At a meeting earlier this month, the Bedford City Council approved the Zoning Board Commission’s recommendation that the tenant space at 401 Broadway Avenue be used for a child care and education center.
Quinisha Singleton of Bedford Heights was given permission by the board to begin the process of opening the center at the address that once used to house Dairy Queen. Along with that available space, the building will continue to house the Bam Childress State Farm Agency (403 Broadway) and Solid Gold Properties Real Estate Sales and Services (405 Broadway).
According to the application, the child care center center would be open 24 hours — Monday through Friday — with three shifts of employees. Singleton is currently running the business from her residence, according to a representative.
The website MyPlace Cuyahoga County said the building was constructed in 1975, and was most recently purchased by Ahuja Commercial Inc in March of 2016. According to the Dairy Queen Google site, the ice-cream parlor/restaurant had been closed starting in November 2015.
There were questions during the meeting about whether the proposed site would meet the state requirement for outside play space. Still, the board went ahead and approved the measure.
For some in Bedford, seeing orange barrels on the road may seem like a nuisance, but to those who travel Union Street frequently, or live there, the barrels on the road now are probably a very welcome sight, as crews prepare to resurface the road. This is a joint project between the city and county, and has been in the works for years. Union will be repaved from where it meets Broadway Avenue downtown to where it crosses again further south of the city.
Speaking of repaved streets, crews are already finished with the resurfacing of Nordham Drive. The city was able to pave this road with money it was able to save on other roadwork. The city is currently working on sidewalk repair.
The council was reminded of the dangers for those who choose to ignore warning signs at Viaduct Park, as there was news recently of swimmer needing to be rescued by emergency crews.
