Coshocton County awarded 6.7 million dollars
Coshocton County was awarded 6.7 million dollars by Governor Mike DeWine, Lt. Governor Jon Husted, Governor’s Office of Appalachia Director, John Carey, and Ohio Department of Development Director Lydia Mihalik. These monies are a funding of the Appalachian Community Grant Program.
The Commissioners’ Office worked collaboratively with the City of Coshocton, The Coshocton Port Authority, CDC of Ohio, and OMEGA to plan and review multiple transformational projects over the course of 18 months. Together they created an application to help revitalize and transform Coshocton.
This application included plans to grow and improve many projects. Some of which include The City of Coshocton’s Main Street Revitalization, Skip’s Landing, The former Past Time Theatre on Main Street, and several others. While all of these were included in the application, the funds that were awarded were targeted for Skip’s Landing.
The County of Coshocton will make infrastructure improvements at the Skip’s Landing riverfront site, including lighting, multi-use paths, expanded parking, relocation of the boat ramp, a nature walk, green space, a permanent structure for the Farmer’s Market, and a play area.
The entire community of Coshocton is beyond grateful to be receiving this funding. These transformations would not be possible without these grant programs and collaborative efforts of both public and private parties.
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