Alva Review-Courier -

The Avard Regional Rail Park Authority met on Thursday afternoon instead of on Tuesday as originally scheduled. Stan Bixler, Bob Firth, and Allan Poe were present to kick off the meeting since they were enough to call a quorum. (Todd Holder and Ed Sutter were to come later.) In addition, Woods County Economic Development Committee Executive Director Neal Williams and Emblem Strategies' Jill Shero were there (the latter joining via Zoom).

After approving the last meeting's minutes, authority members looked over the financials. The balance sheet showed total checking/savings of $356,710.44 and t...