COLUMBUS, OH -- The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) will present Mansfield Mayor Lydia Reid and other local officials with a $10,000 check on Tuesday, January 30, to initiate a new litter prevention and education program for the city. Presentation will take place at 11 a.m. in the ninth floor conference room of the Mansfield Municipal Building, 30 N. Diamond St.
Mansfield is one of six Ohio communities chosen to pilot "Take Pride, Ohio!," a statewide litter prevention and revitalization program coordinated by the ODNR Division of Recycling & Litter Prevention. During the next year, each community will create an individual, comprehensive litter prevention and education program to serve its citizens. These programs will involve a combination of litter prevention, volunteerism and economic revitalization to assist in the cleanup of blighted areas.
"'Take Pride, Ohio!' pilot communities will help ODNR design a sustainable litter prevention program that can be adapted for any other Ohio community whether it be rural or urban," said Mike Canfield, chief of the Division of Recycling & Litter Prevention. "We're looking forward to sharing this valuable information with the state's local recycling and litter prevention programs next year."
In addition to Mansfield, other communities and counties tapped for "Take Pride, Ohio!" litter prevention and education activities during the year are Allen County, Butler County/City of Hamilton, Guernsey County, Montgomery County and Washington County.