are working on now, will start the year at zero and hope with new leasing that we will be in good shape in 2012 and forward.
So what happened that just about 5 months after that meeting crisis hits?? and the Ohio Realty Advisors managing the property sends a letter
http://www.scribd.com/doc/81015126/Ohio-Realty-Advisors-Letter-to-SSCDC-St-Joe-s-0212
states in his letter ( emphasis mine) :
Hipp also wrote that his company projected that St. Joe’s would be running deficits of $25,000 per month as 2012 got under way, and there was no plan in place to absorb those costs.
“From the onset South Shore was operating in a deficit with no long -term plan to fund shortfalls,” Hipp wrote.
How things seem to have changed in 5 months–
Did this whole project rely on one group purchasing the 5th floor and therefore injecting $300,000 cash plus build out into the project.
Is that the “business plan”???????
In 2015 the older part of the hospital had to be demolished https://youtu.be/Z9t8B_5jSNw?si=yeUxKOworfxr8STJ and I would suggest closed captions on the Doug Rangel link https://youtu.be/Mo_M0wravCs?si=qoHeCXujaSX05H2y as weel at the Dennis Flores link https://youtu.be/W_hFeqDw__4?si=yHPbY_ml6QlIZEwi
However for that demolition the EPA was informed and all was taken down in the correct manner.
I would also suggest this link to follow the rest of the story https://thatwoman.wordpress.com/2018/03/01/game-of-loans-clear-as-mud-cdbg-funds-lorain/
n the case of the loan to South Shore Development Corp there were issues with conflict of interest. http://www.chroniclet.com/news/2016/07/08/FBI-probes-loan-program-by-Lorain-Development-Corp-ran-for-city.html
One of the loans that HUD officials flagged is a $250,000 loan made to South Shore Development Corp. in 2011 to help keep the struggling St. Joseph Community Center afloat. That loan was never repaid and eventually written off by Lorain Development Corp. State auditors have said that more than $600,000 worth of loans distributed by Lorain Development Corp. were written off over the years, but Mason said that his research indicates that figure might be slightly lower because of how some of the loans were structured.
The HUD review said that the money lent to South Shore was troubling because at the time of the loan, Robert Gilchrist was serving as both the city’s service director and president of the South Shore board. HUD called Gilchrist’s dual role “an apparent Conflict of Interest.”
Mr Gilchrist – he of the diversionary program – voting illegally , pleading guilty to drug charges
and alleged domestic abuse which cost him his job at as President of the Lorain County Community Action Agency was also in his Service Director position on the BOARD of CONTROL for the City of Lorain.
You know that BOC that is one of the checks and balances the taxpayers have. But hey we are OK because this Lorain Development Corporation is a separate entity – although contracted by the then Community Development Dept. ( see 2008 interview) and the money to fund it came from where ? Too many of the same names and relationships for my liking .
Early in 2009, South Shore announced its intention to close the St. Joe’s center because its income was outstripped by operating expenses, notably high utility costs. Lorain City Council in 2010 approved money to operate St. Joe’s while Krasienko’s administration looked for ways to keep it open. Lorain Service Director Robert Gilchrist was a key in brokering the deals needed to keep the center open and yesterday he made the city’s presentation to the Clean Ohio Council in Columbus.
Such plans in 2011- ……….
You can find the Board of Control minutes here – through various administrations http://www.cityoflorain.org/mayor/documents You can also access the Journal Entry on the discussion with the County Commissioners et al APRIL 2012 with charts and discussions in depth here JOURNAL ENTRY Commissioners Meeting St. Joes
| 2012 (no leasing) | 2013 (15k ft) | 2014 (15k ft) | 2015 (15k ft) | |
| Revenue | 913 | 1,063 | 1,213 | 1,363 |
| Expenses | 1,046 | 1,077 | 1,109 | 1,142 |
| Net Income | (132) | (14) | 104 | 221 |
| Capital/Other | 212 | 200 | 200 | 200 |
| Grants/Loans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other Receipts | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Profit/Loss | (342) | (212) | (94) | 23 |
Loans;
- $1,350,000 Loan on Property from the State
- Guaranteed $675,000 each to the City and County
- Payback of the State Loan does not begin until profitable OR when SSCDC property is sold.
