WICKLIFFE, Ohio — The City of Wickliffe is building its future from its past with a residential community called Old School Village.

According to the city’s mayor, Joe Sakacs, this marks the first new single-family home construction in the city in about a decade.

The Old School Village development, built on the sites of former elementary and middle schools, represents a significant milestone for the Lake County community.

Sakacs said the project addresses a critical housing shortage that was forcing families to leave Wickliffe.

"A lot of 1950’s and 1960's bungalows and ranches that if you have more than 2.5 kids you were moving to Kirtland, Mentor, Willoughby and so step up housing is what we needed," Sakacs said.

The development's success has exceeded some expectations. There will be

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