Strength
- Schools
- Economic Strength and Diversity
- Municipal Services
- Industry
- Family Oriented community
Weakness
- Under developed, unattractive, retail area
- Traffic congestion
- Unregulated unregistered rental property
- Business perceived difficulty working with the city
- Nothing to attract young professionals (night life)
Opportunity
- Following MasterPlan
- Regional Cooperation resulting in positive impact
- Improve, expand access, to recreational areas (Timberlane & Arther Rd Pool)
- Connector Rd and exits
- Recycling / Green Energy
Threat
- Diminishing availability of school funding sources
- Aging industrial infrastructure
- Development in adjacent communities (they get money, we get traffic)
- Diminishing capacity for waste removal (dump space, could increase taxes)
- Regionalism that negatively impacts (misguided regionalism proposals)
Minutes are here.
One member raised the issue of the "three slabs"
Regionalism
The rails to trails discussion, involved passing out a map and telling the committee we must set priorities and that the N&S railroad has funding and legislative support. We could mention the W&LE, but N&S is a priority, see the comparison for yourself below:
Comparison Chart
| Issue | W&LE | N&S |
| Status | Officially Abandoned | Unused but not abandoned |
| Ownership | Solon | Railroad |
| Track and RR Ties | Removed | Present |
| Plant Growth | Generally clear | Very overgrown |
| Partnership opportunity | MetroPark | Cuyahoga County |
| Viability as trail | Immediate | Long term |
| Destination | Solon to Chagrin Falls | Bainbridge Market Place to Downtown Cleveland |
W&LE is abandoned and usable now!
See more info at the new Solon Trails Site.
Minutes are unavailable.
