Defiance to apply for ODNR path grant

In Defi­ance, City Coun­cil says they are apply­ing for a state grant to help pay for a new path to the reser­voir. The appli­ca­tion is due by Feb­ru­ary 1 to the Ohio Depart­ment of Nat­ural Resources. If ODNR approves the appli­ca­tion, the recre­ational trail pro­gram grant would pro­vide 75 per­cent of the cost of the walk­ing path’s con­struc­tion. That comes out to about $150,000. The city has set aside $50,000 to com­plete the project.