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I, uh, didn't know this. I wish it would come back!! lol

Whoa, I didn't know this was happening. Pretty cool! These are condos, too! I wonder how much they'll cost, lol......

The thing about Ohio swinging so hard to the right is that.....we're not alone. I was actually pretty bummed at the state of everything in this state prior to the election, but then once I realized that nearly every single county of every single state swung hard to the right, I realized it's a problem with America and not just Ohio. Also, clustering to the same 5-6 cities/states in the country is a big factor with the state of the electoral college. Everything is so grim.

Is this the right place for this? I kinda wish the transportation forum wasn't so....hidden? Idk I always want to talk transit and forget to come here, lol. One of the few good bits of news from yesterday: LinkUS levy passed! https://www.axios.com/local/columbus/2024/11/06/ohio-linkus-plan-election-results-pass

Is this possible due to the new zoning laws? Just surprised it's allowed in the area, tbh, lol.

Hey! I think I can actually make this one!!!! Count me in!! Should I still fill out that form with the link if I replied to this thread???

Haven't really been following this lately, but is this project still full steam ahead despite Intel's awful news with their 13th and 14th gen CPUs failing and needing to layoff ~15,000 employees globally? I was really worried about how this factory would be effected.

Omg it passed?! I tuned out for a while. This seems great!!! Was it severely gutted or did it pass more-or-less as originally envisioned??? YouTube from NBC4

Maaaan I wanna live here, too. I just don't know if I'm at a point in my life where I can rent though, and I think ownership is where I should be. I want this but as a condo!

Aw man, I can't make either day! I'll be out of town (Cleveland, ironically) for that entire weekend (and after). Hope you all have a great time and thank you for the invite!

I've been out of the loop and didn't even realize the North Market Tower had a new name. I was reading a CU article from 2022 on it and it seems like it will have 174 residences. Are these going to be condos, apartments, or both? Can't believe how long this has been going on, lol.

I hope families of trans youth can safely move to a state that doesn't want to kill their children or let them exist peacefully. I feel bad for families without the means or ability to move. This sucks and it's a dark day for Ohio.

Oh my god. They're doing the Front two way conversion. I wanted that for the 6 years I lived in Columbus and still want 4 years after leaving. My dream.......has come true. Looks like I'm moving back! 🤣

I'm so out of the loop. I didn't know this project didn't die and in fact has a new name! The Merchant Building.

Excellent news! We have about a year and a half to convince voters why we need this.

It's now up to 4 buildings total. I don't know what the 4th building is. News article here. Considering I live in Massillon, I should make it a point to physically see which ones they're talking about, LOL. But I honestly have no idea what the 4th one is. I have a suspicion it was the "Tiger Rags" building as that was being discussed at a different city council meeting.

Three historical buildings recently were demolished in Downtown Massillon. It's quite sad. The ones I'll be be focusing on here the two that had partially collapsed and were thus condemned and ordered to be demolished. It was quite an undertaking as the two buildings were situated between two other older historical buildings so it was a delicate procedure. The other one was--I think?--planned to be demolished and redeveloped and was not a part of the other two. I have been meaning to get pictures but I haven't been active here in a while and I just haven't thought about it. Perhaps I will this week. Here's an article about it the first two. I'll have more to share later. Whole situation to me is depressing. Although these two buildings were vacant for a long time, this was in the heart of downtown in the only few blocks remaining that make downtown what it is, honestly. Feels like Massillon is just slowly losing a lot of its historical luster. I really hope it gets redeveloped in an urban fashion and just doesn't remain vacant forever. To top it all off, they recently redid the streetscaping here and it looked exceptionally nice....then this happens, lol.

The 1960s called and want their skywalks back.

Forgive my ignorance here but what is the IBEW project? I went back a few pages and couldn't find anything unless I just completely missed it.

Finally approved, then?! I love it when NIMBYs lose. So happy about this.

Oh my god that's an astronomical number. And how many fabs are they planning on building?! Edit: I guess it would help if I did more reading. I see they're planning 5-6 fabs. So 40,000 x 5 is 200,000 jobs. I can't even comprehend that, lol. Edit2: I'm now curious how this affects New Albany vs. Columbus. The OP article says they want to build a "mini city" basically. I wonder how all this will shake out and where the growth will be. But if we're truly looking upwards of 200,000 jobs, I imagine it'll be statewide, basically.

Nice! How many jobs is this supposed to bring again?

Intel already attracting more outside investment. Just awesome.

OK, thanks for alleviating my only concern! (other than transit!!!) Now all aboard the hype train!!! This is thrilling!!

Jesus.....$135k? What do I need to know in order to apply? 😂