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2 • The Beacon February 26, 2020 New program designed to help Main Street 226 Main Street Coshocton, Ohio 43812 Phone: [phone] Fax: [phone] OFFICE HOURS Monday - Friday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM NEWS/EDITORIAL DEADLINE THURSDAY AT NOON PROOF/AUCTION AD DEADLINE THURSDAY AT NOON DISPLAY AD DEADLINE FRIDAY AT NOON Call 220-201-9679 CLASSIFIED AD DEADLINE FRIDAY AT 11 AM Call 740-622-4237 All deadlines subject to change for holidays. PUBLISHER’S STATEMENT THE COSHOCTON COUNTY BEACON is published weekly by AloNovus Corp., 226 Main Street, Coshocton, OH 43812. All rights reserved by AloNovus Corp. AloNovus Corp. does not necessarily support the opinion of writers. Mailed at Periodicals Postage Pricing Permit No. 25408 at Coshocton, OH, 43812. Postmaster, send address changes to The Coshocton County Beacon, 226 Main Street, Coshocton, OH 43812. Address changes may be sent via email to addresschange@ coshoctoncountybeacon.com. To request free in-county delivery of The Coshocton County Beacon, visit our office at 226 Main Street in Towne Centre, Coshocton to fill out a requestor card. You can also request free in-county delivery of The Beacon online at www.iwantmybeacon.com. 460 Downtowner Plaza • Coshocton • 740-622-6855 PUBLISHER [email protected] Call for Show Times! 740-622-3456 (film) Now Showing: Sonic The Hedgehog (PG) Now Showing: The Call of the Wild (PG) JOSIE SELLERS EDITOR [email protected] TUESDAY IS “MATINEE ALL DAY!” NANCY FORTUNE CIRCULATION [email protected] The Beacon is published by AloNovus Corp. © Copyright 2020 local partner: Cambridge Mai n St re et , O u r Tow n Coshocton and Project For- ward, respectively. “We are excited to work with our state and local part- ners in Ohio to help grow and sustain entrepreneurial growth on Main Street,” said Matthew Wager, Ph.D., vice president of revitaliza- tion programs at MSA. “For 40 years we have demon- strated the impact of our work in downtown across the countr y and now are excited to incorporate our place-based approach to cultivating and supporting entrepreneurs in Appala- chian Ohio.” Through a combination of assessments, strategy identification, asset map- ping, trainings and research, Ohio Entrepreneurs offers a pla c e - ba s e d , t a i lor e d a p p r o a c h , fo c u s i n g o n each community’s needs, strengths and unique market position to determine strate- gies and implementation plans. Ohio Entrepreneurs also will focus on research and case study development, Shelby Theatres MARK FORTUNE Follow us on Facebook Main Street America and Heritage Ohio are launching Ohio Entrepreneurs: Sup- porting Place-Based Small Business Development on Main Street, a new state- wide program focused on entrepreneurship in main streets in Appalachian Ohio. Ohio Entrepreneurs is made possible through sup- port from PNC Bank, the Marion Ewing Kauffman Foundation and the Bass Center for Transformative Placemaking at the Brook- ings Institution. Over the next three years (2020-22), MSA, Heritage Ohio and other par t ners w ill help local com mu- nity leaders in three Ohio Appalachian communities (Cambridge, Coshocton and Martins Ferry) to develop and sustain new entrepre- neurial growth through an informed market and place- based approach that focuses on implementation through local capacity building and cultivating a local entrepre- neurial culture. In each of the three com- munities, MSA and Heri- tage Ohio will work with a BF-00474638 File Main Street America and Heritage Ohio are launching Ohio Entre- preneurs: Supporting Place-Based Small Business Development on Main Street. tracking the effectiveness of the place-based approach in the three pilot communities, as well as what successes might be adapted in other main street communities. Joyce Bar ret t, execu- tive director at Heritage Ohio, said she is looking forward to working more closely with the National Main Street Center here in Ohio. “What is going to be interesting about this project is that these three communities have partici- pated at different levels in the program. Moving for- ward will require different approaches,” she said. Ohio Ent repreneu rs will help local communi- ty leaders to the resources and expertise of a variety of statewide and national partners including the Ohio Mid-Eastern Governments Association, the Ohio Gov- ernor’s Office of Appala- chia, CO. STARTERS and more. “This is an incredible opportunity for our com- munity to benefit from the experience and resources of the National Main Street Center and Heritage Ohio. We are very fortunate to be one of the three com- munities chosen to partici- pate in this program. Our Town Coshocton’s board of directors is excited and anxious to begin this three- year project,” said Tom Bar- croft, president of Our Town Coshocton. Ohio Entrepreneurs will start with onsite visits in each of the three commu- nities in late winter/early spring 2020. To le a r n m o r e a b o u t Our Town Coshocton, visit www.ourtowncoshocton. org. Rotary honors Griffith Lindsay G r iff ith, daughter of David Griffith and Sharon Dunn, was named the West Lafayette Rotary Student of the Month for January 2020. Griffith, a Ridgewood junior, is a mem- ber of the volleyball and softball teams. She is involved in all of the art classes and is a member of the Art Club. Other school activi- ties include the National Honor Society, FFA and the Foreign Language Club. Community activities have her volunteering with the Red Cross lifeguard training, working the little farmers’ zone area at the fair and her church. Griffith named her teacher, Mrs. Wells, as one who has contributed much to her self- development. Wells is an excellent role model who is polite, respects each student and is kind to all. The experience that gives her the great- est satisfaction is reaching out to help others. File Lindsay Griffith, daughter of David Griffith and Sharon Dunn, was named the West Lafayette Rotary Student of the Month for January 2020.