Where Great Things Happen • Ashtabula County Ohio Page 63 Page 64 Where Great Things Happen • Ashtabula County Ohio Where Great Things Happen • Ashtabula County Ohio Page 65 ASHTABULA COUNTY ARTS & CULTURE Ashtabula Area Orchestra In residence at Lakeside High School Performing Arts Center Sanborn Road, Ashtabula • ashtabulaorchestra.com Ashtabula Arts Center 2928 West 13th St., Ashtabula • 440-964-3396 • artscenternews.com Multi-arts facility featuring dance, theater, music and visual arts. Exhibit space, performance stages. Straw Hat Theater, summer performance series. Ashtabula County Choral Music Society accms.org Presents performances of choral works while providing local singers with artistic, educational and musical experience. Ashtabula County District Library 335 West 44th St., Ashtabula • 440-993-9341 • acdl.info Hosts authors and presentations throughout the year. The Conneaut Arts Center 1025 Buffalo St., Conneaut • 440-593-5888 • conneautartscenter.org Dance, visual arts, fitness, music and theater. Exhibit area, stage and outdoor performance gazebo. Harbor Playhouse Theatrical Co-op 341 Lake Ave., Ashtabula • harborplayhouse.org Community theatre for adults and children. Open mike nights, music performances. Kent State University-Ashtabula 3300 Lake Road West, Ashtabula • 440-964-3322 • ashtabula.kent.edu Public auditorium provides venue for film series, cultural events. Lakeside High School Performing Arts Center Sanborn Road, Ashtabula • aacs.net Public auditorium with pipe organ. Oak Room (Noble Art Entertainment) 5475 Lake Road E, Geneva-on-the-Lake • thelodgeatgeneva.com Interactive theater. 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Even low-level radionuclides and heavy metals had made their way into the Ashtabula River via the industrially polluted Fields Brook, a Superfund site. The International Joint Commission, in 1985, declared the lower Ashtabula River an Area of Concern. Industry responsible for the contamination rallied to voluntarily re- mediate both Fields Brook and the river through a collaboration known as the Ashtabula River Partnership (ARP). Frank R. Lichtkoppler of the Ohio State University, Ohio Sea Grant College Program, calls the partnership “a model for remedial action.” Still, when the partnership began to come together in January 1994, it was the first time that kind of approach had been used to develop a community-based solution to a complex pollution problem. The partner- ship included involvement from the State of Ohio, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Environmental Protection Agency, Ashtabula City Port Authority, and Ashtabula River Cooperation Group II, a group of private companies with operations in the affected area. The project cost $60 million and was funded, in part, by the Great Lakes Legacy Act (federal dollars), and the Cooperation Group II. Work- ers removed 25,000 pounds of hazardous contaminants from the river bottom. Embedded in nearly 700,000 cubic yards of sediment, the con- taminants are locked inside a landfill several miles from the lower river. The project wrapped up in May 2010, when students from the After School Discovery Program traveled to the once heavily-polluted river and assisted with the planting of native seedlings on a peninsula in the lower river. Photo: The Ashtabula River and inner harbor, once an Area of Concern, has been cleaned up thanks to a massive, cooperative effort that became a model for dealing with complex, heavily polluted sites. Proof of the water’s quality is found in the resurgence of various aquatic species. Where Great Things Happen • Ashtabula County Ohio Page 87 Page 88 Where Great Things Happen • Ashtabula County Ohio Where Great Things Happen • Ashtabula County Ohio Page 89 