MANSFIELD — Wayfinders Ohio is $500,000 closer to a larger homeless shelter in Mansfield. The Richland County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday agreed to appropriate a half million dollars to the organization, which plans on relocating to former medical offices at 661 Park Ave. East. The funds will likely come from the county’s expected $8 […]
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Richland County Foundation funds social services & other community needs
MANSFIELD – During its December meeting, the Richland County Foundation Board of Trustees approved $602,225 in grants to nonprofit organizations. Projects at area nonprofit organizations that received grants from a combination of unrestricted, and field-of-interest funds include: Domestic Violence Shelter The Domestic Violence Shelter received a grant to fund the Safe Haven for Kids program […]
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Taking Root Farms breaks ground on $2 million facility for adults with disabilities
MANSFIELD — Angela Eisaman thought slippery roads, spitting snow and a single-digit windchill might deter people from driving up the gravel lane to a groundbreaking ceremony. But as one of her board members put it, dedication knows no season. “We have done everything that we can do to get to this point, and we aren’t […]
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Richland Gives 10th anniversary raises $800K+ for 90+ nonprofits
MANSFIELD — More than 1,600 individual Richland Gives donors helped raise $804,938 during the two-week-long donation drive. Richland Gives has raised nearly $4 million since 2015.
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News Man Weekly: ‘Giving Tuesday,’ Main Street update and Hillsdale in state title game
MANSFIELD — The 24th episode of the News Man Weekly podcast has dropped. In this week’s edition, Richland Source City Editor Carl Hunnell is joined by special guests from Skate Ohio and Mid-Ohio Youth Mentoring in honor of Giving Tuesday, a global day dedicated to generosity and giving back. Here in Richland County, we’ve got […]
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Celebrating a legacy: Bowersock honored by mayor for 25 years of Mansfield job creation
MANSFIELD — Tim Bowersock left his economic development job with the City of the Mansfield the same way he started. Helping to create local jobs. Bowersock, who officially retired last week, attended Mansfield City Council’s meeting on Wednesday to explain a pair of Community Reinvestment Area agreements on two projects near Mansfield Lahm Regional Airport. […]
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Wayfinders seeks funding help to relocate homeless shelter in Mansfield
MANSFIELD — Miles Parsons would like to find a larger home for the Wayfinders homeless shelter. The organization’s executive director made presentations about his plans on Wednesday to the Richland County Land Bank in the afternoon and to Mansfield City Council in the evening. The proposal to relocate the shelter, formerly known as Harmony House, […]
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Downtown living: Local developer gets $250K grant to transform former grocery
MANSFIELD — Famico Williams recalls growing up on the north side of Mansfield, stopping at Webb’s Grocery Store for candy on his way home from elementary school. He knows those days are gone. But the childhood memories of a building likely built in the 1890s remain strong in his heart and mind. And the idea […]
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Women’s Fund continues its support to improve childcare
MANSFIELD – The Women’s Fund of the Richland County Foundation awarded $71,216 in grants and announced the JoAnn Dutton Award honoree during a recent luncheon. For the sixth year in a row, the Women’s Fund awarded a grant to make quality childcare affordable and accessible to women in Richland County. This year’s $25,000 grant went […]
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Closed for remodeling: Mansfield City Council moves one floor down for meetings
MANSFIELD — Don’t come to council chambers Tuesday if you want to attend the Mansfield City Council meeting. Because it won’t be on Tuesday, since City Council doesn’t meet on Election Day, opting instead to meet on Wednesdays that week. And it also won’t be in council chambers. A long-anticipated remodeling of council chambers by […]