LC Forward hosting Community Conversations workshops

Make your voice heard! We would love for you to join one of the Community Conversations workshops this June to help shape a new plan for Licking County. LC Forward is a process to undertake Licking County’s first countywide, integrated growth strategy in more than 25 years, and we are helping ensure our voices are heard in the process. Your input is very important, so don’t miss this chance to shape what is next! 

 The three workshops will take place: 

  • June 23 from 6-7:30 p.m. at the John Gilbert Reese Center (1209 University Drive, Newark, OH 43055) 
  • June 25 from 6-7:30 p.m. at Licking Valley High School (100 Hainsview Drive, Newark, OH 43055) 
  • June 30 from 6-7:30 p.m. at Pataskala Grace Church (3517 Headleys Mill Road, Pataskala, OH 43062) 

These sessions are designed to be interactive and inclusive, to ensure all perspectives are part of the conversation. YOUR input matters. Help guide thoughtful growth while protecting the rural character, farmland, and natural spaces that define Licking County. We hope to see you there! 

Visit LC-Forward.org to register for a Community Conversation, learn more about the planning process, and share your initial ideas today. All the workshops will follow the same format, so attend the one most convenient for you. Can’t join us? Take a short survey at LC-Forward.org/Get-Involved to share your thoughts.

New and beginning farmers
My first recommendation in your journey is to start out with a local farming friend or mentor along with joining an organization like Ohio Farm Bureau.
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Greg McGlinch

Darke County Farm Bureau

Growing Tomorrow Grant
We’re just so thankful for the Farm Bureau and the foundation for helping put this together. And of course, the Boyert family for the vision they had with this grant. It’s jumping us forward 10 years. It’s unbelievable.
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Nathan and Jill Parriman

Clermont County Farm Bureau

Bringing the farm back to life
I could not have done it without the resources I have found through Farm Bureau.
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Gretchan Francis

Trumbull County Farm Bureau

Youth pathways in Farm Bureau
It wasn’t until I joined the Wilmington College Collegiate Farm Bureau that I truly saw how my passion could translate into leadership, advocacy and a career.
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Wyatt Morrow

Clinton County Farm Bureau

Giving farmers a voice
The issue of property taxation remains as one of the biggest challenges our members face today. Ensuring agricultural property is valued for its agricultural potential and not development is critical to the continued success of Ohio agriculture.
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Matt Aultman

Darke County Farm Bureau

Select Partner Program
Through the Select Partner program, we became educated in farm insurance and weren't just selling policies. It became more and more clear why farmers need an advocate like Ohio Farm Bureau.
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Chad Ruhl

Farm manager, CSI Insurance

Advocacy
So many of the issues that OFBF and its members are advocating for are important to all Ohioans. I look at OFBF as an agricultural watchdog advocating for farmers and rural communities across Ohio.
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Mary Smallsreed

Trumbull County Farm Bureau

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