12 Our Purpose: The job of the Organization Committee is to build consensus and cooperation between the groups that play a role in the downtown. Many individuals and organizations in the community have a stake in the economic vitality of the downtown. In our first year, this practically looked like facilitating communication between the committees and organizing reports and online tools. Volunteer Hours: The Revitalize Cedarville project could only be successful with the selfless help of dozens of individuals volunteering their time. The Revitalize Cedarville Board has monthly meetings, as well as monthly committee meetings. Board members have much more work they do outside of this and are expected to donate 8 hours a month to revitalization activities. In 2025, Revitalize Cedarville Board Members invested 2,816 hours of volunteer work. This comes out to an average of more than 23 hours per month per board member. But putting on events like Sidewalk Saturdays, CedarFest, and Little Town of Lights could not be done by the Board members alone. Many others invest their time in making these events a success. Non-Board members contributed 4,958 volunteer hours in 2025. Altogether, 7,774 hours were donated for Revitalize Cedarville in 2025. The Ohio Commission on Service and Volunteerism in 2024 valued volunteer hours at $32.42/hour. This means our volunteers contributed $252,033 in value to the organization! Organization Committee
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