For close to a century, a number of families – and now their descendants – have enjoyed a 90-acre wooded property along Harter Road known as Camp Bradlo.
Located west of Medina Line Road along the East Branch of Rocky River, the 90-acre camp – named after the Bradlo Mountains in Slovakia – was originally purchased in 1931 by a group of Slovak immigrant families, including the grandparents of Ohio Rep. Bill Roemer (R-Richfield). The families, who built a dozen cabins on the grounds in the 1950s, have used the property as a weekend retreat ever since.
During a Sept. 3 meeting of the Richfield Township trustees, Roemer and Andy McDowell – vice president of western field operations for Western Reserve Land Conservancy – shared an effort to apply for a Clean Ohio Fund Green Space Conservation Funding grant to purchase a conservation easement to preserve the property in perpetuity…