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Click here to view OSU Extension - Community Development’s Spring 2013 issue of the CD Quarterly News. This issue features:
CD Professionals: Spotlight on Local Foods
CD Involvement in OSUE's Local Foods Signature Program
Program Overview
Program Spotlights:
Cuyahoga County
Farm to School Conference
New 4-H Project
Food Deserts Research
Spring Events
New CD Fact Sheets (Group Problem Solving Process - CDFS-13-13)
Event...
On April 8, Ohio State University OARDC and Extension collaborated to organize a Bio-Energy Workshop at the OSU South Centers at Piketon. In total, 38 participants from around Ohio traveled to the South Centers Campus to learn about opportunities for growing bioenergy crops in Ohio, energy policies that impact this activity, and potential markets for biomass. Following lunch, Rafiq Islam, soil, water and bioenergy specialist, guided participants on a walking tour of bio-energy crops on the...
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During the OSU Extension Annual Conference on December 5, 2012, Myra Moss became the first recipient of the OSU Extension Excellence in Community Development Award. The award recognizes an OSU Extension Community Development professional for significant programmatic strengths, major contributions, and innovative approaches achieved over the course of their Extension career with a $1000 cash award. The awardee’s accomplishments must have value beyond their assigned work location; they...
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The Ohio Land Use Conference (Linking Land Use and the Economy: our land, our water, our quality of life), sponsored in part by OSU Extension Community Development, was held on Friday, January 11, 2013, at the Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center on the OSU campus in Columbus. Keynote speaker was Scott Bernstein, President and Co-Founder of the Center for Neighborhood Technology, Chicago. Plenary speaker was Carson Bise, Principal of Tischler-Bise of Bethesda, Maryland. Afternoon sessions...
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OSU Extension presented a Renewable Wind Energy program on October 4 in Van Wert for the U.S. Green Building Council NE Indiana Branch. OSU Extension Community Development professionals Nancy Bowen (Field Specialist, Community Economics), Myra Moss (Extension Educator), and Eric Romich (Field Specialist, Energy Development) conducted a two-hour combined tour of the Blue Creek Wind Farm and workshop for 35 individuals. The main focus of the workshop was to provide participants information on...
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Beginning July 2012, Energize Ohio became a new OSU Extension Signature Program. Signature programs focus on Ohio's most critical issues and demonstrate significant impacts. The Energize Ohio curriculum has two primary initiatives, including large scale renewable energy development (wind and solar) and shale gas development. The program team members also seek to expand the curriculum to include additional energy topics, such as energy efficiency and bio-energy. Program outcomes include:...
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The Ohio Clean Marinas Program (OCMP) is a proactive partnership designed to encourage marinas and boaters to use simple, innovative solutions to keep Ohio's coastal and inland waterway resources clean. The program assists the operators in protecting the resources that provide their livelihood - clean water and fresh air.The basic goal of the program is environmental stewardship by making marinas and boaters more aware of environmental laws, rules and jurisdictions, and to get as many...
The Moms-2-Be (M2B) Program is a unique program designed to help pregnant women have a healthy pregnancy, delivery, and baby! This program is for women who live in Weinland Park (43201) or on the near Eastside of Columbus (43203). M2B meets once a week from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. on Tuesdays at Poindexter Village, 240 N. Champion Avenue, Columbus, OH 43203 and on Wednesdays at Grace Baptist Church, 1182 N. 6th Street, Columbus, OH 43201.
Contact: Susan Colbert
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The 31st Annual Ohio Charter Captains Conference was held on March 3 at the Cedar Point Conference Center, BGSU-Firelands Campus in Huron.Click here to view the informational brochure, which includes the agenda.
Information learned at last year's annual event resulted in improved business operations for nearly nine out of every ten conference participants.
Contact: Tory Gabriel
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Several projects have been completed with funds secured by OSU Extension - Washington County through the generous sponsorship of the Marietta and Belpre Area Community Foundations. These projects directly impact a majority of the residents in Washington County.
Enabling communities to be better positioned to sustain their services is an ongoing challenge, and one such project addressed this issue.Creating a kitchen/community room (pictured) in their...
