Across the county line– across the city line– in Reminderville, there will be soon be an additional 300 homes built in the Aurora School District. This project is well into the planning stages with land clearing to begin soon.
Reminderville Mayor Sam Alonzo said, “It has all approvals except for its final permit from Army Corp of Engineers. It is zoned environmental district to protect wetlands and retain more water on sight. The homes will be $250,000.00 plus”. Sales representative guessed that sales would begin early summer.
Here is the proposed plat for the development and a map of the portion of Reminderville that is in Aurora’s school district. (click on map for larger view)
Access to these new homes will be from Glenwood/Orchard Rds. and Florida St. and East Blvd. According to data, each homes generates 6-8 automobile trips a day. Hmm, 8 x 300=2,400 cars.
And let’s guess that there will be 2 children per house, that’s an additional 600 kids in the schools.
Sales representatives said that the development would most likely be built in phases.
More information will come soon.
This area has been part of the Aurora School District since 1940’s?. Originally, the only roads to Reminderville were through Aurora Township and the Geauga Lake area. A large section of the Village of Reminderville was annexed to the Aurora School District because travel to Twinsburg schools was not practical.
You can call Reminderville Village Hall at 330-562-1234 for more information. Or post comments and question here.
so is this why we Aurora is voting on a school levy?
to pay for reminderville kids, in their less expensive houses (therefore they pay less)?
They will pay more than anyone in Geauga Lake seeing as $250K is more than double what those home values go for. Can we talk Twinsburg into annexing Reminderville AND GL?
Reminderville is another story, but comments like that about the Geauga Lake area are inappropriate. Yes, the houses are smaller and, on average, less well maintained. However, this is one of the oldest sections of town and many of the residents have lived in Aurora longer than our parents and grandparents have even heard of it. Additionally, although there are some terrible people in that neighborhood, there are some wonderful, giving people (including some of the city’s best police/fire officers, city and school workers).
I don’t live in Geauga Lake, but would be honored to do so.
“Additionally, although there are some terrible people in that neighborhood, there are some wonderful, giving people (including some of the city’s best police/fire officers, city and school workers).
I don’t live in Geauga Lake, but would be honored to do so.”
This is a quote from the post previous to mine. I am curious as to what makes the people in that neighborhood terrible? I am not asking for controversy, I am asking because I am looking to move into the area from out of town and I need to know if I will have terrible people living next door to me! I know barely anything about the surrounding area but was looking to buy/build in Reminderville or Aurora. On most real estate listings, they seem to use these towns interchangably at times. I am confused. Can someone answer these questions for me?!?!
The Geauga Lake area has traditionally been looked down upon by the rest of Aurora. It has been “the wrong side of the tracks.”
This has been mostly economics-based. The houses have been less expensive. The older houses there are summer cottages that have been winterized remodeled and added on to. The area was geographically isolated from the rest of Aurora.
I have relatives still living there and visit the area often, unlike most people who think there are “terrible” people there. I would say that some of the residents are pigs, they don’t care what their houses and properties look like. And some properties are rentals. But the large majority (90%) of the residents are just like everybody else, sometimes better.
In general, the parents are not less caring, the kids aren’t all “bad”. They is no neighborhood watchdog association so you can hang laundry out, park your car in the drivway, do what you want.
I live in another part of town and had a “terrible” person living next door to me, an alleged (meaning un-arested and un-registered)pedophile, doing business in the public building nearby. It was quite a shock to us, so bad people can be anywhere, even in Aurora.
There is nothing wrong with Geauga Lake.
What I meant is that the neighborhood, like *any* neighborhood, has some less than perfect neighbors.
Depending on your definition, it may (unscientifically) has a larger percentage of “less desireables”, but only marginally. On the flip side, if your definition of undesirable includes neighbors of the pompous or elitist variety, the percentages are much smaller than average.
I agree with Olive — Geauga Lake has more of an image issue than an actual issue. Some of the kindest and most caring of Aurora residents live in Geauga Lake. Some of the oldest of our citizenry live there too and have some amazing stories to share. Finally, this is obviously opinion, but I think that Geauga Lake has the most compassionate and involved council representative in Aurora.
Thank you both for your responses. I understand what you are saying, as I had a chance to tour this area today. It is certainly a less than picturesque community (what you call GL), but yet there is a fair share of wonderful new communities being built surrounding the area. In time, I would hope that everyone would take pride in their community and properties as Aurora seems to be a wonderful place to live and raise a family. I hope I can join you as a resident someday!
This is another reason we need more room in the schools