Spring is in the air! As yard work begins, burning of landscape waste is permitted only between April 1st and May 31st and between October 1st and December 15th. Landscape waste drop off remains open at Moffitt Park.

Weather permitting, the week of April 10, 2023, the annual cemetery clean-up begins to beautify and maintain the cemetery. Lot owners who have any vases, wreaths, arrangements, or hanging baskets from shepherd’s hooks they wish to save should remove them before April 9, 2023 as all ground-level decorations will be removed and disposed of to clear the way for mowing and trimming.

At the March 13th City Council meeting, the Council approved:

• A Proclamation declaring April is Donate Life Month
• An agreement between I.D.O.T and City of Chillicothe for the Truitt Road Project improvements
• Material Quotes as follows:
• R.A. Cullinan Bituminous Patching (Prop. Mix) – $165.00 per ton
• Advanced Asphalt Co. Bit. Patching Mix (Cold Patch) – $120.00 per ton
• Galena Road and Gravel Aggregate Material – $10.25 per ton
• RiverStone Group Vermilion Quarry White Rock – $7.00 per ton
• An expenditure of $1,056 payable to Axon Enterprise for the purchase Taser Cartridges for CPD
• Request from Brandt Bollman of Gilmore’s Sports Bar for Live Entertainment in their Beer Garden (at 1046 N. 2nd St) on March 17, 5–9pm (subject to them obtaining license prior to the event)

City Council meetings are held the 2nd and the 4th Monday of each month at 7pm. The Public is welcome to attend.

Upcoming April Events:

1–30 Light it up Purple—Gift of Hope Tissue and Organ Donation Month

1 Spring Makers Market—Three Sisters Park, 9am–3pm

2 Egg Hunt & Pancakes—Freedom Paws Service Dogs Fundraiser-Shore Acres, 8am

8 Chillicothe 2nd Saturday—Retail Businesses on 2nd, 4th, and Santa Fe, 10am

8 Egg Hunt at City Park—Optimist Club & Downtown Merchants

8 Easter Egg Scavenger Hunt—Historic Downtown Chamber Businesses, 10am

10–14 [CITY] Chillicothe Cemetery Cleanup

15 Spring Loose Drew’s Plots Fundraiser—Three Sisters Park

15 Lawnmower Clinic Fundraiser—IVC Band Boosters, 8am–noon

15 Spring Fling Youth Dance & Dodgeball for 4th–6th graders, Pearce Community Center, 7–9pm

25 Tyke Hike Seeds & Soil—Coal Hollow, 10am

25–27 Spring Planting Days—Three Sisters Park (Not open to public. Only open for School Field Trips)

26 Earth Day at the Library—Chillicothe Public Library, 3:45–5pm

30 Pancake and Sausage Breakfast—George Washington Masonic Lodge, 7–11am

Don’t forget the Town Theatre is open each weekend on Friday, Saturdays, and Sundays! Stop in for a movie. So many things are happening in Chillicothe. Get out and enjoy this great town.

Your hometown,
The City of Chillicothe
Where the Rails Cross the River