MWCD Board of Directors Announces New Executive Director
The Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District (MWCD) Board of Directors is pleased to announce their appointment of Craig W. Butler as the organization’s next Executive Director. Butler will begin his duties with the MWCD on May 1, 2020. Butler will replace John M. Hoopingarner, current MWCD Executive Director. Hoopingarner will retire on May 29, 2020, after more than 30 years of service to the MWCD. Butler currently serves as the Executive Director of the Power Siting Board for the Public Utilities
Horizon Establishes Fiber Connectivity to Equinix Data Center in Chicago
Horizon, a regional fiber broadband company based in Ohio, has announced a new connection to the Equinix Data Center on Cermak Road in Chicago, IL, a major Internet on-ramp hub for the Midwest. By connecting the Horizon network backbone to the data center on Cermak Road, customers can now get Horizon leading-edge Ethernet and IP services up to 10 Gbps between Chicago and Columbus. “We have already contracted to connect two global companies that reach over 180 countries from the Cermak location into
First Federal Announces 8th Office & Financial Education Center
First Federal Community Bank is pleased to announce plans to begin construction this spring on the First Federal Financial Education & Operations Center to be located at the corner of North Wooster Ave. and West Ohio Ave. in the north end of Dover. The campus will include our 8th banking facility, office space for bank operations, and a large space to accommodate bank and community financial education, professional development, and training events. We’re also planning to have available two additional
Muskingum Watershed Conservancy Foundation Mini-Grant Applications Now Open
Applications for the 2020 Muskingum Watershed Conservancy Foundation Mini Grant Program are now available. The Mini Grant Program is open to the thirteen youth camps along Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District lakes and funds programs and projects supporting recreation, natural resource conservation, and outdoor and environmental education. "2020 will be the fifth year of the Mini Grant Program," said Foundation Board of Trustees Chairman Jim Schoch. "The program helps support the great work the youth
