Home Care In Seven Hills, OH

SEVEN HILLS, Ohio -- Exactly three years after residents passed the city’s first parks and recreation levy, Seven Hills continues to update amenities around the community.

“Our biggest investment in our park master plan is at Calvin Park, where the big items there are slated to be finished this December,” Mayor Anthony D. Biasiotta said.

“We’ve already resurfaced the parking lot. We’re working on the exterior of our new concessions and ADA bathrooms that will service both the ballfield area and the splash pad. Also, underground water pipes are being installed for the splash pad.”

The cost of the work includes $570,000 for the concession stand/restroom and $360,000 for the splash pad.

The mayor said the city recently decided to add a special surprise to the popular park in the form of disc golf, which is expected to cost in the $25,000 range.

“That’s a new one,” he said. “We did some work over there for our stormwater management. We kind of uncovered an area that we think would make a superb disc golf.

“It’ll wrap around the eastern edge, but most predominantly you’ll see it in the area between the splash pad and the concession stand. It wasn’t part of the master plan.”

The other major project is the new The Lodge at North Park.

The $1.2-million, 2,260-square-foot facility -- which boasts a fireplace, garage doors, restrooms, a patio area and drinking/pet fountains -- will be strategically located just outside of the new Beverly Nature Preserve on the eastern edge of North Park.

“This is expected to be completed by March 2024,” Biasiotta said. “The facility will be available for residents to rent this coming spring.”

Seven Hills is using its Cuyahoga County Council award of $250,000 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding on the new all-season pavilion.

“This is a game changer for our residents,” the mayor said. “The pavilion at City Hall does get heavy use, but it’s only in the temperate months.

“This gives us the ability to have family gatherings such as graduations and similar-size parties year-round. This also provides a much-needed amenity to the north end.”

The Lodge at North Park construction also includes the resurfacing and expansion of the existing parking lot.

Elsewhere in the city, additional projects completed in the last few months range from new pickleball courts and resurfaced tennis courts at Meijer Park to a new baseball backstop at Meijer Field and expanded walking paths at Summitview Park.

“This has been sufficient use of our resident tax dollars, creating opportunities that all of our residents can partake in,” Biasiotta said.

“They should also stay tuned for continued improvements and more of the same in the years ahead.”

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LAKE TWP., Ohio ? The dormant former Seven Hills Country Club will be auctioned in two weeks.

Kaufman Realty & Auctions of Sugarcreek will handle the two-day sale. At noon on Dec. 15, it will offer the 160 acres of land, buildings and a house. The next day, golf course maintenance and restaurant equipment will be on the block in a separate sale.

“I know there are people who want it to remain a golf course,” said Jr. Miller, a Kaufman realtor/auctioneer.

And it still could be.

That all depends on who wants to buy what.

Pieces, parts or the whole thing

The Dec. 15 sales will begin with an adjacent three-bedroom, custom-built 4,900-square-foot home on five acres. Next will be the clubhouse and outbuildings on a 20-acre parcel.

Then, comes the 18-hole layout itself, offered separately in eight chunks, ranging in size from 5 to 44 acres.

Driveway into clubhouse area at Seven Hills Country Club earlier this year. However, Miller explained there will be several opportunities as the auction unwinds for bidders to buy the clubhouse, buildings and course property as a package.

“It’s all going to be up to the buyers,” he said.

The golf course, on William Penn Avenue NE, was built in 1968. It was owned by the Gran family for most of the past half-century, a time when the site was often rated one of the premier public courses in the region. The course was designed by Bill Newcomb, who worked as an apprentice under Pete Dye before forming his company and designing numerous courses throughout the country. He also has Alpine at Boyne Mountain Resort, Polo Fields Golf & Country Club in Louisville and Anchorage Golf Course to his credit.

The Grans sold it and two adjacent houses in 2020 for $2.7 million. James Gesiotto, a Mount Eaton dentist, and family members headed the purchasing group.

The course remained open through most of 2022 but closed for this past season.

Earlier this year, the golf course and clubhouse — not including either of the two houses — was listed for sale with Howard Hanna Real Estate Services for $4.3 million.

Miller said the auctions do include unpublicized reserve prices, which means the owners provided a minimum amount they must receive for sales to be completed.

“It’s fair and reasonable,” Miller said.

Property already is zoned for houses

An open house is scheduled for 2 to 5 p.m. Monday.

The Dec. 15 auctions will be simultaneously online and in person. The Dec. 16 equipment sales will be in-person only from 10 to 11:30 a.m. However, online access will be available beginning at 11:30, for about a dozen pieces of the largest equipment.

Seven Hills Country Club will be auctioned in a two-day offering. The entire Seven Hills complex is zoned for low-density residential use, which means houses could be built there.

The township’s zoning code permits lots as small as less than a half-acre to two acres in size.

Township Zoning Administrator Nicole Wilkinson previously told the Canton Repository that any development ? other than a golf course ? would likely have to be submitted to the Stark County Regional Planning Commission for approval.

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SEVEN HILLS, Ohio -- The 49th annual Seven Hills Home Days takes place July 21-23 at the City Hall grounds.

“So many of our residents talk about the opportunity to get together with their friends and neighbors in a fun, family-oriented atmosphere,” Seven Hills Director of Community Services Tony Terry said.

“Also, the food is amazing, as always. Swine BBQ and Sue’s Homemade Pierogi will be here.”

This year’s affair features a new attraction that Terry said caters directly to the young princesses in the crowd.

“We noticed a change where we went from being a primarily senior community to the influx of young families, so we thought it was a great time to introduce a new program to our Home Days,” he said.

At 3 p.m. July 22, an afternoon concert is planned around renowned opera singer Julie Gulenko performing hits from popular animated films while princess characters from Northeast Ohio Creatives interact with the audience.

