Downtown Mantua Revitalization Corporation
Mantua Revitalization, DMRC, has been supporting Mantua since 2007. We operate with one major function—to promote and revitalize the Village of Mantua to become a village where people want to live and visit.
We hope you will join us at one of our sponsored events like Art on the Hill and Wine Tasting in July, the Night at the Races in April, and Quilts in the Village bi-annually in May. You can also find us at the Potato Festival at the Pierogi Booth with the Rotary Club of Mantua. Our annual Photo Contest Winner Calendar goes on sale every fall.
Upcoming Mantua Events
Art on the Hill......
& Wine Tasting
Saturday, July 13, 2024 10am-6pm
Named the “2014 Best Arts and Cultural Event in Portage County,” this street festival boasts over 80 artisans selling and displaying their handmade works of art as well as a “Merchant Circle," great food, a Chinese auction of art and local prizes, and a popular photo contest, as well as wine tasting by four local wineries.
Artisans, Merchants, Food Vendors, and Wineries wishing to secure a space
EVENT APPLICATIONS
Artisan & Merchant Application
Winery Application
Sponsorship Application… coming soon!
2024 ART ON THE HILL & WINE TASTING
PHOTO CONTEST
Enter photos under categories of People/Portraits, Landscapes , Nature, Places/Events , Animals/ Pets or Other (Art photos, photo journalism, etc.) Photos also accepted for the 2025 DMRC Calendar. The theme for the year is CELEBRATE!! Photos for the calendar must be of the Mantua area—Village, Shalersville, Township or Hiram are eligible.
Calendar photos will be judged along with all the photo categories for the Photo Contest awards but 13 will be selected for the calendar.
A Special Award will be made to the Calendar Photo best reflecting the theme. Photographers of every age, (Pre-K through adult) may enter. Indicate the correct age group on the entry form. Students include the grade you were in last year. We will have separate amateur and professional divisions and students will be judged separately . $5.00 per photo to enter.
Question? Email aothphotocontest@gmail.com
2024 MANTUA SMALL BUSINESS GRANT
Have a great new idea for your business’s physical or marketing presence and would like some assistance in making that happen? Consider the Mantua Small Business Grant program. Whether it’s a new sign or a new website, we’d like to help with a $400 grant. In a few words let us know how you would use your award to enhance your visibility to your customers. Should you win a grant DMRC will give you a placard for display and arrange for an announcement with photo in a local newspaper.
Eligible project must be designed to enhance your presence in the community via
1. signage, 2. new or updated website, 3. media advertising purchase or 4. other new relevant projects
Eligible businesses must have a physical address and conduct business within Mantua Village and have less than $1 million in annual gross receipts.
All projects must be historically appropriate and compliant with village ordinances where required.
Should you win a grant DMRC will give you a placard for display and arrange for an announcement with photo in a local newspaper. We ask that grant funds be used for the project which is described in your application – please don’t use them for alternate projects without approval from the DMRC Mantua Small Business Grant committee.
If awarded, grant eligibility returns after twenty-four months.
Shoot us an idea! Thank you and good luck!
Applications must be received by June 29, 2024.
Please mail to :
DMRC, MSBGs
PO Box 414
Mantua, Ohio 44255
2023 GRANTS AWARDED
COMMEMORATIVE REFUSE & RECYCLING CONTAINER
Friends and Family may purchase a black powder coated refuse and recycling container with an engraved plaque dedicated in the name of someone special. Containers will be placed around The Village of Mantua in the Downtown area and Buchert Park.
Current price is $2,600 (Please verify prior to finalizing order).
If you like to be contacted with information about donating a refuse and recycling container to the Village of Mantua please click the button below.
POLLINATOR GARDEN
Check out the Mantua Community Pollinator Garden at the entrance to the Headwaters Trail walking bridge on the west side of the Cuyahoga River in Mantua Village. This spring the Rotary Club of Mantua and Downtown Mantua Revitalization coordinated their efforts to plan and fund a garden of 400 native plants of 15 varieties that will attract butterflies and bees. Look for a laminated page with pictures of the plants with their identity.