Category: Timeline Stories

Feb: Met with FmHA and obtained an  RLF application

June: Stan –defined RLF purpose -GAP financing to small natural resource  businesses

PROJECTS:

Submitted application to FmHA for $95,000.00

Ashland County Hay Auction

Steering Committee –  2 Meetings -August and November

Committee:  Steve Davis, Jon Warner, Kurt Heyman, John Grieser, Bruce Atherton, Ed McConoughey, Jeff Baker, Tom Sewell, Owen Linkner, Jeff Van Loon, Norman Daniel, John Crumrine, Dennis DeWeese, Ted Huss, Norm Widman, Marshal Edens, Mark Rose, James Leslie, Gary Mathes, Dick Forbes

Steering Committee –1 Meeting -January

Waiting for national authorization.

Erie Basin Authorized by Secretary of Agriculture in February

March, May, and June – Acting Coordinator

Janet Dell elected 1^st President in September

Incorporated October 29th

Stan Steury,  1^st Coordinator

Cindy Eckstein,  1^st USDA Secretary

1^st full council meeting with Stan  in August

1^st  full council meeting as a corporation November 20^th.

Total assets $1,187.00

1^ST PROJECTS MAY:

North Coast Inland Bike Trail

Flood Control Shelby and Bellville

Making Route 30   4 lanes

Johnny Appleseed Memorial

Richland County Home – Recreation

Conservation Tillage Seminar

Controlling Roadside Erosion

Erie Basin Net Worth = $1,187

April: RC&D(Henry) asked for Federal Funds from the State Conservationist for the RLF

June: IRS 501 c 3 status

Dec:  R.C.&D. Committees  were formed.  FmHA funding sought for RLF

PROJECTS:

Tree Vendor List

Alfalfa Dehydration Plant

Erie County Fairgrounds

Timber Bridge Demo – Richland

Willard Library Grants Center

Ashland County Fairground Drainage

Ashland County High School

Richland County Dry Hydrants

New Washington Library

Mansfield Library

Appleseed Wool – Plymouth

North Central Conference – Janet Dell