The Bluffton Board of Education held its monthly meeting on September 15 in the Elementary School Media Center. Board action included approving a $1.26M bid for constructing an (artificial) turf field next to the elementary school playground.
The bid was made through a joint purchasing program, The Interlocal Purchasing System (TIPS). Maumee Bay Turf, Inc. submitted a bid for $1,263,780. Construction is set to begin in mid-October.
The Board of Zoning & Building Appeals will meet at 6:00 p.m on Monday, September 22 at Bluffton Town Hall. The item under consideration is a variance request for off-street parking for a property at 126 N. Jackson St. where an office is being converted to an apartment.
This meeting is a followup to a September 15 public hearing.
FROM FACEBOOK__The Bluffton-Pandora Garden Club will meet at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 18 at Bluffton Public Library, 145 S. Main St.
The new program topic is "Foraging Wild Food, Forest Bathing, and the Sensory Experience of Nature." Doreen Martin, a certified natural mindfulness guide, from the Johnny Appleseed Metro Park District is the presenter.
Garden club programs are all free and open to the public.
The Bluffton Child Development Center, 325 County Line Rd. Bluffton Ohio 45817, announces sponsorship of the USDA-funded Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) for Fiscal Year 2026.
See the attached document for eligibility guidelines effective July 1, 2025-June 30, 2026.
Evan Skilliter '14, assistant professor of health, fitness and sport science at Bluffton University, will present "The Cost of Competition: What's Happened to Youth Sports and Can We Fix It?" at 11 a.m. on Sept. 23 in Yoder Recital Hall.
Skilliter will examine how modern youth sports systems can suppress healthy development in young athletes and explore ways to reclaim their original purpose: joy, growth and connection.
The Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce is back in action with monthly breakfast meetings after a brief summer hiatus. The September 12 meeting introduced members to new Bluffton University President Alex Sider.
BACC director Jim Enneking also provided the following chamber updates.
FLYERS PROMOTE RETAIL AND SERVICES
Chamber members are being promoted with tear-off flyers. A list of retail businesses has been distributed and a services version is in the works.
