Green space protection provides many benefits to the overall Granville Community. The benefits include:

• Protecting the rural character of the community
• Protecting natural environments
• Improving air and water quality
• Ensuring that residents have access to countryside, with consequent educational and recreational opportunities in perpetuity
• Providing walking areas close to the village
• Maintaining habitats for wild plants and animals
• Preserving farmland
• Protecting community boundaries from over-development with housing which would put additional pressure on Granville's community resources
• Protecting or enhancing property values throughout the community

Benefits to property owners include the Clean Ohio Agricultural Easement Purchase Program which purchases agricultural easements from interested Ohio farmland owners.