Geauga Happenings
December 29, 2022 by Staff Report

Registration is now open for the winter session of dance, fitness, music, theatre and visual arts classes and workshops at Fairmount Center for the Arts, 8400 Fairmount Road in Russell Township...

Fairmount Winter Registration

Registration is now open for the winter session of dance, fitness, music, theatre and visual arts classes and workshops at Fairmount Center for the Arts, 8400 Fairmount Road in Russell Township. The session for preschoolers through seniors begins Jan. 6.

Current and prospective students are invited to learn more about Fairmount’s offerings at the Winter Warm-Up on Jan. 7 from 10 a.m. to noon. Attendees can tour the facility, meet instructors, see dance performances by the student Fairmount Dance Company and Hip Hop Crew performing groups and enjoy art-making activities.

For more information or to register for classes, visit www.fairmountcenter.org, call 440-338-3171. Scholarships and payment plans are available.

Genealogical Society Meets

Jan. 10, 7 p.m.

Deborah Abbott will present “You Only have a Death Announcement, Now What?” via Zoom at the next meeting of the Geauga County Genealogical Society. The program will begin after the short business meeting.

Registration is requested; visit gcgsoh.org and click on Programs and Links to receive a confirmation email and instructions from LibCal.

Woodland Wednesdays

Jan. 25, 6:30-8 p.m.

The 2023 Woodland Wednesdays series kicks off with a virtual program, “Love Your Trees, Lower Your Taxes.” Featured speakers Leah Curtis, policy counsel and senior director of member engagement, Ohio Farm Bureau Federation, and David Thomas, Ashtabula County auditor, will review the Ohio Forestry Tax Law (OFTL) and the Current Agriculture Use Value (CAUV) programs available to landowners with qualifying property.

Learn the history, improvements, eligibility and requirements of these tax-saving programs to get on the path to better stewardship and more savings.

The online program is free, but registration is required by Jan. 24; call 440-834-1122 or email gprunty@geauga.oh.gov. For more information, visit geaugaswcd.com.