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Garfield Heights is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. The population was 30,734 at the 2000 census. In 2003 the population was estimated at 29,881. [2] Adapted from Wikipedias OH county maps by Catbar. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 751 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (1887 × 1507 pixel, file size: 71 KB, MIME type: image/png) Garfield Heights, Ohio This map shows the communitys extent in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. ... Cuyahoga County is a county located in the state of Ohio. ... Official language(s) None Capital Columbus Largest city Columbus Largest metro area Cleveland Area  Ranked 34th  - Total 44,825 sq mi (116,096 km²)  - Width 220 miles (355 km)  - Length 220 miles (355 km)  - % water 8. ... 2000 US Census logo The Twenty-Second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13. ...

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Geography

Garfield Heights is located at 41°25′17″N, 81°36′10″W (41.421423, -81.602682)GR1.


According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 18.9 km² (7.3 mi²). 18.7 km² (7.2 mi²) of it is land and 0.2 km² (0.1 mi²) of it (1.09%) is water. The city has 4, 446 acres. Garfield Heights elevation is 831 feet above sea level at the Garfield Heights-Cleveland border, but the elevation gets higher at 972 feet above sea level, this measurement is taken at Garfield Heights Justice Center. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title ) is a part of the United States Department of Commerce. ... A square metre (US spelling: square meter) is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 metre long. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ...


Garfield Heights is about 11 miles southeast of Downtown Cleveland and is on the buslines. The John Glenn Freeway cuts through the city. Most of Cleveland attractions are within a 10-15 mile radius of Garfield Heights.


Attractions within 10-25 miles from Garfield Hts.


Downtown Cleveland 8-11 Miles Playhouse Square, Jacobs Field, Quicken Loans Arena(the-Q), Rock Hall of Fame, Great Lakes Science Center, Tower City,the financial center of Cleveland, and Cleveland State University.


University Circle 9-10 Miles Cleveland Clinic Foundation, University Hospitals,Case Western University, Botanical Gardens, Natural History Museum, Art Museum, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland Institute of the Arts, Cleveland Institute of Music, and Severance Hall


Hopkins Airport 12-15 Miles Hopkins Airport, I-X Center


Cuyahoga Valley National Park almost in the neighborhood. A short 2 mile ride down Rockside Road.


Brandywine and Boston Mills Ski Centers 15-20 Miles in Northfield Center Township


Geauga Lake Amusement Park 20 Miles in Aurora


Cedar Point is a 2 hour ride in Sandusky, Ohio


Surrounding Communities

North:
Cleveland
West:
Cuyahoga Heights
Garfield Heights East: Maple Heights
South: Valley View

Nickname: Motto: Progress & Prosperity Location in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA Coordinates: , Country State County Cuyahoga Founded 1796 Incorporated 1814 (village)   1836 (city) Government  - Mayor Frank G. Jackson (D) Area [1]  - City  82. ... Cuyahoga Heights is a village in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. ... Maple Heights is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. ... Valley View is a village in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. ...

Economy

Marymount Hospital is the city's largest employer. CitiView Center, a $200,000,000 shopping complex, was recently built on old landfill space. This project encompasses a new shopping center, hotel, and office space built within five years. There will be another shopping complex called Bridgeview Center. The city also has light industry, technology, and a few service firms.


ODOT-or Ohio Department of Transportation has its District 12 Headquarters in the city. Ohio Department of Transportation Seal The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) is the organization in charge of developing and maintaining all state and federal roadways in the state of Ohio with exception of the Ohio Turnpike. ...


Largest Employers:

  • Marymount Hospital 1,200
  • ODOT 500
  • City of Garfield Heights 370
  • Garfield Hts City Schools 350

Government

Garfield Heights, Ohio City Hall
Garfield Heights, Ohio City Hall

Garfield Heights has seven wards and a Mayor-Council form of Government. The city's charter went into effect in 1956. The City also has a municipal court. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1408x936, 199 KB) Summary The Garfield Heights city hall and Civic Center, seen in May 2006. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1408x936, 199 KB) Summary The Garfield Heights city hall and Civic Center, seen in May 2006. ... Mayor-Council government is one of two variations of government most commonly used in modern representative municipal governments in the United States. ...


City Officials Mayor: Thomas J. Longo(D) elected 1983

  • Council President: Vic Collova(D) elected 2005

Council president is also vice-mayor according to city charter.


