June 20, 200618 yr Dublin residents demanding sewer lines Columbus Dispatch, 6/7/06 Some residents of northeastern Dublin say the city’s prosperity has passed them by. "We do not have bicycle trails with tunnels because we do not have bike paths that connect anywhere. We do not have free sidewalk repair paid for by the city because we do not have sidewalks," said Joanne Crockett, a 28-year resident of Summit View Road. Their main complaint, however, is the absence of sanitary sewers. Dublin officials say the sewer lines bypassed the homes, some more than 40 years old, because they already had septic systems. And unlike newer subdivisions, sidewalks never were part of the development plan. Another example of the effect of sprawl. It really takes a toll on a city's budget when you have to run expensive sewer lines and sidewalks to every spaced out house. It would be much cheaper to run it to a single highrise.
June 25, 200618 yr From the 6/24/06 Canton Repository: FutureGen group to assess efforts Ohio’s FutureGen Task Force will meet Monday to update members and guests about Ohio’s efforts to attract the proposed $1 billion FutureGen power plant and assess the benefits of participating in the process. Tuscarawas and Meigs counties were submitted as potential locations. The meeting is scheduled for 3 to 5 in Riffe Tower, 31st Floor, Rooms A and B at Columbus. Tuscarawas County’s proposed site is located off Rt. 36 between Gnadenhutten and Port Washington. FutureGen will be the world’s first coal-based, near-zero-emissions power plant and will also test the sequestration of carbon dioxide in deep underground rock formations, according to the task force. MORE: http://www.timesreporter.com/index.php?ID=55447
June 26, 200618 yr I'm sure there are stories like this out of every county in Ohio, especially those with a large or medium-sized city and suburbs around them. So much for the "freedom" of the open road. We're road-building ourselves into a vehicular trap. Good luck getting there Road projects making it tough to travel parts of western Franklin County Monday, June 26, 2006 Tim Doulin THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH What in the name of Map-Quest is going on? This summer, motorists on the west side of Franklin County face a maze of detours that even the shrewdest mouse would have trouble navigating. Part of Scioto & Darby Creek Road is closed for widening and isn’t expected to reopen until mid-August. A portion will be opened for the Hilliard fireworks on July Fourth and then closed again... [email protected] http://dispatch.com/news-story.php?story=dispatch/2006/06/26/20060626-B1-04.html
June 26, 200618 yr From Business First of Columbus, 6/26/06: California firm gets financing help for energy plant Business First of Columbus - 9:14 AM EDT Monday The Ohio Air Quality Development Authority has given FirmGreen Inc. the green light on a tax incentive, enabling the company to entice a lender to finance construction of an energy plant next to the Franklin County landfill. The state authority issued an abatement for the company based on FirmGreen's "environmentally positive" activities, said company spokeswoman Rhonda Howard. Newport Beach, Calif.-based FirmGreen last month disclosed plans to build the Green Energy Center in Grove City. At the center, the company will use a carbon dioxide wash to clean landfill gases for electrical generation. The center also will produce natural gas to fuel the landfill operation's vehicle fleet and eventually school and public transit buses. The company is seeking a $267 million loan for its Ohio projects, Howard said. The county facility would cost about $40 million and the company will use the rest of the money to build two other energy centers elsewhere in the state. Full article at http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2006/06/26/daily1.html?from_rss=1
June 27, 200618 yr I read the article as mere whining that people were being more inconcienced with the construction than constricted traveling before.
