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Two new grants will help create pride in neighborhoods, city
EDITOR S NOTE: The Times Recorder will produce a series of Zanesville 2021 stories looking at the challenges facing the city of Zanesville this year and what is being done to overcome them.
ZANESVILLE - The city of Zanesville has announced a pilot program for a pair of grant opportunities to raise community spirit, and make the city a more attractive place to live.
The two programs, administered and funded by the city s community development department, provide funds for community activities and for external improvements to owner-occupied structures.
The Community Grant Program is designed to facilitate neighborhood programs, and civic engagement events. The city s Community Development Director Matt Schley used the old 8th Ward Reunion as an example.
City departments discuss projects and budgets
$19 million budget will be presented to council Monday
The entire $19.2 million budget will come before council on Monday.
The city s community development department hopes to initiate several new programs this year, including neighborhood improvement grants, downtown historic district repair grants and community events and programming grants.
Community Development Director Matt Schley said much of the City Redevelopment Fund would go to major projects, including the creation of Confluence Park along the Licking River near the Y Bridge. The fund will have a budget of $1.5 million this year, with the vast majority of it coming from grants. The department s administration fund, the cost to run the department and its programs, is $341,635.
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Body Identified as Missing Man
Authorities confirm a body found in a local park was a
missing Zanesville man.
Zanesville Police Chief Tony Coury says the body discovered
in January at Chaps Run Park was 32-year-old Justen Titman.
The identity of the body was confirmed through DNA
analysis, but a cause of death has yet to be determined.
“We are anticipating that we can still continue with
our investigation. We still have some leads to follow up on and hopefully we
can get some closure to this investigation, not only for our purposes, but for
the family’s purposes,” said Chief Coury.
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Chief Coury: Human Remains Confirmed at Chaps Run Park/State Lab to Continue Investigation
Zanesville Police Chief Tony Coury says the discovery in Chaps Run Park was confirmed to be human remains. He says officers were called to the scene Friday after a passerby found what appeared to be a body. Chief Coury says he then called for the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Identification to help with the case. Coury informed BCI agents on the scene of two missing persons in the city and that could aid in the identification process. Coury says it may take a week or two before BCI agents perform a DNA test in an effort to confirm an identity. Chaps Run Park is in the 1200 block of Ridge Avenue.