The City of Middletown is looking to create new business opportunities through development of four properties that were either donated to the city or forfeited, the Hamilton Journal-News reports. Middletown economic development director Jennifer Ekey said the goal is “to redevelop the properties and repurpose” the former Studio Theatre and a retail store on Central Avenue, the former Montgomery Wards store on Main Street and a commercial building on Clinton Street. City Councilman Doug Picard said, “[b]y moving forward with (requests for proposals), we can do something with [the properties] instead of waiting for someone to do something to get them off our books,” according to the article. Proposals for the Studio Theatre are due by October 3, 2016; applicants must attend a scheduled property viewing on either August 31 or September 14. Viewing dates for the other properties will also be scheduled, and the city “will be accepting completed proposals on a rolling, quarterly basis until a proposal is selected” for those sites. For more, read the full article.
Middletown soliciting bids for development of city-owned properties
