Posted February 15, 200619 yr It's pretty neat that the Main Street program allows for things like this to happen. From ThisWeek Canal Winchester, 2/9/06: MAIN STREET CANAL WINCHESTER Group reports improvements in downtown Thursday, February 9, 2006 By LIZ PECEK ThisWeek Contributor As stated in its mission, Main Street Canal Winchester strives to stimulate economic vitality in the downtown and improve the appearance and the quality of life there. The nonprofit group's executive director, John Garrett, said it's been doing what it set out to do. Twenty-three buildings in the downtown have been rehabilitated between 2003 and 2005, according to statistics Garrett provided to ThisWeek. More than $1.6-million in private investments and around $3-million in public improvements have been made there during that time, he said. Also between 2003 and 2005, there was a net gain of seven new businesses, 36 new full-time jobs and 43 new part-time jobs in the downtown. There were nine empty downtown storefronts in 1999, according to Garrett; now, there aren't any first-floor commercial spaces available. Main Street Canal Winchester was known as the Canal Winchester Downtown Association until last year, Garrett said; the group was started in 1998. Information about the group is available online at www.mainstreetcanalwinchester.org. Full story at http://thisweeknews.com/thisweek.php?edition=CanalWinchester&story=thisweeknews/020906/CanalWinchester/News/020906-News-92474.html
February 16, 200619 yr Canal Winchester actually has a nice, little, historic downtown. I was quite surprised. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
February 16, 200619 yr My cousin bought a condo in Winchester a year or so ago. Looks like I might have to make a visit.
February 18, 200619 yr then why no photos of it? :lol: Hey! Why no posts from you lately? :lol: i had a really big pizza i needed to finish first
June 5, 200619 yr From the 6/4/06 Lancaster Eagle-Gazette: A plethora of updates By TAMARIA L. KULEMEKA The Eagle-Gazette Staff [email protected] CANAL WINCHESTER - Downtown Canal Winchester always has had a quaintness about it - from its historic landmarks to the homes and businesses that line its streets. But prior to 1998, there was evidence downtown needed some work. There were empty storefronts and buildings that needed rehabilitation. "It looked like it just needed some TLC (tender loving care)," said John Garrett, who has spent the past eight years doing just that. Garrett, executive director of the Main Street Canal Winchester program, has helped transform downtown Canal Winchester into a "model" downtown, and it shows. Heritage Ohio named Garrett as Main Street Manager of the Year at an awards banquet in May. At a glance: A look at Main Street Canal Winchester since its inception in 2003 up to 2005: * Downtown Rehabs: 23 * Private Investments: About $1.6 million * Public Improvements: About $3.1 million Source: http://mainstreetcanalwinchester.org Full story at http://www.lancastereaglegazette.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060604/NEWS01/606040312/1002/rss01
July 4, 200618 yr Plans for old middle school to be discussed ThisWeek Canal Winchester, 6/22/06 A public meeting to discuss plans for the future use of the old Canal Winchester Middle School will be held at 5:30 p.m. June 29 at the school, 100 Washington Street. By the time the 2008-09 school year starts, the historic structure is expected to be free of students for the first time in 147 years. A committee of local school and government officials, business representatives and historians has been meeting since April to discuss best uses for the Civil War-era school building. Village planning and zoning administrator Allan Neimayer, who sits on the committee, said the Canal Winchester Local School District will retain ownership of the property and will move its administrative offices to the site. Beyond that, he said, use options could include a performance arts space, a community center for group meetings and adult education programs and a business incubator where start-up companies could lease small offices and share conference rooms.
