The recent cooling weather is a welcome change, as we enter what is my favorite season: Sweater Weather! Hope you are enjoying it too.
Our Community--the Fall, 2010 Edition
As customary, this quarter's edition of Our Community is jammed pack with great information about people and events that make a difference and add spice and energy to our life here in Lima. I hope you enjoy it, and that you will share it with others.
Use this link to access the entire publication: http://www.cityhall.lima.oh.us/ourcomm1010.pdf
JRS Site. What is the JRS Site?
We often speak in abbreviations in order to shorten things up. And that sometimes gets in the way of accurately communicating with others. "JRS" stands for Job Ready Site. It refers to a economic development project that the City has been engaged in for several years on S. Main Street.
Below you'll see an aerial photograph of the neighborhood that has been our focus. It combined several residential blocks with the old parking lot from the Lima Locomotive Works.
Our vision for the site is captured in the rendering below which illustrates the opportunities for Research and Development (R&D) lab facilities that we are working to develop in conjunction with partners that include Global Energy, American Trim, Ohio Northern University and American Electric Power.
For the past year we have been demolishing the structures on the site, removing undergound pipes and foundations, reconfiguring the topography and now constructing fencing and lighting. New sidewalks and street surface on S. Main are yet to be constructed this fall.
The photos below give you a sense of the new R&D-related manufacturing site that we are creating.
JRS Site: Interior
JRS Site: Main Street looking North along the fence line
JRS Site: Fencing around Century Link switching station
Hope you'll take the time to drive by to see the transformation that is underway!
We are not going to hide these lights under a bushel basket!
The City of Lima has been pursuing energy savings by installing new LED (Light Emitting Diode) lighting for several years now.
During 2007 & 2008, we replaced over 2700 incandescent light bulbs in traffic signals at 106 intersections. The resulting energy savings was more than $62,000 per year.
Now, we are replacing street lighting, 1200 cobra-headed lamps and 400 decorative lamps. These replacements will result in nearly a 70% energy savings, with total economic savings of roughly $75,000 per year!
You can check out several test locations where we have installed these new lamps at the map linked below:
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie=UTF8&msa=0&msid=118135980284348919514.000490ce27f5990cea596&z=15
These locations include the following:
• Garfield Avenue, from Elm Street to State Street
• Kibby Street, between S. Elizabeth Street and S. West Street
• In front of the Lima Chamber of Commerce on S. Main Street
• At the northeast corner of North Street and Jackson Street, adjacent to the Lima Senior High School Campus
Enjoy Downtown Lima's Lantern Tours for a spooky good time!
Visit www.limalanterntour.com for more information!
Take Care.
Dave Berger
David & Linda Berger
1211 Lakewood Avenue
Lima, Ohio 45805
419-228-7498
dberger@wcoil.com
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