Category: Timeline Stories

Buckeye Hills R.C.&D. Hazard Mitigation Grant

Created the Downtown Revitalization Loan

Howard Sachs, 7^th President

PROJECTS:

4^th RLF grant completed

National Conference San Antonio, TX

Joyce Morehart, Ted Huss, Clara Kohlenberg

Ed & Marianne McConoughey

Malabar Farm mini grant $750.00

Back to the Wild mini grant $500.00

Continued Hazel Willis, buffer team, migrant camp, and library mini grants

Moving forward

C. Howard Meyers, 6^th President

Theodore Huss, Interim President

PROJECTS:

3^rd RLF grant completed

Sandusky, Seneca County

Tree Planting Program

Hazel Willis Woods $6,800.00 grant from USDA Forest Service-Ashland County

Continued library mini grants, migrant day camp, and buffer team

North Central Conference, Springfield, IL

Dick Meyers, Ed & Greg

Took over Migrant children’s day camp outreach

PROJECTS:

North Central Conference, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Ted Huss, Dick Meyers, Ed & Greg

Continued library mini grants, buffer team, RLF

Theodore Huss, 5^th President

June: National meeting Ogden, Utah Janet Dell made two presentation

PROJECTS:

Rural Fire Protection Grant $2,000.00

Purchase lawnmower for Keepers House-Ottawa County Historical Society

Assisted with the Vermilion River Watershed 319 Grant $455,000.00

Citizens ambulance defibulator

Miller Farm shelter house

Library mini grants

North Central at Green Bay, Wisconsin

Chase Heyman, Dick Meyers, John Conglose

Dan Liskai, Ed & Greg

Hosted the North Central R.C.&D. Conference at Maumee Bay State Park

PROJECTS:

2^nd RLF grant completed

Fiscal agent for Ohio Lake Erie Buffer Team grant $229,635.00

Continue Library mini grants

More business opportunity seminars

Sept: Greg Small full time

2^nd RLF FmHA application filed

Henry Dejulia, 4^th President

Outstanding Project Award from Ohio Association for RLF

PROJECTS:

Assisted with Huron River Watershed

319 grant writing $298,600

Business opportunities seminars

R.C.&D. grant writing workshop

Tree seedlings for kids

Richland County Timber Bridge completed

Started planning for the North Central Conference to be hosted by Ohio

March: Greg Small started part time

1^st  5 year Area Plan approved

Received 1^st NRCS $15,000.00 grant and 1^st Ohio State $25,000.00 grant  for administration

PROJECTS:

Janet Dell makes two RLF presentations at National conference St Paul

1st  RLF $95,000.00 grant complete

2 Dr. Don Udell workshops completed

Mini grants to libraries

Fiscal Agent for Sandusky River Watershed

New restrooms for Monroeville Marsh Field

Assisted Crawford County Humane Society

Started selling dry hydrants

June: Ed McConoughey is  2^nd Coordinator

Karen Wilhelm, 3^rd President

Sept: Office moved to Norwalk from Willard

PROJECTS:

Received RLF application from Ashland County

Ed McConoughey & John Conglose attend Indiana North Central Conference – John made two presentations

March: 1^st RLF application

June: closed 1^st RLF loan

Stan Steury, Coordinator leaves

Nov: Ed  McConoughey is  Acting Coordinator

PROJECTS:

Dr. Don Udell hosted grant writing training

Tourism brochure completed

12 RLF applications mailed per requests

Malabar Farm Annual Meeting

Stan Steury & Janet Dell attend North Central Conference in Peoria, IL

James Leslie, 2^ND President

Moving Forward -March: FmHA funded RLF

May: 6^th draft of an area plan noted

Oct: 1^st RLF Committee formed

PROJECTS:

Timber Bridge grant approved $40,000.00

Funding of tourism brochure

Janet Dell made presentations at National Conference in Memphis, TN