May 4, 200817 yr Meijer plans 'soft opening' for April 30 Thursday, April 24, 2008 By EVAN BROOKS, ThisWeek Staff Writer The new Meijer store that anchors a major retail development on Diley Road will open its doors to the public April 30. Meijer administrative assistant Valerie Cocke told Canal Winchester Village Council Monday that the "soft opening" will include a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 6:30 a.m. The store's official grand opening is scheduled for May 4, she said. The opening culminates nearly 18 months of preparation and construction. Village council agreed in September 2006 to approve Meijer's final development plans for a 207,364-square-foot store and the design rules for the 12 businesses that will eventually surround it. MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/live/content/canalwinchester/stories/2008/04/24/0424cwmeijer_ln.html
May 6, 200817 yr New Meijer ready 'to work with the community' Thursday, May 1, 2008 By EVAN BROOKS, ThisWeek Staff Writer As they prepare for Sunday's grand opening of a new store in Canal Winchester, Meijer company officials said they want to be a part of the community. The opening of a Meijer store is a $15-million investment to a community and brings 300-400 jobs, according to Frank Guglielmi, Meijer director of public relations. The 207,364-square-foot store at 8300 Meijer Drive is one of three new stores replacing older ones in the Columbus and Dayton areas that have already closed or are scheduled to close. It is also the anchor store in a development on 55 acres bounded by Diley Road, Hill Road and Kings Crossing that was originally earmarked for offices. MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/live/content/canalwinchester/stories/2008/05/01/0501cwmeijer_ln.html
May 18, 200817 yr CRA could spur new development in downtown gateway Tuesday, May 13, 2008 By EVAN BROOKS, ThisWeek Staff Writer Development director Chris Strayer told village council last week he has taken the first steps toward establishing Canal Winchester's third community reinvestment area (CRA). He said the tax abatements available on property in the designated area will help spur economic growth in "the gateway to the downtown. "It (the new CRA) is a cost-savings for businesses, so they locate in our town rather than other towns," Strayer said. The proposed area, which Strayer called the Winchester Cemetery area, includes 18 parcels north of Waterloo Street, east of Gender Road and west of Chesterville Drive. MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/live/content/canalwinchester/stories/2008/05/13/0515cwcra_ln.html
May 27, 200817 yr Repairs are under way on historic downtown building Tuesday, May 20, 2008 By EVAN BROOKS, ThisWeek Staff Writer A historic downtown building that was nearly demolished due to building code violations more than a year ago is getting a second chance. Kathy Green, the new owner of 13-15 E. Waterloo St., said she is looking forward to filling the space in the historic downtown district. "It's just a shame to see a vacant space in the downtown area," Green said when asked why she bought the building, which was constructed in 1900. "We intend to rent it out in the same types of uses it's zoned out for," she said. According to the Franklin County Auditor's Web site, the building is zoned for commercial and residential uses. The lower level, 960 square feet, once housed White Arbor Antiques. It was also used for a sandwich shop and a doctor's office, Green said. Upstairs, there is a small, one-bedroom apartment. MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/live/content/canalwinchester/stories/2008/05/20/0522cwrepairs_ln.html
July 14, 200816 yr Medical office building proposal tabled Tuesday, July 15, 2008 By ROBERT PASCHEN ThisWeek Contributor Members of the Canal Winchester Planning and Zoning Commission were disappointed Monday night with their first look at the medical office building proposed for Diley Road. Paul Ghidotti of Daimler, the medical office building developer, and John Stiles of the Design Group, presented the site development plan for Phase 1 of the Mount Carmel Health Systems and Fairfield Medical Center joint medical campus for 55 acres on Diley Road. In a 5-0 vote, commissioners tabled the request until the commission's August meeting. "This looks like a 1970s high school," said commissioner Jim Knowlton. "I'm not thrilled with the design at all. Either go very traditional or very modern. This is kind of stuck in between. I personally don't think it has any character." MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/live/content/canalwinchester/stories/2008/07/09/medical_building.html
