Valley Township seeking funding for park
Staff report
LUCASVILLE The Valley Township Trustees are preparing to submit a grant application to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Nature Works Program seeking funds for the first phase of a multi-phase, multi-year project to develop a community park in Lucasville.
Discussions of a park have occurred several times throughout the years, but it has not come to fruition. Lucasville is one of the only communities in Scioto County without a park and calls for development of a park have been revived led by community groups with support by the Trustees.
Talks of a park were most recently presented to the Valley Township Trustees in October-2020, and during multiple meetings over the last several months since, by a community betterment non-profit group, Growing Lucasville Opportunities. GLO, as the group is known, was formed in 2020 with the mission of promoting initiatives and projects which will improve the quality of life for the r