June 27, 200618 yr From the 6/27/06 Times-Reporter: FutureGen updated By LEE MORRISON, T-R Business Editor Tuscarawas County economic development officials are even more optimistic about the possibility of landing the FutureGen power-generating plant after an update Monday at Columbus. Gov. Bob Taft was among speakers who discussed Ohio’s support. Tuscarawas and Meigs counties are the state’s sites for the proposed $1 billion project. Tuscarawas County’s site is located off Rt. 36 between Gnadenhutten and Port Washington. FutureGen will be the world’s first coal-based, near-zero-emissions power plant and test sequestration of carbon dioxide in deep underground rock formations, according to Ohio’s FutureGen Task Force, which hosted Monday’s two-hour session. MORE: http://www.timesreporter.com/index.php?ID=55519
July 3, 200618 yr From the 7/2/06 (Dover-New Philadelphia) Times-Reporter: Futuristic forum: Public session to discuss FutureGen facility By LEE MORRISON,T-R Business Editor A meeting July 10 will give area residents an opportunity to look more closely at the FutureGen power-generating facility that county and state officials are working to bring to the Tuscarawas Valley. What attributes the county offers to make it a viable candidate and how the community will benefit if chosen will be among the topics discussed. The forum will be from 7 to 9 p.m. in Founders Hall Auditorium at Tuscarawas Campus of Kent State University at New Philadelphia. Tuscarawas and Meigs counties are Ohio’s sites for the proposed $1 billion project. Tuscarawas County’s site is located off Rt. 36 between Gnadenhutten and Port Washington. MORE: http://www.timesreporter.com/index.php?ID=55759
July 6, 200618 yr As unrealistic as this is right now, I'm curious to hear some thoughts on this. Downtown Columbus, for example, is basically an island cut off from all surrounding neighborhoods, with the exception being the cap on N. High which bridged the gap between the Short North and downtown. I think this would help our downtown a great deal by reconnecting it to other neighborhoods like German Village, etc. Until we have good mass transit this obviously won't be an option. Also I could just imagine how costly it would be, never mind what would become of those freeways. We could make them all end outside of downtown (except 670), make people drive several blocks and then back on the freeway? Would that work? Of course, it would have been much easier to solve the problem if they weren't built through downtown, but that's sadly not the case.
July 6, 200618 yr Similar discussion point to this: http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php?topic=8230.msg87406#msg87406 "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
July 6, 200618 yr Huh, my search came up empty. Oh, I should have searched for highways too. What's the difference again? :? Thanks for letting me know! (about the other thread and if you wanted to answer the question another thanks in advance)
July 6, 200618 yr One thought a friend of mine and I entertained for a while was shutting off all the highway entrance and exits ramps in urban areas to everything except public transport and emergency vehicles. Through traffic could still cruise through cities, but you couldn't get on or off inside the urban areas. We thought at the time that it would lead to a contraction of cities, revitalized downtowns, increased urban density, etc., etc. Anymore, I imagine it would just be a boon for suburban office parks and accelerate sprawl...
July 8, 200618 yr City sprouting green homes Homebuyers, builders to receive an early look as work begins on energy-saving neighborhood Saturday, July 08, 2006 Matt Zapotosky THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Columbus’ first energy-efficient neighborhood is more than a year from completion, but area residents can catch a sneak preview in about two weeks. On July 22, the city of Columbus will host a fair for buyers and builders at Green View Estates, the 11-acre site of the "green neighborhood" off Woodland Avenue on the North Side. At that fair, buyers can get details on the project and discuss home-financing with mortgage advisers. The 30 homes in the neighborhood will be built to meet more-rigorous environmental standards than typical homes. Those standards — created by the seven builders involved and outside, environmental consultants — include top-notch insulation and careful attention to indoor air quality, said project coordinator Meera Parthasarathy. More at http://dispatch.com/news-story.php?story=dispatch/2006/07/08/20060708-B1-01.html
July 8, 200618 yr I like to see this, but it seems like it's more of a PR thing to me. Just because a home has good insulation doesn't make it green. It makes them well built. While this is a good first step, I won't be totally happy until I see LEED certified homes with solar shingles being marketed by major homebuilders.
July 10, 200618 yr New theater to help CAPA? $2.9M project could be part of Casto's idled South High St. apartment complex Business First of Columbus - July 7, 2006 by Brian R. Ball Business First The Columbus Association for the Performing Arts is seeking a $1 million state grant that would help build a new 250-seat theater downtown for the Contemporary American Theatre Co. CAPA in late May asked the Ohio Cultural Facilities Commission to grant it the remaining 2002 capital improvement money the state agency had set aside for an arts project in downtown's RiverSouth district. If it lands the necessary financial backing, CAPA is projecting the theater could open as early as January 2008. MORE: http://www.columbusbusinessfirst.com
July 11, 200618 yr Sounds like a nice plan. I just get annoyed that anything Casto touches seems to take years longer than anyone else. I've learned to take a wait-and-see approach to his announcements.