City Council

Ward 1
Henry Warren
Ward 2
Janet Farr
Ward 3
Vincent Liotta
Ward 4
Debra Sarnowski
Ward 5
Joseph Suster
Ward 6
Tracy Mahoney
Ward 7
Michael Abella Jr.

Mayors of Garfield Heights

Term of Service Name Life Dates Party
1941-1945 Raymond Ring 1884-1948  
1950-1955 Charles F. Wing    
1956-1961 Neil E. Bowler    
1962-1964 Jack Donovan    
1965-1969 Frank Petrancek    
1970-1979 Ray Stachewicz    
1979-1983 Theodore S. Holtz    
1983-present Thomas J. Longo   Democrat

Mayor Thomas J. Longo Thomas J. Longo is an Ohio politician, and Mayor of the city of Garfield Heights, Ohio. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas  Politics Portal      Further information: Politics of the United States#Organization of American political parties The Democratic...

Public safety

The city maintains its own police and fire departments.


Police Chief: Thomas J. Murphy since 1992

Police Strength
66 patrol officers and 30 auxiliary officers

Fire Chief: Thomas Nemetz June 20, 2007

Fire Strength
45 firefighters/EMTS

Mayor Thomas J. Longo is a member of the Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition[1], a bi-partisan group with a stated goal of "making the public safer by getting illegal guns off the streets." The Coalition is co-chaired by by Boston Mayor Thomas Menino and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. The Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition is a coalition of mayors from 225 different United States cities, with a stated goal of making the public safer by getting illegal guns off the streets. ... In a two-party system (such as in the United States), bipartisan refers to any bill, act, resolution, or any other action of a political body in which both of the major political parties are in agreement. ... Nickname: City on the Hill, Beantown, The Hub (of the Universe)1, Athens of America, The Cradle of Revolution, Puritan City, Americas Walking City Location in Massachusetts, USA Counties Suffolk County Mayor Thomas M. Menino(D) Area    - City 232. ... Thomas Michael Menino (born December 27, 1942) is the current mayor of Boston, Massachusetts, United States and the citys first Italian-American mayor. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Michael Rubens Bloomberg (born 14 February 1942) is an American businessman, philanthropist, and the founder of Bloomberg L.P., currently serving as the Mayor of New York City. ...


Education

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Garfield Heights has its own public school system comprised of 2 elementary schools, 1 Intermediate, 1 Junior high ("Middle School"), and 1 High School. There are 3 private schools in the city, all Catholic. The City also has its own school board. Image File history File links Garfield_Heights_school_logo. ... Image File history File links Garfield_Heights_school_logo. ... The Garfield Heights City School District is the public schools system of Garfield Heights, Ohio consisting of 5 schools and a student enrollment of 3,823 in the 2004/2005 school year. ... Garfield Heights High School (2006) Garfield Heights High School is a public high school located in Garfield Heights, Ohio, about 10 miles southeast of downtown Cleveland, Ohio. ...


In 1996 The Garfield Heights City Schools were named a BEST district.


In 2001, Garfield Heights passed a much needed levy to build a new High School. Construction of the school soon began, and was completed in mid-2003. High School students were transferred to the new High School in January 2004, Junior High students were transferred to what was the High School, and what was the Junior High School was torn down in June 2004, to make room for the yet-to-be-constructed Arts and Drama building, which will be connected to the High School. In 2006, ground was broken for the construction of the High School Arts and Drama complex, a $5,000,000 edifice. Construction of the 750-seat Garfield Heights Matousek Center for the Performing Arts started in November 2006. Currently the foundation and some of the walls are being built. The goal is to open the center by the 2007-08 school year. Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... Tax rates around the world Tax revenue as % of GDP Economic policy Monetary policy Central bank   Money supply Fiscal policy Spending   Deficit   Debt Trade policy Tariff   Trade agreement Finance Financial market Financial market participants Corporate   Personal Public   Banking   Regulation        A tax is a financial charge or other levy imposed on... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... January 2004 : ← - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Irelands Roman Catholic and Protestant Boy Scouts organisations merge after nearly a century of division, in spite of efforts by the Roman Catholic bishops to block the merger. ... 2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December See also: June 2004 in sports Deaths in June • 28 Anthony Buckeridge • 26 Naomi Shemer • 26 Yash Johar • 22 Bob Bemer • 22 Thomas Gold • 22 Francisco Ortiz Franco • 16 Thanom Kittikachorn • 10 Ray Charles • 5 Ronald Reagan...