July 18, 200816 yr Medical complex TIF to be approved soon Wednesday, July 16, 2008 By EVAN BROOKS, ThisWeek Staff Writer Canal Winchester Village Council will be asked to approve a non-school tax increment financing (TIF) agreement with Greenfield Development Co. to support construction of a proposed $35-million medical campus on the west side of Diley Road, north of Eichhorn Road. Greenfield Development Co. is a tax-exempt corporation created in 2004 by Mount Carmel Health Systems and Fairfield Medical Center. "The sole purpose of it was to ultimately develop a health care campus in Canal Winchester," said Brett Justice, vice president of strategic advancement for Mount Carmel. A draft of the Greenfield development TIF agreement was presented to council's finance committee last week. MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/live/content/canalwinchester/stories/2008/07/16/0717cwtif_ln.html
September 24, 200816 yr Residents oppose plans for apartments Wednesday, September 10, 2008 By ROBERT PASCHEN, ThisWeek Contributor A developer pulled plans to build a 128-unit apartment complex in Canal Winchester after roughly 100 residents crammed Town Hall Monday in unified opposition at the planning and zoning commission meeting. "The people have spoken," said Don Roberts, speaking on behalf of property owners Myron Rush and Mary Westinghouse and developers State Street Realty Partners LLC. "I don't know how you ignore 100 people who all have the same opinion." The planning and zoning commission had intended to table action on the plans until October so a traffic study could be finished. But developers withdrew the project from consideration after nearly 20 residents spoke against it and others, filling the balcony and stairwell, applauded their statements. The apartment complex was slated to be built on 10.8 acres on the south side of Groveport Road. MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/live/content/canalwinchester/stories/2008/09/10/0911cwapartments_ln.html
September 25, 200816 yr Five-year plan includes roads, parks Wednesday, September 10, 2008 By EVAN BROOKS, ThisWeek Staff Writer Canal Winchester Village Council approved a five-year capital improvements plan last Monday that conceives an image of a village with better roads, sidewalks, a bike path, ice rink and facilities for staff. The five-year capital improvements plan runs from 2009-2013. The 2009 capital projects include: • $15.5-million for a Winchester Boulevard Extension • $1,663,183 for Gender Road improvements • $1,668,316 for the Canal Land Bike Path • $1-million for Walnut Creek Park • $909,792 for phase 2 of Thrush Drive reconstruction • $750,000 for Eichhorn Road widening and Diley Road improvements • $500,000 to install curb ramps throughout the village that meet ADA requirements • $500,000 for parks improvements • $450,000 for sidewalk replacements • $400,000 for new trees • $330,000 for Lithopolis and Gender Road intersection improvements • $250,000 for brick crosswalk and plaza rehabilitation • $250,000 for Winchester Village Street rehabilitation • $150,000 for village technology upgrades • $150,000 for tennis courts • $100,000 to replace ash trees throughout town • $100,000 for pavement reconditioning • $100,000 for Interurban Building rehabilitation • $100,000 for water tower rehabilitation The plan makes way in 2012 for construction of a new public works facility, estimated at $2-million, to replace the 1950s-era building at 400 Ashbrook Road. By 2013, village officials planned for construction of a new municipal building at about $4.5-million. MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/live/content/canalwinchester/stories/2008/09/10/0911cwplan_ln.html clevelandskyscrapers.com Cleveland Skyscrapers on Instagram
September 26, 200816 yr Sept. 30 groundbreaking set for hospital Wednesday, September 24, 2008 By EVAN BROOKS ThisWeek Staff Writer Mount Carmel Health System and Fairfield Medical Center will break ground Tuesday for a $35-million emergency care center near Diley Road and Eichorn Street. The Sept. 30 ceremony will start at 5:30 p.m. Mount Carmel spokeswoman Janice Piscitelli said work to clear the site will start Oct. 2. Construction of the emergency care center is expected to be completed by late fall 2009, she said. MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/live/content/canalwinchester/stories/2008/09/24/0925cwhospital_ln.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
