The Community Project Funding (CPF) process allows Members of Congress to direct spending to projects in their communities that are high priority and broadly supported. This ensures that the people’s federal representatives can target spending to where it is most needed, instead of leaving the decision entirely up to the federal bureaucracy.
For fiscal year 2025 (FY25), Members of the House of Representatives were permitted to submit a maximum of fifteen (15) projects to the House Appropriations Committee for consideration. All projects were vetted and those that are selected will be overseen to make sure that taxpayer dollars are spent properly.
In order to be funded, each project must be included in appropriations legislation that is approved by both houses of Congress and signed into law by the President.
The full list of projects submitted by Congressman Miller is as follows:
Recipient: City of Rocky River
Project Title: Rocky River Harbor Dredging Project
Recipient Address: 21012 Hilliard Boulevard, Rocky River, Ohio 44116
Amount Requested: $900,000
Project Description: This funding will be used for dredging to restore the channel and anchorage basin from its current depth of 1-3 feet in the anchorage basin and 3-5 feet in the channel to its historic depth of 6-8 feet.
Recipient: Wooster Township
Project Title: Wooster Township New Fire Station
Recipient Address: 1917 Millersburg Road, Wooster, Ohio 44691
Amount Requested: $6,644,313
Short Description: This funding will be used to build a new fire station.
Recipient: Village of Brooklyn Heights
Project Title: Brooklyn Heights Fire Department Vehicle Re-Fortification
Recipient Address: 345 Tuxedo Avenue, Brooklyn Heights, Ohio 44131
Amount Requested: $1,200,000
Short Description: The project will replace the Fire Ladder Truck.
Recipient: City of Orrville
Project Title: The City of Orrville Fire Station #2 Expansion Project
Recipient Address: 207 North Main Street, Orrville, Ohio 44667
Amount Requested: $750,000
Short Description: The funding will be used for the design and construction of the Fire Station #2 Expansion Project.
Recipient: City of Brunswick
Project Title: Flood Mitigation Project (authorized by 2022 Water Resources Development Act / WRDA)
Recipient Address: 4095 Center Road, Brunswick, Ohio 44212
Amount Requested: $4,510,000
Short Description: The project will repair and upgrade Miner Drive storm sewers, Keller-Hanna Drive storm sewers, and culverts on Alice and Ganyard Drives, and modify and retrofit the Roanoke detention basin outlet.
Recipient: City of Brecksville
Project Title: Brecksville Police Department Equipment & Vehicle Replacement & Enhancement Project
Recipient Address: 9069 Brecksville Road, Brecksville, Ohio 44141
Amount Requested: $588,000
Project description: The funding will be used to replace four (4) police vehicles, thirteen (13) In-Car Video Cameras, thirteen (13) Mobile Data Terminals, and thirteen (13) Mobile Radios.
Recipient: Independence Police Department
Project Title: Independence Police Department Vehicle Modernization
Recipient Address: 6800 Brecksville Road, Independence, Ohio, 44131
Amount Requested: $650,000
Project Description: The funding will be used to procure 10 new police cruisers.
Recipient: Westshore Council of Governments (Bay Village, Fairview Park, North Olmsted, Rocky River, Westlake, and Lakewood)
Project Title: Law Enforcement Vehicle Upgrade and Procurement
Recipient Address: 350 Dover Center Road, Bay Village, Ohio 44140
Amount Requested: $465,000
Project Description: The funding will be used for 7 new police vehicles to replace aging vehicles and expand the fleet.
Recipient: City of North Royalton
Project Title: S.R. 82 Infrastructure Improvements
Recipient Address: 14600 State Road, North Royalton, Ohio 44133
Amount Requested: $5,000,000
Project Description: This funding will be used to widen S.R. 82
Recipient: Cuyahoga County
Project Title: Olmsted Township Fitch Road Sewer Project
Recipient Address: 2079 East Ninth Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44115
Amount Requested: $2,000,000
Project Description: This funding will be used to extend Olmsted Township’s sewer infrastructure on Fitch Road and bring the infrastructure into compliance with federal law.
Recipient: City of Solon
Project Title: Solon Diverging Diamond Project
Recipient Address: 34200 Bainbridge Road, Solon, Ohio 44139
Amount Requested: $8,991,176
Project Description: This funding will be spent on the construction of the diverging diamond, which will enhance traffic flow, safety, and accessibility in the northwest quadrant of the City of Solon.
Recipient: Parma Heights
Project Title: Manorford Drive Reconstruction Project
Recipient Address: 6281 Pearl Road, Parma Heights, Ohio 44130
Amount Requested: $3,433,285
Project Description: This funding will be spent on the construction of Manorford Drive, which is a major connector street that provides secondary access from Pearl Road (US Rt. 42) in downtown Parma Heights to the City of Parma.
Recipient: City of Parma
Project Title: W. 54th Street Sewer Improvement
Recipient Address: 6611 Ridge Road, Parma, Ohio 44129
Amount Requested: $5,625,000
Project Description: This funding will be used to design and construct an upgraded W. 54th Street Sewer to address significant capacity and basement backup issues.
Recipient: Medina County
Project Title: Sanford Road – Bridge 14 Replacement (Lodi)
Recipient Address: 791 West Smith Road, Medina, Ohio 44256
Amount Requested: $990,000
Short Description: The funding will be used to replace an all-wood, three-span bridge that is at the end of its service life on a public roadway that supports the local farming community.
Recipient: Case Western Reserve University
Project Title: Next Generation Microgravity Research
Recipient Address: 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106
Amount Requested: $4,000,000
Project Description: The funding will be used to facilitate research collaboration between the NASA Glenn Research Center and Case Western Reserve University.