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Ohio Cultural Facilities Commission Approves $350,000 for Ohio Genealogical Society Contact:
Ohio Cultural Facilities Commission: Jessica Fagan - 614.995.7552; jfagan@culture.ohio.gov Columbus, Ohio - The Ohio Cultural Facilities Commission approved $350,000 at its quarterly meeting today for the Ohio Genealogical Society. The Ohio Genealogical Society is embarking on construction of an 18,000-square-foot facility to better accommodate the Society's expanding membership and its growing library collection. The new home for the Ohio Genealogical Society, to be located near Mansfield, will serve professional and hobbyist genealogists with climate-controlled space for archives, a reading room, a preservation and digitization lab, meeting space and classrooms, and office space. Established in 1959, the Ohio Genealogical Society is the largest state genealogical society in the country, with over 6,000 members, 95 chapters, nearly 35,000 books and a lending library with more than 2,000 titles and publications. For more information on OGS, visit www.ogs.org. The Commission approval, coupled with the signing of legal agreements, allows the Ohio Genealogical Society to be reimbursed on a pro rata basis with funds appropriated in Am. Sub. H.B. 562 of the Ohio 127th General Assembly. Richland County General Assembly members who voted in favor of the bill include Senator Bill Harris, and Representatives Thom Collier and Jay Goyal. The new facility will be located in Belleville in Richland County. The Ohio Cultural Facilities Commission is a state agency that helps enhance the quality of life for Ohioans by improving the state's cultural facilities. Since 1988, the Commission has disbursed more than $400 million of capital funds appropriated by the Legislature and Governor for facility improvement projects at nonprofit theaters, museums, historical sites and publicly owned professional sports venues. The Commission partners with nonprofit groups and local governments on more than 300 projects in 72 of Ohio's 88 counties. For more information on the Commission, visit www.culture.ohio.gov.
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