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Mayor outlines housing, zoning overhaul, annexation and roundabout plans in State of the City
Summary
At its March 3 meeting the mayor delivered a State of the City emphasizing housing growth, a comprehensive zoning code revision, voluntary annexation supported by TIF infrastructure funding, and major transportation projects including a preferred elongated roundabout at the long‑congested Oak Hill intersection.
Wooster’s mayor delivered a State of the City address at the March 3 council meeting, laying out priorities for 2025 that included housing development, a major revision of the zoning code, voluntary annexation to expand developable land, infrastructure paid in part by tax‑increment financing (TIF), and several large transportation projects.
The mayor said Wooster had 19 major projects awarded in 2024 and listed completed projects including a new Fire Station No. 1, the construction of pickleball courts at Crimson Trump Park, Oak Hill and Milltown road improvements (including roundabouts), a streetscape project on West Thurman Street, and the Butterfly Alley arts project — the first step in a planned downtown arts district anchored by a Lyric Theatre project. The mayor said, "For all those reasons, I believe that now is the time to move forward with that project," when describing the elongated roundabout plan for the long‑studied Oak Hill/Oldman/Winkler/Burbank intersection (the "peanut").
On housing, the mayor said…
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