07/16/2018

Updates on Camp Mowana transition

On July 12th the Clean Ohio Fund District 16 Natural Resource Advisory Council (NRAC) approved funding the grant proposal request for Camp Mowana to become a land conservancy.
The grant proposal includes the following information:

The Richland County Park District will become the long term steward of the land. The new name for Camp Mowana when it becomes a land conservancy will be The Fleming Falls Preserve. The Preserve will be open to the public from dawn until dusk every day of the year.

The grant project schedule is:

1. planning and implementation from September 30, 2018 to October 1, 2019;

2. Land acquisition and easements by September 30, 2019;

3. Site improvements through June 30, 2020

The property includes 183.47 acres in Mifflin Township. 

The Richland County Park District understands that all Clean Ohio encumbrances are permanent in nature and are to be recorded as a deed restriction. The land will be preserved in perpetuity.
The Richland County Park district will own, maintain and operate the property once it is acquired. The Park District will provide the management, maintenance and resource stewardship of the property.

Plans for Opportunities for Celebration and Service summer of 2019 at Camp Mowana:  

• Family Camp Weekend – June 28-30, 2019 - Full programming for all ages
  Mowana Servant Week – August 2019 (date to be determined) for adults to assist in removing all camp personal property from the camp (anything that is not a permanent structure)
• Celebration of Ministry through Camp Mowana – August 2019 (date to be determined) Saturday afternoon through Sunday Morning Worship for people of all ages with time for memories, auction, fellowship, campfire and worship.
• Mowana Memorial Plans – creating displays for Camp Luther and LMC, Mowana archives to ELCA region and Richland County