Monday, March 30, 2015
CANFIELD — Construction could begin for walking trails at a proposed facility in Canfield Township in the next few weeks.
It needs water and sewer lines, however, the same need that had held up a proposed Windsor House.
A tentative Canfield community joint economic development district (JEDD) has been offered as a solution for the assisted-
living facility, but what about Walnut Grove and the Henry M. Halstead Field of Opportunity?
Last April, the ABC Water and Storm Water District made a presentation to Canfield trustees to bring water to the proposed Windsor House, as well as two other entities. Those two other entities that Jason Loree, head of the ABC Water District, mentioned in April 2014 are South Range schools and Walnut Grove.
In the days after that meeting, South Range schools Superintendent Dennis Dunham said the schools’ water supply was fine.
“Do we have interest in talking and having dialogue about
extending waterlines out here? Absolutely. Do we have the ability to pay for that? No,” said Dunham, after Loree’s presentation. “So how much conversation can we have?”
Dunham has reiterated that point this year and noted that when new schools were built, a water-treatment plant had to be constructed to make the well water drinkable and usable. The schools run on two wells, while the board of education office has its own well.
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