Slavic Village Development Wins $5,000 Community Impact Award
The Slavic Village Development project that helped preserve
Mill Creek Falls in the Warner Road-Turney Road neighborhood has earned a $5,000
Community Impact Award, an award co-sponsored by Dominion East Ohio and Inside
Business magazine.
In the eighth annual award competition, Dominion awarded $50,000
to seven winners selected by a panel of judges from 65 entries submitted by
organizations throughout northeast Ohio. The award recognizes cities or groups
that have made an impact in the community. Grant funds come from the Dominion
Foundation.
The Mill Creek Falls Overlook, Trail and History Center, includes
a new park and trail leading into the Metroparks, as well as a two-tiered observation
deck overlooking the 48-foot falls. The Brilla House, damaged from more than
a decade of disuse, has been fully renovated and hosts a variety of permanent
and rotating exhibits that tell the history of immigration and industrialization
in the area. Vegetation, trees and renovated buildings now surround the waterfalls
area, which has created new business development opportunities in the adjacent
commercial district.
"We support the outstanding efforts of all the people
involved in these award-winning projects," said Jay L. Johnson, president
and chief executive officer. "Their work goes a long way in revitalizing
our communities and making them better places in which to live, work and play."
Other Community Impact Award winners include:
The Community Hall Foundation's massive renovation
project that restored the Akron Civic Theatre to its days of old;
Ohio City Near West Development Corporation for
its massive renovation and redevelopment of the former Fries and Schuele building
in Ohio City, which now includes a market and apartments;
Youngstown Warren Regional Chamber Foundation for
an ongoing continued commitment towards building the infrastructure in the
region through Grow Mahoning Valley;
ParkWorks, for its beautification project at Orchard
School Community Park;
Stark County Regional Planning, for the StockPile
program, which helps needy families with funding and supplies for emergency
repairs to their homes; and
Common Wealth Inc., for Sycamore Place, an apartment
complex for seniors in Campbell.
Dominion has a diversified and integrated energy portfolio
consisting of about 24,000 megawatts of generation. Dominion also serves more
than 3.8 million franchise natural gas and electric customers in five states.
For more information about Dominion, visit the company's Web site at www.dom.com.
