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Bluebag Media
Park District
receives $225,000 ODNR grant
FT. RECOVERY – “Great news!!” said Darke County Parks Director Roger
Van Frank when he passed on the message that the Ohio Department of
Natural Resources was going to award $225,000 to the District for Phase
V of its Tecumseh Trail. ODNR Parks Director Jim Zehringer was going to
be presenting this and four other grants at a “rally” at Ft. Recovery
High School.
The room was packed… nearly half of those present were from Darke
County.
“This is a big deal,” Van Frank said. He recalled his first meeting
with Zehringer in 2006. The State Representative had a small, cubby
hole office upstairs in the Palace in Greenville. “I need your help,”
he had told him.
Since then, the Parks District has received nearly $2 million from
Clean Ohio for the “trail,” working its way across Darke County from
Bradford to its final destination in Union City. “We’re in Phase V
right now,” Van Frank said. It is currently at S.R. 571. This phase
takes the trail into the Greenville Industrial Park. Phase VI will take
the trail into Greenville City Park. “Keep in mind 25 percent of this
has to be ‘in-kind’ on our part,” Van Frank added… “Thank you!!!” he
said emphatically to the staff, volunteers and other supporters in the
room.
Zehringer, a graduate of Ft. Recovery High School, talked about the
quality of life in Mercer and Darke Counties. “Residents want to
improve that quality of life… they look for things to do outside,” he
said...
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