Township Of Plain

What Township Of Plain does

Plain Township is a political subdivision of the State of Ohio, established in 1810 and located northeast of Columbus in Franklin County, serving approximately 13,000 residents including the City of New Albany. It is a local government entity governed by three elected Trustees, an appointed Township Administrator (Ben Collins), and an elected Township Fiscal Officer. As a government body, it has no commercial revenue model — funding flows through property taxation and government budgets rather than market-priced services, and pricing information is explicitly not applicable.

The township's service portfolio is organized into five operational departments: Fire/EMS (emergency response, fire prevention, CPR training, car seat inspections, EMS billing), the Plain Township Aquatic Center (pool, swim lessons, competitive Gators swim team, online membership registration), Cemetery services (Maplewood Cemetery with online burial search and published 2025 price list), Zoning services (permits, variances, land-use planning, conditional use, rezoning, with refreshed 2026 fees), and Roads Maintenance (service requests, storm water/NPDES compliance). There is no unified digital product platform; the technology footprint is limited to a public website (plaintownship.org), the Code Red Emergency Notification System, Alert Franklin County, and social media channels on X, Instagram, and Facebook.

Distribution and customer engagement are entirely domestic and geographic. The township serves a single defined customer segment — its residents and property owners — through in-person government services at two documented locations: the administrative headquarters at 45 Second Street in New Albany, and the Plain Township Fire Station at 9500 Johnstown Road, which also hosts Board of Trustees, Zoning Commission, and Board of Zoning Appeals meetings. Recent strategic activity indicates active capital and regulatory expansion, including a fire station groundbreaking, a new Invasive Plant Replacement Program, updated 2026 zoning fees, and public engagement on Ohio property tax policy reform.

Name

Township Of Plain

Legal name

Plain Township

Website

https://plaintownship.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1810

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Plain Township is a political subdivision of Ohio, established in 1810, serving 13,000 residents in the New Albany area of Franklin County. It provides fire/EMS, aquatic center, cemetery, zoning, and road maintenance services funded through property taxes and government budgets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Services

NAICS

Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development (925), Administration of Urban Planning and Community and Rural Development (92512), Administration of Air and Water Resource and Solid Waste Management Programs (92411)

SIC

Sanitary Services (4950)

akta.pro primary industry

Planning, Zoning, Permitting & Code Enforcement (BPAIACAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Public Works & Municipal Infrastructure (Streets, Stormwater, Facilities) (BPAIACAF)

Keywords

• Local government services
• Fire and EMS
• Municipal zoning
• Aquatic recreation
• Cemetery services

Headquarters

HQ city

New Albany

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Plain Township is a municipal government that delivers public-safety, recreational, and administrative services to its residents. Core offerings include fire suppression and emergency medical response, operation of an aquatic center with pool memberships and programming, sale of cemetery plots at Maplewood Cemetery, administration of zoning and property-use regulations, and maintenance of township roads and storm-water infrastructure.

Product overview

Plain Township is a government entity providing municipal services to residents of New Albany, Ohio. The township does not offer a unified digital product or software platform. Its service offerings are organized into distinct operational departments: Fire/EMS (emergency response, fire prevention, CPR training, car seat inspections), the Plain Township Aquatic Center (swimming pool, swim lessons, swim team), Cemetery services (Maplewood Cemetery with burial search), Zoning services (permits, variances, land use planning), and Roads Maintenance. These are government service functions rather than commercial software products or technology offerings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Fire and EMS Services Fire suppression, emergency medical response, and associated public-safety services delivered to Plain Township residents and surrounding service-area communities from the Township's fire and EMS stations.
• Plain Township Aquatic Center Aquatic recreation facility offering pool memberships, swim lessons, and a competitive swim team to Township residents and visitors.
• Maplewood Cemetery Services Cemetery services operated by Plain Township, providing cemetery plots and burial services to families in the Township.
• Zoning Administration Services Zoning and property-use administration services for residents and property owners, including zoning enforcement, permits, and appeals administered through the Zoning Commission and Zoning Board of Appeals.
• Roads and Storm Water Maintenance Maintenance of township roads, right-of-way, and storm-water drainage infrastructure within Plain Township.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Others

• CivicPlus: Provider of municipal websites, recreation management, and code enforcement software widely adopted by small U.S. municipalities and townships. Relevant ecosystem peer for Plain Township's digital service delivery and aquatic center operations.
• Granicus: Govtech provider of government communications, agenda/legislative management, and citizen engagement software used by hundreds of U.S. municipalities. Adjacent to Plain Township's use of Code Red and Alert Franklin County for resident notification.
• Tyler Technologies: Public-sector software vendor providing ERP, permitting/zoning, and citizen-services platforms to U.S. townships and municipalities. A relevant ecosystem/partner comparison for understanding the technology stack Plain Township could leverage to modernize operations.
• Ohio Township Association: Statewide association representing Ohio's 1,300+ townships and providing training, advocacy, and resources on township governance, zoning, and public works. Sets the policy and operational context for Plain Township and its peer townships.

Direct peers

• Jefferson Township (Franklin County, OH): A neighboring Franklin County township providing the same core municipal services (zoning, roads, fire/EMS, cemeteries) to its own residents under the same Ohio township governance framework, making it a directly comparable peer.
• City of New Albany: The principal municipality located within Plain Township. Both entities serve the same 13,000-resident geography with overlapping municipal functions (public safety oversight, zoning, road maintenance, parks), making it the closest functional peer.
• Truro Township (Franklin County, OH): Another Franklin County township operating under Ohio Revised Code Chapter 505 with comparable elected-trustee governance, road maintenance, zoning, and cemetery functions, serving as a structural peer for benchmarking service delivery.

Broad incumbents

• Franklin County Government: The county-level government overseeing the jurisdiction containing Plain Township. Operates parallel public administration functions (environmental programs, infrastructure, public safety) at a broader geographic scale, including the Alert Franklin County system Plain Township promotes.
• City of Columbus: The larger central city that Plain Township abuts to the northeast. Columbus provides a wide range of comparable municipal services (zoning, public works, public safety, recreation) at scale, serving as a broad incumbent reference point for the regional municipal ecosystem.

Regional players

• Genoa Township (Delaware County, OH): A Central Ohio township operating under the same Ohio township governance model with similar service mix (zoning, roads, cemetery, parks) in the adjacent Delaware County submarket, useful as a regional comparison point for service model and scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xinstagram.com/plaintownshipoh
• Facebookfacebook.com/plaintownship
• Instagraminstagram.com/plaintownshipoh
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/plain-township

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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