- As a part of the development agreement a $250,000 Loan was provided to South Shore Community Development Corporation to cover operating shortfall.
- Beginning on April 1, 2012 the first monthly payment of $1,488 is due.
- The Loan is unsecured.
Grants:
- HUD EDI Grant – $166,500. Grant funds were used to fund the LCCC expansion/extension and Little Lighthouse tenant improvement work.
- HHS – $253,000. Grant funds were used to fund mechanical deferred maintenance to the then occupied areas and common systems.
- Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant – $480,000
- City application for funds allowed for both a grant component and loan component for use at St. Joe’s totaling $480,000.
- In 2011, when EECBG project scopes for St. Joe’s were being developed, use of funds for maintenance of existing systems was disallowed.
- The Dep. Of Energy also determined that the combination of both a grant and loan could not be used at St. Joe’s; thus the funding became capped at approximately $200,000.
- City and SSCDC now developing a revised scope to utilize the available EECBG funds for non-maintenance energy efficiency projects.
CORF
- $1,600,000 Grant Awarded to the City of Lorain for SSCDC project.
- Mercy match over 3 years- $120k per year for 3 years = $360k
- Demolition includes Building D, Reidy Scanlon Bldg., Thrift Shop.
- The City of Lorain is currently advertising for a certified professional.
- Demolition anticipated to begin summer of 2012
and the rest of the story????????????????????????????? Who knows but I agree with Mayor Ritenauer .. to me this is all as clear as mud………… and just to help with information :
NOTE..FOR SOME PECULIAR REASON A LOT OF THIS INFORMATION IS “NOW”IN RECENT MONTHS DISAPPEARED AND THE LINKS ARE BROKEN…….SINCE IT WAS A CITY ISSUE ANOTHER BURIAL PERHAPS. THE LINKS ARE BROKEN IN THE ORIGINAL ARTICLE I WROTE BUT THE EXPLANATION OF WHAT HAPPEND IS THERE ….. https://thatwoman.wordpress.com/2018/03/01/game-of-loans-clear-as-mud-cdbg-funds-lorain/
CPD_Funding_Grantee_Matrix_LORA-OH_OH_20180201
Copy of Public Service Streets and 108 spreadsheet(2)
Economic Development Final http://destinyhosted.com/loraidocs/2016/CCREG/20160404_68/628_Economic%20Development%20Review%20FINAL%20PDF.pdf
LDC Conflict of Interest Policy http://destinyhosted.com/loraidocs/2016/CCREG/20160404_68/628_Lorain%20Development%20Corp%20Conflict%20of%20Interest%20Policy.pdf
LDC Subrecipient Agreement http://destinyhosted.com/loraidocs/2016/CCREG/20160404_68/628_LDC%20Subrecipient%20Agreement%20PDF.pdf
Portfolio Quality Report http://destinyhosted.com/loraidocs/2016/CCREG/20160404_68/628_Portfolio%20Quality%20Report.pdf
EDA Title IX Plan http://destinyhosted.com/loraidocs/2016/CCREG/20160404_68/628_EDA%20Title%20IX%20Revolving%20Loan%20Fund%20Plan.pdf
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A Legacy of wheeling- dealing – and demise of St. Joes- Lorain
Jack Bradley’s Legacy A tale of Woe, Waffling, and Wonder of Political Wheeling and Dealing
This is NOT work of fiction, no fairy tale , no act of Mother Nature, this was and is in my considered opinion having had to digest the facts for the past 5 years and before !!!!! absolutely needs an investigation
In the beginning there was a spa
TRUTH IS THE DAUGHTER OF TIME
A tale that started in the last century lies forlorn lost and crying out for truth. Truth in politics , in this case even truth is buried like rubble in a basement .
And so it begins…. Jack Bradley’s Legacy as we reach the 4th Anniversary of Destruction!
A Tawdry Tale at best and a reminder of how this came to be. The series will be forthcoming on this page and finally on Oh Her Again, in its entirety. Are you sitting comfortably?
