GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE – Destination Mansfield-Richland County recentlyreceived recognition for achievement in marketing and advertising at the OhioTravel Association’s (OTA) RUBY Awards presentation, held October 2 inGeneva-on-the-Lake, Ohio. Destination Mansfield-Richland County received multiple awards. A RUBY for its Ohio Bird Sanctuary Marketing Campaign and Citation of Excellence for its Shawshank30 Highlights video. Accepting the award was Kim […]
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Richland County tourism meeting celebrates year of big events
MANSFIELD — Partners of Richland County’s tourism industry gathered at the historic Ohio State Reformatory Wednesday for the Destination Mansfield-Richland County 2025 annual meeting. The annual event at OSR brought tourism and community leaders together to celebrate achievements, recognize excellence and look forward to new opportunities. This year’s theme, “Raising the Bar,” reflects the region’s […]
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Destination Mansfield-Richland County unveils 2025 visitor guide
The guide includes everything from events, attractions and recreation to shopping, food and drink, lodging and arts and entertainment.
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Lee Tasseff: ‘It’s time to put the Richland County branding story to use’
MANSFIELD — Lee Tasseff said it’s time to take the next step with the Richland County branding message. “The good news it’s time to put the Richland County branding story to use,” the president of Destination Mansfield-Richland County told the Richland County Board of Commissioners this week. “The better part of the news is we […]
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Mansfield voters may be asked to renew PRIDE, Pothole Hater taxes in May
MANSFIELD — Mansfield City Council on Tuesday will consider asking voters in May to renew a pair of income taxes earmarked for specific purposes. The city administration hopes to gain approval for a pair of four-year, quarter-percent tax issues — the Pothole Haters Tax and the PRIDE tax. As renewals, neither tax represents an increase. […]
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Mansfield advances wayfinding signage program to enhance city navigation
MANSFIELD — Jodie Perry helped create the Mansfield Rising plan in 2019 as the leader of the Richland Area Chamber & Economic Development. Fast forward five years and now Mansfield Mayor Perry is a step closer to implementing another action item from that plan: creation of a “wayfinding” signage program in the city. Two design […]
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‘Shawshank Redemption’ worth $200 million in economic benefit to Ohio
MANSFIELD — It’s difficult to quantify the value of the iconic “Shawshank Redemption” movie to Mansfield and north central Ohio. The movie, shot primarily at the former Ohio State Reformatory and other nearby locations, likely helped to save the gothic, historic prison, which opened in 1896. It helped to give a community, reeling in 1994 […]
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News Man Weekly: Shawshank, presidential campaign chaos and the Olympic Games
MANSFIELD — The sixth edition of the News Man Weekly Podcast has dropped. In Tuesday’s edition, Richland Source City Editor Carl Hunnell is joined by Dan Smith from the Ohio State Reformatory Preservation Society and Jodie Snavely from Destination Mansfield-Richland County to talk about plans for the upcoming 30th anniversary celebration of The Shawshank Redemption […]
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BrandRichland video premiere Tuesday showcases ‘family of communities’
MANSFIELD — Theatre 166 on Tuesday afternoon was filled with a cross-section of local elected and appointed community leaders. That fact was not lost on Mansfield Mayor Jodie Perry after the first BrandRichland video had its premiere at the black box venue, a part of the Renaissance Theatre. “It’s really exciting. Even though I’ve seen […]
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Are you ready for the 30th anniversary of ‘The Shawshank Redemption’ in Mansfield?
MANSFIELD — Red and Andy have been invited back to Shawshank State Prison. In fact, Lee Tasseff, president of Destination Mansfield-Richland County, told Richland County commissioners on Tuesday morning that many of the cast and crew from “The Shawshank Redemption” have been invited to Mansfield this summer to help celebrate the 30th anniversary of the film’s […]