General Announcements

Celebrate the arrival of fall with the Jacksonville Senior Center and the Old Settlers Reunion! Indulge in a delicious soup bean dinner and engage in various festivities including a raffle, interactive wooden pumpkin craft for kids and several pumpkin-themed games for all ages. The Queen bake sale is donation only. Cost for games is $1 to play and proceeds will support Senior Center activities for both adults and kids. Join the fun Saturday, October 5, 2024 from noon to 4:00P at the Jacksonville Park.

The Village of Jacksonville has been hard at work seeking grant funding. Grant awards received by the Village for 2024 include:

• The Athens County Commissioner’s purchased and donated a new brush truck to the Jacksonville Fire Department valued at $98,285.
• The Village of Jacksonville was awarded a grant through the Ohio Public Works Commission (OPWC) for paving on Red Dog Road, High Street, Palmer Street between Fourth and Fifth Streets, and South Eighth Street. The total award from OPWC is $249,999. Paving is anticipated to begin Spring 2025.
• The Jacksonville Public Service Department was awarded $9,316 for an H2Ohio grant through the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency to purchase leak detection equipment.
• The Village of Jacksonville was awarded $14,280 for new slip resistant flooring, a floor scrubbing machine and a backpack vacuum for the Municipal Building through the Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation Safety Intervention Grant.
• The Village was awarded $750,000 for a Neighborhood Revitalization Grant (NRG) and an additional $100,000 in Community Development Block Grant County Allocation funding through the Ohio Department of Development and Athens County Commissioners. Residents may recall completing an income survey or a project survey for the NRG in May 2024. This project will include Sidewalks on Sixth and Palmer Streets, storm drain repairs and improvements, a new park restroom facility, a new park shelter house, concrete trails in the park, padding around park playground equipment, paving, curb and drainage improvements on Sixth Street and North Seventh Street, and an additional park fountain.

The Village has multiple additional applications currently underway and will update this post as awards are announced.

To submit a Public Records Request to the Village of Jacksonville, please download and complete the form below.

Completed requests can be submitted using the following methods:

Email to: FiscalOfficer@JacksonvilleOH.com
Mail to: Village of Jacksonville, PO Box 185, Jacksonville, OH 45740
In person or in our drop box at: 34 S. Sixth Street, Jacksonville, OH 45740 (Tues-Fri, 9A-3P)

Public Records Request Form

Our hall is available for private events! Please download and carefully review the attached Hall Rental Agreement for all rules and fees pertaining to hall rentals. Please note that you should call our office at (740) 767-2400, option 1 to confirm the date you are requesting is available. Reservations are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis and are considered reserved only when the Rental Agreement and fees are both received by our office.

Hall Rental Agreement