In a story first reported on GoErie.com, the Granite Ridge Apartments have been sold to Jason Pero and Nadia Shabanza-Pero of Pero Real Estate. Jason Pero grew up in North East while his wife, Nadia, came to the US from the Democratic Republic of the Congo when she was 13. She attended school in Cleveland, […]
Granite Ridge Developments and Investor Opportunities for Full or Partial Acquisition
Granite Ridge sent out an update on recent campus developments and what has already taken place is extremely positive, with Erie Wedding & Event Services activating the chapel and a local couple developing programming in the gym space. The most interesting part of the announcement below is the decision by Granite Ridge, “to list the […]
Granite Ridge Decides Not to Pursue Unaccompanied Minors Program
In excellent news, Granite Ridge has just announced they will not be pursuing the unaccompanied minors program! The full announcement is shown below. They will continue to pursue partners and tenants such as caterers and event planners, sports and camps, performing arts and theater groups and much, much more. Again, this is the news we […]
Is Jonathan Ehrenfeld Looking for Tenants or Waiting for Migrants to Fill Granite Ridge?
One of the reasons offered by Jonathan Ehrenfeld for considering a proposed immigrant detention center in Granite Ridge is an inability to find enough suitable tenants for the property to make money. On the surface, it sounds reasonable, if you can ignore the incredible downsides for the entire North East community, not to mention the […]
Granite Ridge is a Big Problem, Let’s Make it Our Mission to Fix it – Soon
In a recent article I was curious how many of you really cared about what happens in North East. After attending the meeting at Granite Ridge with Ehrenfeld and Culmen International, it’s pretty clear quite a few of you do and that’s a great start, but caring, by itself, isn’t enough. Many of you care, […]
Granite Ridge Gets National Attention in Article on Influx Care Facilities
The Epoch Times has an excellent article covering influx care facilities. Granite Ridge is prominently mentioned along with warnings from investigators who have been looking into the entire issue of “unaccompanied minors.” It sheds light on gangs, human traffickers and the sponsors to whom these minors are released. Read the whole thing to get a […]
Granite Ridge Meeting Brings More Information But No Definitive Answers
The highly anticipated meeting at Granite Ridge where North East residents expected to finally get some answers from Jonathan Ehrenfeld and Culmen International about the proposed housing of illegal immigrants on the campus, gave us a slightly clearer picture of what an influx care center would look like, but brought no commitments of any sort. […]
Granite Ridge Update From the Ehrenfeld Companies
Granite Ridge has sent an update with some answers to questions they’ve received. It is presented below. If you are planning to attend the meeting tomorrow evening, it would be very helpful if you read this message beforehand. The impression given is that they have not yet committed to the influx center, but many questions […]
North East is a Beautiful Town
We’ve heard far too much depressing news recently and I wanted to put this out there to remind everyone of how beautiful our town really is. This video is the work of the Advance North East Foundation and was produced seven years ago and I just stumbled across it while researching another topic. I’ve never […]
North East, We Have a Problem
Your may not be concerned about the southern border crisis with thousands of migrants crossing into the US every day because it seems so far away. Video of Texas towns being overrun and border patrol officers overwhelmed along with an administration in Washington openly promoting the whole process makes you glad you’re way up here […]