| Resources |
Recent ACLP results |
| Ohio ACLP 2008 Results |
| Twelve communities participated in the ACLP Ohio projects in
2008- their project results stem from a $3,000 investment made
by the Appalachian Regional Commission and the Governor’s
Office of Appalachia. Here’s what they achieved: |
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| Vinton County – a Stitch in Time |
| Results: |
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21 new quilt barns |
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26 new businesses/organizations involved –
all but 2 were new to the project |
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Approximately 900 people involved |
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Merchant sales – not reached |
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Draw 2,500 visitors – not reached |
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| Jackson Grow-to-Hoe Project |
| Results: |
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4,100 pounds of potatoes (410 families given
one 10 lb bag) |
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156 quarts of spaghetti sauce |
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72 quarts of tomato juice |
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12 bushels of green beans |
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150 pounds of lettuce |
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Sweet corn, peppers, tomatoes, beets, cucumbers,
squash and radishes also distributed in smaller quantities |
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50 chickens |
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Gleaned apples which have not yet been processed
into apple sauce |
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2,341.5 hours of volunteer time |
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Project learning: estimates on yield per acre
were considerably off |
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| Athens Photographic Project |
| Results: |
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Photo Sales: $3,766 |
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Volunteers: 18 |
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Collaborators: 12 |
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| Hillsboro SWAP |
| Results: |
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Park usage has increased by 20 per week,
but they feel the playground equipment will be the largest
draw. |
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Raised $17,000 and contributed over $14,000
worth of volunteer labor and leveraged resources. |
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Got 5 other school organizations and two
community organizations involved in the project. |
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| Manchester – Weekends in the Park |
| Results: |
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1,701 People Participated |
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98 Volunteers |
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Juvenile crime Rate – Unknown at this time |
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3 new merchant services |
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2 businesses reported an increase in sales |
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| Brush Creek – TWP Community Park Project |
| Results: |
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100+ people attended Carnival and Chicken Noodle
Dinner events |
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30+ families have been actively involved
with the park> |
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$9,400 raised, $2,735 in volunteer hours,
and over $10,000 in donated equipment time |
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| Chesterhill MGC |
| Results: |
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69 have taken Underground Railroad tours;
30 scheduled for March, and 70 for April- May |
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2 new tour guides were trained |
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40 new volunteers (many from outside Chesterhill) |
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2 part time jobs created |
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$785 in revenue to the community was realized
from tour-takers |
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300 kids received information from Senior
Storytellers about Chesterhill and their family history |
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$33,000+ in cash, donations, and in-kind
services for the project |
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| Waverly – Erie Canal |
| Results: |
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Trail usage is up |
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Brochure with coupons to be used to track
impact is being developed |
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200+ kids came for the festival in November
despite the cold. |
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| McArthur – Rough Magic, Friends Community Players |
| Results: |
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$3,200 in pre-sales |
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$800 raised |
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$66,645 in total leveraged resources (includes
5,476 volunteer hours) |
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| Chesterhill Broadband |
| Results: |
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Village voted make BroadBand a public utility |
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System and antenna installed – up
and running |
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25 users on free system |
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| Nelsonville - We Feed Em |
| Results: |
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500 chickens raised (100 to 3 local producers,
100 to food pantries and families in need. Approximately
150 birds died from heat, predators, natural causes, etc.) |
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5 people learned how to raise and process
chickens |
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A network of producers, support people,
and processors has been established to enable more community
members to participate in the program. |
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| Woodsfield – Lifelong Learners |
| Results: |
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553 new library card holders |
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$1,300 raised |
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285 volunteer hours donated to the project
($2,850 value!) |
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3 adult child pairs completed the reading
program |
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