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The new county jail campus off Transportation Boulevard sits on about 72 acres (Cuyahoga County parcel 542-22-025, 5400–5410 Transportation Blvd.) inside the Garfield Heights City School District.
You have heard the county’s number: home values up 32 percent in the 2024 reappraisal. That is the countywide average for home values. It is not a tax figure, and it is not Garfield Heights.
About 6,500 children under 18 live in Garfield Heights — the Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 estimate is 6,585, and the 2020 Census counted 7,109. Where do they go?
On November 3, Garfield Heights voters will decide Issue 40. It asks whether all seven members of City Council should serve four-year terms instead of two, starting with the November 2029 election.
A neighbor asked me a fair question about the school levy on this year’s ballot: if Issue 6 is not renewed, do our property taxes go down? The answer is yes — with a few things you should know before you vote.
Your November 3 ballot. When you open your ballot on November 3, you will find eight questions. One is statewide. One is our schools. Five are countywide. One is the City of Garfield Heights. Three ask you for money, and the word in front of the number decides what it costs: a renewal keeps what you already pay; an additional levy is new money.