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America in Bloom award results announced
Top honors for the 2022 America in Bloom National Awards Program were announced at the annual symposium and awards celebration held in St . Louis Sept . 29 through Oct . 1 .
Coshocton was the winner of the Best Use of Containers in the Landscape Award . Additionally , Coshocton was the winner of the 11,000-14,000 Population Category Award . Other communities in this population category were Escanaba , Michigan ; Lawrenceburg , Kentucky ; Plover , Wisconsin ; and Swansea , Illinois .
Coshocton received special recognition for its flowers from its advisors . Leslie Pittenger and Linda Cromer , AIB advisors , spent two days in the summer touring the community and meeting
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municipal officials , residents and volunteers .
All participants were evaluated on seven criteria : community vitality , overall impression , environmental efforts , heritage celebration , urban forestry , landscaped areas and flowers . America in Bloom is the only national awards program that sends specially trained advisors to personally visit participants . In addition , each participant receives a written evaluation that can be used as a guide to
Winners honored at council
By Tara Gracyk
At the Sept . 26 city council meeting , Mayor Mark Mills expressed congratulations to all of the winners of the annual chamber dinner . He specifically recognized Bob Bigrig , who won the Coshoctonian of the Year award , and public works assistant Angie Williamson , who was named Employee of the Year .
Mills told residents if they have an issue in their neighborhood , contact the sheriff ’ s office . Mills
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said the contract between the City of Coshocton and the Coshocton County Sheriff ’ s Office makes the sheriff ’ s office the entity in charge of law enforcement . Residents also are encouraged to be willing to file a report if necessary when contacting the sheriff ’ s office regarding an issue in their neighborhood .
Mills concluded by reminding residents to follow traffic laws , slow down and be mindful of others when driving
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America in Bloom Executive Director Laura Kunkle said , “ America in Bloom is helping communities of all sizes achieve their potential . Every year our participants raise the bar , and the accomplishments and progress shown by this year ’ s group is remarkable . These are , without a doubt , some of the best places to live , work and visit . Congratulations to Coshocton for the excellent work making your community more beautiful and vibrant .”
To date , more than 280 communities from 43 states have participated in the program , and more than 22 million people have been touched by it . Registrations for the 2022 national awards program can be submitted until Feb . 28 . Eligible participants include towns , cities , college and university campuses , business districts , military installations , and recognized neighborhoods of large cities .
and to watch over their neighbors .
Safety Director Max Crown told residents to pay attention when going to the fair as some traffic patterns have changed from previous years .
In legislative news , city council passed Ordinance 45-22 , which authorizes the service director to enter into an agreement to extend the lease with the Coshocton Alternative School for the leasing of the former armory building gymnasium .
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