CHILLICOTHE When a group of homeowners became worried that an area nonprofit was going to split up their neighborhood, they organized a united movement against the project.
It was at the beginning of March when Nena Park, a preschool teacher and single mom, received a letter at her little house across the road from the former Tiffin Elementary School. Sent from a lawyer on behalf of Goodwill Industries, Park learned that they wanted to re-zone the entire 10-acre plot of land from Residential Zoning (R-3) to General Industrial Zoning (GI.)
At the time, she didn t know much about zoning codes, but the letter set off an alarm bell in Park s head. She spoke with her pastor, started to do some research, spoke with more locals and began an online petition called Don t Split Up the Neighborhood.