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VW Forward: Renovations could begin in early August

VW Forward: Renovations could begin in early August
This map shows the three areas (in dark pink) included in Phase 1 of the Van Wert Forward downtown development project.
DAVE MOSIER/
independent editor
The Van Wert Forward downtown development project is still… um… moving forward, with the exciting news that major work is tentatively set to begin on buildings in Phase 1 this August.
On Friday, those Van Wert County Foundation (VWCF) staff members actively working on the downtown project Executive Secretary Seth Baker, Development Manager Amanda Miller, and Property Manager Hall Block sat down to talk about various aspects of the work, including what has occurred and what is likely to occur in the relatively near future. ....

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VW Council holds discussion on city's financial situation « The VW independent

DAVE MOSIER/
independent editor
Van Wert officials discussed the city’s financial position, while Mayor Ken Markward honored the Division IV state champion Van Wert High School football team with a proclamation during Monday’s Van Wert City Council meeting.
Van Wert Mayor Ken Markward (left) presents VWHS Head Football Coach Keith Recker with a proclamation honoring his team’s winning the 2020 Division IV state championship.
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City Auditor Martha Balyeat noted that, with income tax revenues down 3.5 percent (nearly 8 percent down from 2019 projections that estimated a 4 percent increase in revenues) because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the city is hurting, but the receipt of several hundred thousand dollars in CARES Act funding will help the bottom line especially since the requirements were loosened on those funds to allow the city to use them for salaries, as well as other expenses. ....

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