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Brunswick Hills, Ohio– James and Darlene Justice of Architectural Justice Design Center in Medina are planning a new winery for Brunswick Hills. The Vineyard by Architectural Justice will be on 21 acres in Brunswick Hills, just north of Mapleside Farms.

The Justices have already cleared the property in anticipation of adding vineyards as well as building a winery and cafe, a spa, multiple event spaces, and luxury villas.

“We’re planting vines this spring. The lake is already cut out,” says owner James Justice. “We’re starting on the road and getting groundwork ready. We may start buildings next fall.”

Plans call for starting the winery with two acres of white Chardonel and red Noiret grapes. Both are cold-resistant hybrids that grow well in Northeast Ohio’s cold climate. These will be planted in spring 2024.

“We are really learning the wine part. We got a grant from The Ohio State extension agency, and they’ve come alongside and helped us with grapes,” says Justice. “They’ve done a soil analysis and are seeing us through the process.”

He is especially excited about the location, which includes a 1,200-foot elevation along the ridge, giving the property an expansive view.

“It is spiritual,” he says. “We think it’s that special piece of property. We’re all about the aesthetic and romance.”

He expects the project to proceed in phases and doesn’t have a completion date.

“It’s really a retirement project for my wife and I,” he says. “It will take a little while to do put it together because we’re going to do it ourselves.”

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Dozens of Brunswick residents this week either submitted written testimony or journeyed to Columbus to speak in person against the proposed I-71 interchange at Boston Road as the Ohio Senate Transportation Committee met Wednesday to continue its look at Senate Bill 155.

The bill, introduced by State Senator Mark Romanchuk, would repeal the portion of House Bill 23 — the Ohio State Transportation Budget — spearheaded by Representative Tom Patton requiring entrance and exit ramps at least every 4.5 miles on interstate highways in adjacent municipal corporations in different counties. While the transportation budget doesn’t name Strongsville and Brunswick by name, the border between the cities is currently the only place the requirement applies.

“In my opinion, the way this provision was put in was a deliberate move to override NOACA (the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency). This was a premeditated move on the part of the city of Strongsville. I would like to believe that those who voted on House Bill 23 were not fully aware of the impact this would have,” said Brunswick resident Sue Mazzola.

Traditionally, highway-related issues like interchanges do go through NOACA and the Department of Transportation, not state legislatures, because highways fall under federal jurisdiction. Notably, when a proposal for an I-71 interchange was submitted to these established channels, it was rejected.

Before H.B. 23 was passed last year, the Senate Transportation Committee did take the provision out of the bill. However, it was later added back in conference and the bill passed.

“As somebody who voted on the transportation bill, obviously, the bill was such a good bill that you couldn’t vote no on one thing and, trust me, I regretted it. I thought about voting no just because of this issue…We voted for the transportation bill because not voting for a transportation bill for one thing out of 3,000 that are in it, you really can’t do that in the legislative process,” said Senator William DeMora, who voiced his support for S.B. 155.

Homeowners in the affected area told Scene that many residents are retired and living on fixed incomes. Speakers at the hearing expressed concern about the housing market, interest rates and, for those whose homes will be demolished, adequate compensation from the government.

“We don’t want to lose our homes. The value of our homes have plummeted since this has taken place. If we wanted to sell our home, we’d probably have to take a 40% decrease in it,” said resident Robert Hamm, whose house would be taken through eminent domain.

A study commissioned by the city of Strongsville found that construction of the interchange would require the demolition of as many as 14 houses and the resulting interchange would do little to ease congestion.

Residents at the hearing shared concerns about road safety because an interchange would increase traffic. The winding, hilly roads already have accidents between speeding cars and residents backing out of driveways.

East Palestine also featured in some residents’ testimonies, citing the potential for an environmental disaster caused by the Buckeye Pipeline, which carries fuel under many of the neighborhood's yards and which may be relocated to widen the road.

“If this bill does not pass, our community will be just the first. With a new microchip plant coming and countless future large scale real estate development projects coming, they will surely change the landscape of entire communities and there will be a precedent established that will allow larger municipalities to enforce their will and their governance on smaller communities,” said Brunswick city councilman Brandon Lambert, whose ward will be most directly affected by the interchange.

After the hearing, Brunswick City Council President and Vice Mayor Nick Hanek said the city would keep pushing to stop construction of the pipeline.

“We’ll do whatever it takes,” Hanek told Scene. “We’ve just got to keep beating the drum until we win.”

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BRUNSWICK, Ohio — Could Brunswick be getting its own version of a West Side Market?

