Lodi Village

Central Park is Lodi's one-acre village square in the downtown block, described by the village parks department as the focal point of the community. It holds a gazebo and the statue the village calls the iconic Indian statue, and American Municipal Power's profile also notes a war memorial. The gazebo and park shelters can be reserved through the village Clerk and Treasurer's office, and the park hosts community events including the Friday night of Parkstock.

Source: Village of Lodi parks department page and American Municipal Power's member profile of Lodi · checked 2026-10-01

Richman Field is a 5.037-acre village park on the south side of Wooster Street in the southeast corner of Lodi. The village parks department says it is used for athletic field sports by local clubs and organizations and is the site of the village splash pad. It is also where the Saturday of the Parkstock Music Festival is held.

Source: Village of Lodi parks department page, with the parcel confirmed in Medina County Auditor records · checked 2026-10-01

Lodi Community Park is about 12 acres on the east bank of the East Fork tributary of the Black River, on Community Park Drive inside the village. The village parks department calls it a multi-purpose park with facilities for picnicking and recreation for children. It is one of Lodi's three developed village parks, along with Richman Field and Central Park, and its shelters can be reserved through the village Clerk and Treasurer's office.

Source: Village of Lodi parks department page · checked 2026-10-01

Lodi's annual festival now is Parkstock, a music festival that raises money for the village parks and has run since 2019. The mayor's September 2026 letter puts Parkstock 7 on September 18 and 19, 2026, with Friday 5 to 11 p.m. free on the village square and Saturday noon to midnight at Richman Field with seven bands, admission $5 pre-sale or $10 at the door. The Sweet Corn Festival that Lodi held each July was last run in 2019 and is no longer held.

Source: Mayor Robert Geissman's letter to residents dated September 9, 2026, published by the Village of Lodi, for Parkstock; American Municipal Power's Lodi profile and the Wikipedia article on Lodi for the Sweet Corn Festival · checked 2026-10-01

Lodi has a mayor and council government plus an elected Board of Trustees of Public Affairs over the utilities, with offices at 108 Ainsworth Street, 330-948-2040. The municipal income tax is 1 percent, collected by the Regional Income Tax Agency, and the village states that retirement income, social security, interest, dividends and military pay are not taxed. Zoning runs through a village zoning inspector, a five-member Planning Commission and a Board of Zoning Appeals, and the village publishes forms for zoning certificates, driveway, highway use, sign and yard sale permits. Council meets at Village Hall at 7 p.m. on dates the village publishes monthly.

Source: Village of Lodi officials, departments, income tax and zoning pages, and the mayor's September 2026 letter · checked 2026-10-01

The Village of Lodi owns and runs its own electric utility, serving 1,802 customers inside the village. Ohio Edison delivers wholesale power at 69,000 volts into the Eaken Substation and the village distributes it at 4.16 kV and 12.47 kV through four substations with an 8.53 megawatt peak capacity. Lodi is a member of American Municipal Power. The village has completed automated meter reading and an LED street light conversion and says a solar array is in planning. A township address outside the village line is not on the village system.

Source: Village of Lodi electric department page, American Municipal Power's Lodi member profile, and the Medina County Economic Development Corporation's Lodi page · checked 2026-10-01

Inside the village, water and sewer are both run by the Village of Lodi. Water comes from a village well field and treatment plant rated at 900,000 gallons a day, with 750,000 gallons of storage, about 20 miles of mains and 214 hydrants. The sanitary sewer plant was built in 2001 for $8 million, is designed for 0.8 million gallons a day and discharges to the East Fork of the East Branch of the Black River. Trash is Rumpke under village contract, picked up every Tuesday and billed on the monthly village utility bill, with bulk items collected on the regular day if Rumpke is called 24 hours ahead.

Source: Village of Lodi water supply, sanitary sewer and trash pick-up department pages, and Mayor Robert Geissman's letter to residents of September 9, 2026 · checked 2026-10-01

Yes. The Lodi Police Department works out of the village offices at 108 Ainsworth Street with six full-time and one part-time officer covering 24 hours a day, led by Chief Larry Covey, and the village states all its officers are OPOTA trained and certified. The department reports roughly 720 calls a month. Non-emergency numbers are 330-948-2040 and 330-948-3017; emergencies go to 9-1-1. Addresses outside the village line in the surrounding townships are not covered by the village force.

