Tuesday, February 26, 2013
School board members said they had approved the foundation's proposal for the Tiger Trail two years ago, and it was understood then that the project would be funded solely through foundation dollars
Members of the Cuyahoga Falls School Foundation will have to think of a Plan B after they found out they can't ask the school district for a loan to help fund the Tiger Trail. Foundation members had pondered whether they would go to the school board and ask the board to approve a $30,000 loan to pay for Phase 1 of the project, pathway of engraved bricks leading into Clifford Stadium to be known as the Tiger Trail. It turns out, the foundation couldn't ask for the loan because, on Feb. 28, 2011, the school board approved the project with the stipulation that it's all paid for through foundation funds. "That information was clear: The board has already approved the project in the extend that it will do the bidding and ... everything it …
Friday, February 22, 2013
They had once hoped the Cuyahoga Falls School Board would approve a $30,000 loan for the Clifford Stadium improvements, but now they're not so sure they'll ask for that loan
Cuyahoga Falls School Foundation officials had planned on asking the district to hand out a $30,000 loan for the Tiger Trail at Clifford Stadium. But, now they're unsure if they'll go through with it. Foundation Executive Director Tom Jones said Thursday that "There has been talk — and it's not for sure — that we would withdraw our request and say we'll do it ourselves," Jones said. The loan would have funded Phase 1 of the multiple-phase project, which involves a trail of engraved bricks, which would be known as the "Tiger Trail." Construction would begin in summer 2013, according to the foundation's website. The brick sales help fund the project, and so far, the foundation has raised $40,000 of the $150,000 project. Phase 1 would cost …
Thursday, February 21, 2013
Cuyahoga Falls School Foundation members are asking the school district for a $30,000 loan to start the project this summer
The fate of the Tiger Trail Project now falls into the hands of Cuyahoga Falls School Board members. Well, partially. The Cuyahoga Falls School Foundation asked the board of education to consider loaning money for the first phase of a four-phase redesign of the entrance to Clifford Stadium. That entrance (a trail of engraved bricks) would then be known as "Tiger Trail," with construction beginning in summer 2013, according to the foundation's website. The project is expected to cost $150,000, with phase one costing $70,000, according to the Falls News-Press. The Foundation already has raised $40,000. Cuyahoga Falls School Foundation members are asking the school district for a $30,000 loan to start the project this summer, the community …
Adam C. Miller
2:14 am on Wednesday, February 27, 2013
But this doesn't help either, it just builds a new walkway/entrance to the football stadium. more ›