October 14, 200816 yr Officials break ground for new emergency care center Wednesday, October 8, 2008 By EVAN BROOKS ThisWeek Staff Writer Officials from Canal Winchester, Violet Township and Fairfield County helped break ground last week for what one village council member called "the greatest thing to happen to Canal Winchester" in a long time. With silver shovels and speeches, officials marked the beginning of construction Sept. 30 of a full-service, 24-hour emergency center near U.S. 33 and Diley Road. The $35-million project is a joint venture between Mount Carmel Health System and Fairfield Medical Center. MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/live/content/canalwinchester/stories/2008/10/08/1009cwbreakgrd_ln.html
February 28, 201015 yr DOWNTOWN DEMOLITION Bank has one year to raze buildings Wednesday, February 24, 2010 - 2:05 PM By Robert Paschen, ThisWeek Contributor Canal Winchester Village Council agreed last week to allow Guernsey Bank demolish buildings at an old downtown lumberyard, also known as the former Davis Paints site, at 45 E. Waterloo Street. Council voted 6-0 at its Feb. 15 meeting to allow the demolition to move forward. The bank has one year to complete the demolition. Guernsey Bank wants to tear down the buildings as a first step toward developing this vacant roughly 1-acre parcel of downtown real estate. According to "findings of fact" leading up to the vote, "Council determines, based on the current condition of the structures on the Davis Paints site, there is little historical significance or historic importance to the structures." "The structures on the Davis Paints site are deteriorating and would be extremely difficult, if not impossible to renovate. The demolition would create a clear site for new development in the Old town District." Full article at http://www.thisweeknews.com/live/content/canalwinchester/stories/2010/02/24/0225cwraze-building_ln.html?sid=104
March 15, 201015 yr Old Town Overlay District Zoning change would allow homes to be rebuilt Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - 3:03 PM By ROBERT PASCHEN, ThisWeek Contributor The village planning and zoning commission took the first step Monday toward giving the owners of 41 downtown properties the right to rebuild their homes, if necessary. Commission members voted 7-0 to recommend that the single-family homes can be rebuilt in a commercially zoned section of downtown. The proposal would amend the zoning code for the 41 single-family homes in the village's Old Town Overlay District. The recommendation now moves to Canal Winchester Village Council. The next step, according to zoning administrator Allan Neimayer, is for council to schedule a public hearing before voting on the proposal. He said a date for the public hearing will be announced in the next few weeks. Neimayer said he doesn't expect a council vote until later in the spring. Without amending the zoning code, none of the 41 homes could be rebuilt if they were destroyed, say, by a fire, because Canal Winchester's current zoning code prohibits new residential construction in a commercially zoned area. FULL ARTICLE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/live/content/canalwinchester/stories/2010/03/10/0311cwzoning-change_ln.html?sid=104
March 16, 201015 yr I live in CW (hence the user name c-dub) so I'll have to take some pictures and post them. Canal does have some charm in it's historic downtown.
March 29, 201015 yr Village loses appeal on apartments Wednesday, March 17, 2010 - 1:13 PM By ROBERT PASCHEN ThisWeek Contributor A March 9 decision by the 10th District Court of Appeals cleared the way for construction of an apartment complex that both Canal Winchester Village Council and the planning and zoning commission had rejected. The 112-unit apartment complex was proposed by Rockford Homes in the Villages at Westchester at the corner of Thrush Drive and Groveport Road. The appellate court agreed with an earlier decision by the Franklin County Municipal Court Environmental Division in favor of Rockford Homes. "We could appeal to the Supreme Court (of Ohio)," law director Gene Hollins told council Monday night, but he said doing so probably would do no good. He said the village has received no word on whether Rockford will move forward with the apartment project. Full article: http://www.thisweeknews.com/live/content/canalwinchester/stories/2010/03/17/0318cwvill-loses-appeal_ln.html?sid=104
March 30, 201015 yr I live next to the C-dub over in Grove-tropolis. At least they aren't trying to spread further south.... yet.....
