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CIC Supports Lake Study


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Wednesday, 02 September 2009
By MIKE BURKHOLDER
Managing Editor
ST. MARYS — A development body Tuesday afternoon voted
to contribute to
an economic study on Grand Lake St. Marys.
Members of the St. Marys Community Improvement Corporation (CIC) agreed
to contribute up to $500 for an economic impact study ordered by the
Auglaize and Mercer Convention and Visitors Bureau on the lake. The
study, CIC President Kraig Noble said, would benefit the entire region.
“Several
entities are contributing to the economic impact study of the lake to
assist in getting grants to look at the problems with algae out there,”
Noble told the newspaper. “The accurate data will help in that.”
CIC
member Todd Fleagle said the cost of the study is $2,000 and will be
broken up among a handful of entities. Those include lake improvement
groups and the city of Celina.
“The Auglaize County commissioners
may have it under consideration,” Fleagle said, noting if more groups
join, the fee could decrease. “It’s to get the best information you can
for grant submissions…

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