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Ada could benefit from EPA brownfield assessment grant

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, June 19, 2014

Hardin County has qualified for a $200,000 U.S. EPA Brownfields Assessment Grant.

According to John Hohn, director of economic development for the Hardin County Chamber and Business Alliance, the funds will be used for the assessment of brownfields throughout the county.

He made the announcement at the June 18 Ada Community Improvement Corp. (CIC) monthly meeting.

“The county will use the grant to conduct Phase I and II assessments and cleanup planning on eligible properties,” he said. It is possible that one such property exists in the Ada school district.

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Oh, boy, now it's getting difficult!

Posted by Fred Steiner on Thursday, June 19, 2014

Ouch! Now it get tough. Where's this letter?

Welcome to Ada’s A-B-C Summer Contest.

Each week in June and ending in the first week of July, The Icon will post two photos revealing one letter (or number) taken from Main Street Ada buildings and structures. All photos were taken in May by the Icon’s official contest photographer, Bailey Bowers. The photos cover Main from College Avenue on the south to Highland Avenue on the north.

We invite Icon viewers to keep track of the letters by identifying each letter’s location. An entry form is attached to this story for viewers to keep up to date in the contest.

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Rotary bicycle riders coming through Ada on Medical Equipment and Supplies Abroad tour

Posted by Fred Steiner on Wednesday, June 18, 2014

The bikers are headed to Ada.

Beginning Saturday, June 21, bicycle riders from Rotary District 6600 will ride throughout the district to raise awareness and money for M.E.S.A. (Medical Equipment and Supplies Abroad), a project started in the district in 1981 that has grown and is supported by all Rotary clubs in the district.

On Wednesday, June 25, the group will travel through Ada as they ride from Findlay-Upper Sandusky-Ada-Lima.

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June's daily weather summary

Posted by Paula Scott on Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Here’s the June daily weather summary provided by Guy Verhoff, Pandora weather observer. The summary is in the attachment at the bottom of this story.

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Now let me think a minute - I know where "D" is

Posted by Fred Steiner on Monday, June 16, 2014

Welcome to Ada’s A-B-C Summer Contest.

Each week in June and ending in the first week of July, The Icon will post two photos revealing one letter (or number) taken from Main Street Ada buildings and structures. All photos were taken in May by the Icon’s official contest photographer, Bailey Bowers. The photos cover Main from College Avenue on the south to Highland Avenue on the north.

We invite Icon viewers to keep track of the letters by identifying each letter’s location. An entry form is attached to this story for viewers to keep up to date in the contest.

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Ada Ohio Properties Ltd. cuts ribbon on first project - and it's now under contract

Posted by Fred Steiner on Friday, June 13, 2014

Earlier this week members of the Ada Area Chamber of Commerce celebrated new member Ada Ohio Properties Ltd., a local family-owned real estate development company, with a ribbon cutting ceremony onsite at a recently completed rehab project located at 532 Grand Ave. across from Ada Schools.

Those in attendance toured the newly renovated single-family home, which had been in foreclosure and vacant for nearly a year, becoming an eyesore in the neighborhood, prior to Ada Ohio Properties’ acquiring it in November 2013.

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