April 8, 201015 yr New site proposed for senior housing Developer seeks to build 50-unit apartment complex on West Waterloo Tuesday, March 30, 2010 - 6:04 PM By ROBERT PASCHEN, ThisWeek Contributor A year after its plans for a downtown senior apartment complex were rejected, a local developer is back with a similar plan but a different location. Fairfield Homes is hoping to construct a 50-unit senior apartment complex on a 1.9-acre parcel on West Waterloo Street adjacent to the Charleston Lake development and Walmart. To do so, the company is requesting that the village rezone the property from general commercial to a planned residential district (PRD). This would allow Fairfield Homes to increase the density from six to 26 units per acre. Canal Winchester Village Council has approved similar density increases in the past, and seemed open at its meeting Monday to entertaining Fairfield Homes' proposal. The rezoning request will go before the village planning and zoning commission on April 14. If approved there, the rezoning request would go to council for final approval. In March 2009, Fairfield Homes presented a plan for a 40-unit senior apartment complex on roughly 2.4 acres behind Bolenbaugh Hardware downtown. As in the current case, Fairfield Homes sought approval a year ago to increase density on the property, but residents leveled a stream of complaints that the development was wrong for the location. Village officials eventually rejected the project. Full article: http://www.thisweeknews.com/live/content/canalwinchester/stories/2010/03/24/New-site-proposed-for-senior-housing.html?type=rss&cat=&sid=104
May 6, 201015 yr Canal Winchester ready for 'city' status Tuesday, April 27, 2010 - 6:16 PM BY ROBERT PASCHEN ThisWeek Contributor The 2010 U.S. Census is expected to bump Canal Winchester from village to city status, something Mayor Mike Ebert said local officials are "ready to wrap our arms around." The Canal Winchester charter has been "all laid out" in preparation for cityhood, Ebert said. After 2010, newly elected council members will be city rather than village council members and the mayor will be a "city" mayor. "The governor will read a proclamation and declare us an official city of Ohio," Ebert said. The proclamation will be forwarded to council, but takes effect 30 days after the governor reads it. Ebert has been told the proclamation will be read in the last quarter of 2010, or near the first of the year in 2011. Full article: http://www.thisweeknews.com/live/content/canalwinchester/stories/2010/04/21/Canal-Winchester-ready-for-city-status.html Additional info from an earlier post: "Unofficial estimates by the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission project that during the past decade Canal Winchester has grown from a population of 4,478 to 6,575".
June 28, 201014 yr Senior housing causes uproar in Canal Winchester Council postpones vote on development Tuesday, June 22, 2010 - 2:52 AM By Dean Narciso, THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH A vote last night to postpone a decision on a housing project seemed more like a blow of defeat to the 50 or so visitors to the Canal Winchester Village Council meeting. Members of Charleston Lake condominiums say that Fairfield Homes' proposed three-story, 50-unit housing complex that would be near their properties would create problems with traffic, crime and water runoff, and that its upper-level balconies would overlook their privacy fences. Canal Winchester's planning commission unanimously rejected the plans in April as too large and inappropriate for the site, letting the council decide the fate of the almost 2-acre site along Waterloo Street. But last night, the council didn't go along with the commission's rejection of the plan and instead tabled the issue. An e-mail had been sent to the village saying that Fairfield Homes needed more time to work with neighbors and resubmit its application for zoning this fall. The company said it might modify its number of units and building height. Full article: http://www.dispatchpolitics.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/06/22/copy/housing-causes-uproar.html?adsec=politics&sid=101
