To the north of Corning lay the town of Crooksville. This historic area is the center of clay and pottery production in Ohio, and various factories and stores advertised their wares on the drive into town. Crooksville is within commuting distance from the state capital, but in the 2000 census, it had dropped from 2601 to 2483 inhabitants. While it may later serve as a bedroom community for Columbus, the local people have other plans. Judging from the newspaper columns written by MIRA team member Joan Boring and conversations with Bob Frame, the mayor of Crooksville, Doug Cannon, was the driving force for many of the initiatives, each of which had an acronym: F.R.I.E.N.D. (Former Residents In an Electronic Database) N.A.B. (Notices And Bulletins). This program will create an electronic bulletin board on the Internet S.C.A.T. (School and Community Area Television). This program will operate a channel on the local cable television system. S.P.A.D.E. (Saving Pictures And Documents Electronically). For historic documents and photographs A.S.C.K. (Advancing Seniors' Computer Knowledge). This program will provide a computer, monitor, printer, and Internet service to the local Senior Citizens' Center. C.O.L.A.B. (Computer Operations LABoratory). The Crooksville Schools will open their computer laboratory for use by the general public during evenings and on week-ends. E=MC2 (Electronically Marketing Crooksville Commerce). This program will create a website called buycrooksville.com.