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LOCAL LEADERSHIP FOR A GREENER GRANVILLE
Granville's Green Leaders
LOCAL LEADERSHIP FOR A GREENER GRANVILLE
Granville's Green Leaders
Go Green Granville is shining a light on the local businesses, residents, and organizations leading the way on local climate action and conservation. From initiatives to reduce food waste to planting pocket forests, these Sustainability Spotlight stories celebrate the creative people & initiatives that make Granville a healthier, more climate-resilient place to live, work, play, visit, and worship.
Go Green Granville electric vehicle panel discussion at the Granville Center for the Arts
YOUTH LEADERSHIP
Student Sustainability Leaders
YOUTH LEADERSHIP
Student Sustainability Leaders
GRANVILLE LAND LAB
GHS Students Construct Mobile Chicken Coop
GRANVILLE LAND LAB
GHS Students Construct Mobile Chicken Coop
In Spring of 2026, students at Granville High School constructed a predator-proof and movable chicken coop, the latest addition of livestock to the Granville Land Lab. With support from Granville K-6 PTO and Granville Kiwanis, students planned this project from start to finish, showcasing their creativity, teamwork, and dedication.
DENISON ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING & DESIGN CLASS
Vision for a Green Rec Center
DENISON ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING & DESIGN CLASS
Vision for a Green Rec Center
Students in Denison's Spring 2026 "Environmental Planning and Design" course partnered with local leaders to explore sustainable design possibilities for a possible future Granville Recreation Center. After receiving a project overview from Andy Wildman, Executive Director of the Granville Recreation District, and Courtney Ruppert, Deputy Village Manager for the Village of Granville, the 25 students researched specific green-design topics and made several recommendations and visual representations of their ideas, producing a comprehensive resource to help guide the center's sustainable development.
GRANVILLE LAND LAB
Pocket Forest takes Root at GIS
GRANVILLE LAND LAB
Pocket Forest takes Root at GIS
Mrs. Kerri Wyant’s 6th grade science class at Granville Intermediate School planned, designed and planted a pocket forest as part of the Granville's Arbor Day celebration in 2025. The class prepared the small ~20 x 20' planting site by layering cardboard, compost and wood chips before planting more than two dozen tree and shrub saplings.
SES 301 Phase 4 Final Presentation S'26.pdfDENISON PRACTICUM CLASS
Reimagining Granville's Outdoor Spaces
DENISON PRACTICUM CLASS
Reimagining Granville's Outdoor Spaces
A new class of sustainability consultants has been thinking big. Students in Dr. Abram Kaplan's Environmental Practicum course partnered with the Village of Granville and Granville Township to envision what's next for local parks, green spaces, and a unique piece of the college's history: the former steam plant on South Main Street.
1500 TREES + GRANVILLE HIGH SCHOOL
A Grove that Grows
1500 TREES + GRANVILLE HIGH SCHOOL
A Grove that Grows
The Grad Grove offers community members a meaningful way to celebrate Granville High School graduates by donating a tree planted in their honor, creating a living legacy that will grow for generations to come. The idea began as an AP Environmental Science class project and expanded with support from 1500 Trees, a faith-based nonprofit that plants trees in public spaces.
GRANVILLE HIGH SCHOOL
Digester reduces food waste
GRANVILLE HIGH SCHOOL
Digester reduces food waste
As part of a "Take Action" Project for Mr. Jim Reding's Environmental Science class at Granville High School, students Casey Laughbaum and Alli Messner planned, fundraised and implemented the installation of an aerobic digester to process food waste generated at the high school. The Aerobic digester quickly turns food waste into a nutrient-rich biomass, similar to compost. This technology helps to reduce greenhouse gases by keeping food waste out of landfills. It also helps to lower fuel and transportation costs associated with waste management.
DENISON STUDENT PRACTICUM
Licking County Green Infrastructure Report
DENISON STUDENT PRACTICUM
Licking County Green Infrastructure Report
Denison University students enrolled in the Environmental Practicum course researched and proposed a comprehensive green infrastructure plan for Licking County. The report covered five areas including: Agriculture, Terrestrial, Aquatic, Recreation, and Cultural.
The students worked with organizations like Licking Land Trust, Licking Park District, 1500 Trees, Pollinator Pathway, and the T.J. Evans Foundations to understand their challenges and propose solutions.
Denison SES301 - Resilience-Report .pdfSTUDENT PRACTICUM
Community Resiliency
STUDENT PRACTICUM
Community Resiliency
Developed by Denison University’s Spring 2025 Sustainability Practicum class, presents research and actionable recommendations for strengthening community resilience in the Granville. The project focuses on three key areas: solar energy implementation, floodplain management, and economic diversification. By analyzing Granville’s current codified ordinances, conducting interviews, and studying best practices, the students identified both challenges and opportunities for the village to become more sustainable, better prepared for natural disasters, and economically adaptive. The work aims to support Granville’s planners in building a thriving, future-ready community. See accompanying slide deck and related project on Risk Assessments in Granville below.
