The Daily Record July 29, 2015
WOOSTER — “That trailer park shutting down was a blessing,” said former Larwill Mobile Home Park resident Electa Hupp, after reflecting on her time in the community and her subsequent departure.
Hupp, just like all park residents, was effectively evicted from the property July 6 when Wooster shut off its water. Owners Richard and Carolyn Lawrence failed to pay the water bills for the last five years and owe the city over $200,000.
The shut off displaced about 40 families. Wooster elicited the help of Wayne Metropolitan Housing Authority and other social service agencies and worked to find housing solutions for those who needed help. Hupp, who moved into the park in March, just a few months before the notice of the shut off, said she was one of those residents and she is glad she decided to get help.
“I’m in a better environment,” Hupp said, noting the Housing Authority, Liberty Connections, Community Action Wayne/Medina and a group from the Wooster chapter of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul came alongside her and assisted with getting her a place at Martin House — an apartment complex for the elderly and disabled in Ashland…