"Village Society seeks tax exemption" ThisWeek Community Newspapers

Link: Village Society seeks tax exemption
David J Cross
ThisWeek Community Newspapers
April 17, 2008

An upcoming appeal hearing could determine whether the German Village Society's will have to pay property taxes on its meeting haus.

The society will go before the Board of Tax Appeals at 9 a.m. April 28 at The Rhodes Tower, 30 E. Broad Street. It's the not-for-profit's hope that the board will overturn an earlier decision in which the meeting haus was ruled not to be eligible for tax exemption...

...In a 2006 document, the Ohio Tax Commissioner said the society's goals were commendable, but serve a self-interest and as such it is not exempt.

"The society's purpose and the clear results of its efforts have been to protect and to increase the property values in German Village, and to improve the economic benefits of business in the area," the document stated...