Where Great Things Happen • Ashtabula County Ohio Page 89 Page 90 Where Great Things Happen • Ashtabula County Ohio Where Great Things Happen • Ashtabula County Ohio Page 91 Where Great Things Happen • Ashtabula County Ohio Page 91 Page 3 Ashtabula authors: wikipedia.com Page 5 Page 14 Page 20 Williams Brothers, “1878 History of Ashtabula County,” 1976 reprint andovervillage.com rockcreekvillage.us Hatcher, Harlan, “The Western Reserve: The Story of New Con- Data source: 2010 Census and updates Data source: 2010 Census and updates necticut in Ohio,” Black Squirrel Books/The Kent State University Pymatuning Area Chamber of Commerce Rock Creek Area Chamber of Commerce Press, 1991 PO Box 503, Andover, Ohio 4403 • 440-293-5895 3043 East Water St., Rock Creek OH 44084 • 440-567-2325 Page 6 andoverohio.com [email protected] Marrison, David, and McConnell, Eric, Ohio State University Exten- Page 15 Feather, Carl E., “The Covered Bridges of Ashtabula County,” sion Fact Sheet, “Ashtabula County’s Forest Economy, F-98-13.” Genevaonthelakeorg History Press, 2014 Pages 8-9 Data source: 2010 Census and updates Page 21 cityofashtabula.com Tourism website: visitgenevaonthelake.com bridges2bula.com Data sources: 2010 Census; citydata.com Page 16 Lift Bridge Community Association Ashtabula Area Chamber of Commerce Jeffersonohio.us P.O. Box 3111, Ashtabula OH 44005-3111 4536 Main Ave., Ashtabula OH 44004 • 440-998-6998 Data source: 2010 Census and updates Mullen interview: lakeerieliving.com/Main/Articles/Destination_ ashtabulachamber.net Williams Brothers, “1878 History of Ashtabula County,” 1976 reprint Ashtabula_Harbor_699.aspx Page 10-11 Jefferson Area Chamber of Commerce Page 22 conneautohio.gov PO Box 100, Jefferson OH 4404-0100 • 440-576-0133 ashtabulatownship.com • austinburgtownship.com Data sources: 2010 Census; citydata.com jeffersonchamber.com genevatownshipohio.com • saybrooktownship.com Conneaut’s Grants to Fund Economic Development program: Page 17 Page 23 conneautohio.gov/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Economic- northkingsvilleohio.org ohiotownships.org Development-.pdf Data source: 2010 Census and updates Page 24 Conneaut Area Chamber of Commerce Page 18 Coveredbridgefestival.org • smolen.com 235 Main St., Conneaut OH 44030 • 440-593-2402 orwellvillage.com Feather, Carl E., “The Covered Bridges of Ashtabula County,” conneautchamber.info Orwell-Grand Valley Area Chamber of Commerce History Press, 2014 Pages 12-13 143 South Maple St., Orwell OH 44076 • 440-437-5688 Page 25 genevaohio.com orwellgv-chamber.com barnquiltsashtabulacounty.com History of Jewish farmers: ohiowines.org/cgi-bin/donnie_new. Data source: 2010 Census and updates Page 26 pl?20120929 Page 19 Ramblin Rose Alpaca Farm Data sources: 2010 Census; city.data.com roamingshoresoh.gov; roamingshores.org 6316 Root Road, Monroe Township (Conneaut) OH 44030 Geneva Area Chamber of Commerce Data source: 2010 Census and updates 440-594-1900 866 E. Main St., Geneva OH 44041 • 440-466-8694 Interview with Bob Cook ramblinrosealpacas.com genevachamber.org Page 34 Conneaut Telephone Company Page 40 Incentives and Financing Page 27 224 State St., Conneaut OH 44030 Growth Partnership for Ashtabula County The Shores Lifestyle Homes 888-566-7113 / 440-593-7119 • suite224.net 17 N. Market St., Jefferson OH 44047 • 440-576-9125 TheShoresAndMore.com • 440-599-1089 ashtabulawave.org • ashtabulacurrent.com ashtabulagrowth.com Page 28 Page 35 Ashtabula County 503 Corporation • 440-576-9138 Lake Erie Shore Erosion Management Plan (LESEMP) Northeast Ohio Regional Airport (HZY) Small Business Development Center • 440-576-9126 coastal.ohiodnr.gov/portals/coastal/pdfs/lesemp/ac/LESEMP_ PO Box 379, 2382 Airport Road, Jefferson OH 44047 Page 41 AC_Intro.pdf