“It’s a safety hazard. The kids can’t ride and play because you don’t know what’s really over there,”
CLEVELAND — Cleveland residents like Jazmen Pace are extremely grateful the State of Ohio will distribute millions in grant funding to take down more than 400 vacant structures citywide but hopes the state will also address vacant industrial buildings as well.
But Pace and some Cleveland city leaders are hoping the next round of grants will include funding to take down more commercial buildings, like the building that remains a hazard across the street from Pace and her family. Other Cleveland homeowners like Darryl Hammock are wondering who came up with the list of structures on the state demolition funding list. Hammock said he was disappointed the hazardous house next door to him on East 176th Street was not included on the list, even though it's been sitting with a wide open garage and roof for more than two years. Hammock believes residents should have had some input on which homes should have been on the state list.
News 5 reached out to the office of Ohio Governor Mike DeWine to get some information on whether citizen input would be considered, or if additional commercial buildings would be a bigger part of the next grant list, but we're still waiting for a response. Meanwhile, Cleveland Councilman Michael Polensek is hoping Cleveland council members will play a role in selecting the homes for the next state grant list, especially when it comes to homes and commercial buildings that are an imminent safety threat like the home on East 176 Street.
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