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About the Mentor, Concord and Chardon, Ohio Area 
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MENTOR
Areas of Lake County have a blend of suburban and rural lifestyles that often characterize towns outside major metropolitan areas because they have kept their historic and rural roots. Mentor is the largest city in rural Lake County. The town started as "Rose Capital" and has blossomed into a thriving place to live and play. It boasts one of the largest shopping malls in the country, the Great Lakes Mall, as well as numerous retail centers, and shopping areas with fashionable boutiques and antique shops. Mentor's industrial and manufacturing centers are growing, and the city is eighth in the state in retail sales. There is much open land available for residential development.
The north edge of Mentor provides the excitement and recreation found on the shores of Lake Erie. Boating, water skiing, and fishing, yachting are avidly pursued during the summer months and the sandy beaches found at Mentor Beach Park and Mentor Headlands State Park are popular destinations for tourists and residents. The city offers many public parks, a roller hockey court, sledding hill, commemorative rose garden, picnic areas, ball parks, and an award-winning contemporary building the houses the Mentor Senior Center. Mentor Recreation gives more than 200 classes and workshops for all ages.
LOCATION
The city of Mentor (population 50,278 in 2000) is located in the northeastern portion of Lake County on I-90 with nearby access to Routes 306 and 2. It is only 26 miles east of the thriving metropolis of Cleveland and is bordered on the north by Lake Erie. Other cities closest to Mentor are: Mentor-on-the-Lake, which is 2.2 miles away; Kirtland Hills, 3.8 miles; and Grand River, 5.2 miles from Mentor.
TRANSPORTATION/AIRPORTS
Three airports conveniently serve the Mentor area, all of which are in Cleveland: Cuyahoga County Airport is about 14 miles away; Burke Lakefront, about 27 miles; and Cleveland-Hopkins International is approximately 40 miles west of Mentor.
Laketran offers quite a range of public transportation service to Lake County residents.Laketran has regular transportation routes, which travel along major corridors throughout the county. Their Commuter Express service gets passengers from Lake County to downtown Cleveland economically, and commuters park free in their Park-n-Ride lots. Dial-a-Ride is a door-to-door assisted transportation service for all Lake County residents, particularly those physically challenged and the elderly, focusing, though not exclusively, on medical centers and facilities as destination points. Service to University Circle is available on certain days as well. Finally, but not the least important, Laketran offers express service! to all Cleveland Indians and Cleveland Browns home games from five locations in Lake County.
BRIEF HISTORY
Seventeen hundred and ninety-seven marked the year that the Western Reserve Territory saw its first inhabitant, a Mr. Charles Parker from the Connecticut Land Company. Several towns the area - Mentor, Solon, Euclid, and Macedonia - were named after Greek places and people. Mentor was the tutor of Telemachus, the son of Odysseus. The first few years in the 1800's marked some important events in Mentor: the first court session was held and Parker was named the Constable of Painesville Township; 1801 saw the first elections; and Ohio achieved statehood in 1803.
In 1810 the first schoolhouse opened, and in1819 the first subscription library in the Western Reserve was established. Accessibility to wider areas, both for private and commercial interests, developed in the1820's as the Mail and Stage Coach service began (1823) and the Erie Canal opened its gates. This allowed businesses to sell their products - wheat, lumber, cheese, wool, and whiskey - to outside markets. Accessibility increased in 1851 when The Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad reached Mentor. By 1889 Mentor is described as a quiet town composed primarily of farmers, nurserymen or workers in small shops. The 'Gay Nineties" saw resort and cottage development along Lake Erie. By 1912 Mentor was described as a pleasant town of 650 educated and progressive people, with attractive neighborhoods, and a few developing industries. Some commercial endeavors over the years were manufacturers of nuts and washers, knitting mills, nationally recognized rose hybridizing, landscaping and floral businesses, and lakeside attractions. Eleanor B. Garfield, the granddaughter-in-law of President James A. Garfield, became Mentor's first woman mayor and planned Mentor's first Industrial Park. James A. Garfield's Mentor home, built in 1876, is now a National Historic Site.
During the 1950's the Old Mentor Foundation, formed to preserve the town's heritage, and documented 102 historic buildings. Mentor later established the Mentor Lagoons Nature Preserve and Marina, and in 1999 the city received an award for environmental stewardship of Lake Erie. Mentor achieved a state ranking of 7th in terms of retail sales volume in 1997.
Today Mentor continues to enhance the business, social, environmental, and educational services to the community; and its unique location - close to Cleveland and on Lake Erie - continue to make Mentor a most desirable living environment.
ABOUT EDUCATION
Mentor Exempted School District has eleven elementary schools, three middle schools, and one high school that serve residents and their children.
The Office for Exceptional Children provides guidance and assistance to local school districts and other educational institutions designed to optimize services and educational programs for students with disabilities and gifted children.
The Cleveland Institute of Dental-Medical Assistants is located in Mentor.Eighty-nine percent of Mentor's residents have graduated from high school or higher; 27% have obtained their Bachelor's degree or higher; and 8.9% their graduate or professional degree.
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