October 17, 201014 yr DAVIS PAINTS SITE Borings will determine future of senior housing plan Wednesday, September 22, 2010 By ROBERT PASCHEN, ThisWeek Contributor Workers will begin taking environmental borings at the former Davis Paints site that could determine whether it is feasible to build a senior living facility there. Canal Winchester development director Chris Strayer said Monday that as far as the village knows, there is no contamination at the vacant 1.2-acre site in the heart of the village. A proposal to build a a three-story, 46-unit facility at the downtown location is receiving high praise from the Canal Winchester Planning and Zoning Commission. "I'm all for it," commission member Jim Knowlton said Sept. 13. "This is taking a site that has been ugly for decades and turning into something beautiful," commission member Dan Konold said. Wagenbrenner Development of Columbus is teaming up with The NRP Group of Cleveland on plans for senior living facility. Each unit would be roughly 865 square feet. Parking would be in the rear, and future phases could include blending the municipal senior center and parking lot with the proposed new facility. The proposed senior living facility would face East Waterloo Street and would look like a row of historic buildings. MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/live/content/canalwinchester/stories/2010/09/22/borings-will-determine-future-of-senior-housing-plan.html
October 17, 201014 yr Variances for senior housing project OK'd Wednesday, October 13, 2010 By TARA STUBBS-FIGURSKI ThisWeek Community Newspapers The Canal Winchester Planning and Zoning Commission approved three variance requests Monday for the former Davis Paint site. Wagenbrenner Development of Columbus is teaming up with the NRP Group of Cleveland on plans to build a three-story, 46-unit senior housing facility at the downtown location. The developer requested variances to allow a parking area less than 15 feet from the right of way, to allow a structure within the front and side yard setbacks and to allow a structure greater than 40 feet in height. MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/live/content/canalwinchester/stories/2010/10/13/variances-for-senior-housing-project-okd.html?sid=104
November 2, 201014 yr Canal Winchester blocks low-income apartments for elderly Tuesday, November 2, 2010 By Elizabeth Gibson THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH The Canal Winchester Village Council made a group of condominium owners very happy last night by narrowly rejecting a project to build apartments for senior citizens next door. Residents packed the Village Council meeting, with about 10 of them sitting on a narrow staircase in the back, the only room left. The 4-3 council vote was the second time that Canal Winchester has turned down plans for low-income senior-citizen housing submitted by Fairfield Homes. The 2.3 acres in question were zoned for commercial use, so the developer needed the Village Council to approve a change for residential use. Now that the council has rejected Fairfield Homes, the question remains who will move onto the property, which also is next to a Walmart store. MORE: http://www.dispatchpolitics.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/11/02/copy/village-blocks-low-income-apartments-for-elderly.html?adsec=politics&sid=101 More from NBC4 about this with video of the site and the plans at http://www2.nbc4i.com/news/2010/nov/01/6/neighbors-say-no-low-income-project-next-door-ar-277907/
December 27, 201014 yr Canal Winchester rejects downtown housing project Tuesday, December 21, 2010 By Collin Binkley THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Residents in Canal Winchester say they got a civics lesson last night when the village council unanimously rejected a plan for low-income senior housing that critics said would have sullied the historic downtown area. The council's vote last night marked the third time in recent history that a housing project for low-income seniors was blocked by neighbors. In this case, they objected to the scale of the proposed building among the quaint storefronts in the heart of the village. Columbus-based Wagenbrenner Development and NRP Group of Cleveland had won approval for their plans from the village's planning and zoning commission in October even though, at 42 feet, the building would be 2 feet taller than preservation rules allow. The vote last night halted the project for now, but it might not be the end of the proposal for the former Davis Paints facility. Jeffrey Brown, an attorney representing Wagenbrenner, said the company could appeal the decision to Franklin County Common Pleas Court or submit new plans that meet the height requirement. MORE: http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/12/21/canal-winchester-rejects-downtown-housing-project.html?sid=101
December 28, 201014 yr Two feet doesn't seem like a good reason to object. I don't understand how they were worried this would bring crime: we're talking about low income seniors, not typical section 8. Even so, I'm very impressed at there being 80 residents to show up. Whether it's a Columbus city council meeting to see if residents support/oppose a streetcar (they don't care) or support/oppose a huge highway-widening project (they don't care), you'd have been lucky to see 15 people there aside from myself.
