AURORA , Ohio (WJW) — Since the closing of what once were the Geauga Lake and SeaWorld amusement parks, the city of Aurora has had a vision for their 48 acres, which lie within the city limits.
“We have plans to redevelop the area into a public park and we have a great consultant that we have already been working with, MKSK , and they have some wonderful creative ideas,” said Mayor Ann Womer Benjamin.
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On Friday, the city officially closed on a $5.3 million deal to acquire the land and move forward, officially turning its vision into a reality.
“It’s a great day,” said Benjamin.
“We will have a beautiful park right on a beautiful spring-fed lake for people to enjoy for years to come, and that’s really what I ultimately wanted. So, I’m very excited,” she said.
The deal, which has taken years to execute, includes four different deeds, giving the city the land that was mostly SeaWorld and then a water park that closed for good in 2016.