Village
May 30, 2024

Village projects finalized ahead of funding requests

 

By Michael Williamson, Richwood Gazette

Following a series of conversations with Union County officials, Unionville Center and Richwood will receive the majority of attention for this year’s Community Development Block Grant funding.

Officials finalized project plans for state funding last week including holding the bid opening for work to be done in Unionville Center. The county received half a dozen bids ranging from $84,000 to $131,000 for a project with an estimated cost of $99,000.

Representatives from Community Development Consultants (CDC) of Ohio and Choice One Engineering were at the county commissioners meeting last week for the bid opening and second hearing for project plans that wil…

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