MANSFIELD — Legislation aimed at reducing weekend “cruising” on the so-called “Miracle Mile” is scheduled to be discussed Wednesday night by Mansfield City Council. Local lawmakers, meeting one day later than normal due to Tuesday’s primary election, will take up an issue it talked about six months ago before shelving it for the winter. The […]
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Price keeps climbing for re-excavation and clean up at former Mansfield YMCA
MANSFIELD — Land Bank manager Amy Hamrick shook her head Wednesday as she described the situation on (and in) the ground at the former YCMA in Mansfield. “To be honest, in my worst dreams, it was never this bad. I don’t know what else to say. It’s unbelievable,” she told Land Bank board members on […]
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Mansfield City Council may pay another $282,047 to clean up former YMCA site
MANSFIELD — The former YMCA property is returning to Mansfield City Council. Local lawmakers are expected to discuss a request from Mayor Jodie Perry to appropriate $282,047 from the city’s PRIDE fund to help the Richland County Land Bank cover costs associated with a building demolition initially completed five years ago. The legislation is not […]
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Open Source: What is going on at the old YMCA site on Park Avenue West?
OPEN SOURCE — We published this story in response to a reader question submitted through our Open Source platform. Do you have a question you want our reporters to answer? Click here to submit it. Question: What’s going on at the old YMCA site on Park Avenue West? There is orange construction fencing around the site. […]
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Dry up, would ya? Westinghouse site demo/cleanup still slowed by water issues
MANSFIELD — The former Westinghouse site on the city’s east side is not going away without a fight. More than a year since demolition began at the former industrial site, and nearly a year since the Westinghouse “A” building on East Fifth Street was felled, efforts continue to dig up, bust up and clean up […]
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Historical sadness: ‘Daisy Thomas House’ on Wood Street demolished in Mansfield
MANSFIELD — A significant building in the history of African-American residents in Richland County has been reduced to a pile of bricks. Demolition of the “Daisy Thomas House” at 89 Wood St. began Thursday and continued Friday morning under cloudy skies and a persistent rain. The historic brick building is said to be the first […]
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Richland County Land Bank offices may get complete remodel in 2024
MANSFIELD — The Richland County Land Bank, born in 2012, may soon have a remodeled home. The quasi-public land reutilization corporation calls the lowest level of the Richland County Courthouse home in a space not largely different than when it was home to administrative offices for the sheriff’s department. Richland County commissioners on Thursday are […]
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Richland County Land Bank board honors Burton, Theaker for decade of service
MANSFIELD — Attorney Jon Burton won’t have to attend Richland County Land Bank board meetings any more. His decade of service as legal counsel for the 11-year-old organization came to an end Wednesday when the board met for the last time in 2023. But his name will live on. Literally. Board chair Bart Hamilton, the […]
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Richland County Land Bank to demolish downtown Shelby commercial property
Shelby Project Coordinator Joe Gies said the city is working with Richland County Land Bank for demolition of the 50/52 E. Main St. property.
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Lead Safe Ohio program offers $50k to Richland County homeowners for exterior lead abatement projects
MANSFIELD — Amy Hamrick has spent the last 10 years leading the agency that tears down blighted structures across Richland County. But the manager of the Richland County Land Bank could hardly contain her enthusiasm talking about the agency’s newest project — one she hopes will prevent blight before the need to eliminate it. The Richland County […]