Medina Community Design Committee

Medina Community Design Committee PRESERVING MEDINA'S HERITAGE Our history began with a slide-show presentation by the graphic designer F. Their efforts were successful.

Eugene Smith, to a group of Medina citizens in early 1976. Smith’s photos of Medina showed a classic Victorian square overrun with gaudy neon signs and ugly storefronts. Many local citizens did not like what they saw and quickly formed the Community Design Committee (CDC) to suggest an alternate vision. The restoration of Medina's Historic Uptown Square began in 1968 with the 1878 Town Hall and En

gine House. The color rendering created by CDC artist Elmer Zarney convinced the Mayor to fund the building's restoration. The transformation was dramatic and inspired other building owners to seek assistance from the CDC. The basic premise of the CDC was an old one - "One picture is worth a thousand words." Several artists in that group pored over vintage photos and history books and created colorful renderings of how the buildings might look once the layers of neglect and ugly additions were removed. Other members of the CDC - armed with the renderings - made countless presentations to community groups and building owners. Using no tax dollars or government incentives, the uptown property owners embraced the CDC's suggestions for restoration and transformed the city's heart. Within five years this privately financed Victorian restoration revived pride in the historic city center and garnered an award from the National Trust for Historic Preservation for "Significant Achievement in Historic Preservation in the U.S." Today the results of the CDC's vision are plain to see, not only in the Engine House but in all the grand buildings of our historic square.

06/03/2023
The CDC added an historic marker to the Interurban building this week. The marker details the important transportation h...
04/01/2021

The CDC added an historic marker to the Interurban building this week. The marker details the important transportation history of the Interurban rail system and the rescue and restoration of Medina’s Interurban Station.

The CDC has partnered with Main Street Medina to repaint and complete repairs on the historic Interurban Station. The ne...
11/09/2020

The CDC has partnered with Main Street Medina to repaint and complete repairs on the historic Interurban Station. The new paint colors were chosen by CDC and approved by the HPB. Early next year the CDC plans to paint the station’s interior.

08/04/2020

The city's Community Design Committee will hand out five

12/09/2019

A HUGE thank you to all of the volunteers, bus drivers, docents, police, gracious home owners and working board members of the CDC for making this Holiday Home Tour happen. It was a monumental day, many more participants that we could have imagined! What a beautiful day and awesome turn out for the 2019 Holiday Home Tour! A very sincere thank you to all.

12/08/2019

Today is the day! If you have purchased pre-sale tix for the home tour you can check in at the church (St Paul’s) or at the parking lot behind the courthouse to get your ID badge, program and booties. Everyone must pick up their ID badge to go on the tour.

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