The modern city is evolving, as data drives a wave of collaboration between local government, universities, and the tech sector. Elyria, OH - A new initiative to help residents join and profit from the data economy is being announced by the Office of the Mayor of the City of Elyria. The city has...
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Make Your Voice Heard: Parks & Recreation
Elyria residents are encouraged to complete the Parks & Recreation survey to provide their input, ideas, and recommendations surround parks/public facilities and recreational activities and programming. Responses will be used to develop a resident-driven Master Plan Update that will guide the...
City of Elyria to Gather Resident Input About The Future of Their Parks at Upcoming Town Hall Session
ELYRIA, OH - The City of Elyria is seeking input from residents about what they want from their Parks and Recreation system. A Town Hall master planning session will be held on October 12 at 5:30pm at Thomas Shores South Recreation Center, located at 215 16th Street, Elyria, OH 44035. “One of the...
Results: Resident Option Survey on the Closure of the UH EMC Family Birth Center
On Wednesday, July 29 the Office of the Mayor released an Opinion Survey on the closure of the University Hospitals EMC Family Birth Center. In an effort to share our community's stance on the impending closure, the Office of the Mayor has redacted personal and contact information to share survey...
Elyria Mayor Frank Whitfield Response To Closing Of UH Elyria Medical Center Family Birth Center
ELYRIA, OHIO, July 27, 2020 - Mayor Frank Whitfield issued the following statement today regarding the closure of University Hospitals Elyria Medical Center’s Obstetrics (OB) Department and Family Birth Center: “This afternoon, University Hospitals Elyria Medical Center President Kristi Sink...
What Happens When Community Engages
From having my wife and kids on the planning and design stages of the schools, to working with the contractors to fight for local and minority-owned businesses and laborers to be hired, to when we rallied as a community and fought for Hamilton to be built. It was humbling yesterday to visit and...
Mayor Whitfield Selected for Prestigious U.S. Cities Recovery Leadership Program
Mayor Whitfield Selected for Prestigious U.S. Cities Recovery Leadership Program ELYRIA, OH - Elyria Mayor Frank Whitfield is one of a competitively selected group of forty (40) U.S. mayors to participate in the U.S. Cities Recover Leadership Program through the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership...