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Mansfield, OH

 For visitors to Mansfield, Ohio, the old saying “A picture is worth a thousand words” is modified to make the picture worth $50 in free gas. The Mansfield & Richland Convention & Visitors Bureau today launched a contest offering $50 gas cards to winning visitors who upload photos and a story about their visit to Mansfield on www.mansfieldtourism.com.  Offering a variety of incredibly affordable family fun, Mansfield has an extensive list of activities, places to go, things to do and people to see...

The Renaissance Theatre - host to the Mansfield Symphony, the Renaissance Broadway Series, the Renaissance Summer Musical,  the Miss Ohio Scholarship Pageant, the Funcenter Chordsmen, the Third Saturday in August Comedy Club, the Mansfield Symphony Youth Orchestra and Youth Strings, movie series, and many, many other events. Over 75,000 people attend events at the Renaissance every year.

The Ohio State Reformatory  - The official Shawshank Redemption Trail Drive-it-Yourself Brochure will help you navigate your way around Mansfield/Richland County, Ashland County and Upper Sandusky visiting the same sites as Hollywood once did filming Shawshank Redemption.

With the cornerstone laid in 1886, this castle-like prison was designed as a reformatory for young offenders. Abandoned in 1990, the original cell-blocks and administration areas remain intact. Four major motion pictures have been filmed on location including "The Shawshank Redemption" and "Air Force One". >MORE

Richland Carrousel Park opened in 1991 as the first new, hand- carved carrousel to be built and operated in the United States since the 1930's.  The Carrousel figures were carved in the style of G.A. Dentzel, one of the most revered carvers of the early 1900's.  All 52 figures were designed, carved and painted by Carrousel Works in Mansfield. >MORE

This month: Miss Ohio Festival - June 11-19 /Kicking off Miss Ohio Week, the

festival is held the weekend prior to the Miss Ohio Schlorship Program in downtown Mansfield. The pageant is held at the historic Renaissance Theatre.>MORE