Welcome to Parma!

It is my pleasure to present the Parma Magazine and Community Guide, and to highlight the amenities the seventh largest city in Ohio provides residents, visitors and businesses.

We have a strong housing market, beautiful neighborhoods, outstanding safety forces, top-quality health care and award-winning libraries. Our business-friendly environment is attractive to manufacturing, banks, national retail chains and many small businesses. Lately, we have seen an increase in restaurant owners picking Parma to open their new locations, many of which offer international cuisine. These new offerings, along with the family-owned restaurants and bakeries that have been around for decades, provide something for everyone to enjoy. Visitors to Parma should not leave our city hungry.

Another big draw to Parma is our picturesque 18-hole Ridgewood Golf Course, nestled in the center of town. The city plans to build a new clubhouse/event center for golfers and non-golfers, which we expect to be completed in time for the course's 100th anniversary, July 4, 2025.

Not far from the golf course in our city's center is The Shoppes at Parma; Anthony Zielinski Park’s Splash Pad; Donna Smallwood Activities Center for senior residents; Northeast Ohio’s second largest stadium Byers Field; and the 48-acre Stearns Homestead. Additionally, we have 469-acres of public greenspace in the Metroparks West Creek Reservation, which includes the Watershed Stewardship Center, biking and hiking trails, pavilions and scenic picnic areas. The reservation preserves forest-draped hillsides, floodplains and babbling brooks, offering easy access to nature’s wonders every season.

Parks and Recreation provides residents with various ways to stay active. We have tennis courts and built two additional pickleball courts this year. The parks also provide miniature golf; disc golf; pools; baseball/softball diamonds; soccer fields; an indoor ice rink; playgrounds; and, for those wanting an extreme outdoor workout, Warrior Fitness Course.

In Parma, there is always something to do. Flip through this issue and read more about why our city is a wonderful place to live, work and play.

See you in Parma, Mayor Tim DeGeeter

ON THE COVER: Local Business and Community Leaders gather for a group photo at Parma’s only brewery. Located at 5729 Pearl Rd., Schnitz Ale Brewery pairs authentic German food with original craft beer brewed on-site.

First Row (left to right): Kent Iler, President/ CEO, Iler Networking & Computing; Tim DeGeeter, Mayor, City of Parma; Megan Cooney, Former Executive Director, Parma Area Chamber of Commerce; Joseph C. Anderson, President/CEO, PSE Credit Union; Bob Klinar, Executive Principal, Constellation Parma Community Schools. Second Row: David Nedrich, President, Collaborative Chambers Alliance; Jen Burger, Director of Parks and Recreation, City of Seven Hills; Charles Smialek, Superintendent, Parma City Schools; Kara Rawson, Principal, St. Columbkille School; Berny Tabanji, Mortgage Loan Originator, Howard Hanna; Megan Foster, Director, Old Brook High School, Parma Campus.

Photo Location: Schnitz Ale Brewery Photographer: Beverly David Photography