“The biggest draw to the Seven Hills Home Days by people from our community and neighboring communities has often been said to be our concerts,” Terry said.

“The bands we bring in are just of the highest level.”

Musical entertainment on the main stage includes One Night With You; Elvis (July 21); The Shout Band (July 22); and the Brian Papesh Party Band (July 23).

In addition, there’s the side stage with Boaterhead (July 21), On Fire (July 22), Bronx Country (July 22), Black Out Moon (July 23), Gemstone (July 23) and Ace Molar (July 23).

There’s also a safety fair, Kids Zone, Seven Hills Hall of Fame ceremony and dog show.

“I welcome everyone to visit Home Days,” Mayor Anthony D. Biasiotta said. “I anticipate this event, as I cherish the opportunity to bring the community together.

“The weekend will be filled with good music, including two of my personal favorites -- Boaterhead and Ace Molar. We also offer a variety of food and entertaining experiences for all ages, including fireworks on Friday and Saturday,” he said.

The mayor noted that sponsors Legacy Health Services, Cox Communications, Waste Management, Meijer, ErieBank, NOPEC and Vitalia provide most of the funding for the event.

“None of this would be possible without all the volunteers, residents, employees and safety forces who help to make this event happen,” he said.

SEVEN HILLS, Ohio -- After two successful Summer Concert Series seasons, Seven Hills recently kicked off the third year, which finds the city teaming up with a neighboring community.

“Our summer concert series is one of the events I look forward to every year,” Mayor Anthony D. Biasiotta said. “There’s something about getting together with friends and listening to music outdoors in the nice summer weather that has a very pleasing effect upon the human soul.

“This year, we teamed up with Broadview Heights to present a lineup called ‘Nights in the Heights’ and ‘Thrills in the Hills.’ In doing so, we give the residents of both cities more opportunity to enjoy a show.”

In addition to both communities enjoying seven different concerts, the mayor said the other benefit is that the performance dates don’t compete with other scheduled events in the respective cities.

The Brian Papesh Band kicked off “Thrills in the Hills” last week at the Seven Hills Summitview Pavilion. Next up is Funkology (June 16), Eagles tribute band Out Of Eden (Aug. 18) and Frank & Dean (Sept. 15). Concerts run from 6 to 8 p.m.

The “Nights in the Heights” schedule -- from 7 to 10 p.m. at the amphitheater in Broadview Heights -- includes Ace Molar (June 2), Jimmy Buffett tribute band Key West Express (Aug. 4) and Grunge DNA, with fireworks (Sept. 1).

“Being we’re good neighbors who partner on many projects, we thought it would be a fun idea to offer residents the opportunity to go to concerts at these two different locations,” said Seven Hills Director of Community Services Tony Terry.

Terry noted that the concert series’ $5,000 cost is covered by a sponsorship.

“There’s a benefit of sharing it and introducing our residents to the amphitheater at Broadview Heights and introducing their residents to our freshly reconstructed civic area (behind City Hall) with new bathrooms, bocce ball court and updated volleyball court and baseball field,” he said.

Terry isn’t sure if this year’s shared affair will continue or is a one-off. He just hopes residents take advantage of the fun.

“I always have a special place for Frank & Dean,” Biasiotta said. “Their performance was the last show my father and I attended together before his passing.

“I’ve also heard exceptional reviews for the band Funkology. I’m looking forward to checking this group out for the first time.”

LAKE TOWNSHIP, Ohio ? There will be no mulligans for Seven Hills Country Club.

The 18-hole public golf course — which spent this past season in hibernation — was sold in bits and pieces to nine separate buyers during a simultaneous online and in-person auction at the site Friday afternoon. No one submitted a bid to usurp the individual buyers, all but ensuring the property will not return as a golf course.

About 175 people attended the sale, conducted by Kaufman Realty & Auctions of Sugarcreek, at the former course. In slightly less than an hour, all 159 acres and an adjacent house just east of Hartville were gone.

The final overall sale price was a combined $3.3 million.

Interest, but no offers to buy entire Seven Hills Country Club

The likely future for most of it is as new home sites. The property is zoned for houses already.

“Building sites galore,” auctioneer Jr. Miller had advised the crowd.

A renovated house on more than four acres sold first, for $620,000, plus a 10% buyer’s premium. Then came the course itself. Chunks and slices of between five and 44 acres were offered in packages and separately in per-acre bids until all of it was sold.

“Don’t go home landless,” Miller said during a lull in bidding.

Miller said that a couple potential buyers had expressed pre-sale interest in acquiring the entire site at the auction, so it could be operated as a golf course again.

“But it just didn’t happen,” he said afterward.

The opportunity was there, though.

More: Photographer says adieu to Ohio golf course before auction with radiant photo gallery

At the end, bidders had a chance to step in and buy the entire site for at least 1% more than the combined $3.3 million from individual bids. Miller waited. He waited some more.

He even took a break in case someone needed to make a phone call.

But no one bid on the site as a whole. If someone had, each previous individual bidder would have had one opportunity to up their offers ? the overall buyer would then have to top that.

Golf course was idled for this past season

Miller said he expected the sales to close within 90 days.

Seven Hills was built along William Penn Avenue NE in 1968. The Gran family had owned the site for most of the past half-century. In its heyday, the finely manicured course was often rated one of the premier public layouts in the region.

The Grans sold the course and two houses in 2020 for $2.7 million to a limited liability corporation. The purchasing group was headed by James Gesiotto, a Jackson Township resident and Mount Eaton dentist, and family members, who solicited Kaufman to handle the auction.

The course remained open through most of 2022, but it was closed for this past season.

Another auction was scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday, to sell course maintenance and restaurant equipment.

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