The bi-annual event drew hundreds of people to the Natatorium last weekend. Take a look at some photos taken by the chamber here.
For even more photos from the 2013 Cuyahoga Falls Chamber of Commerce Expo, take a look at this Facebook photo album.
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Scores of Falls residents joined Sunday's Natatorium 5K race, 5K walk and 1-mile family fun run.
Folks young and old from Cuyahoga Falls and several cities across Northeast Ohio joined in on Sunday's ninth annual Natatorium 5K race, 5K walk and 1-mile family fun run. The course took the runners and walkers up Bailey Road, through Tyler Avenue, down Oakwood Drive and across the finish line on 4th Street. For the overall race results, click here.
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The issue over whether or not to redefine the gym's spouse memberships will be resolved next month.
The end is near. In May, the Cuyahoga Falls Parks and Recreation Board will face arguably its biggest decision in decades when it makes a final ruling on whether or not to change the Natatorium's rate structure. Chairman Tim Gorbach arrived at the next and final step following a report by Parks and Recreation Superintendent Bill Lohan and a public address by Falls City Councilwoman Diana Colavecchio during Thursday’s monthly parks board meeting at the Natatorium. Lohan based his report on a late-March, closed-door work session he had with Colavecchio, council members Terry Mader and Carrie Snyder, Cuyahoga Falls Law Director Paul Janis and others. Here’s the breakdown: To absorb the losses, Colavecchio proposed the city reallocate a …
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Cuyahoga Falls Patch reader offers rationale on why she feels the City Council should restructure the Nat's rate policies.
Editor's note: This letter was submitted by former Cuyahoga Falls resident and Patch contributor Kate Bigam. As a former city employee and an advocate for equal rights, I am disappointed in the Parks and Recreation Board’s decision not to update the Natatorium’s membership rates to encompass all kinds of families. As Patch reported yesterday, Board Chairman Tim Gorbach proposed a motion that would have extended the current couples rate to same-sex couples in legally recognized civil unions, domestic partnerships, or marriages performed out of state. Unfortunately, the board rejected this proposal in a 3-2 vote, disappointing those of us who’d hoped to see the Nat’s policies better reflect the kind of open & welcoming place we expect our …
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10:38 pm on Sunday, April 1, 2012
Because I was born and raised within that town and have lived there my entire life until I found a home with my HUSBAND two streets over from city lines. more ›
In the coming weeks, the council will decide on whether or not to change the Nat's membership rate structure to include non-traditional families. Where do you stand?
On Thursday night, the Cuyahoga Falls Parks and Recreation Board voted 3-2 against a motion raised by chairman Tim Gorbach to change the Natatorium's “w/spouse” rates. If the motion had passed, the current "w/spouse" rate would have changed to a "w/partner" rate, opening the memberships up to "two persons that are legally married, or are domestic partners, or are in a civil union as recognized by any U.S. jurisdiciton," said Gorbach. Under the current rate policy, the Nat only allows married men and women who are recognized by the Ohio Constitution to receive discounted memberships. The second part of his motion called for a “head of household” rate structure to take effect by June 1 of this year, meaning that rates would be set solely …
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12:46 pm on Wednesday, May 9, 2012
If you can't afford two passes to the Nat, that's too bad. Just because you are gay doesn't mean you deserve the rights we straight married couples deserve. The Bible says marriage is between a man and a woman! Get over yourselves! Any straight couple denied a discount would have moved on quietly! This is not bullying, it's a policy. DEAL WITH IT! more ›
A motion raised by Parks and Recreation Board Chair Tim Gorbach to alter the rates failed by a 3-2 vote.
On Thursday night, the Cuyahoga Falls Parks and Recreation Board voted 3-2 against a motion raised by chairman Tim Gorbach to change the Natatorium's membership rates that apply to married couples. If the motion had passed, the current "w/spouse" rate would have changed to the "w/partner" rate, which would have opened the memberships up to "two persons that are legally married, or are domestic partners, or are in a civil union as recognized by any U.S. jurisdiciton," said Gorbach. According to the Natatorium's current rate structure, the w/spouse rate applies to couples who have been legally married under the State of Ohio constitution. Such couples are afforded a yearly membership discount of $255 versus those who hold individual …
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5:48 pm on Friday, March 9, 2012
I'm 15, and I know this is wrong, others have no right to impose their view points on another. We as a Americans have the right to live our lives as we want as long as we don't impede on another person's rights. We should not be able to choose how another person lives their life. more ›
Chairman of the parks and recreation board speaks out about the matter.
At its meeting next month, the Cuyahoga Falls Parks and Recreation Board will offer a recommendation to the City Council on whether to allow discounted family rate gym memberships to same-sex married couples. The absence of board members, Dick Sebastian and Bill Santos, was part of the reason for the delay in making a decision, Chairman Tim Gorbach said during the board's monthly meeting Thursday night at the Natatorium.
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12:03 am on Monday, April 16, 2012
Jan, final thought. I agree this should not be polarizing. I did not ask this to come upon our city. But it did. I never imposed my values upon another, I have simply stood for the existing values of our community as expressed in the State Constitution, as well as expressing God's way for marriage as being best for society and civilization. That is not polarizing, those opposing marriage from a … more ›