Public use of Geauga Lake for people with kayaks and canoes and sunbathing on some of the tiny Sea World beach may be in the offing if the city of Aurora succeeds in snagging the gems.

Mayor Ann Womer Benjamin has proposed the city buy the lake and 40 acres of lakefront land from Industrial Commercial Properties of Mayfield Heights. ICP snagged some parcels in Aurora as part of its purchase of the Bainbridge Township side of the former amusement park.

Cleveland is cruising smoothly toward a once-in-a-century change in the city’s zoning code designed to make neighborhoods more urban, walkable and sustainable. The new zoning language, which could be adopted as soon as this fall, would represent a shift from the city’s existing code, adopted in 1929 and amended numerous times since then.

The White House announced the launch of Invest.gov, a new website to highlight semiconductor, clean energy, electric vehicle/battery, and biomanufacturing infrastructure projects across the U.S. utilizing investments from the Inflation Reduction Act, Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the American Rescue Plan Act, and the CHIPS and Science Act. 

After being found guilty of violating consumer protection laws at least 71 times, a former home-improvement contractor from Hudson has been ordered to pay $625,873 in restitution to 19 individuals plus $1.775 million in civil penalties — or the maximum $25,000 fine for each of those 71 violations.

Cleveland City Council has approved legislation creating the North Coast Development Authority, a new public-private agency designed to shepherd large-scale projects on the city’s downtown lakefront. Mayor Justin Bibb had asked Council to approve using $3 million in federal money granted to the city through the American Rescue Plan Act to get the authority started.

The plan to turn 1,000 acres into shovel-ready sites in Cleveland is the Justin Bibb administration's largest proposed expenditure of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds, and Cleveland City Council wants to make sure the administrative costs don't cut into the mission.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced a stakeholder meeting on June 15, 2023 to discuss modernizing, improving, and expanding the agency’s Voluntary Protection Program.

Established in 1982, OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) recognizes workplaces that demonstrate best practices in safety and health management and serve as industry models.

President Joe Biden issued a proclamation to mark “Workers Memorial Day,” which honors the memories of workers killed or injured due to unsafe working conditions.

In the proclamation, the President highlighted the “historic infrastructure, manufacturing, and clean energy laws,” enacted by the President. 

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Cost-of-the-work agreements (aka “cost plus” contracts) are commonly used in commercial construction contracting to establish the terms and conditions for a project based on the cost of the work performed. The major families of standard construction contracts include a cost-of-the-work plus overhead and profit in their product offerings.