SPECIAL PROJECTS
In addition to major events and initiatives, DMRC sponsors the following, on-going projects.
2025 Recipients
Check out these amazing local businesses next time you’re downtown:
Good Earth Roasters -10892 Park Street
Kaleidoscope Books & Art -10676 Main Street
Restoration 44 Coffee Co. -10675 Main Street
Rock Chic Vintage - 4669 East Prospect Street
Flowers In Mantua village and on the bridge
Downtown Mantua Revitalization actively supports the efforts of Mantua Village to beautify Mantua during the summer and through the Holiday season. DMRC contributes to the cost of the hanging baskets that brighten the Village during the summer months.
When DMRC Board member Mary Cabot visited Europe, she fell in love with the European custom of placing cascading flower baskets on bridges over their rivers. Her dream to do the same with the bridge over the Cuyahoga in Mantua Village became reality in 2015, following construction of a new bridge on State Route 44. Mary collected donations to purchase baskets and flowers, orchestrated DMRC’s management of the project, and engaged volunteers to maintain this beautify addition to downtown. In November, DMRC members replace the flowers with Holiday greens.
The Village of Mantua assumed the care of the flower baskets during the week, with a small core of volunteers looking out for them during weekends.
Headwaters Trail Collaboration
DMRC initiated and continues to host quarterly meetings with surrounding community leaders, including representatives from Aurora, Mantua Township, Hiram, Garrettsville, Mantua Rotary, Mantua-Shalersville Area Chamber of Commerce, Garrettsville Rotary, Portage Parks District, and Portage County Regional Planning.
