When Cuyahoga Falls annexed Northampton in 1985, they made a promise to "retain the rural nature" of Northampton in what became Ward 8 of the City.
Unfortunately, the city never formulated a definition of what constitutes retaining the rural nature of Ward 8, the former Northampton.
Many citizens are concerned that the pace of high-impact development in the Cuyahoga Valley is steadily eroding the rural nature of the old Northampton, and feel powerless to stop it.
With this website and with a Cuyahoga Valley Rural Nature citizens’ movement, we want to spark and support a public discussion.
Montrose was once a rural area.
Steady, high-impact development gradually turned it into what it is today.
The Cuyahoga Valley - our corridor to the Cuyahoga Valley National Park - has been steadily accepting high-impact development, gradually making it more and more like Montrose.
We want to advocate for retaining the rural nature of the entire Cuyahoga Valley, particularly on the Cuyahoga Falls side where the City promised to retain its rural nature.
We will advocate for citizen involvement to support treatment of the Cuyahoga Valley that retains its rural nature and to oppose those that do not.
We will advocate and lobby for an inclusive, civil, substantive public conversation on what definable qualities the citizens of the area would like to see protected in the the Cuyahoga Valley, and on how to engage city governments to protect and enhance these qualities.
We need people to show up for the Cuyahoga Falls City Council Meeting to determine zoning for development of the Sycamore Valley golf course ...