January 9, 201213 yr 138 years after founding, Canal Winchester became city in 2011 By MICHAEL HAYES, COLUMBUS LOCAL NEWS Published: Sunday, December 25, 2011 - 7:07 AM EST For Canal Winchester, 2011 will forever be etched into the annals of history as the year the village became a city, one-hundred and eighty-three years after its founding, in 1828, as a market town on the Ohio and Erie Canal. Incorporated as a village in 1866, it remained so until the 2010 U.S. Census results made it official last April. With a population of 7,101, the results indicate that Canal Winchester far exceeded the 5,000-person threshold required by the Ohio Revised Code for a village to become a city. Canal Winchester also underwent other numerous and notable transitions in terms of new development, ongoing public works projects, personnel changes, and in the new city's expectations and vision for the future as it continues to evolve. MORE: http://www.snponline.com/articles/2011/12/25/multiple_papers/news/allcwcityy_20111223_0436pm_7.txt
January 21, 201510 yr ThisWeekNews looks back at 2014 and ahead to 2015 in Canal Winchester: 2014: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/canalwinchester/news/2014/12/15/year-in-review-canal-winchester-saw-continued-growth-in-2014.html 2015: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/canalwinchester/news/2014/12/26/canal-winchester-improvement-work-attracting-business-on-agenda.html
January 21, 201510 yr Council approves rezoning for COTA project By ANDREW MILLER, THIS WEEK COMMUNITY NEWS Tuesday, January 13, 2015 - 10:25 AM Canal Winchester City Council unanimously approved a contentious rezoning request Jan. 5 that will allow the Central Ohio Transit Authority to take the next step toward building a new Park and Ride. About 20 residents from the Winchester Pike area adjacent to the proposed site of the Park and Ride attended the meeting to ask council one last time to deny the rezoning request. Two residents voiced support for the project. City Law Director Gene Hollins said the vote only provides COTA with the ability to begin the next phase of planning, which is to get site plan approvals. "COTA has submitted a number of detailed materials to provide what their intention would be if they move forward, but they have done that for informational purposes, to give council as much information as possible for a vote," Hollins said. "We appreciate that information, but this is not the vote for the development plan. They will still have to go through planning and zoning for site plan approval." ( . . . ) A primary concern for residents along Winchester Pike was an increase in traffic, that could cause longer wait times at the intersection of Winchester Pike and Gender Road. MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/canalwinchester/news/2015/01/12/park-and-ride-council-approves-rezoning-for-cota-project.html
January 22, 201510 yr jeez... ya let's boycott a park-n-ride because there might be a couple times during the day where you get a red light and have to wait for 10 cars to leave :|
January 22, 201510 yr jeez... ya let's boycott a park-n-ride because there might be a couple times during the day where you get a red light and have to wait for 10 cars to leave :| At least the council didn't listen to their BS and approved the rezoning.
June 30, 20159 yr It's now confirmed that the "Columbus" location for Scotland's BrewDog brewery will actually be in Canal Winchester. Okay then, let's call it the Central Ohio location for BrewDog: BrewDog Officially Confirms Canal Winchester Location for US Brewery: http://www.columbusunderground.com/brewdog-officially-confirms-canal-winchester-location-for-us-brewery BrewDog: $30.4 million investment, 125 jobs to Canal Winchester: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2015/06/29/brewdog-30-4-million-investment-125-jobs-to-canal.html Canal Winchester to be home of BrewDog’s U.S. headquarters - Brewery, restaurant, taproom headed to site at 96 Gender Road: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/business/2015/06/29/brewdog-brewery-us-headquarters-canal-winchester.html Actually, from BrewDog's perspective, this rural location does make sense: - It's 42 acres; (The former Timken property in Columbus that Stone Brewing considered was only 30 acres.) - BrewDog said they plan to produce 85,000 barrels in the first year of operation and then grow to 850,000 barrels annually within three years. By comparison, Great Lakes produces 150,000 to 180,000 barrels a year. (Stone Brewing said they would top out at 500,000 barrels annually.) - The Canal Winchester site on Gender Road is located next to a rail line that goes to the Rickenbacker Airport multi-modal cargo center, located approx. 4 miles west. (Which is a much closer and more direct route that the Timken property - plus the Columbus Timken property is also being redeveloped by another manufacturer after the Stone deal didn't happen.)
June 30, 20159 yr Here's a conceptual rendering of BrewDog's planned brewery: The company did not say when construction will begin, but expects the brewery to be completed by August 2016. BrewDog will spend more than $30 million to build a 100,000-square-foot plant on the 42-acre site. BrewDog’s plans include a restaurant, visitors center and taproom. As part of the deal, BrewDog agreed to buy 52 acres from auto-parts maker TS Tech, which has a plant across the street, and to sell 10 acres back to Canal Winchester. Those 10 acres are the Roger Hanners Recreational Fields, which the town leased from TS Tech.
