Voters will be given the opportunity to vote yes on Issue 19 on March 17. This issue will allow for rezoning for a critically needed, high-quality housing project for Solon residents who have special needs. As the parents of a 21-year-old with significant disabilities, we are aware of the difficulty in finding professionally staffed, local housing close to many of the amenities we already access. We have an amazing opportunity to have this happen in our community with this project. Keep Solon amazing! Thank you to the Solon City Council and the Solon Planning Commission for supporting this high-quality town-home [...]

As the recently retired coordinator of the Solon Blue Ribbon Adapted Recreation Program within the Solon Recreation Department, I’m asking that you vote for Issue 19 on the March 17 ballot. Issue 19 will allow the development of quality housing for those citizens with disabilities, on the corner of Aurora Road and Portz Parkway, ensuring access to community resources, particularly the Solon Community Center. This initiative highlights the attitude of Solon in re-imagining an even better Solon by celebrating diversity, in working, living and thriving together. A critical concern of families who care for a family member with special needs [...]

I am the mother of two adult sons with Fragile X Syndrome. We have lived in Solon for over 24 years, and I have helped to create numerous local programs to assist people with disabilities to have meaningful lives in their own community. Although it was very difficult, we were able to establish a home where our sons are happy and safe. Other families have similar needs and continually search for a solution to this very difficult problem. Solon Community Living is in the early stages of trying to establish multi-unit, high-quality housing for adults with special needs. The families [...]

We have lived in Solon for the past 23 years and are asking you to vote in the upcoming March primary on a zoning issue that represents the best of Solon and is also very personal to our family – that of approving new R-3-C zoning for special needs housing at the southwest corner of Aurora Road and Portz Parkway. We appreciate how the Solon City School District has successfully brought our two children up through its ranks, reflecting its commitment to serving its students, whatever their needs: our older daughter has been living and working in South Africa for [...]

As longtime Solon residents, we ask that you vote in the upcoming March primary to approve a new R-3-C zoning for special needs housing at the southwest corner of Aurora Road and Portz Parkway. We appreciate how Solon Schools has served our two daughters’ diverse needs -- one who benefited from a challenging curriculum, and one with special needs who thrived in Solon’s programming designed for students like her. Now the City of Solon continues to show support for diversity by creating zoning aligning with its master plan calling for “housing opportunities to meet the unique preferences and needs of [...]