{"id":117429,"date":"2019-05-07T08:17:53","date_gmt":"2019-05-07T13:17:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=117429"},"modified":"2019-05-08T07:43:44","modified_gmt":"2019-05-08T12:43:44","slug":"marsh-breaks-ground-on-new-15000-square-foot-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2019\/05\/07\/marsh-breaks-ground-on-new-15000-square-foot-facility\/","title":{"rendered":"Marsh breaks ground on new facility"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

SCOTT TRUXELL\/<\/strong>independent writer<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marsh Foundation officials broke ground Monday on the agency\u2019s new fitness and dining facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here is how the Marsh Foundation’s new fitness and dining facility will look on the outside and inside, once construction is complete in the summer of 2020. <\/strong>Fanning\/Howey graphics<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

During a brief ceremony attended by administrators, staff members, the Board of Trustees and Marsh students, Marsh Foundation Director of Education Robbie Breese shared details about the addition, which will be located behind the administration building on the Van Wert campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe building will be a 15,000-square-foot structure that will include a gymnasium, locker rooms, restrooms, a kitchen area, a dining area, staff offices, and storage areas,\u201d Breese explained. \u201cThe architecture of this new building will resemble the same style that you see across the campus on the exterior, with a more modern design on the interior.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe fitness center will be designed for weightlifting, cardio equipment, and a room for aerobic exercise,\u201d Breese added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Breese also noted the facility will help the Marsh Foundation achieve several goals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt will increase handicapped accessibility, provide better opportunities for our staff, expand services to our youth, create more flexible learning spaces, and increase the number of youth we serve,\u201d Breese said. \u201cThe building is designed for expansion, so we hope this is just the start of something bigger.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOnce we move the kitchen and the cafeteria to the new building, the plan involves renovation of the empty spaces in the basement of the business center.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Marsh Foundation Executive Secretary-Treasurer Jeff Grothouse acknowledged the legacy of the Marsh family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI believe it is appropriate to thank George, Hilinda, and Katie Marsh for their vision of The Marsh Foundation in the early 1900s,\u201d Grothouse said. \u201cIt is also appropriate to thank all past and present trustees for their wisdom, guidance, service, and stewardship to The Marsh Foundation. Their foresight and fiscal planning made this project possible.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grothouse also said occupancy is expected sometime in the summer of 2020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fanning Howey of Celina is the architect of the project, and Peterson Construction of Wapakoneta will build the facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Marsh Foundation is a not-for-profit children\u2019s services agency that provides services in a variety of settings. Services include group homes, family foster care, an intensive treatment program, adoption, and independent living services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent writer Marsh Foundation officials broke ground Monday on the agency\u2019s new fitness and dining facility. During a brief ceremony attended by administrators, staff members, the Board of Trustees and Marsh students, Marsh Foundation Director of Education Robbie Breese shared details about the addition, which will be located behind the administration building on the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-16 04:00:20","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117429\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}