December 8, 20159 yr Canal Winchester getting another craft brewery (this one a little smaller) A Canal Winchester restaurant and coffee shop is brewing up a new venture, but it won’t be making coffee. Loose Rail Brewing is set to join the ever-expanding Central Ohio craft beer scene at 37 Waterloo St. next spring. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2015/12/08/canal-winchester-getting-another-craft-brewery.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
December 29, 20159 yr News about Scotland-based craft brewer BrewDog’s new U.S. headquarters and brewery: -- BrewDog unveils Canal Winchester brewery plans, with July opening targeted
February 5, 20169 yr ^^ A little more about this from CU: Loose Rail Brewing Building Canal Winchester Taproom: http://www.columbusunderground.com/loose-rail-brewing-rw1
February 5, 20169 yr 2015 YEAR IN REVIEW: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/canalwinchester/news/2015/12/28/year-in-review-development-led-by-brewdog-was-2015-top-story.html
February 5, 20169 yr City will waive competitive bidding for project BY ANDREW MILLER, THIS WEEK COMMUNITY NEWS Tuesday, December 15, 2015 - 6:34 PM The Canal Winchester Interurban Building renovation appears to have jumped the tracks, at least temporarily. The historic building that served as a station along the Columbus Interurban electrified trolley system, connecting Canal Winchester to downtown Columbus and beyond, was scheduled to be renovated for meeting and event space and to open next spring. However, the construction bid process netted only one response -- and it was double the estimate for the project. Construction Services Administrator Bill Sims told Canal Winchester City Council at its Dec. 7 meeting the single bid from J.S. Brown was technically submitted past the Dec. 1 deadline for bids and came in at about $180,000. The original estimate for the work, prepared by FMS Architects, was about $90,000. The city had budgeted $150,000 total for the project before receiving the estimate. ... To try to keep the project on track for being completed in 2016, Canal Winchester City Council agreed to Sims' request to waive the formal competitive bidding process so the city staff may negotiate a deal between a subset of contractors that have previously worked with the city. MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/canalwinchester/news/2015/12/14/interurban-renovations-city-will-waive-competitive-bidding-for-project.html
March 2, 20178 yr BrewDog planning $6M beer-themed hotel (with shower beer fridges and a beer spa) BrewDog USA wants its visitors to stay awhile longer. The Scottish brewery, which just opened its first U.S. restaurant and bar in Canal Winchester and is getting set to fire up its 100,000-square-foot U.S. brewery, already is thinking ahead to its next projects with DogHouse Columbus. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2017/03/02/brewdog-planning-6m-beer-themed-hotel-with-shower.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
May 2, 20178 yr Beer hot tubs and malt back rubs on tap as BrewDog wraps hotel fund raise BrewDog will be filling hot tubs with beer for two people. The Canal Winchester brewery wrapped up its Indigogo crowdfunding for its $6 million craft beer hotel and sour beer brewing facility on Monday. The two-month campaign raised $324,072 from thirsty fans, far above the $75,000 goal that was initially set. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2017/05/02/beer-hot-tubs-and-malt-back-rubs-on-tap-as-brewdog.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
August 23, 20186 yr First Look: A walk through BrewDog's new craft beer hotel The neon sign behind the front "desk" at BrewDog’s DogHouse hotel is fitting. “Hotel California Doghouse” glows in red neon and verily, though you can check out any time you like – a beer fan many never want to leave. The Scotland-born craft brewery, which makes its U.S. home in Canal Winchester, is opening its most intriguing project to date. DogHouse is what the brewery claims to be the world’s first “craft beer hotel.” It’s hard to find anything to counter it. “We wanted to be in your face with beer,” Keith Bennet, head of special projects, told me. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2018/08/23/first-look-a-walk-through-brewdogs-new-craft-beer.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
August 24, 20186 yr More photos and links about DogHouse, the newly opened 32-room craft beer hotel next to BrewDog's U.S. HQ and brewery: https://www.brewdog.com/usa/doghouse https://www.columbusnavigator.com/brewdog-doghouse-hotel/ http://drinkupcolumbus.com/2018/08/24/brewdog-hotel-museum/ The front check-in desk is part of front lobby bar: Room overlooking the main brewery and the DogTap bar located there: One of the larger suites overlooks the brewery's sour aging room: The new construction also contains a beer museum: Back at the DogHouse Hotel lobby bar which opens onto the DogTap bar patio at the brewery:
August 24, 20186 yr Check-in desk/bars are very common throughout Europe but are almost never seen in the USA.
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