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Jon Barber receives Park District Volunteer of Distinction Award

Portage Park District Board, staff, volunteers and friends gathered recently at the Portage County Gardeners’ Center for the District’s First Annual Volunteer Appreciation Dinner.  Jon Barber, who has volunteered as a commissioned Park Ranger for the last 6 years, was honored with the first-ever “Volunteer of Distinction Award."
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Headwaters Adventure Race 2009

The Portage Park District and partners, Advanced Rehab of Mantua, Camp Hi Canoe Livery, and the Village of Mantua hosted the Headwaters Adventure Race last Saturday, July 11th, 2009.

Beginning at Buchert Park in Mantua Village, participants ran two miles on the Headwaters Trail, biked ten miles along beautiful rural roads to Camp Hi Livery, and then canoed and kayaked back to Buchert Park in Mantua on the Upper Cuyahoga State Scenic River. 

11th Annual Portage Environmental Conservation Awards

This year’s Honorary Chair, State Representative Kathleen Chandler, welcomed Guest Speaker Elaine Marsh, Founder of Friends of the Crooked River and Ohio Greenways who spoke on the benefits of trails and greenways. Funds from the event will be used to create and maintain hike and bike trails and to benefit the volunteer Trail Stewardship program. Five awards for environmental activism were awarded.  Read more about the recipients...

Archived Stories:

5-12-07 - Park District Board Expands
Walter Preserve Donated to Park District


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