Trail Town and Destination Community Networks is an effort initiated by Ohio’s Winding Road Network serving nine southeastern Ohio counties around their authentic experience economy. The Morgan County community of Chesterhill is seeking a part-time contract Trail Town Coordinator (20 hours/month @ $20/hr.). A group has been meeting in recent months to build a description…
Category: Experiences
Announcing Our 2023 Seed Grant Winners!
This spring, thirty-eight mini-grants totaling more than $14,000 were awarded to businesses, individuals, organizations, and municipalities located in the nine-county area served by Ohio’s Winding Road. Ohio’s Winding Road seed grants are all under $700 and designed to fill in gaps or jumpstart local projects or businesses. Here are the winners: ABC Players Annie Warmke…
We’re Hiring!
Chesterhill Area Trail Town Coordinator We are in search of a dedicated and enthusiastic individual to help cultivate relationships and network for the Chesterhill Area Trail Town initiative. 12 mos. @ $400/month, based on an average of 20 hours per month. Please send inquiries and resumes to Karen Peters via e-mail at kpeters1820@gmail.com. Read and…
We’re Hiring!
Looking for a dynamic person to join us on an entrepreneurial adventure for a storefront, mobile and on-line marketplace featuring products made in southeast Ohio! Part-time contract with potential for growth. Contact us at ohioswindingroad@gmail.org by April 5. Resumes welcome! Read and Download the Full Job Description Below
2023 Seed Grant Applications Open
2023 marks year five of the Ohio’s Winding Road Seed Grant program. In those five years the program has awarded over $40,000 to artists, craftspeople, small businesses, and non-profits. The funds have been used for such things as: the creation and printing of labels, radio ads, lighting, farm stand building, guided tour development, printing and…
Brand Guidelines
The Ohio’s Winding Road brand is an important tool for bringing value to our region, and we are in the process of trademarking and copyrighting the logo. We encourage businesses and organizations to make use of our logo, especially if it can help leverage your product’s development to a larger audience. We see this as…
How this Network Works
Wow! The OWR Network has five years behind us an earnest network guided by an Operations Team made up of backbone organizations (Ohio’s Hill Country Heritage Area, ACENet, Rural Action, Ohio University*) and a Contractor Team made up of part-time contractors (John Winnenberg, Amy Grove, Brian Harnetty, Delia Palmisano and most recently Mary Lou Wycinski,…
Watch Our New Video: “Sharing Our Appalachia”
We are so excited to share our new video called “Sharing Our Appalachia,” made with support from Tourism Ohio. In the video, we visit several places along Ohio’s Winding Road, including Chesterhill, the Buckeye Trail, the Bailey’s Trail system, Shawnee, and Burr Oak State Park. We hope the video instills pride in southeastern Ohio, and…