A local business owner and entrepreneur believe there is serious promise and potential in the Northeast Ohio suburb, and he says it's the perfect spot for something similar.

Nick Kyriazis worked for several years in casino construction in Las Vegas and hopes to add some of that flare here.

"Having the energy and the ideas that I gained in Vegas working for the casinos, I thought this is a good idea to put a project here that will draw people in the city and make Brunswick a destination," Kyriazis, owner of Market 42, said.

He wants to take Brunswick to the next level.

Instead of residents traveling to neighboring Strongsville and Downtown Cleveland, he said the full shopping, dining and living experience should happen in Brunswick.

"It just makes sense. We need to retain and support resident needs," Kyriazis said.

The project is gaining major acclaim from city leaders.

"It's a community-driven project with community ownership," Grant Aungst, Community and Economic Development Director City of Brunswick.

What may look like an abandoned business and grassy field to some—is actually so much more to Kyriazis.

He's making his grand vision a reality and planting entrepreneurial roots.

Over the next several months—crews will work to transform the space along busy Pearl Road north of Sleepy Hollow into a multicultural mixed-use market.

It will take on the name Market 42.

The sprawling 26,000-square-foot area will offer more than three dozen specialty vendors.

Brunswick officials say it's truly a modern-day twist on Cleveland's beloved West Side Market—with something for everyone.

"You can shop for your fresh foods, your meats, your vegetables, your fruits, etc. And at the same time have an enjoyable social area," Aungst said.

Kyriazis is hopeful that more people will come to this area and stay here long term.

Market 42 is also focusing on walkability with a trail and indoor-outdoor elements for residents and visitors to enjoy year-round.

Farmhouse-style homes will be built behind it.

Kyriazis described it as an ecosystem where everyone can work off one another and thrive.

"Most of the restaurants will buy from vendors inside the market, so the bbq place will buy from the butcher. Italian place will buy from the guy who's gonna be making the pasta," Kyriazis said.

"Brunswick is really arriving, and we're thrilled that people wanna be here and grow their businesses here," Aungst said.

A playground will also be a focal point for neighborhood children.

The goal is to have Market 42 open by the first quarter of 2024.

Kyriazis says there have been strong letters of intent.

He reports they are at 60% occupancy so far.

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BRUNSWICK, Ohio (WJW) – Will local teenager, Summer Rios, make it through through to the next round of America’s Got Talent? That’s what we’ll find out Wednesday night!

Rios got mixed reviews from judges after her live performance of “Control” by Zoe Wees on Tuesday’s episode of AGT.

Rios got applause from each judge, with Heidi Klum even standing up out of her seat.

Judge Sophia Vergara was the first to give her review of the performance and said she hopes Rios is one of the two who get to make it on to the next round of AGT.

“Summer, that was so beautiful. You know what I love about you is your personality. I really, really wish that tonight America votes for you,” Vergara said. “It’s a very hard competition tonight. Only two are going to go to the finals and I really, really hope that one of them is you.”

Simon Cowell started with a positive review of Rios’ performances, but eventually was “booed” by the audience and was called a “Grinch” by Vergara.

“Summer I remember your audition like it was yesterday. I thought it was brilliant. And what I liked about you, like Sophia said, I loved your personality. There was a kind of a rawness to your audition, which I think we lost tonight. Everything, to me, felt a little bit overproduced,” Simon said before being called a “Grinch.” “No I’m not being the Grinch because I really do like her and I like the song, I didn’t love the song, but I really, really like you.”

Even after a mixed review from Cowell, Rios stood on stage, still all smiles, and said, “Thank you. I appreciate it.”

Judge Howie Mandell also wasn’t a huge fan of the performance on Tuesday night.

“You’re beautiful, you have incredible stage presence (and) personality. Just to echo what they’re saying, only two can go through, and sometimes when you’re just singing, you gotta blow the roof off the place,” Mandell said. “I thought you did a great job. It wasn’t my favorite song. (It’s) not up to me, it’s up to America. I think you did as good as you possibly could.”

Judge Heidi Klum was the last to give her review of the performance saying, “I really like what you did. I think this is a really really big song and you’re such a young, delicate little girl, young lady, and I feel like you really nailed it. So don’t listen to all this negativity. You’ve done really, really well so you should be proud.”

America’s Got Talent Host Terry Crews asked Rio what she thought of the judge’s reviews. She said, “It’s totally understandable. Everyone has their own opinions on things and I’m just taking in what they’re saying as advice and tips for the next performance if I make it through.”

