MinervaFlora December Update
This month I will focus on the Sweetgum tree (Liquidambar styraciflua), a deciduous tree native to the southern portion of Ohio. It is often planted as a landscape tree in the rest of Ohio. Once you know this tree, you’ll likely remember it by its 5-7 point star-shaped leaves, its beautiful fall color and its spiky round fruits. In autumn, the leaves turn shades of color from yellow to orange to red to deep purple and mixtures of all of these, tending to turn and stay attache


Meet Your Neighbor
Read more about your neighbors featured in the latest issue of the Minerva Park Community Association Newsletter Meet Santa & Mrs. Claus! Each December, Santa and Mrs. Claus make their annual journey around the world, but there’s one stop they both look forward to every year—Minerva Park! The Clauses have been visiting the village for as long as anyone can remember, and they say it’s one of their favorite places on the map. Santa loves how Minerva Park looks from the sky. “It





