Chillicothe — Mayor Luke Feeney described the fast-paced plan funded by the federal “Appalachian Community Grant” to renovate Yoctangee Park in the “Annual Celebration Breakfast” of Greater Chillicothe & Ross County Development.
Economic development and community plans were the topics of seven speakers in the two-hour event at the Chillicothe County Club on December 11th.
In my previous stories on the event, I covered the message from local economic development director Tammy Eallonardo and keynote speaker Lydia Mihalik, Director of Ohio Development of Development – as well Ross County Commissioner Jack Everson’s description of a new “Comprehensive Plan” for the county that is starting up.
In his part of the annual economic event, Feeney spent 10 minutes outlining the plan for the large city park adjacent to the downtown.
He said the DeWine-Husted state administration really wanted to make an investment in Southern Ohio and Ohio’s part of Appalachia, and offered $500M. (Ross County …