Abandoned mine reclaimed in the middle of Cadiz

BY ALYSSA HOWARD Harrison News-Herald Staff Writer

CADIZ—A ground reclamation project has begun near Tractor Supply. The Cadiz Community Improvement Corporation has partnered with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources to restore an abandoned coal mine site for commercial development.

CIC President Michael Sliva said the project mostly chose them, “We had a developer interested in the land. Once they came to look at it, they discovered shallow mining issues on the property.” The developer in question is a Cincinnati-based commercial real estate company, Compton Addy. Sliva also stated, “We knew the grant funding was there, so it was just a matter of securing it and getting everything started.”