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Kroger Marketplace planned for Green Twp. New store is about 124,000 square feet Kurt Backscheider kbackscheider@communitypress.com
GREEN TWP. — The township will be home to the West Side’s first Kroger Marketplace store. The Kroger Co. plans to build a Marketplace location across the parking lot from its existing Kroger store at 5830 Harrison Ave. The new store will sit on the large empty parcel next to the Cinemark movie theater. “Clearly it’s an expansion of shopping opportunities,” Adam Goetzman, Green Township’s assistant administrator and director of planning and development, said. “We don’t have a Kroger Marketplace in this area. This puts us on par with other communities that do have this type of facility.” He said the closest Kroger Marketplace for township residents is in Harrison, Ohio. “The Marketplace stores do offer a wider variety of merchandise and shopping options. For people who like that particular shopping experience, they’ll now be able to stay in Green Township instead of driving elsewhere,” he said. In addition to food, Kroger
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The Kroger Co. plans to build a Kroger Marketplace store in Green Township. The new 124,000-square-feet store will sit next to the Cinemark movie theater, across the parking lot from the existing Kroger store seen here at 5830 Harrison Ave.
Marketplace stores also carry home fashion and decor items, bed and bath products, kitchen and small appliances, home office products and toys. Goetzman said the new store will be roughly 124,000-squarefeet in size. The project also features an expanded fuel center. Kroger’s existing store on Harrison Avenue is about
71,000-square-feet. Once the Marketplace store is open, he said Kroger will either re-purpose its existing store for another use or raze the building to allow for redevelopment. He said the site the new store will occupy, which had previously been approved for commercial use, has been sit-
ting empty for more than 20 years. This project takes a piece of vacant land, places it into the township’s tax base and opens the door for future development opportunities on the parcel where the present Kroger stands, he said. “Identifying a diverse development for that property would help broaden the econo-
my and job market in the township,” he said. Kroger still has to finalize the design of the new Marketplace store, but Goetzman said construction could start sometime this fall. Since construction in winter isn’t ideal, he said it’s also possible the work wouldn’t begin until early spring 2016.
Callos, Rebold face off for Green Twp. trustee seat Kurt Backscheider kbackscheider@communitypress.com
GREEN TWP. – Trustee Triffon Callos and former township Trustee Peter Rebold are running against each other for one of the two open seats on the board. Callos was appointed trustee in 2014 after Rocky Boiman resigned from the board, requiring Callos to run for election Nov. 3 in order to retain the seat and fill the unexpired term ending Dec. 31, 2017. The chief of staff for the Hamilton County Prosecutor’s office, Callos, 33, also serves as head varsity baseball coach at Summit Country Day. He’s been a township trustee since March 10, 2014. He said three of the biggest issues he’ll continue to address in the township are safety, economic development and public services.
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it When comes to safety, he said he’s supported efforts to hire additional police officers. “I will conCallos tinue to work to ensure our police officers and firefighters in Green Township are fully equipped with the tools necessary to do their jobs, especially since we have seen an influx of criminal activity near our borders with the city,” Callos said. Several economic development projects have taken place in the township during his tenure on the board, and he said the township has seen new restaurants built, the new Greenshire Commons subdivision get underway, new medical facilities open and plans for a Kroger Marketplace store take shape. He said strong economic devel-
opment is a priority. “This means more jobs and a lower tax base,” Callos said. As far as public services, he said he knows his neighbors want good streets, more sidewalks and great parks. “I will continue to keep our streets in great condition, including building the next new set of sidewalks on Bridgetown Road and North Bend Road,” he said. “Preserving green space is vital to families and upgrading our parks is always a necessity. It is very important to me that we retain our current residents and offer incentives to attract new residents to purchase homes and raise their families in Green Township.” Callos said he’s been committed to public service for 11years and served on the Green Township Audit Committee prior to becoming a trustee. “I have experience running
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governlarge ment organizations and have balanced large he budgets,” said. “I have a conservative viRebold sion to continue leading Green Township in the right direction. My priorities have been to provide first-class safety services, excellent parks and recreation, strong economic development, maintain roads and provide these services in a fiscally conservative manner.” Rebold, 72, is a U.S. Army veteran and an attorney and partner in the law firm of Rebold & Larkin LLC in Bridgetown. He was elected to three separate terms as township trustee – 1973-1976, 1985-1989 and 19891993. He also was the township’s attorney from 1981-1985. While serving as township
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attorney, he said he helped transition the Mack Volunteer Fire Department into the Green Township Fire Department, and during his tenure as trustee, from 1985-1993, he and his fellow board members developed the present township administration complex and Veterans Park. Rebold said the important issues in the township include the control of township government, making the township government open and inclusive and ensuring the township runs efficiently and stretches its dollars. He said he doesn’t think trustees who hold other political jobs can make independent decisions, referring to Callos’s position in the prosecutor’s office and Trustee Tony Rosiello’s job with the Hamilton County Clerk of Courts. “They have an inherent conSee TRUSTEE, Page 2A Vol. 87 No. 48 © 2015 The Community Press ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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