 John Cranley is a lifelong resident of Price Hill, who as a member of City Council has been a strong and effective supporter of the Westside.
Cranley has fought to make our neighborhoods safer. He has worked to add police and increase their visibility. He has successfully added 135 police officers to the force. He also led the initiative to triple the number of police walking patrols.
Cranley has fought to make our neighborhoods more attractive to families. He successfully fought for $650,000 to be earmarked for Price Hill Will to renovate 50 homes in Price Hill, as well as the funding to revitalize the Covedale Theater. Cranley has also worked with the neighborhood to create Tax Increment Financing (TIF) Districts that will help to spur development. He enacted four TIFs in Price Hill and two TIFs in Westwood. Moreover, Cranley recently worked with Councilman Chris Monzel to secure $1.5 million to fund improvement projects in Price Hill and Westwood. Specifically the money will be used for a streetscape in front of Price Hill Chili and for tearing down blighted houses Westwood.
Cranley has fought to reduce blight in our neighborhoods. Most recently, he led the initiative to crack down on vacated buildings and their landlords by making our Vacated Building Maintenance License Program stricter and more cost prohibitive to keep a vacated building that is bringing down the neighborhood. These changes will wrest the most egregious vacant and abandoned buildings from negligent landlords and provide the opportunity to bring these vacant properties back on-line to the City's housing stock more quickly.
Additionally, Cranley has fought for increased funding to address blight in Price Hill and has been working closely with the Price Hill community and our administration to identify blighted buildings that we could target for demolition. The City has already shut down and acquired the building at Glenway and Dewey, with the intention of demolishing and re-developing that property. Cranley has also led the efforts to tear down four buildings on Harrison Ave. in Westwood and recently got $750,000 for more tear downs.
While CMHA is not under the City's jurisdiction - making fighting the ills of Section 8 that much harder - I have fought a number of public housing issues. I got Don Driehaus appointed to the CMHA Board to stand up for our neighborhood.
In addition to his work on council, Cranley has started his own business that is focused on redeveloping and revitalizing Price Hill. Cranley's company, City Lights, is working to add office space, restaurants, and shopping to the Incline District of East Price Hill. City Lights will be breaking ground on several new projects next year.
Visit John Cranley's Web site at www.johncranley.com |
