Christine Gelley of Noble County Extension, Kirstin Roman of Noble SWCD, and Tiera Saling, all representing the Noble County Master Gardeners, met with the Noble County
Commissioners recently to ask for help with their plan to landscape the land around the Noble County Agency Building on SR 821 where the Department of Job and Family Services is located. The Master Gardeners was created by Noble County Extension and now has 18 members. Each member has completed 50 hours of training in order to become a master gardener. The Master Gardeners’ plan is to create a pollinator garden in front of the conference room. It will be learning garden used to educate the public about using native plants. The group will use money from an Environmental Stewardship grant. They asked the
Commissioners for $1,000 for the purchase of native and perennial plants and for help from
county workers in removing old bushes and stones. The Commissioners approved their request. In other business, Chasity Schmelzenbach, executive director of Buckeye Hills RC&D, Gwynn Stewart, Noble County Extension Economic Development Director, and Timothy Mishlan, Mayor of Belle Valley, met with the Commissioners to discuss possibly applying for a state grant toward the creation a centralized farmer’s market. It will include the purchase of property, touchless bathrooms, and a pavilion. Once created, customers will use coupons obtained at the Noble County Senior Center or online at this market.
Finally, the Commissioners announced that Phase II of the Noble County Broadband project has been indefinitely delayed. “We had no bidders the last time we advertised,” stated Allen Fraley, president of the commissioners. “We are now waiting for guidelines from the state.”