Euclid could tap state demolition funds as application window closes Oct. 16

In October 2022, the houses at 20408 and 21650 Ball Avenue got state demolition money under Ohio's Building Demolition and Site Revitalization Program. The next round of that same money opened September 15 at 10:00 a.m. and closes October 16 at 5:00 p.m.

The state has about $21.5 million to give out for fiscal year 2027, plus any funds not reserved in fiscal year 2026. A residential application can ask for up to $500,000; a commercial one, up to $2.5 million. It is not first-come, first-served — applications are evaluated competitively, so a strong, complete application matters more than getting in line early.

What the money clears

The program pays for demolition of buildings like the ones Euclid knows — the boarded-up house, the empty storefront, the shuttered factory — plus the work that comes after: grading, seeding, and repair of public sidewalks, curbs, and catch basins. It was created in House Bill 96 to help counties and local partners clear structures that undermine neighborhood stability, safety, and growth. Brownfield sites don't qualify, and a building generally must have been vacant at least 60 days before application unless fire, casualty, or another emergency emptied it.

What cleared land becomes

Euclid knows what cleared land can become. The former General Electric factory at 21800 Tungsten Road is gone — Weston Inc. acquired the site in 2022 and demolished the old factory buildings as part of the Tech Park 90 industrial redevelopment. On East 219th Street, a long-vacant industrial site is the planned home of Creative Spaces, a movie soundstage and film-studio campus whose first phase includes a 15,000-square-foot soundstage and production offices with a roughly $2.5 million budget. And the former Roosevelt Pool at 26111 Brush Avenue came down in 2025; the site is now about 1.25 acres of open greenspace north of Brush Avenue and south of Bluestone Elementary. The city is deciding what comes next there — a public meeting on April 23, 2026, an online survey from May 29 to June 12, 2026, and a redevelopment recommendation to City Council planned for September 2026.

How Euclid gets a share

But in the program's July 2026 Round 9 awards, Cuyahoga County received funding for 16 demolition properties — all of them in Cleveland. No Euclid properties made that list.

Euclid's path to this money runs through the Cuyahoga County Land Reutilization Corporation, the county land bank, which is the lead entity that submits Building Demolition and Site Revitalization Program applications. The land bank conducts strategic demolition of qualifying residential structures and partners with cities on demolition and site-revitalization applications.

Neighboring University Heights is doing exactly that — partnering with the county land bank to apply for this same funding to demolish three blighted, vacant properties, with the city covering a 30% local match on eligible costs. A 30% local match is a competitive advantage in the scoring. That's the kind of deal that put the Ball Avenue houses on the list in 2022 — and the kind Euclid would need again to get its own vacant corners to the front of the line.

Who to call

Patrick Grogan-Myers, Euclid's Director of Planning and Development, is the person a resident would call to ask what properties the city is putting forward. He and Community Development Manager Edward G. Chenock, Jr. are the officials who would coordinate Euclid's demolition and site-revitalization priorities with the county land bank.

Residents can reach the Planning and Development Department at (216) 289-8160, or the Community Development Manager at (216) 289-8140. City Hall is at 585 East 222nd Street, Euclid, OH 44123.

Euclid City Council meets on the first and third Monday of each month from September through June, and on the third Monday in July and August. Council meetings are the venue where residents can ask whether Euclid is moving on this funding before the October 16 deadline — and whether the city has a demolition priority list or a partnership with the land bank in the works.

Call the planning department to ask what properties Euclid is putting forward for this round.