Summer Rios, a 19-year-old from Brunswick, made her first appearance on AGT in August, where she wowed the judges.

Before her first AGT performance, Rios told the judges she’s been singing since she was 4 years old and is currently a manager at Pizza Hut.

“I’m hoping that this will get me out of pizza cutting and pizza making,” Rios said.

Rios sang “Something in the Orange” by Zack Bryan and got a huge applause.

In Rios’ most recent instagram post, she captioned her video, “Please please please go and vote for me to help me make it through to the finale!! I had such a fun and awesome time tonight and this is an experience I’ll never forget.”

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BRUNSWICK, Ohio — Among the provisions in the state’s largest ever transportation budget is a project that has stirred controversy in Northeast Ohio for several decades. Before he signed the $13.5 billion transportation bill into law Friday, Governor Mike DeWine addressed a proposed interchange on Interstate 71 between Strongsville and Brunswick.

“There clearly is a traffic problem, a highway safety problem, that needs to be dealt with,” DeWine said. “Obviously, there’s a lot of contention about how to deal with the problem.”

State Representative Tom Patton (R-Strongsville), who is the chair of the House Finance Subcommittee on Transportation, added language to the bill requiring ODOT to ensure there is limited access on and off ramps every 4.5 miles on the interstate between cities with more than 35,000 people, when at least one of the cities is in a county with more than 1 million people.

“Containing language like this in a bill is not the conventional way that interchanges occur in the state of Ohio or anything else in regard to transportation. We have a procedure to be followed. This did not follow that procedure,” DeWine said.

The language describes a more than 5-mile stretch of I-71 from Route 82 in Strongsville to Route 303 in Brunswick.

“I-71 was built in the late 50s when Strongsville and Brunswick had just a few thousand people apiece. It was all farmland back then,” Patton told News 5 Thursday, explaining the population of Strongsville is now near 50,000 and Brunswick is above 35,000.

The growth of both cities has led to more traffic congestion and crashes.

“The intersection of Route 82 and Howe Road is in most years the highest or no better than the second highest accident area in the region,” Patton said. “There’s times when the 82 exit ramp will back up all the way to the Turnpike ramp, which is almost a full mile.”

Patton and others in Strongsville have long been proponents of an additional interchange between the two cities, saying it would alleviate traffic and promote. Some neighbors to the south in Brunswick disagree.

“We’ll be going from a livable, beautiful city to just a rest stop,” said Brunswick City Council President Nicholas Hanek.

Though the language in the transportation bill does not specify where the highway ramps could go, many say Boston Road, which is the dividing line between the two suburbs, would be the logical choice.

Hanek strongly opposes the idea. He’s been raising concerns about the residential street turning into a major commercial corridor like Route 82. It’s a design he believes is the root of Strongsville’s traffic woes.

“They built up 82, up near where the mall is, with all these big box stores and parking lots and big lanes. They don’t control their traffic at all,” he explained. “They’re just going to create the same dumb planning they did to get us into this in another place.”

Adding on and off ramps at Boston Road would likely require the acquisition of homes, redesign of neighborhoods and widening of the road itself.

The project’s impact has been a topic of discussion on both sides of the road for years.

“We’ve heard grumblings off and on since we moved in,” said Nicole Court, who lives on the Strongsville side of Boston Road “I would prefer, if they’re going to do it, that they would offer to buy our house, versus us staying right by a busy ramp.”

Her husband Josh Court added, “It’s quiet. I mean that’s what drew me to this area. We had to cut down some trees, but it’s just secluded back here.”

Hanek believes remaining homes would lose value if ramps were built nearby. He also said he worries about the cities being responsible for the costs of widening the road, which sits near an underground fuel pipeline.

“What it says is ‘Oh, we’re doing a highway interchange.’ It doesn’t say ‘in a residential neighborhood with a jet fuel line.’ It doesn’t say what the effects are if it actually happens here,” he said.

On Friday, DeWine said any potential project faces many hurdles, including federal, state and local approval. He also said ODOT is still wrapping up a traffic study in the area and doesn’t anticipate starting a project there until 2030 at the earliest.

“I decided to sign it and leave that pressure on, but with the understanding that this is not going to take place for a long, long time,” he said. “There are many hurdles that it has to go over and getting a solution that’s agreed upon, even if it’s not what makes everybody totally happy.”

Hanek said Brunswick City Council will hold a special meeting at 6 p.m. on Monday to discuss the city’s options and next steps.

The Transportation Budget goes into effect on July 1, 2023.

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