Chardon officials recently announced that Core Distinction Group, which was commissioned to complete a Hotel Market Feasibility Study for the city, indicated a great need in Chardon.

“The city of Chardon is conveniently located off of the I-90/I-271 corridor, offering a full-service hotel would
be ideal to support local businesses, recreation and tourism in the region” Chardon Vice-Mayor Heather Hudson Means stated in a news release.

“Chardon has many possible locations for a new hotel, but the beautiful Uptown Square area has great potential to be the ideal spot for a new hotel,” City Manager Randal Sharpe stated in the release. “The Chardon community attracts a great deal of both business and leisure travelers to the area and is currently losing those travelers to neighboring communities.

“This local, economic loss can be recaptured with a new, upper scale hotel product.”

“We knew anecdotally that Chardon has a strong need for a hotel, but we knew that we needed to quantify that need in order to attract the best possible developer or hotelier,” Councilman Kyle Martin, chairman of the Economic Development Committee, said in the release. “With the clear results of this study, we can confidently say to prospective investors that our community can support a hotel, and we look forward to working together to welcome a new hotel to our city.”

The community took the initiative to make the investment in a hotel feasibility study in March. In the following months, Chardon welcomed a representative from Core Distinction Group into their community for a tour and to sit down with local demand generators and community leaders, according to the release.

“Chardon offers two of the major elements that we look for in the task to understand additional need for accommodations, strong business and leisure traveler potential,” Core Distinction Group Partner Jessica Junker stated in the release.

“These two features, along with, the severe lack of current lodging, hotel supporting amenities, and growth friendly, community leaders, sets the community apart for a potential hotel development,” she added.

The feasibility study indicated a need for an upper midscale hotel with 70-90 guest rooms. They
also indicated the property should offer amenities including but not limited to, wi-fi, complimentary breakfast, meeting room and business center.