Politics & Government

Council Approves Variances for Possible 30 Acres to Metroparks

The Land Conservancy has until Sept. 30 to raise the matching money and move ahead with the purchase of the property, which would then be turned over to Cleveland Metroparks.

Solon City Council voted Monday to grant variances and split lots on a 47-acre parcel of land off Hawthorn Parkway that could mean another 30 acres being added to the Cleveland Metroparks, according to the Solon Sun.

According to the report, this would allow Mary Lambert and the Burton Insurance Agency to proceed on a sales agreement with the Western Reserve Land Conservancy.

The project will protect more than a mile of headwater streams feeding the South Branch of Sulphur Creek, a coldwater tributary to the Chagrin River where native brook trout may one day be reintroduced.  It is adjacent to about 3,800 acres of protected parkland and includes a section of the Buckeye Trail.

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