Business View Magazine | March 2019

133 business association and works closely with the Heights Hillcrest Chamber of Commerce. As for infrastructure, Benjamin says, “Because almost all our roads are between 60 and 100 years old, we’ve had a road levy for the past 20 years that provides funds to rehab three to five roads per year. The work is ongoing because the freeze/thaw in our region continues to be an issue for the roads. We have aging infra- structure, and in the next five years it will cost the city upwards of $2 million for our share of reconstruction of the county and state roads that go through our corridor. Hopefully, it will be done in a sustainable way, providing multi- modal transportation opportunities, bike lanes, and making our main thoroughfares more pedestrian-friendly.” South Euclid is home to 22,000 people; a pro- gressive, middle-class community, very proud of its diversity in terms of race and socio- economic class, culture, and ideology. It is one of the first communities in northeast Ohio to pass a comprehensive non-discrimination code that provides protection for race and age, but also for source of income – so you can’t discriminate against someone if they receive, for example, public housing assistance. It also offers protection for people who identify as LGBTQ. The city is always looking to work with new business and accommodate their needs, while offering the small town feel and urban amenities that residents of every age love in this community that they call home. PREFERRED VENDORS n First Interstate Properties, Ltd. www.first-interstate.com n Notre Dame College www.NotreDameCollege.edu n South Euclid Lyndhurst Schools www.sel.k12.oh.us 5044 Mayfield Road, Lyndhurst, Ohio 44124 www.sel.k12.oh.us 216-691-2000 The South Euclid Lyndhurst Schools is a dynamic public education institution in Northeast Ohio that is dedicated to making our students future-ready through academic success, co-curricular activities and student leadership opportunities provided in an innovative learning environment. Contact us today to learn more!