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Increasingly Franklin County is recognized as an innovative and progressive community. Initiatives such as the County’s flagship economic development program, Smart Works in Franklin County, launched in 2012, have resulted in commitments

As a result of a water main break which occurred yesterday, Tuesday, 10/21, for which water sample test results are still pending, the Franklin County Department of Sanitary Engineering is extending the precautionary boil alert through tomorrow morning, Thursday, 10/23, for residents of the following streets on the county’s southwest side:

The Franklin County Commissioners have regularly supported efforts to support families and victims of domestic violence through county grants, and pass-through federal Justice Assistance Program and Violence Against Women grants, more than $71,000 this year, and also provides approximately $300,000 in funding through marriage license fees as provisioned by Ohio Law.

On September 29, 2014, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) was awarded a five-year, $1.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families to support and implement an innovative, process-designed approach to child support service delivery

Earlier this week, during the weekly General Session meeting, the Franklin County Board of
Commissioners was joined by representatives of The Center for Family Safety and Healing
and CHOICES for Victims of Domestic Violence, the county’s only domestic violence
shelter, to acknowledge October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month and highlight the
prevalence of domestic abuse in Franklin County.

The Franklin County Commissioners today appointed Dr. J. Scott Somerset Acting County Coroner to fill the vacancy left by the departure of Coroner, Dr. Jan Gorniak.

The Franklin County Commissioners are helping to spread the word about local manufacturing today, and highlighting local opportunities in the manufacturing field.

Franklin County is joining a national call for communities to take action in ending hunger.

Franklin County Commissioner Marilyn Brown has been appointed to the advisory board of CHOICES,
Franklin County’s only domestic violence shelter and crisis hotline.

(Columbus – September 2, 2014) Central to its mission, the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC) has been focused on sustainability issues in coordination with its members and key