A Councilperson Responds
Editor’s Note: The letter below was submitted to the Editor of the Galion Inquirer for hopeful inclusion in that paper’s letter to the editor section. Councilperson Roberta Wade furnished an additional copy for readers of GalionLive. The following is being presented as a letter to the editor as well. As such, it does not necessarily represent the position of anyone associated with GalionLive. Click here to read our editorial position; in brief, we freely allow publication of points of view to all individuals with an interest in local issues, provided that opportunity is given

Utility Rate Increases Enacted by Council
Compared to months of analysis and debate, including numerous Finance Committee meetings and this summer’s very public and packed City Council meeting in Heise Park, this evening’s final decision by Council to move ahead with utility rate increases took relatively little time. In fact, tonight’s meeting proper lasted only an hour and fifteen minutes – and included numerous other pieces of legislation. By iden

Great Shopping and More on Harding Way East
With the briefest of mentions recently in the local newspaper that Uptowne Galion was seeing at least four new businesses over the last several weeks along Harding Way East, we took a trip this morning to discover what was up. Of course, one of the new establishments is the relocated office of the Inquirer itself, which opened late last week. In the next block, however, the following stores were open for business this morning: At Bought B-4, located at 242 Harding

Big Weeks for Galion Media
It has been a couple of big weeks for Galion media – both the old and the new-style. The venerable Galion Inquirer moved to the Uptowne on Thursday, returning to the area where it started some 132 year ago. The J.J. Schaeffer Building is the newest home for the local outlet of Brown Publishing – a building which since the 1950s has housed a children’s clothing store, antique center, book and toy store and most recently Home E

Project Highlights Importance of Shopping Locally
It began with a simple question, in this case posted on a popular blog earlier this year. What would happen if consumers across the country committed to making a portion of their regular purchases in their own communities? What if, for example, a large number of consumers visited three local stores each month, and spent at least $50 in each? What changes would that change in spending habits cause? The idea was picked up by some 7,500 site visitors the first week alone, an