{"id":92669,"date":"2017-09-06T07:59:14","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T12:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=92669"},"modified":"2017-09-06T07:59:14","modified_gmt":"2017-09-06T12:59:14","slug":"wassenberg-given-grant-for-festival-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2017\/09\/06\/wassenberg-given-grant-for-festival-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Wassenberg given grant for festival space"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>VW independent\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The State of Ohio through the Ohio Facilities and Construction Commission has formally approved and appropriated $175,000 to the Wassenberg Art Center, with the Van Wert County Foundation acting as sponsor, to purchase and transform an empty lot in the rear of the art center into a festival space.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_92670\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92670\" style=\"width: 350px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-92670\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Wassenberg-back-lot-9-2017.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"276\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-92670\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>The former parking lot behind the Wassenberg Art Center in Van Wert will undergo development to create a green festival space from funds appropriated by the Ohio Facilities Construction Commission.<\/strong> <em>(photo submitted)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The lot is currently owned by the Van Wert County Board of Commissioners.<\/p>\n<p>The Wassenberg Art Park will initially feature green space, walkways, and an updated electrical system, while a native plant area along the watershed area of Town Creek will also be installed, sponsored in part by The Maumee Watershed Conservancy.<\/p>\n<p>Additional plans for the future entail a small amphitheater, refreshment stand, shade structures, and interactive outdoor sculptures.<\/p>\n<p>A date for a groundbreaking party will be announced soon and anyone interested in sponsoring a portion of the project is urged to contact Wassenberg Art Center Director Hope Wallace.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on classes, exhibits, and events, call Wassenberg Art Center at 419.238.6837, email\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:info@wassenbergartcenter.org\">info@wassenbergartcenter.org<\/a>, or check out its website at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wassenbergartcenter.org\/\">http:\/\/www.wassenbergartcenter.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent\/submitted information The State of Ohio through the Ohio Facilities and Construction Commission has formally approved and appropriated $175,000 to the Wassenberg Art Center, with the Van Wert County Foundation acting as sponsor, to purchase and transform an empty lot in the rear of the art center into a festival space. The lot is [&hellip;]<\/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-92669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-03 01:12:30","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\/92669","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=92669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92669\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}