Heritage Ohio, the non-profit organization which administers the Ohio Main Street Program, has issued its initial set of “Top Opportunities.” According to the program’s website, this list is intended to “…draw attention to buildings that may be under-utilized or await redevelopment. It also seeks to show the public that what may appear as a vacant building today, may be tomorrow’s hot spot: offering a location that may provide loft housing, the latest restaurant or retail establishment or a new center of commerce.”
After soliciting nominations from across the state, the following buildings were chosen for this list:
- Ohio National Guard Building – Marietta
- Cla-Zel Theatre – Bowling Green
- Old County Jail – Norwalk
- Stewart Building – Toledo
- Federal Building – Zanesville
- St. Paul’s Evangelical Church – Cincinnati
- Home Guard Building – Van Wert
- Resthaven Barn – Mariemont
- Canby Building – Bellfontaine
- Robins Theatre -- Warren