Final Presentation Pres w_ Green Formatting.pptx#1 PPA 319 - Granville Risk Assessment.pdfLOCAL LEADERSHIP FOR THE CLIMATE CRISIS
Small Business Leaders
LOCAL LEADERSHIP FOR THE CLIMATE CRISIS
Small Business Leaders
SUSTAINABILITY SPOTLIGHT
Three Tigers Diverts Brewing Byproduct from Landfill to Livestock
SUSTAINABILITY SPOTLIGHT
Three Tigers Diverts Brewing Byproduct from Landfill to Livestock
Breweries use large quantities of barley, oats and wheat in order to make their craft beers. But what happens to all of the spent grain byproducts of the brewing process? Thanks to an innovative partnership between Three Tigers Brewing Co. and local farmer Louie Catlett, more than 1,500 pounds of wet grain waste is diverted from the landfill each week and taken to Catlett’s farm outside of Granville where cattle eagerly eat the spent grains. This arrangement not only reduces waste and methane emissions from landfills, it also supports local agriculture and the circular economy. It’s a partnership that is not only good for the planet, it’s also good for both businesses’ bottom line.
VILLAGE & TOWNSHIP
Resident Sustainability Leaders
VILLAGE & TOWNSHIP
Resident Sustainability Leaders
Photos illustrating the O'Brien-Bernini's recent energy efficiency investments in their 120-year old home in the heart of the Village.
WEST ELM STREET
WEST ELM STREET
Energy Efficient Older Homes
Energy Efficient Older Homes
Mary Rose and Frank O’Brien-Bernini have spent years transforming their 120-year-old Village home into a model of energy efficiency and low-carbon living. After sealing the entire house and ductwork, they upgraded insulation in the attic (R-50), walls (fiberglass dense-pack R-13), basement walls (R-10), and band joists (R-30). These steps alone reduced heating and cooling energy use by about 30%. They later replaced all 26 of their home’s windows with high-efficiency, low-E glass. With efficiency improvements largely complete, Mary Rose and Frank turned to fuel-switching—moving away from natural gas to renewable electricity supplied through the Village’s aggregation program. First came an electric vehicle. Next, they replaced their end-of-life gas range with an induction stove, followed by a swap from gas-powered lawn equipment to all-electric tools. They then upgraded their heating and cooling system, replacing natural gas heat and conventional AC with a modern, high-efficiency heat pump. Most recently, they completed the journey by installing a heat pump water heater to replace their aging gas model.
Today, the O’Brien-Berninis’ home consumes dramatically less energy, and nearly all of it is renewable, demonstrating how incremental improvements can add up to near-zero carbon living, even in an older home.
COMMUNITY AIR MONITORING
COMMUNITY AIR MONITORING
Monitoring Air Quality
Monitoring Air Quality
With the Intel plant and a wave of new data centers raising questions about regional air quality, Granville residents have taken action. Working alongside neighboring communities, they're deploying low-cost, open-source monitors in homes, workplaces, and gathering spaces and putting real data in local hands.
WOSU Public Media: Licking County residents monitor air quality ahead of opening of Intel plants, other developments
Photos illustrating the King's woodland garden, soft landings & some of butterflies that have visited their garden.
WELSH HILLS ROAD
WELSH HILLS ROAD
Sustainable Landscaping
Sustainable Landscaping
The King family’s landscape is a vibrant example of how thoughtful planting can support both beauty and biodiversity. Their yard features a small prairie garden, a shady woodland garden, and foundation plantings featuring native shrubs — all designed with ecology in mind. By “leaving the leaves” in fall to create soft landings under trees, they’ve created vital habitat for pollinators and overwintering insects. As a result, their garden hums with life, welcoming dozens of species of butterflies, bees, and other beneficial pollinators throughout the seasons.
Dark Earth Farm | Photo by Susan King
SMALL FARMS OF SOUTH GRANVILLE
Local Regenerative Agriculture
SMALL FARMS OF SOUTH GRANVILLE
Local Regenerative Agriculture
A group of Granville-area regenerative farms and modern homesteads is cultivating a community rooted in collaboration. This informal network of small-scale, sustainable growers includes Dark Earth Farm, Flat Root Farm, Everyday Acres, Mossycup Farm, and The Yard at Cherry Valley. Individually they grow vegetables and native grains and raise free range chicken and heritage goats. Collectively, they are committed to farming, gardening, and homesteading in ways that restore the land and promote environmental health. By pooling their knowledge and sharing tools, equipment and a passion for the planet, these farms illustrate that even the smallest farms can have an outsized impact on the environment and local food systems.
SOLAR ON CHERRY STREET
SOLAR ON CHERRY STREET
Rooftop Solar
Rooftop Solar
The Katz family installed 12 solar panels on the roof of their Cherry Street home in 2017 and added 3 additional panels in 2019. Their advice to other Granville residents considering solar: "Do it!"
Size of array: 5.19 kW
Number of solar panels: 15
Percentage of energy generated by solar: 90%
Cost per watt to install: $2.33 pre-tax | $1.63 after tax rebates
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NOMINATE LOCAL LEADERS
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Do you know a sustainability superstar? Send us your suggestions for a spotlight on local residents, businesses and organizations committed to sustainability. Please use the form below or email us at: hello@gogreengranville.org
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