Looking Forward To 2025 While Reflecting On 2024!
The City of Parma Heights is gearing up for another big year in 2025. Reflecting on the milestones of the past twelve months, Parma Heights is a community that thrives on community and progress.
The past twelve months the City of Parma Heights celebrated the following:
- Opened Nathan Hale Park featuring a half-mile walking path, soccer fields, children’s play area, gazebo, pavilion and the new eleven-million-gallon basin for stormwater to help reduce flooding for residents.
- The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Forestry awarded the City of Parma Heights a $300K grant as part of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Urban Forestry Program.
- Memorial Day Parade was back for the first time since 2019. The street was lined with residents waving their flags as the parade participants marched from the Parma-South Presbyterian Church to the Parma Heights Cemetery.
- Cassidy Theatre upgrades to the lobby and restrooms thanks to a grant.
- Added Recite Me online software to the City of Parma Heights website which provides users with certain disabilities access.
- Over two miles of street resurfacing throughout the city.
- Reconstruction on Ridgewood Dr. in which the building and service departments completed in house, saving the city over two million dollars.
- Many new businesses opened within the City of Parma Heights, including Café Blanc, Golden Honey Nails, Bobby’s Beauty Lounge, Bazar Market & Grill, Pinball Planet, Kentown Animal Hospital and Community Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing – just to name a few.
- Rallied together as a community from the August 6 tornadoes
- In September, over 150 people participated in the Move with the Mayor and logged more than 30,000 minutes on activities.
- Broke ground for the new Parma Heights Cuyahoga County Public Library in October.
- In partnership with the Young Professionals of Parma, hosted the new Parma Heights Frights event.
- Parma Heights Recreation department had over 1,650 participants in their sports, events and activities combined and almost 7,500 pool attendees
Building on the strides of 2024, the City of Parma Heights is looking forward to another great year in 2025. Parma Heights continues to be focused on community first while thriving and evolving into the future. Just like the city motto - Parma Heights – Community Grows Here.
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Parma Heights – Community Grows Here.
Marie Gallo
Marie Gallo is the Mayor of Parma Heights
Volume 17, Issue 1, Posted 12:42 PM, 01.01.2025