Tue Feb 09 2010
U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette (R-Bainbridge Township) announced Oct. 29 that the Fiscal Year 2010 Interior and Environment spending bill contains $4.5 million for the Cuyahoga Valley National Park.
LaTourette said CVNP will receive $4 million in federal funds to acquire more than 600 acres near Blossom Music Center.
The land is within the park boundary and is owned by the non-profit arm of the Cleveland Orchestra.
"This appropriation is obviously the best possible outcome," Paul Stoehr, acting superintendent of the CVNP, said. "The land will stay in its current natural condition appropriate for a national park.
"Without this funding, the land could possibly have been developed."
The Cleveland-based Musical Arts Association is the parent organization of The Cleveland Orchestra, Severance Hall, and Blossom Music Center.
Ana Papakhian, spokesperson for the Musical Arts Association, was traveling internationally and could not be reached for comment.
LaTourette, a member of the Appropriation's Interior Subcommittee, said Sens. Sherrod Brown and George Voinovich and his House colleagues Reps. Betty Sutton and Tim Ryan helped to secure the funding.
In addition, LaTourette and Sutton secured an additional $500,000 for the park for its ongoing rehabilitation program for historic structures.
"This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to safeguard the sensitive streams, forests, wildlife habitat, and open spaces surrounding the Blossom Center," said Bill Carroll, Ohio State Director of the nonprofit Trust for Public Land.
In addition, LaTourette was able to include $500,000 in the same bill for the city of Stow for a sanitary sewer project on Seasons Road, near the site of the proposed $100 million Summa Health System hospital complex.
The bill, H.R. 2996, funds the Department of Interior, EPA and other agencies.
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