DAVE MOSIER/ independent editor Students in the Career Education Opportunity (CEO) program participated in their own private “hidden spaces” event on Tuesday as Van Wert County Foundation (VWCF) Executive Secretary Seth Baker and his staff provided tours of buildings purchased as part of the Van Wert Forward downtown development project. Van Wert County Foundation Executive Secretary Seth Baker (right) talks to CEO students about future plans to turn an area above the Rhoades Insurance business into a loft apartment during a tour held Tuesday. Dave Mosier/Van Wert independent The spaces toured included the upper stories of the Rhoades Insurance building on the southwest corner of Main and Washington streets, the upper stories of the building housing attorney Dillon Staas’ law practice on the northeast corner of Washington and Main, and the former CJ’s Side Pockets in the 100 block of North Washington Street.