Development

Expanding Amenities and Services for Families

Grove City is a growing central Ohio community and while trends continue to illustrate an overall aging of the population, an estimated 25% of Grove City’s population is under 18 years old, indicating a continuing need for services to support our younger citizens, including schools, parks and childcare options.

All new residential developments are required to dedicate ground for open space. Projects approved since 2015 provide more than 150 acres of new open space for active and passive recreational opportunities, allowing the City to continue growing its park and trail network. Working in collaboration with the South-Western City School District, land was secured in the Farmstead and Beulah Park developments for new schools to service the growing population and provide additional amenities to residents.

The new Beulah Park Middle School, replacing Brookpark Middle School, is located south of the Park Street extension at Demorest Road and opening to students for the 2022-23 school year. An 11-acre site within the Farmstead development, along the extension of Hawthorne Parkway between Buckeye Parkway and State Route 104, is reserved for a new elementary school.

While new parks are frequently the result of collaboration with new residential projects, the development of childcare facilities is primarily marketdriven. Since the summer of 2020, three new childcare centers have been approved and located throughout the community. Stepping Stones Child Care on Stringtown Road, Balanced Family Academy on Hoover Road and Kiddie Academy on Buckeye Parkway have all recently opened or anticipate opening in the coming months to provide childcare to Grove City families.

The City of Grove City is dedicated to providing the services needed to support the growing population. Our Parks and Recreation Department is updating their Programming Plan, a process that involves public input to ensure programming meets the evolving needs and desires of the community. This effort, in conjunction with the new parks and open spaces available from new development, as well as new schools, illustrates Grove City’s continuing commitment to serve as a welcoming community for kids and individuals of all ages and backgrounds.

Balanced Family Academy

Rendering of the Park at Beulah