![]() 26 regular council meeting, representing the village administrator, to present council members with an ordinance that will allow the village to apply for additional grant funds to cover the boat dock project. Zachman appeared at the Village of Ripley’s Jan. Jane Zachman is a member of local organizations that aim to improve Ripley’s economy, a long-time Ripley resident, and retired educator who has been very active in the boat dock project since the plans began. It becomes a gateway to southern Ohio river counties.” A landing at Ripley (component 3 of the project) would be the only Ohio docking facility for large tour boats between Cincinnati and South Point. Other ramps in the area are not free to the public and are closed in winter months. There is no capacity for docking large pleasure craft or commercial excursion boats (such as the Delta Queen or B&B Riverboats). “At this time, our vision for river tourism cannot be realized because Ripley currently has a limited/damaged launch ramp and no free full day or overnight docking facility. Component 3 is the construction of a 300-foot landing that will accommodate weekend boaters as well as passenger liners such as the Delta Queen and American Steamships,” it states in the River Freedom Landing Project proposal. Components one and two will be site preparation which includes construction of an access road and replacement of a damaged launch ramp. “The Ripley Freedom Landing Project will be executed with three components. Once the dock is built, future plans may include additional dock space for especially long vessels such as European style longboats. The new concrete boat dock would include a new launch ramp, a permanent dock for pleasure boats 100-feet in length, and a step-up to a permanent dock spanning 200-feet for River tour boats. The cost of the entire project has most likely increased since 2019, so village officials are expecting they will need more than $1.5mill to complete the project. Well shy of what they applied for, but still very helpful toward constructing a new boat dock, a project that was estimated at $1.5mill in 2019 based on plans by K-4 Architecture and Design. It was at the beginning of the year that Ripley was notified that it will receive $425,000 from the state’s biennial capital budget to help construct a new boat dock. ![]() But after being notified that all funds from the capital budget distribution would go toward battling the COVID pandemic, it was unlikely that Ripley would receive any capital budget grant funds for its boat dock project. ![]() Ripley Economic Development began plans on the Ripely Freedom Park Landing Project more than two years ago, and the Village of Ripley was hopeful that it would get approved for funds from the state’s biennial capital budget distribution. Ripley is making progress on securing funds for a new concrete boat dock at Freedom Park Landing. ![]()
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