2nd Town Hall Meeting A Success

Last night, Rev. Babcock hosted the 2nd Town Hall meeting at the UCC Church in Conneaut, Ohio. Approximately 40 guests attended the town meeting, and the camera's were on.

Babcock came up with the idea, with hopes of creating a positive environment for the community to grow - where residents could share their ideas and give feedback to city leadership.

The only leadership present at the meeting were Council Members - Dave Campbell and Charlie Lewis. Mr. Lewis and Mr. Campbell, answered all questions presented to them by the guests at the meeting in forum-style, question and answer session.

The hot topic: A proposed industrial park. The industrial park has been a sticky point for several residents, since Monday's council meeting when Conneaut's City Manager - Robert Schaumleffel, Jr. suggested a discussion - proposing that development of the business park be reconsidered.

Conneaut Ward 1 Councilman, Dave Campbell spelled out the details for guests at last night's meeting... Campbell is supportive of the project, he stated "I would like to move forward with the business park." Campbell went into further detail noting a $750,000 grant that was awarded to the City of Conneaut - for the purpose of developing a business park in Conneaut, Ohio. "The City wouldn't have to match funds for up to 5 years." As for matching funds, it is estimated that the City of Conneaut would only need to match up to $600,000.00.

The future of the Business Park is still undetermined. Rev. Babcock hopes to host a monthly Town Hall meeting. Future announcements of any town meetings can be found at http://www.everythingconneautohio.com/.