Quality of Life

In Vermillion County you can sample the closeness of small town and rural life - friendly neighbors, smiling people ready to welcome you. A fifteen minute drive away are all the cultural advantages of a larger city. All this without the congestion associated with metropolitan areas!

• Suburban housing abounds, with new houses ranging from $100,000 to +$250,000.
• Quality child care is available throughout the county.
• The Vermillion County Community Foundation has been established in order to further improve our quality of life.
• During Labor Day Weekend, the Little Italy Festival in Clinton bids "Benevenuto" to one and all. Spend some time at the Mercato Nova Strada (Ninth Street Market) or the Wine Garden or take in a game of bocce.
• The Newport Antique Auto Hill Climb is an annual event hosted by the Newport Lions Club. Always held on the first Sunday in October plus the Friday and Saturday before it.
• The Skinner Farm Museum & Village Steam & Gas Show is an annual event held in mid-August. It features authentic log buildings with period furnishings, rare tractors, steam engines, threshing, sawing, blacksmithing, etc.
• The newly-renovated Clinton Public Library serves the Clinton Township area of Vermillion County.
  
• West Central Community Hospital is a 25 bed acute care hospital with ER, OB, ICU, Medical Surgical and Swing Bed programs.  Radiology - Digital x ray, Mamography, Cat scan, Necular med and cardiovascular services; general and orthopediac surgery. Physical, speech, and occupational therapy.  Full service lab. Specialty physician clinic with 19 physicians in most specialties. "Quality care close to Home."