Sometime between 2001 and 2003 Garfield Heights City Schools was said to be in academic emergency meaning all the students are dumber than other communities.


The High School's Mascots are: Millie, once mascot of the City of Brampton, is now the Brampton Arts Councils representative. ...

  • Trinity High School: Trojans
  • Garfield Heights High School: Bulldogs

History (Timeline)

1786 
Moravian settlers settle in the city.
1852 
St. John Lutheran becomes the First Church established in the City.
1904 
The Village of South Newburgh is Established
1910 
School Board is Established
1919 
The Village of South Newburgh is renamed Garfield Heights Village
1923 
The First Catholic Church St. Timothy is established.
1925 
Maple Leaf School opens and the First streetcars go into downtown
1926 
Sisters of St. Joseph establish their motherhouse
1927 
Garfield Hts gains two new churches (Sts Peter and Paul/St. Therese)Garfield Central school (now demolished) is opened
1930 
Garfield Heights achieves City status
1946 
Jennings Hall, the local home for the elderly, is established
1947 
Turney-Town Shopping Center opens
1948 
The Garfield-Bedford Busline starts service between Bedford and Garfield Heights into Downtown Cleveland.
1949 
Marymount Hospital opens.
1950s-1960s 
New housing emerges as the city grows by leaps and bounds
1952 
St. Monica Church established and Elmwood school opens; Garfield Heights Baseball League Founded
1957 
William Foster opens and Marymount High school opens.
1965 
Garfield Hts Recreational Center is opened, the main focal point being the new library. In January, sixteen year old Beverly Jarosz is found murdered in her Thornton Ave home. The killer is never found, this being one of the strangest cases in criminal history [2].
1966 
A major fire at TurneyTown shopping center destroys several stores, Municipal swimming pool is opened at Rec Center
1969 
Cardinal Karol Woltya(Pope John Paul II) of Krakow, Poland Visits Garfield Heights.
1970 
Sam Boyas purchases and expands the Rockside Rd dump.
1972 
Automotive enthusiasm grows as local groups such as the "Park Hts Gang" promote street drag racing
1973 
Marymount High goes coed and Trinity High School is Established
1974 
Garfield Mall opens. Construction of I-480, The "John Glenn Freeway" begins.
1975 
The Garfield Hts-Bedford Busline gets absorbed into the newly created Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority. The busline becomes the 76x/f route.
1976 
8 people die in a car crash on Granger Road hill, caused by drunken driver in semi.
1978 
The I-480 Bridge opens to Traffic. The bridge is a twin span bridge. It is 4,025-feet long and it is 212-feet tall. Its footing begins in Garfield Heights and ends in Independence. This Bridge has been the scene of many suicides. In 1994 an auto plunged into the valley below.
1979 
The Garfield Heights Branch Library experiences a fire in its building, the cost of fire damage totals $210,000. Also in 1979, Marymount Hospital completes a $30,000,000 renovation of its campus. The infamous dump finally closes.
1981 
Alfred Antennucci jumps on John Hinckley Jr during the assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan. Antennucci, a laborer was outside the Washington Hilton Hotel where he noticed Hinckley with a handgun. Antennucci is honored.
1991 
New City Hall opens.
1994 
Three police officers were killed in the line of duty. One officer died in a shootout on 15 August, and 2 were killed in car chase on 8 December.
1999 
Matthew Nicholson graduates from GHHS with a 4.0 in Ass Kicking.
2003 
29 December, Garfield Alloys, a magnesium processing plant, catches fire.
2004 
Garfield Hts opens its new high school and ground is broken on the new City View Shopping center.
2005 
Marymount Hospital breaks ground on a $25,000,000 addition
2006 
City View Shopping Center opens for business. In September of 2006 it is offered for sale. New York grocer Thomas Klein purchased the retail complex for $100 million. City View has a Wal-Mart, OfficeMax, Circuit City, JoAnn Fabrics, Bed Bath and Beyond, AJ Wright, Dicks Sporting Goods, Giant Eagle (grocery store), Petsmart, and a future Home Depot. Wal-Mart closes on three occasions due to suspected Methane gas leaks, though later attributed to cleaning equipment exhaust. [3]
2007 
Marymount Hospital Emergency Room addition opens. Construction of Bridgeview Commons Shopping Center commences. This shopping center will feature a Target Store, a Lowes and other new stores. An article in a local free newspaper chronicles the high mortality rate due to cancer in the residents of Valley View, Ohio and cites the former landfill (now City View) as the cause (see Controversy, below.) [4]

