The City of Ravenna OH

09/10/2026

Ravenna City Council will be redistricting city wards for the first time since 1972 and would like to hear from the community! There will be 2 meetings that will be held at the Reed Memorial Library, located at 167 E. Main St., Ravenna, OH 44266 on Saturday, September 23, 2026, from 6 - 7pm in the Jenkins Roon. The second meeting will be held on Saturday, October 3, 2026, in the Jenkins Room, from 12 - 1pm. For more information, call (330) 297-2155 or email [email protected]. This meeting is free and open to the public.

09/09/2026

09/09/2026

**UPDATE**
There is no boil alert for this shut off. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

ATTENTION RESIDENTS

The City of Ravenna has shut the water off on South Chestnut Street from Riddle Avenue to Harris Street and a portion of Van Buren. There is a watermain break located near the upper parking lot of the Portage County Administration Building. There is not anymore information available at this time. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Once more information is available, this posting will be updated.

09/02/2026

MEDIA RELEASE FROM PORTAGE COUNTY EMA:

CONTACT: Ryan Shackelford, Director, Portage County Emergency Management Agency, [email protected], 330-697-2689

PORTAGE COUNTY EMA DRILL SEPT. 9 AT
EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER ON SR 59 IN RAVENNA

RAVENNA, OH—Residents will see increased activity at the Portage County Emergency Operations Center on SR 59 the morning of Sept. 9 when the Portage County Emergency Management Agency conducts a full-scale exercise to test critical capabilities for responding to a complex severe weather event.
Drivers may experience some traffic on SR 59 at the EOC location, 2759 State Route 59, between Ravenna and Kent, 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. The exercise is scheduled to run until 2 p.m.
A year in the planning, the exercise will bring together more than 100 local first responders to test their skills at keeping residents safe after a severe weather scenario involving a tornado and an accidental hazardous materials incident.
“We view this as an incredible opportunity to evaluate our joint preparedness training, something we do all year long. EMA is grateful to the first responders from numerous departments, the City of Ravenna and agencies in Portage County who work with us continually on strengthening our county’s response to disaster,” said Portage County EMA Director Ryan Shackelford, who will lead the exercise.

Shackelford explained that the exercise will be a full-scale drill testing all facets of the new emergency operations center, focusing on response coordination with one municipality impacted by the tornado and complicated by a developing hazardous materials incident that will require a command unit in the field.
The City of Ravenna government has agreed to be the exercise’s simulated location. Shackelford said there will be no impact on city operations nor will any drill activities take place in the city. All activities will be centralized at the EOC.
“This scenario is not far off from real life and the Windham Township tornado we experienced in 2024,” Shackelford commented. “We have the plans and the tools in place at the EOC. This drill puts that together with the training and expertise of our local first responders to provide us with a unique chance to reinforce our disaster response.”
To comply with the Ohio Revised Code, the Portage County EMA and the Local Emergency Planning Committee must conduct an annual exercise of its emergency operations plan and the requirements set forth by Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) and the State Emergency Response Commission (SERC).
Police, fire, local government and additional agencies have assigned officers and staff to participate in the exercise working on planning, decision-making, public information, logistics and disaster financial management. Portage County Commissioners and City of Ravenna officials will be intensely involved in the response process as they are faced with challenging decisions in the scenario.
Over the past six months, the exercise participants have been undertaking additional training at the EOC, which was built in 2024 and designed to support complex disaster responses. The exercise will include the testing of the Joint Information Center, a section of the facility dedicated to pushing out the public information residents need before, during and after an incident.

08/14/2026

**UPDATE**
Maple Ln. off of Meridian St. is open again. You are able to resume dropping off your water and/or sewer bills at the collection box. The city appreciates your patience as we are updating corners to be ADA compliant.

Attention Residents:

There is a company working out on S. Park Way digging up the sidewalk from W. Spruce to W. Main St. While they are doing that, there will be no parking on the west side of S. Park Way through next Friday, August 21, 2026. They have also closed Maple Ln. between S. Meridian St. and S. Park Way until the concrete work has been completed. If you have a water and/or sewer bill you'd like to pay, please either bring it in to City Hall, or take it over to the Water Billing office located at 530 N. Freedom St.

The city apologizes for any inconvenience this may cause anyone.

08/05/2026

The city has issued a Solicitor Permit to Anthony Cipalla on August 4, 2026. The company he works for is IGS Energy. His permit is good until August 3, 2027.

If you should ever have any questions as to whether there's any solicitor's allowed to be going door-to-door, please call City Hall at (330) 296-3864, option 0, and talk to the Administrative Assistant.

08/03/2026

Attention residents:

Washington St. is closed from N. Freedom St. until the rear of the property at the Valero gas station there on the SW corner of Washington St. and N. Freedom St. The city is repairing a pipe, and the road will remain closed until the repair has been completed.

If you have any questions, please call the Service Director's office at (330) 296-6326.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

08/03/2026

Octane Nights road closure:

Mongoose Motors is having their annual Cruise-In Car Show this year on Wednesday, August 5, 2026, from 2:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. Main Street, from Bryn Mawr to Freedom St., will be closed beginning at 2:00 p.m.

All lanes on E. Main St. will be closed between Linden and Bryn Mawr. We will have the south lane on E. Main St. closed from Freedom to Linden. The north lane will remain open, but ONLY for the residents that live on the north side of Main Street, between Linden and Freedom, as that is their only means of accessing their property. The city will also be placing no parking signs up for E. Cedar Ave., between Linden St. and N. Freedom St. There is also to be no parking on Linden St. from E. Main St. to E. Highland Ave.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the Service Director at (330) 296-6326.

07/09/2026

**UPDATE**

Water service has been restored for the folks that had their water shut off. There is a boil alert in effect until 10 a.m. tomorrow, Friday, July 10, 2026. Again, we apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. There ended up being another water break just as the first one finished being repaired.

Attention residents:

The water had been shut off on W. Spruce St. around 3a.m. this morning. The water is off between King and Grant St. An update will be provided once there is more information available. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

If you should have any questions, please call the Service Director's office at (330) 296-6326.

07/08/2026

**UPDATE**
The water was restored at 4pm on Wednesday, July 8, 2026. The city is advising the boil alert to be in effect until 4:35 p.m. today, Thursday, July 9, 2026. If there are any changes to this update, there will be another update posted. Again, we apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Attention residents on Murray. Water has been shut off on Murray Ct., between Rosedale and S. Freedom. This post will be updated with more information as information is provided. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.