Commissioner Tim Bubb On Hand For Historic Groundbreaking In Etna

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(Top) - Licking County Commissioner Tim Bubb on hand for the Etna groundbreaking and beside an artist's rendering of the new Township Building.

(2nd) - Etna Trustees Knapp, George and Johnson with construction and community VIP's breaking ground for the project.

(3rd) - Etna Township Trustees Paul George, Jeff Johnson and Dick Knapp.

(4th) - Posting the colors members of Etna Boy Scout Troop #141.

(5th) - With the Trustees, Dorrece Tanawat of the Full Gospel Sons, Church of God offers the invocation.

On Monday, September 15 (2008) history was made with the groundbreaking in Etna of their new and long awaited Township Community Center and Administration Building. Robertson Construction Service is the general contractor. Work will begin the week of September 22nd, with the building slated to be complete in the spring of 2009.

Planning for the Etna facility began in 2000, with the voters adding their approval of a funding request in 2003. Longtime Etna Township Trustee Paul George was the driving force in deciding to build on publicly owned land off Liberty Street, and east of the community park.

Those taking part in the official groundbreaking ceremonies included...Etna Township Trustees Dick Knapp, Paul George and Jeff Johnson; State Representative Dan Dodd; Brian Marsh of Prologis (who contributed $150-thousand to the project); Dorrece Tanawat of the Full Gospel Sons, Church of God; and members of Etna Boy Scout Troop #141 and Troop Master Rick Eader.

The current Township Building is an antiquated facility on Hazelton-Etna Road (State Route 310) in the area known as old Etna or Etna proper. Trustee Board President Dick Knapp says plans for the future of the old Township House have not been determined.

Also recognized at the event were...Licking County Commissioners Tim Bubb, Doug Smith and Mark Van Buren; Pataskala Mayor Steven Butcher; Reynoldsburg City Engineer Jim Miller; Christian Robertson and staffers from Robertson Construction Service; Luke Baus Project Construction Company; refreshments by the Pataskala Chamber of Commerce; and special thanks to Judy Knapp and Claudette VanDyne. Candidate for County Commissioner Brad Feightner also attended the event.