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2050TREASURING THE PAST WHILE BUILDING THE FUTURE

Only central Ohiotwo-time Best Hometown.

Treasuring The Past While Building the Future


What should we know about our City?

Largest suburb entirely within Franklin County; nearly 40,000 residents

More than 14,000 living units

More than 25,000 employment opportunities

15 public and three private schools

16.3 square miles

Police patrol more than 320 lane road miles of streets

More than 1,200 businesses

Number one suburb in new-housing starts eight of the last 10 years

Jackson Township Fire Department is now rated in the top 1.5 percent of firedepartments in the United States by the Insurance Services Office

The City is celebrating 150 years since incorporation.


August 20, 1918 to March 5, 2017

Dedicated toCaptain Raymond Edward Ruoff, Sr.


Number one suburb in new-housing starts eight of the last 10 years.

Strong Residential Growth

Source: Building Industry Association

Central Ohio Single-Family New Starts



Source: Columbus Realtors

Home Sales Median Home Sale Price Households/Income

Sources: ESRI Business Analyst Online for income and Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC) estimates for numbers of households.



By the end of 2017, we will have more than 43.5 miles of leisure/bike paths.

Pinnacle Club Drive south toScioto Grove Metro Park

SR 665 between Buckeye Parkway and River Trail

Quality of Life


During 2016, the City replaced or repaired:

25 streets

25,000 square feetof sidewalk

Streets/SidewalksQuality of Life


Financially healthy:General Fund carryover of $10.3 million

Five months of operating expenses

Source: Grove City Finance Department

Grove City Taxes General Fund Expenditures

Strong Financials

35%Capital Improvements:

$13,698,956

30%Public Safety – Police, Dispatch, Building:$11,763,999


Strong Commercial Growth

Employment


Strong Non-residential Growth

Source: City of Grove City Building Division

Non-residential Building Projects

$436,962,808


Maintaining a safe community.

Communications Center

Sixth CALEA Award

Safety

K-9 Max &Officer Kitko

Jackson Township

Quality of Life


Opiate/Heroin Crisis

Human trafficking and theopiate use are an epidemicin Ohio and most communities.

90% of the Mayor’s Courttheft cases are drug related.

Join us tonight, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Raising Awareness -

Fighting Against Human Trafficking & Heroin in Grove CityGrove City High School, 4665 Hoover Road

Reality


Grove City branch of Southwest Public Libraries, $17 million, 46,000 square feet

Number of visitors increased 44%; November to March 2016 from 77,388to 116,681 November to March 2017.

Grove City LibraryQuality of Life


Southwest Region Fiber Project includes 57 community facilities

Aladdin Shrine Center and Cornerstone Event Center

Cornerstone Event Center

Aladdin Shrine CenterSouthwest Fiber Project

2016 Projects


2016 Projects Tosoh America Inc. & Tosoh SMD, Inc.

Logitech Inc. (relocation/expansion)

Electro-General Plastics Corp. (expansion to old Logitech site)

Tigerpoly Manufacturing, Inc.

Candlewood Suites, first extended-stay hotel

Courtyard by Marriott Grove City

Total rooms: 1,775 by year end 2017

Tosoh America & Tosoh SMD, Inc.

Candlewood Suites


620-acre park

$3.7 million in improvements

3.8 miles of river frontage

Features include kayaking, archery range, nature education center, shelters and playground area

Scioto Grove Metro Park

New multi-purpose building opening soon.

Quality of Life


Opening day for central Ohio’s premier “Dream Field”

“Baseball For All” license plate

Gold Star Families Memorial Park

2016 Parks & Recreation

Maria Klemack-McGrawGantz Park Flag Dedication


South-Western City School District$57.4 million community investment

New Elementary Schools

Monterey

Highland Park

J.C. Sommer

Richard Avenue

Schools


Broadway Station 120 multi-family units

Promenade (Library to Broadway Station)

$34-million public/private investment in Town Center

Promenade

Town Center Development

Five-year total of more than half a billion dollars in building permit valuations throughout the City

Broadway Station


2017 Senior Housing

Lamplighter Senior Village, Phase III, 60 units

Meadow Grove Transitional Care Center, 99 units

StoryPoint Grove City, 200 units

Meadow Grove Transitional Care

StoryPoint Grove City

Lifetime Community


2017 Projects

Mount CarmelGrove City Campus

Full-service hospital

210 beds

1,500 associates

$340-million campus

Quality of Life


Veterans Health Administrative Clinic

New Hilton Twin Hotel

New two-story office building on Marlane Drive

Veterans Health Administrative Clinic

2017 ProjectsQuality of Life


2017 Projects

OhioHealth

22-acre Grove City campus

40,000-square-foot medical building and ambulatory surgery center

80,000-square-foot surgical hospital and 16-bay emergency department

20 in-patient beds

Quality of Life


Lane addition I-71, Stringtown Road to SR 315

Ramp at Stringtown Road & Marlane Drive

Turn lane at Roosters

Stringtown Road from Parkway Centre to SR 104

Gantz Road roundabout

Dual left turn Buckeye Parkway & Stringtown Road

2017 Projects


2017 Projects Dream Field Playground – expansion of “Dream Field”

Splash Pad at Fryer Park – partnership with YMCA

Kingston Center expansion & restoration

Pinnacle Park playground

Splash Padat Fryer Park

Dream Field Playground


Grant Homestead, built circa 1840

Living museum

Preserving our history

Dedication, Saturday, July 1

2017 Projects


2017 ProjectsPurple Heart Memorial Walk

At Henceroth Park

Gold Star Families Memorial Park – Phase II

Broadway and Columbus Street


Beulah Park Development West-Water Run Stream Restoration Extension of Columbus Street (still being defined) Town Center Plaza (still being defined) Rezoning submitted May 1 Development Plan being finalized to include:

Empty Nester Condominiums Public Space Assisted Living Upscale single-family housing Connectivity to the Town

Center and west side

Assisted Living

Retail/Office

S I N G L E F A M I L Y L O T S

Beulah Park CondoSite

Apartments


GroveCity2050

The project involved significant community participation (nearly 100 steering committee applicants)

Analysis and recommendations completed.

Results to be presented to City Council for approval.

After approval, plan implementation to begin this year.

Building the Future


Building the Future

To be central Ohio’s Best Hometown year after year.

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