Developers requesting building permits at five times the normal rate in Dover
DOVER – Mayor Shane Gunnoe says housing permit requests for the year are well above the norm.
Gunnoe says building requests this year are at about five times the city’s average. The in-progress Crimson Cove subdivision in north Dover has something to do with that, with nine permits to date and five more expected before the end of the year. However, Gunnoe says the city is also helping developers find empty lots where they can build.
Gunnoe sees several possible reasons for the increase, including the addition of new manufacturing facilities in Dover and Tuscarawas County and other economic factors. He says the city hasn’t had a new large-scale subdivision in about 20 years.
Crimson Cove is expected to have 30 homes when it’s finished. The same development, Lawver Homes, also is planning to build 54 condos and 29 houses on 33 acres about a mile north of Crimson Cove.
HEALTH CARE DEVELOPMENTS
There have been several health care related expansions in Tuscarawas County in recent weeks. Cleveland Clinic Union Hospital at the end of June cut the ribbon on the $7 million upgrade to its cancer care facilities. Buckeye Career Center had Governor Mike DeWine in town to celebrate the opening of its $6 million medical training facility on Aug. 22. More recently, Springvale Health Center and OrthoUnited opened new or newly renovated facilities in Dover.
Mayor Shane Gunnoe is glad to see these commitments to the community. He says residents benefit from having access to health care in their hometowns.
Springvale’s new location on Oxford Street is the center’s third location in Dover. Buckeye Career Center’s addition is 13,000 square feet of instructional space for nursing, pharmacy an medical assistant hands-on training programs.