Monday, November 26, 2012
City applying for $25,000 ODNR grant
City officials are hopeful to replace some of the trees and greenery removed for downtown construction via a grant from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Kent development officials plan to submit a grant application to the ODNR, which is offering grants to projects that promote restoration of urban tree canopies. Kent Community Development Department Director Bridget Susel said there is no local cash match required, and the city can request up to $25,000. "We can actually use it to replace tree canopy that’s been removed for economic development initiatives," Susel said. "And needless to say, we have done that." The application is due Nov. 30. The city has already started replacing some trees removed as part of the downtown …
Monday, February 27, 2012
State nature preserve managers hope to have new signage, kiosk in place by March 10 memorial service.
- THE NEIGHBORHOOD FILES
- Kasha Legeza
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Monday, February 27, 2012
Alice Vars believes her late husband, Dr. Gordon Vars, would be mildly embarrassed – yet “humbly pleased” – that the half-mile long boardwalk winding through the Tom S. Cooperrider Kent Bog State Nature Preserve is being named in his honor. Dr. Vars, 88, died Jan. 31 after being hit by a car outside his Fairchild Avenue home. Within two days of Vars’ death, Kent resident Sally Burnell wrote a letter to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources – which owns and manages the bog – suggesting the walkway “be named in his honor to commemorate his years of passionate devotion to protecting it.” Much to Burnell’s surprise her letter was quickly forwarded to six-year preserve manager Charlotte McCurdy, who loved the idea. She immediately set plans …
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Public invited to 6:45 p.m. event at Kent Free Library to plan campaign to ban fracking.
- THE NEIGHBORHOOD FILES
- Kasha Legeza
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Thursday, February 23, 2012
A meeting to plan a campaign to ban hydraulic fracturing in Kent will be held at 6:45 tonight at the Kent Free Library. George Sosebee, a former Kent resident who is one of the meeting organizers, said the gathering is sponsored by several local grassroots organizations, including Concerned Citizens Ohio. Those attending the meeting, he said, "will plan how to educate themselves and others about banning fracking and, more important, about returning local control to local people." "Right now, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources decides what happens to Kent lands. No one voted for those officials. Why should they be able to choose for people of this area? People from Kent want Kent to have the chance to decide for themselves," Sosebee …
Wilburforce
8:05 am on Tuesday, January 29, 2013
I don't think the replanting of trees is any less important then education. I also think a cop or two downtown on Friday and Saturday nite ( walking ) is a good idea, with the small tax on alcohol licenses earmarked for the extra security. more ›