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Historic photo compiled by Art Smith
The Historic Harmar Bridge has a storied, more than 150-year history, with its first iteration across the Muskingum River open to pedestrians and those traveling by horse and buggy.
The trajectory toward solvency continued Tuesday for the Historic Harmar Bridge Company, with internal controls for financial accounting and federal nonprofit standing discussed in the group’s monthly board meeting.
Board Director Charlotte Keim, a Marietta real estate agent and past CEO and president of the Marietta Area Chamber of Commerce, introduced suggested protocols and safety checks to restore public and government trust in the group which lapsed in its nonprofit 501(c)3 status with the Internal Revenue Service both in 2013 and 2018.
Photo by Janelle Patterson
Busy Bee Restaurant owner Larry Sloter was named Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Historic Harmar Bridge Company on Tuesday in the latest course correction to refurbish the privately-owned historic landmark used and beloved of the public.
“We’ve got the people in place with our current board and our current committees that man I’m excited about what the next six months are going to bring– let alone what the next two years are going to bring,” said Sloter, 41, of Devola. “I wouldn’t be doing this if I was not positive that we can pull it off and I wouldn’t have accepted the chairman position if we weren’t on the path to having all of the previous issues corrected. So I’m confident that everything is going in the right direction.”