TRUTH IS THE DAUGHTER OF TIME
A tale that started in the last century lies forlorn lost and crying out for truth. Truth in politics , in this case even truth is buried like rubble in a basement .
The Beginning:
Lorain in Retrospect- JJ Meyers
“Central Lorain became the mecca for real estate operators, led by Mr. Hogan and Wm. A Braman of Elyria….they acquired the area upon which
“was erected a large three story frame building designed as a sanitarium, in which with the liberal internal and external application of certain water oozing from a nearby spring, a cure for numberless ailments was proclaimed by the promoters.
From Lizzie’s Guide to Lorain
Note: this was part of the Black River Historical Society who are now Lorain Historical Society and no longer have that link available …..
The house was called the “Devonian Baths” and was built in 1887 over sulpher springs discovered by accident by Gilbert Hogan, who had been drilling for natural gas. This is one of the early pictures of the hospital.
During the money stringency in the early nineties (1890’s) a far sighted individual in the person of Father Bihn rector of a Catholic Orphan Asylum at Tiffin. Father Joseph L. Bihn along with Sister M. Ludmilla Schmidt and Sister M. Antonia Adams founded St. Joseph Hospital in a Lorain house in 1892 for children who required immediate medical care and who could not make the long trip to Cleveland, where the nearest hospital was located.
The hospital grew , as did Lorain, and through it all people died, were made well , were born and money flowed just like the Devonshire Springs that remained buried underneath as the edifice grew.
https://www.tcghohio.org/history-of-st-joseph-hospital
In 1916 a new hospital was constructed to meet the growing population .In 1950 a larger, modern facility was constructed directly behind and attached to the older building Sadly, the original 1916 building was demolished in October 2015 due to among other things its unsafe condition. Since 1997 the hospital building was used for several different businesses, including a hospice center, nursing college, county & state offices and a VA center, but it would never serve the community as a hospital again.
Those same old springs were still bubbling away ( NOBODY ever checked , as far as I can tell) in fact they were all but forgotten apart from the smell in basements located in the area and historians. ,as the old and new hospital stood proudly above them , gurgling and gushing presumably finding their way to the lake.
But “the witches brew of political speak” comes back to haunt all those decades later ( artist not found)
So who are the “players” in this century , how did Lorain’s pride in her hospital end up one of the biggest debacles locally. And we have had many debacles over the years
Springs and Water that move beneath our feet……
Yes, water below your feet is moving all the time, but not like rivers flowing below ground. It’s more like water in a sponge. Gravity and pressure move water downward and sideways underground through spaces between rocks. Eventually it emerges back to the land surface, into rivers, and into the oceans to keep the water cycle going. https://www.usgs.gov/…/groundwater-flow-and-water-cycle
There are as documented those Devonian Springs beneath our feet they flowed before this city was a city and continue!!!
My home sits on the banks of a ravine that held and still holds water that now covered up by the debris , that was this neighborhood after the 1924 Tornado . You can see its path on the old map of 4th Steet ( Duane St. I firmly believe, this house of a hundred years next year, will eventually slide into the lot next door where the ravine “was filled in” and the water continues to wear away the land. Note on the 1837 map the ravine that was ….
Hopefully we can agree that water finds its own level and as the rain water and anything on top seeps through we should be very careful as to what materials goes into ravines and water sources??? Agreed????
The Players of the Decades:
Fast forward one hundred years to 1996. The hospital was no longer viable, times had changed . The Federal Government decided they would help out as they didn’t want these old hospitals being white elephants in the middle of urban communities.
So South Shore Community Development Corp came into being . One of the Stake holders was Attorney Anthony Giardini
South Shore then worked through the years to get tenants into the facility and a community center
“South Shore took ownership of the St. Joseph facility in 1997 after St. Joseph Hospital merged with Lorain Community Hospital to create Community Health Partners. An $800,000 federal grant was used to get the building ready for its new tenants. Additional grants and loans were secured The state had $1.4 million in loans invested in the community center, while the county and the city each have $700,000 in loans tied to the center.
and so the Community Center perked along until the bottom started to fall out financially…
OH Her Again! 