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Findlay mayor says federal, state and local commitments keep flood-mitigation work on track; downtown recreation plan tied to benching
Summary
Findlay Mayor Christina Mearn said Friday that federal, state and local investments have positioned the city to advance long‑pending flood mitigation work and that a proposed downtown recreation area would be phased to follow benching tied to those flood projects.
Findlay Mayor Christina Mearn said Friday that federal, state and local funding have set the city up to complete long‑planned flood mitigation work and that a proposed downtown recreation area will be phased to follow that benching work.
Mearn told WFIN host Chris Oakes that the city has a FEMA pledge of $28,000,000 and a Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) grant of $7,000,000 that have helped move projects forward, and that the state has committed $60,000,000 over a 10‑year period. She said local actions — a dedicated sales tax, property acquisition without eminent domain, and city and county funds — strengthened the city’s case for federal dollars.
Those investments, Mearn said, were essential to winning competitive grants and to making the flood projects shovel‑ready. “By us…
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