How much is your house worth? Every six years, state law requires counties to examine and reassess the values of all properties, used for the basis of property taxes. Appraisers in Cuyahoga County have studied the 522,000 properties from October to April. This week, the county is mailing out the new values. Across the county, homes jumped an average of 32%, from a low of 15% in Hunting Valley to a high of 67% in East Cleveland. Thankfully, only a small percentage of your tax bill will hop accordingly. Rising home prices are not a surprise, if you’ve been watching the real estate market the last few years. Cuyahoga saw two homes in both April and May sell for more than $2 million. Still, once you receive your value, you can challenge the number.
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A map of Cuyahoga County shows property values increasing as high as 67.38% in some areas following the 2024 sexennial reappraisal process, but officials note numbers don't directly translate to tax increases. The map was shared with cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer's Editorial Board on Monday. (Courtesy of Cuyahoga County) |
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Property values: Tax bills will not spike at the same rate as home values, reports Kaitlin Durbin. A 1976 law known as HB 920 limits how much inflation can increase property taxes on voted levies. As property values go up, the effective millage rates of levies go down to bring in the same amount of money that voters approved. Dreaming big: How exactly would $20.1 billion generated through a quarter-percent sales tax help fund future builds and renovations of stadiums and airports? Zachary Smith posts the chart thatexplains how and why the billions generated over 40 years could achieve this goal and, while ambitious, a financially viable plan. Response to the proposal from the readers so far as been largely positive, but not uniform in support, Smith reports. Ritter memorial: Mourners on Monday hailed Jamieson Ritter as a Cleveland hero, a man whose humility and love of service left a lasting mark on the city. Thousands of police officers and residents lined East Ninth Street and Superior Avenue to honor Ritter, a Cleveland police officer killed July 4 during an arrest on East 80th Place. Today in Ohio: Northeast Ohio could generate $21.2 billion over 40 years, securing new stadiums for the Browns, Guardians and Cavaliers, relieving minor-league teams of debt and building a state-of-the-art airport — all with a quarter-percent sales tax. We’re talking about our ambitious and politically challenging idea on Today in Ohio, cleveland.com’s daily half-hour news podcast. |
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Catalytic converters: Legislation designed to crack down on thefts of catalytic converters is motoring ahead through the Ohio General Assembly. Jeremy Pelzer reports that House Bill 328, which passed the Ohio House, 93-2, late last month, would enact stricter state penalties for those who buy or sell stolen catalytic converters. LifeWise: A Hilliard-based nonprofit that organizes off-campus Bible classes for public school students during the school day sued an Indiana man who posted its curriculums online. Jake Zuckerman reports that LifeWise Academy – a program operational at 200 schools in Ohio – removes participating students from schools for 55 minutes once per week to study the Bible at no cost to students or the school. |
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Solar access: Cuyahoga County is again working with Solar United Neighbors to make solar power more accessible to residents, reports Megan Sims. Sponsored by SUN, the co-op encourages residents, homeowners and small-business owners from Cuyahoga and other surrounding counties to go solar through education and the incentive to save money. Carp: A major tactical effort to keep invasive carp out of the Great Lakes will soon enter a new phase, reports Peter Krouse. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reached an agreement last week with the states of Illinois and Michigan that will allow construction to begin on the $1.15 billion Brandon Road Interbasin Project on the Des Plaines River west of Chicago. Toxic releases: While toxic chemical releases have decreased throughout Northeast Ohio overall, Portage County saw more than double the chemicals released in 2022 than it did in 2021, reports Zachary Smith. In 2022, 26 toxic release facilities were tracked in Portage County by the EPA, releasing 384,685 pounds of 31 separate toxic chemicals into the environment – more than 232,000 pounds than what was released in 2021. Shaker grants: Shaker Heights City Council’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee is offering three grants of up to $2,500 to help people in the community host events that promote diversity in the city. Cory Shaffer reports the grants are funded from the Shaker Heights diversity committee’s budget and can be for anything ranging from book clubs, block parties or movie screenings to workshops or discussion panels. |
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Eye disease: Case Western Reserve University is hoping to offer the first therapy for an inherited eye disease leading to blindness, reports Gretchen Cuda Kroen. Shigemi Matsuyama, an associate professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, has received a $1.5 million grant from the Foundation Fighting Blindness to test a possible oral medication for the genetic eye disease retinitis pigmentosa. Home prices: The median Cuyahoga County home price hit its highest point of the year in May and surpassed the price around the same time last year, Megan Sims reports. The May median home price rose to $185,000, according to county data collected by cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer. This is a $7,500 increase from April, which had a median price of $177,500. |
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Murder charges: A suspect accused of killing a Cleveland police officer is expected to face charges in the slaying of his grandmother. The office of the Cuyahoga County medical examiner said that Beatrice Porter, 63, of Garfield Heights, died Thursday. That same day, police say De’Lawnte Hardy shot and killed Jamieson Ritter, a four-year veteran of the Cleveland department. Carjacking: A Cleveland man is accused of carjacking a woman in the heart of the city’s Tremont neighborhood and leading police on a pair of chases before he was arrested. John Tucker reports that Quiintin Mathews, 18, appeared in Cleveland Municipal Court on Friday on aggravated robbery charges. ATV thefts: FBI agents on Monday arrested a Cleveland man amid an ongoing federal investigation into the widespread thefts of ATVs and dirt bikes, Adam Ferrise reports. |
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'Superman': Production resumed Monday on DC’s upcoming “Superman” movie in downtown Cleveland. Filming is taking place on the Detroit-Superior Bridge, where more than 100 cars and dozens of extras gathered to shoot what appears to be an evacuation scene, reports Joey Morona. A stuntman on a motorcycle was injured during filming on the bridge, Morona reports. Savvy Sliders: Michigan-based Savvy Sliders has entered the Greater Cleveland market, in Brook Park. Marc Bona reports it’s the third location in Ohio, after two locations in Columbus. Oddfellows: Business partners and experienced restaurateurs Brad Friedlander and Michael DuBois are putting the final touches on Oddfellows in Chagrin Falls as they prepare to open the 56-seat restaurant this week. Paris Wolfe reports the new dining spot is a reincarnation of the Aurelia Honest Food & Drink space at 16 N. Main St. Taste of Lakewood: Taste of Lakewood is changing things up for its 20th anniversary this year with a ticketed and indoor fundraising event. Alex Darus reports the Taste of Lakewood’s 20th anniversary party is set for Aug. 10 at the Lake Erie Building, 13000 Athens Ave. Pechakucha: Hear what local experts say about the future of food at Pechakucha Night Cleveland Vol. 41 on Aug. 1 at Truss Event Venue in Cleveland, reports Paris Wolfe. A Japanese concept, “pechakucha” loosely means “chit chat.” Think speaker presentations meet speed-dating. |
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