Volume 60--- Issue 1

Stark County Regional Planning Commission Changes Meeting Time

The monthly RPC Commission meeting will now begin at 7:00 PM.

Stark County Regional Planning Commission's

Annual Dinner

The Stark County Regional Planning Commission (SCRPC) will be holding its Annual Dinner on Wednesday, March 15, 2023 at Arrowhead Golf and Event Center and all local officials and residents

are encouraged to attend. A cash bar will open at 6:00 p.m. with dinner following at 7:00 p.m.

This year's guest speaker will be Stark Parks Executive Director, Dan Moeglin. The focus of his presentation will be "A Stark Parks Update."

Plan now to attend. Invitations will be sent out in the next couple of weeks. Registration deadline

is March 8th. The cost per person is $35. For additional information or to register, please call

330-451-7405 or email mrwatkins@starkcountyohio.gov.

Stark County Land Bank

Recently Awarded $1,001,231

in Grant Funding for Demolition

In late October Governor DeWine’s office announced 825 demolition projects across 30 counties that were approved

for funding under a new program called the Building Demolition & Site Revitalization Program (BDSR). The program is administered by the Ohio Department of Development and was created to provide funding for demolition of commercial and residential buildings and the revitalization of surrounding properties. Within Substitute House Bill 110, approximately $150 million has been allocated for demolition and revitalization projects for the BDSR program. The 825 projects announced were approved for just over $37.2 million of the available funding.

Stormwater Update

The theme for Stark County's Stormwater Education Program this year is

"A Wish for a Fish is Not to Swim with Rubbish."

The Public Involvement/Public Education (P.I.P.E.) Committee has decided to do several of the same successful activities as in the past. There will be

a Coloring/Billboard Contest for grades K-5, a booth at the Stark County Home & Garden Show, a radio advertising campaign, a new brochure, the Nimishillen Creek LEAP

(Litter, Elimination, Awareness, and Prevention) CleanUp, workshops, and presentations as requested.

For more information, contact Malia Burgasser at 330-451-7405 or visit our website at www.rpc.starkcountyohio.gov.

Need help with home repairs? 

The Stark County Regional Planning Commission has programs that may be able to help.

Full Housing Rehab Program – A 50% deferred loan/50% grant program for qualified applicants that helps provide decent, safe and sanitary housing by bringing homes up to Stark County minimum code.

Emergency Housing Rehab Program – A grant program for qualified applicants to help with an emergency situation that poses a threat to the health and safety of the occupant(s), such as no heat or water to the home.

Handicap Accessibility Rehab Program – A grant program to help qualified applicants with permanent physical disabilities make their home handicap accessible.

Sanitary Sewer Connection/Septic Improvement Program – A deferred loan program

for qualified applicants for connection to the Stark County Sanitary Sewer system (where available)

or for repair or replacement of septic systems where sanitary sewer does not exist.

For more information contact Jill Ross at 330-451-7399 or visit our website at www.rpc.starkcountyohio.gov

Wrapping Up 2022

Every December, the RPC staff "adopts" a family through A Community Christmas of Stark County. We are able to provide assistance to those in need by fulfilling a family's wish list for the holidays. At lunch time, we have a pizza party and wrap all of the presents. Staff donates money and requested items to a Stark County family to help make the season a little brighter.

Stark County Regional Planning Commission

201- 3rd St. NE, Suite 201

Canton, Ohio 44702

330-451-7389

President: Galen Stoll

Executive Director: Robert Nau