PARTA, City, Kent State Officials Thank Sen. Brown for Redevelopment Support
Sen. Sherrod Brown toured several of downtown Kent's redevelopment projects Wednesday
Sen. Sherrod Brown got the Cliffs Notes version of Kent's revival Wednesday as city and Kent State University officials gave him a brief tour of three of the downtown redevelopment projects. Brown first met with Kent Mayor Jerry Fiala, Kent City Manager Dave Ruller, Kent State President Lester Lefton and AMETEK Kent Vice President Matt French at AMETEK's new offices downtown before touring the Kent State hotel and PARTA's transit center. Brown, whose wife, Connie Schultz, graduated from Kent State, said he found Wednesday's visit and brief tour exciting given all the dramatic changes in the past two years. "I’ve been to Kent lots of times over the last 30 years, seeing the problems and seeing it coming back," Brown said. "This is a great …
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Jim Williams
12:36 pm on Thursday, January 17, 2013
Kit, I'm gonna go out on a limb here, and guess that you, like me, are a "boomer." We grew up in an age where citizens actually applauded civic investments like Universities, police and fire stations, sewers, parking decks, etc., and understood that government played an essential role in building communities through grants, loans and straight-up funding of such projects. Our parents "borrowed" … more ›