2020 Accomplishments

**We are actively working to complete projects even though 2020 is trying to hold us back!! **

• Provided the $11,000 match for the $45,000 ODNR Nature Works the Village was awarded for the construction of the Buchert Park Walking Trail Part 2.

• 3 new benches purchased through donations for the Business District

• Voted to donate $5,000 to the Village of Mantua towards the widening of Orchard Street

• Printed signs for the Mini Park in the Village to remind the community to follow COVID 19 safety procedures while using the Mini Park facilities.

• Voted $1,750 to create a mural on Main Street on the side of the old K&K Meats building.

• Provided funds to the Village for hanging baskets and Flowers on the River baskets.

• Planted flowers in the Mini Park in May

• Planted flower baskets in the Greenspace in June

• Mural completed in June 2020

• Maintained and watered Mini Park and Greenspace flowers throughout the summer.

• Invited 50 local small businesses to apply for a DMRC Small Business Grant to improve their visibility in the village following the Corona Virus Quarantine

• 12 x $400 Grants awarded to local small businesses during COVID19

• With Rotary Club of Mantua created a Community Pollinator Garden by the Headwaters Trail Bridge

• With Rotary Club of Mantua, applied for and received a grant of 32 plants from the Sierra Club Ohio to use to create a second Pollinator Garden.

• Maintained the Mantua Village Kiosk by the Cuyahoga Bridge on the Headwaters Trail.

• Saw the completion of the Buchert Park Walking Trail Phase 2 in September.

2019 Accomplishments

• Buchert Park Walking Trail Phase 2 :ODNR NatureWorks Grant Application submitted by Mantua Village

• FRIENDS Campaign netted $7,000 in donations and 4 members

• Night at the Races April 6, 2019 hosted 225 guests and raised $5,541.17

• Spring Spruce Up Days 40 volunteers from Crestwood High School and 15 community and DMRC volunteers

• Mini Park Shade Sails erected in April 2019

• New Welcome to Mantua Banners purchased for the Business District

• DMRC funded half the hanging basket flowers in Mantua Village

• DMRC Volunteers watered Flowers on the Bridge over the summer weekends

• Mini Park landscaping by DMRC completed in May 2019

• $9,000 worth of tables, chairs and benches donated by DMRC and community members installed at the Mini Park and throughout the historic downtown.

• Hosted the X-tinguish Torch Celebration in remembrance of the Burning of the Cuyahoga River

• Dedicated and installed the Poetry Kiosk at the Mini Park which featured a poem written by students from Crestwood Schools.

• Art on the Hill and Wine Tasting on July 13, 2019 earned $14,000 for DMRC.

• DMRC-Rotary Club of Mantua Pierogi Booth at the Mantua Potato Festival September 8,9,10

• DMRC participated in the Potato Festival Parade on September 10, 2019

• Fall Spruce Up Day with 90 CHS students and 12 DMRC and Community Volunteers

• 500 pieces of candy handed  to Trick or Treaters on Halloween at Restoration 44 Coffee Shop

• Sponsored and hosted a Wine Social for Village, County and State officials in October at Restoration 44 Coffee Shop.  

• Contributed $5,000 towards the Orchard Street Widening Project

• Poetry Kiosk installed at the Mini Park with funds from the Dominion Energy Grant.

• Established a Liaison Committee to establish better communications with the Mayor’s office.

• Adopted a management system for projects to account for budgets, expenditures and volunteer hours.

2018 Accomplishments

• 2018 FRIENDS CAMPAIGN:  40 FRIENDS, Raised over $6,500

• 2018 REVERSE RAFFLE APRIL 7, 2018   200 Attendees, $4,000  

• QUILTS IN THE VILLAGE MAY 5, 2018 with Mantua Garden Club  67 quilts exhibited

• ART ON THE HILL AND WINE TASTING  JULY 14, 2018 55 vendors, $10,000

•  HEADWATERS TRAIL COLLABORATION--CONNECTING COMMUNITIES--Hosted 4 times in 2018

• HEADWATERS TRAIL RESURFACING matching funds $20,000

• Installed Historic Interpretive sign on HEADWATERS TRAIL

• Distributed 200 Commemorative Wristbands for the Buckeye Trail Dedication Ceremony on July 14, 2018

• Installed two Trail Town signs at village limits.

• $8000 to purchase 2 Benches, a Table, 4 chairs and a trash receptacle for the Mini Plaza

•  Removed brick planter in Mini Park and filled in with pressed concrete.

• Finalized plans for Mini Plaza Renovation

• Co-sponsored the PIEROGI BOOTH with the Rotary Club of Mantua at Potato Festival 

• Spring Spruce-Up day with CHS students:  90 students participated

• Fall Spruce Up Day with CHS students:  55 students participated

• 2018 DMRC Calendar featured 13 winning photographs of Mantua area.

• Participated in 3 webinars and 3 presentations by Heritage Ohio

• Mantua Pop-up Artists’ Market: featured 47 artists, offered 9 free art events, generated $9,000 revenue

• Saw completion of the Buchert Walking Trail in October 2018

• 6 new banners  purchased to highlight the recreational aspects  of Mantua Village

• Received a $1,799 Ohio Arts Council Grant to fund the Mantua Pop-Up Artists’ Market

• Received a $750 Portage Foundation Arts  Grant to support the Mantua Pop-Up Artists’ Market.

• Received $1000 Grant from Dominion Energy for Poetry Kiosk construction

• $100 for  purchase of Halloween Treat for Village Trick or Treaters 

• 3 Poetry Nights sponsored.

• Published a Community Events Calendar 

• Mantua Village became a BUCKEYE TRAIL TOWN, distributed 200 wrist bands