Chagrin Valley Times October 25, 2018 by Joan Demirjian http://www.chagrinvalleytoday.com/communities/russell/article_e765c4d0-d7b5-11e8-8ddf-5bc86f40ffea.html A 15-year lease agreement between the Russell Township Park District and the Geauga Park District was approved by Russell park commissioners Monday […]
The Great Grendell Land Grab is complete
Geauga Park District special meeting- October 23, 2018 The great Grendell land grab is complete. Tuesday morning, October 23, less than 24 hours after Grendell’s Russell 1545 park board approved the giveaway […]
Lease of Modroo and other properties
Russel Township October 22, 2018 The Russell Township Park District (1545) voted unanimously tonight to lease some (not all) of their property to Geauga Park District for 15 years, with 2 […]
Russell lease proposal draws criticism
Chagrin Valley Times October 18, 2018 By Joan Demirjian http://www.chagrinvalleytoday.com/communities/russell/article_7a00cfe2-d239-11e8-ae19-bf387b2960e1.html A firestorm of reactions was set off last week after Russell Township Park District Chairman Scott Wayt proposed leasing parklands in the […]
Geauga Park District considers dam safety and easement
Chagrin Valley Times by Krista S. Kano October 11, 2018 http://www.chagrinvalleytoday.com/topics/government_politics/article_74b3b938-ccc0-11e8-a75c-23f3097560f7.html The Geauga Park District board currently is determining the cost for a safety and engineering plan of a Chardon dam it […]
Park District destroys trees at Beartown Lakes
Since we have the ability to easily get answers to questions about the Park District through public records requests and “other” means, it will be interesting to eventually find out why the […]
Geauga park board continues ban on public comments
Chagrin Valley Times August 23, 2018 by Krista S. Kano http://www.chagrinvalleytoday.com/topics/government_politics/article_96230594-a63a-11e8-a74d-c7e02749c838.html Although there were recent indications that the Geauga Park District Board of Commissioners were relaxing their ban of public comments during […]
Environmental expert shows how forests reflect health of the planet
Chagrin Valley Times August 23, 2018 by Joan Demirjian http://www.chagrinvalleytoday.com/communities/geauga_archives/article_56df427c-a639-11e8-a222-175f714216e3.html Protect Geauga Parks hosted Judy Semroc, conservation specialist with the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, recently to talk about habitat fragmentation. Cutting […]
Endangered spotted turtle newest resident of Geauga park
The following story originally appeared in the Chagrin Valley Times. Our thanks to the Times for permission to republish the article here. JOAN DEMIRJIAN Jul 5, 2018 A female spotted turtle was […]
Two Russell park boards likely to put levies on ballot
Chagrin Valley Times June 28, 2018 Joan Demirjian http://www.chagrinvalleytoday.com/communities/russell/article_dc294ab4-7a3c-11e8-be27-db9691ce6188.html Russell voters could be deciding on two different levies for two different park boards in November. Both the Russell Township Park Board established […]

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