Source: Village of Lodi police department page, with the township comparison from the Harrisville Township site and the existing ledger entry for Lafayette Township · checked 2026-10-01

One combination fire department covers both the Village of Lodi and Harrisville Township, from a five-bay station at 591 Medina Street in Lodi. It is authorized for 30 people and usually runs 20 to 25, with a chief, two assistant chiefs, three full-time positions and the rest part-time paid-on-call. Two firefighters staff the station daily from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., and after that response depends on volunteer coverage. Apparatus is two pumpers, one tanker, two ambulances and a fire prevention vehicle.

Source: Village of Lodi Fire/EMS department page, with the ambulance registration confirmed in the federal NPI registry · checked 2026-10-01

I-71 exit 204 at Ohio 83 is the interchange nearest Lodi, and Love's Travel Stop #332 at 10145 Avon Lake Road gives its location as exit 204, open 24 hours with 120 truck spaces, showers, CAT scales and a Hardee's; a second travel centre operates at 10048 Avon Lake Road. Those addresses say Burbank 44214, which is a Wayne County post office, but both points fall inside Harrisville Township in Medina County on the county's 911 jurisdiction layer and on the US Census geocoder. A Burbank mailing address at this interchange is not proof of Wayne County.

Source: Love's Travel Stops' own page for store 332, Medina County GIS 911 jurisdiction boundary layer, and the US Census geocoder · checked 2026-10-01

The Lodi Library is a Medina County District Library branch at 635 Wooster Street, 330-948-1885, open Monday through Thursday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Friday and Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., closed Sunday. The library describes a 14,805 square foot building with a community room, meeting rooms, a recording studio, a makerspace and digital lab, public computers and wi-fi, and copy, print, fax and scan services. It is part of the CLEVNET cooperative.

Source: Medina County District Library's own Lodi branch page, with the construction cost from the Village of Lodi history page · checked 2026-10-01

Second Look Books & Brews at 119 Wooster Street is a coffee shop and used bookstore on the square in downtown Lodi, open Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. It serves coffee roasted by Boo Bears in Wooster, a house espresso called the Gatsby Blend, and Gnat and Bee tea, and carries used fiction, nonfiction and children's and teen books, with special orders available.

Source: Second Look's own website · checked 2026-10-01

Lodi is the first settlement in Medina County. Harrisville Township was surveyed in 1810, Joseph Harris built the county's first house, and both the village and the Medina County Economic Development Corporation date the founding to 1811. It was called Harrisville after Judge Joseph Harris and had a post office under that name from 1834. The village's own history says the name Lodi came from a recitation of 'Napoleon at the Bridge' at a town meeting, about Napoleon's Battle of Lodi, with an alternative account that 'Lo-di' described a low divide; the village does sit on the continental divide between the Lake Erie and Ohio River watersheds. Lodi incorporated in 1891.

Source: Village of Lodi's own history page and the Lodi-Harrisville Historical Society's published timeline, with the founding date corroborated by the Medina County Economic Development Corporation · checked 2026-10-01

The Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad Depot at 204 South Railroad Street went on the National Register of Historic Places on 23 January 2013 and houses the Lodi Railroad Museum, which is open the fourth Sunday of each month from 1 to 4 p.m., April through October. The museum group formed in October 2005 after finding the depot for sale on eBay and took the deed in December 2008. The Wheeling and Lake Erie began passenger service in Lodi in 1881, the Baltimore and Ohio arrived in 1891, and an interurban ran from 1909 to 1931. The Baltimore and Ohio's Black River Viaduct, a mile west of Lodi in Harrisville Township, has been on the National Register since 6 May 1976.

Source: Lodi Railroad Museum's own about page, the National Register of Historic Places listings for Medina County, and the Village of Lodi history page · checked 2026-10-01