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Mount Vernon awarded $185,000 grant to build trails, boardwalks and restore stream at Blackjack Wetlands
Summary
Parks staff said the city won a $185,000 ENRACK grant to fund boardwalks, a native prairie, invasive species removal and an oxbow/stream restoration at Blackjack Wetlands; the site must remain a wetland per the Clean Ohio purchase restrictions.
Parks staff briefed the council committee on the Blackjack Wetlands project and said the city secured a $185,000 grant (described in materials as an "ENRACK" grant) to fund improvements that will make the wetland accessible while minimizing ecological impacts.
Quinton Platt, introduced to the committee as a professional engineer, walked members through the plan: trails that meander through…
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