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Community Park
Improvement Grant Awards Distributed
The Darke County Park District awarded over $21,000 in Community Park
Improvement Grants in 2014. Projects ranged from restroom
renovations to playground equipment to security lighting and pool
slides in 14 county park areas. Due to budget constraints, many of
these local projects come about only with the aid of the Park
District’s small grants and the work of many community
volunteers.
Shown accepting checks for their communities last evening at the Darke
County Park’s Nature Education Center are: City of Greenville, Deb
Berger, Park Manager, Village of Ansonia, Jerry Koverman, Mayor,
Village Arcanum, Bill Sinnes, Village Administrator, Esther Clark,
Village of Gettysburg, Park Board Member, Village of Hollansburg, Dana
Heck, Mayor, Village of New Madison, Patty Jackson, Council Member,
Village of North Star, Joe Wagner, Council Member, Village of Osgood,
Dan Grieshop, Park Board Member, Village of Rossburg, Dan Howe, Mayor,
Village of Union City, Ohio, Marcia Kiser, Park Bard President and Barb
Long, Park Board Member, Village of Versailles, Rodd Hale, Village
Administrator, Village of Wayne Lake, John McRoberts, Council
President.
Also receiving awards but not in attendance were: Village of
Palestine, Village of Pitsburg and Village of New Weston.
Darke County Park Commissioners Steve Shaltry, John Cook and Roger
Brocious along with Park Director Roger Van Frank awarded checks
and thanked all the communities for keeping parks alive for their local
citizens’ health and recreational needs.
The Darke County Park District promised the Community Park Improvement
Grants Program 20 years ago after the first ½ mil levy passed.
The grant was designed to help local Darke County governments afford
active recreational areas in their communities. Since the first
year of awards over Six Hundred and Seventy Three Thousand dollars
($673,000) have been awarded to the twenty-one Villages and city in
Darke County.
Research shows that parks of all kinds lead to better physical and
mental health and a better quality of life for the communities.
Parks and trails are also desired by young professionals and workers
with families who are needed to continue the next generation of
businesses in the Darke County economy. “The Darke County Park
District is proud to be able to encourage and support each local
community in Darke County with this grant program” stated Park Board
Commissioner L. Stephen Shaltry. For more information about
the Park District and programs please visit www.darkecountyparks.org or
call 937-548-0165.
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