MANSFIELD — Bob Meyers said Tuesday night his plan to convert the Brass Office Center into an apartment complex is personal. The longtime local attorney and developer, who now lives in Columbus, said his Lawyers Development Corp. owns properties around the country. But he still considers Mansfield to be his hometown. It’s where he launched […]
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B&O trail connections set for Mansfield City Council; cannabis dispensary zoning delayed
MANSFIELD — Mansfield City Council will be asked Tuesday to take two steps forward on an eventual path that will one day connect the B&O Trail to downtown Mansfield. City engineer Bob Bianchi will ask local lawmakers to consider seeking bids for a $1.9 million connector trail between the B&O and Trimble Road — and […]
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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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Lack of needed power supply hurt chance at ‘large’ economical development in Richland County
MANSFIELD — Spec buildings can be constructed. Roads can be built. Storm sewers can be dug and installed. Tax abatements can be proposed. All of that work can be done in advance in the hopes of greasing the skids to attract new economic development. But if a potential new industry has electrical power needs that […]
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Clock ticking for $3.5 million in ARPA-funded projects at Mansfield Municipal Building
MANSFIELD — The clock is ticking on about $3.5 million in planned improvements to the Mansfield Municipal Building. Literally. The work will be funded through American Rescue Plan Act funds, a request from former Mayor Tim Theaker that City Council approved more than two years ago. Money funded by ARPA must be appropriated by the […]
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Mansfield mayor plans zoning proposal for recreational cannabis on Aug. 6
MANSFIELD — Mansfield Mayor Jodie Perry expects to have a zoning proposal on Aug. 6 for City Council regarding a possible recreational cannabis dispensary in the city. Armed with that information, local lawmakers held off Tuesday on scheduled votes that would eliminate a ban on medical marijuana facilities a previous council enacted seven years ago. […]
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Mansfield City Council to consider repealing medical marijuana ban
MANSFIELD — Mansfield City Council in June opened the way for potential recreational cannabis dispensaries. It’s expected Tuesday to consider repealing a ban against medical marijuana, as well. Local lawmakers are scheduled to vote on two pieces of legislation that would undo what City Council approved seven years ago — a ban on medical marijuana […]
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Public-private partnerships shine as Mansfield celebrates Liberty Park rebirth
MANSFIELD — Obie Stillwell is still looking out for his hometown in Mansfield. The former Madison High School football star, who later walked on and lettered at Ohio State University, lives in Columbus. But the desire to help people back home still burns as bright as it did when he was an All-Ohio linebacker for […]
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Connection Space opens coworking, event space on Park Avenue
MANSFIELD — Jeff Schultheis opened Connection Space with the goal to offer Mansfield something seen more frequently in larger cities.
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Abdo Industrial Machine Services opens on Springmill Street
MANSFIELD — Abdo Industrial Machine Services celebrated its grand opening Wednesday with employees, family members and community leaders.