{"id":187810,"date":"2024-12-25T22:19:59","date_gmt":"2024-12-26T03:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=187810"},"modified":"2024-12-26T22:07:16","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T03:07:16","slug":"top-10-of-24-groundbreaking-held-addition-unveiled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2024\/12\/25\/top-10-of-24-groundbreaking-held-addition-unveiled\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 stories of 2024: No. 10, No. 9"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Editor\u2019s note: As the end of 2024 draws near, the Van Wert independent is publishing what it judges to be the Top 10 stories of the year. Articles featuring two stories each will be published daily, with the top two stories published on Tuesday, December 31.<\/em> Today\u2019s article features the No. 10 and No. 9 top stories.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

No. 10 \u2013 The Marsh Foundation breaks ground for equine program<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In late November, The Marsh Foundation official broke ground for an Equine Program Center in Van Wert. The facility has been a longtime goal for the Equine Program, which began more than 25 years ago and has evolved to meet the changing needs of children and families. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Marsh Foundation Equine Program staff and Kelly Gross, executive director of Child & Family Services, officially break ground on Marsh\u2019s new Equine Program Center. Dave Mosier\/Van Wert independent<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The center will house 4,200 square feet of office and classroom space, 7,000 square feet of stables and 21,000 square feet of indoor arena space. In addition, the current stables will be renovated and there will be 20 acres of pasture incorporated into the program facilities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe at The Marsh, believe that every youth who walks through our doors deserves the best opportunity to grow, to heal, and to thrive,\u201d said Kelly Gross, executive director of Child & Family Services. \u201cFor many of them, conventional therapy isn\u2019t enough. The Equine Assisted Learning program will expand both the number of youths served and the methods used.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs long as there is a need in our community and the equine-assisted learning is impacting our children, I am dedicated to growing this program to be \u2014 in George Marsh\u2019s words \u2014 \u2018an ever-increasing benefit to mankind,\u2019\u201d Equine Program Coordinator Abigail Neville said during the groundbreaking ceremony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project is expected to be complete next fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No. 9 \u2013 Lincolnview unveils long awaited addition<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a project that was first discussed in 2019, pre-COVID. It went on the back burner because of the pandemic but finally came to fruition when it was unveiled this past August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Officials with Lincolnview Local Schools officially unveiled the elementary school\u2019s new special education suite and media center\/STEM labs during a special open house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The special education suite includes two new classrooms, a sensory room, a conference room, storage space, a new restroom and a new special education office. \u201cWe\u2019ve also constructed Two 1,000 square foot areas for our STEM labs were built for science and technology, engineering and math, which allows all K-6 students to have a rotation throughout the week in the STEM lab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The special education suite and media center\/STEM labs were Phase II of the district\u2019s building and renovation project. In 2023, work was completed on a renovated elementary office with a safer, more secure entrance, renovated classrooms, an additional kindergarten classroom, which previously housed the school library, and relocation of the nurse\u2019s room and restrooms. The first phase of the project also included renovations to the elementary cafeteria, including new lighting and flooring, monitors and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The total project spans 10,000 square feet. The total cost was approximately $5 million, including Phase II, which was about $3.8 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are so blessed to be good stewards of our district\u2019s money, from our board to our treasurers,\u201d Lincolnview Local Schools Superintendent Jeff Snyder said at the open house. \u201cThe special part is we didn\u2019t ask our community for any more tax dollars to build this facility. We were able to do it with the actual budget we had in place, which is unheard of in districts throughout the state of Ohio.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tomorrow: the No. 8 and No. 7 top stories.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Editor\u2019s note: As the end of 2024 draws near, the Van Wert independent is publishing what it judges to be the Top 10 stories of the year. Articles featuring two stories each will be published daily, with the top two stories published on Tuesday, December 31. Today\u2019s article features the No. 10 and No. 9 […]<\/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-187810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-08 23:25:48","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\/187810","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=187810"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":187859,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187810\/revisions\/187859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}