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Controversy

Recently much controversy has been raised around the issue of the City View Shopping Center being built on the site of a former landfill. Such accusations include the period when the landfill was being moved, when local residents complained of the smell that would cloud over the area, to the extreme of a sudden rise of rare cancers in Valley View, just below the site. [5]


Communications

Garfield Hts is served by the Cleveland television stations. Numerous cable and satellite providers also serve the city. The Cleveland Plain Dealer, the Garfield-Maple Hts Sun(Thursdays), and the Neighborhood News-Garfield Heights Tribune(Wednesday) are the main newspapers.


Buildings

Name/Year Built/Floors


Marymount Hospital Campus 1949-present

  • Hospital(1949/1979)7
  • Medical Building(1995)5
  • Emergency tower(2007)3

Jennings Hall Campus

  • Jennings Hall One(1999)4
  • Jennings Hall Two(2002)4
  • Jennings Manor(2005)4

Marymount Place Campus

  • Marymount Place(1989)4
  • Villa St. Joseph(2007)4
  • Garfield Heights High School(2004)3
  • Trinity High School(1957/1992)3
  • Garfield Heights City Hall(1991)3
  • Garfield Heights Middle School(1962/2004)3
  • Derby Professional Building(1978)3
  • Infinity Corporate Center(2002)3
  • St. Monica School(1954/1957)3

Churches

  • Sts Peter and Paul(1927/1960)1,000
  • St. Therese(1927/1960)1,100
  • St. Monica(1952/1964)1,500
  • St. Timothy(1923/1927)800
  • St. John Lutheran(1852/1964)600

Demographics

As of the censusGR2 of 2000, there were 30,734 people, 12,452 households, and 8,205 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,641.3/km² (4,253.0/mi²). There were 12,998 housing units at an average density of 694.1/km² (1,798.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the city was 80.72% White, 16.80% African American, 0.16% Native American, 0.93% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander, 0.43% from other races, and 0.96% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.26% of the population. 1870 US Census for New York City A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... It has been suggested that Ethnicity (United States Census) be merged into this article or section. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ... The United States Census Bureau uses the federal governments definitions of race when performing a census. ...


There were 12,452 households out of which 28.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.5% were married couples living together, 15.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.1% were non-families. 30.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.43 and the average family size was 3.04. “Spouse” redirects here. ...


In the city the population was spread out with 24.1% under the age of 18, 7.3% from 18 to 24, 29.3% from 25 to 44, 20.7% from 45 to 64, and 18.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 87.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 82.4 males.


The median income for a household in the city was $39,278, and the median income for a family was $47,557. Males had a median income of $35,435 versus $26,472 for females. The per capita income for the city was $18,988. About 6.0% of families and 8.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 11.9% of those under age 18 and 9.2% of those age 65 or over. The per capita income for a group of people may be defined as their total personal income, divided by the total population. ... Map of countries showing percentage of population who have an income below the national poverty line The poverty line is the level of income below which one cannot afford to purchase all the resources one requires to live. ...


The ethnic groups of Garfield Heights include Poles, Slovenes, Italians, Irish, and African-Americans.


Religion

Garfield Heights is about 75% Roman Catholic and 25% Protestant. There are 4 Catholic Churches, 1 Lutheran, and several other Christian churches.


Brief listing 1852-St. John Lutheran established 1923-St. Timothy Roman Catholic established 1926-Sisters of St. Joseph Mother House Roman Catholic established 1927-Sts. Peter and Paul and St. Therese Roman Catholic established 1946-Sisters of the Holy Spirt establish Jennings Hall 1949-Sisters of St. Joseph open Marymount Hospital 1952-St. Monica Roman Catholic Church established 1954-Hathaway United Methodist Established 1956-Garfield Hts United Methodist Established


References

  1. ^ Mayors Against Illegal Guns: Coalition Members.
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ http://www.cleveland.com/sunnews/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-0/116551409830000.xml&coll=3
  4. ^ http://www.clevescene.com/Issues/2007-01-10/news/feature.html
  5. ^ http://www.clevescene.com/Issues/2007-01-10/news/feature.html
  • Garfield Hts History c 1976 Garfield Hts Historical Society
  • More information at Garfield Heights city data at City-data.com
  • Cuyahoga Public Library - History of Garfield Heights Library

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