Grove City Messenger - March 7th, 2021

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Demorest Road
receives funding
A total of $27.4 million in funding is
being recommended for 13 projects in
Franklin County by the District 3 Public
Works Integrating Committee. The communities
requested funding through a
state capital improvement program and a
local transportation improvement program.
The programs are administered by the
Ohio Public Works Commission and provide
financial assistance to local communities
for the improvement of their basic
infrastructure systems.
“The Ohio Public Works Commission
continues to be an important component in
financing road, bridge, sanitary sewer and
sidewalk construction throughout
Franklin County,” said Franklin County
Engineer Cornell Robertson, who chairs
the District 3 Public Works Integrating
Committee. “With this year’s awards,
many important infrastructure improvements
for a variety of local agencies will
receive grants and loans necessary to construct
these projects.”
Eligible projects include improvements
to roads, bridges, culverts, water supply
systems, wastewater systems, storm water
collection systems and solid waste disposal
facilities. County, city, village, township
and other infrastructure districts located
in Franklin County were eligible to apply.
The city of Grove City received an
award in the amount of $3.6 million for the
first phase of improvements on Demorest
Road. The estimated project cost is $5.8
million.
“This year, we received 20 applications
to maintain and improve roads, bridges,
water lines and sanitary sewers,” MORPC
Infrastructure Development Manager
Nathaniel Vogt said. “The projects receiving
funding assistance will address a variety
of local infrastructure needs in our
communities.”
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Barbara Whittington
Hometown stories
Grove City resident Barbara A. Whittington has released
her new book, “A Girl from Hometown, West Virginia” featuring
essays and poems.
A native of West Virginia, Whittington has resided in Grove
City for many years. This collection of essays and poems dates
from the author’s first essay published in The Cleveland Plain
Dealer to her more recent essays, including “In My Mind I’m
Always Going Home,” “The Good Life,” and “Dr. Oz is in My
Purse.” Her essays are thought-provoking, reflective, and often
humorous.
Early on through their correspondence, the humorist Erma
Bombeck encouraged Whittington to write. A tribute to the
author appears in this collection. Whittington’s work is available
on Amazon in paperback and Kindle versions.
For more information, email the author barbwhitti@aol.com
with “stories” in the subject line.
Pictorial
Past
This is a picture of the intersection
of Stringtown Road
and State Route 104 in 1956.
For those familiar with this
intersection in Grove City, one
must recognize many differences
from now to 60 plus
years ago. Like several other
streets and roads from years
past, the city has several that
carry a higher volume of traffic
than ever before. The photos
and information in the Pictorial
Past are provided by Don Ivers,
curator of the Grove City
Welcome Center and Museum.