MANSFIELD — Many recent improvements in downtown Mansfield can be traced to Austin, Texas. That’s where the origins were born for ideas found in Mansfield Rising, at the annual South by Southwest Conference (SXSW) in 2018, attended by 15 local residents. Six years later, a second group is ready to help the Mansfield Rising plan […]
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Third Street to expand Shelby health center, other outreach programs
SHELBY — Third Street Family Health Services is expanding services at its Shelby Health and Wellness Center as well as school-based centers.
Posted inSolutions
A decade of debates: Shelby explores dry dams, files joint ditch petition
Representatives from Shelby and Richland County have been exploring solutions to mitigate flooding for more than a decade.
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Watson to become new president of Richland County Foundation
MANSFIELD — Brady Groves has announced his retirement as president of the Richland County Foundation after serving 13 years in that position. The RCF Board of Trustees has appointed Senior Community Investment Officer Allie Watson as the incoming president at the organization. By leading the Foundation to transition from responsive to proactive grantmaking, Groves showed […]
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Richland County Foundation opens scholarship application early
MANSFIELD – The Richland County Foundation will open its college scholarship application on Dec. 18, which is two weeks earlier than previous years. “We hope students will take advantage of the earlier date to complete the application over the holiday break in December,” said Community Investment Officer Siera Marth-May. Richland County Foundation offers scholarships to […]
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Richland County Foundation funds housing projects
MANSFIELD – The Richland County Foundation Board of Trustees approved $1,527,817 in grants to nonprofit organizations during its December meeting. Projects at area nonprofit organizations that received grants from a combination of unrestricted, and field of interest funds include: Area Agency on Aging A grant was awarded to the Area Agency on Aging for increased […]
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New murals show “Books Move Your Imagination” at Mansfield Library
MANSFIELD – New public artworks in downtown Mansfield are just the story’s beginning. Located across from the Main Library and the Chamber of Commerce, three murals by local artists illustrate how “Books Move Your Imagination.” “Once Upon a Library” by artist Allison Pence, transforms the large bus garage doors into two big bookcases full of […]
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Destination Mansfield-Richland County work is force multiplier, says Tasseff
MANSFIELD — The work done at Destination Mansfield-Richland County is a force multiplier, according to Lee Tasseff, the organization’s long-time president. “Tourism is a shared, public good. What we do affects not just us and restaurants and hotels and attractions — that’s just the conduit for the money to come in that makes its way […]
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Richland Gives raises $514K for 100+ nonprofits
MANSFIELD — Two thousand individual donors helped raise $514,386 during the two-week-long Richland Gives donation drive.
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Generous donors help Richland Gives raise more than $500K
MANSFIELD – Richland Gives, an online giving event hosted by the Richland County Foundation, raised $514,386 via 2,000 donors to benefit 106 Richland County nonprofit organizations. Since its inception in 2015, Richland Gives has raised almost $3 million. Richland Gives is designed to encourage people to contribute to local nonprofits they care about through a […]