City of Portsmouth: Collective Effervescence on the Ohio River

2022 Community Micro-grant Winner
Portsmouth, Ohio, USA
City of Portsmouth and Shawnee State University, Sean Dunne

By having regularly scheduled canoe trips, this group hopes to change the perceptions of the Ohio River. The goal is participation and enjoyment of this natural resource and getting people outside learning instead of lecturing about the river. Shawnee State Sociology students will use this project as a way of learning more about research methods. They will design and collect surveys and interview participants to measure the success of people’s enjoyment of their trip, and how many participants return to enjoy the Ohio River.