metroparks.cc — Lorain County Metro Parks began in 1957. The first metro park in Lorain County was Mill Hollow, which was donated by Dorothy Bacon Demuth and is now part of the Vermilion River Reservation. The Park District has grown from that first donation to maintaining 25 parks which total over 9,000 acres of land. Staff offers over 1,000 programs to the public each year as well as over 600 programs to schools and organizations. The Park District's governing body is a three-person Board of Park Commissioners who are appointed to three year terms by the Probate Court and serve without pay. The Park District is supported by a 1.3 mill levy property tax, earned income, and a variety of sponsorships and gifts.

visitloraincounty.com — Located at 8025 Leavitt Rd. in Amherst, just south of Ohio Turnpike exit 140. Office hours are 9-5 M-F. Local information and brochures are available in the Information vestibule 24 hours a day. It is centrally located in Lorain County near several highways. The building also features a conference room with seating for up to 50. For information on renting the conference room for your meeting, contact Pam Horvath.The ultra modern building was completed in 2004. Mark Lesner & Associates designed the building, builder was H. Fior, Inc. Design/Build Services.

lorainccc.edu —   The Lorain County Community College experience introduces students to a campus environment and encourages personal exploration, growth and discovery of new interests. LCCC offers a unique and rewarding experience because of its courses, educational partnerships, professors, students, facilities and setting. LCCC is one of Ohio’s fastest-growing community colleges because of the variety of learning opportunities it provides. LCCC offers an array of programs and services and has the following distinctions: The only community college in the state that offers a University Partnership. The partnership enables people to earn bachelors’ and masters’ degrees from any of eight Ohio universities without leaving the LCCC campus. Named as one of the top 120 community colleges in the United States – and the only one in Ohio – by the Aspen Institute. The organization focused on completion, including retention, graduation rates, improvement of completion performance over time and an institutional record for completion outcomes of disadvantaged students. The first college in the state to build an advanced technologies center for business and industry. Students can utilize the LCCC Fab Lab, which is aligned with MIT. The largest provider of e-learning programs in northern Ohio. The first college in the state to offer podcast lectures on iTunesU. Distance learning courses provided by Lorain County Community College have received the “best practices in student services” designation from the Ohio Learning Network (OLN). Courses that provide “best practices” have met the state’s quality guidelines for teaching and learning in distance-learning coursework. OLN is a consortium of 65 public and independent colleges and universities in Ohio and is an initiative of the Ohio Board of Regents. Students can earn an associate of arts degree entirely online. The only community college in the state certified to provide category one continuing education for physicians through the Lorain County Physician/ Community College CME Consortium. Acknowledged by the Ohio Partnership for Excellence in 2001 and 2006 with the Tier 3: Achievement for Excellence Award.  

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