July 12, 200618 yr From the 7/11/06 Times-Reporter: FutureGen talk of county By LEE MORRISON, T-R Business Editor Only a few questions came from the crowd of about 80 people intent upon hearing first-hand about the proposed FutureGen power-generating facility that could be located in Tuscarawas County. Questions centered on more exact details of the project and potential health and environmental concerns during the two-hour forum Monday in Founders Hall Auditorium at Tuscarawas Campus of Kent State University at New Philadelphia. Tuscarawas and Meigs counties are Ohio’s sites for the proposed $1 billion project. Members of Ohio’s FutureGen Task Force, which hosted the event, assured the audience that it would take a catastrophic release of sequestered carbon dioxide for there to be any potential danger near Tuscarawas County’s site, located off Rt. 36 between Gnadenhutten and Port Washington. The carbon dioxide also would have to be contained within a bowl-shaped area by atmospheric conditions for there to be a major problem. Brief exposure to carbon dioxide in low-level concentrations would not be a problem, according to organizers. MORE: http://www.timesreporter.com/index.php?ID=56043
July 19, 200618 yr From the 7/18/06 Times-Reporter: Look for FutureGen finalist list in 2 weeks By LEE MORRISON, T-R Business Editor Tuscarawas County is about two weeks away from learning if it will be a finalist for the FutureGen power generating facility, but the process so far has been beneficial for Ohio, according to leaders of the Ohio FutureGen Task Force. On Wednesday, the FutureGen Industrial Alliance will conduct Congressional and media briefings on the objectives of the FutureGen project and the site selection process. Specific site proposals and evaluation results will not be discussed. Tuscarawas County is among 12 sites in seven states being considered, and a short-list of finalists is expected to be announced by the end of July. A $1 billion project, proposed jointly by the U.S. Department of Energy and the FutureGen Industrial Alliance, FutureGen will be the world’s first near-zero-emissions coal-based power plant, according to the alliance. Tuscarawas County’s site is located off Rt. 36 between Gnadenhutten and Port Washington. MORE: http://www.timesreporter.com/index.php?ID=56311&r=4
July 20, 200618 yr Westlake just isn't safe anymore... now I'll have to move further out into the exurbs...
July 23, 200618 yr A rendering of Kramer Place on 4th across from Jeffrey Place from Columbus Retrometro http://columbusretrometro.typepad.com/ This design is becoming so tragically common :(
July 24, 200618 yr From the 7/23/06 Mansfield News Journal: RENDERINGS: An artist's drawing of the type of homes the city wants to build and sell near downtown. Submitted art Can nice homes, low price revitalize neighorbohood? By Linda Martz News Journal MANSFIELD -- Middle-class families may find bargains on new homes if they're willing to gamble on a neighborhood targeted for intensive revitalization. That's the message from Don Mitchell, the city's fair housing director, who is helping to guide the effort in what's been dubbed the "Chamber District" west of downtown. The area is bounded by Bowman to Mulberry streets and Third to Fifth streets. http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060723/NEWS01/607230315/1002/rss01
July 24, 200618 yr ^Generic for sure, but considering the surrounding area, a big improvement. In fact, having drivcen down 1st Ave off of 4th to High, I noticed lots of new homes. Gentrification is steadily heading north.
July 24, 200618 yr IDK, but at first glance this project looks very out of place for a 'downtown area' project. The buildings dont really have any significant height, and the architecture looks quite suburban. Kramer Place among projects taking shape in Downtown area Monday, July 24, 2006 Mike Pramik THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH While the weighty Jeffrey Place development takes shape just outside Downtown, other projects are filling in some of the nearby streetscape. The most recent is Kramer Place Condominiums, a residential project being built on the site of the former Kramer Paint warehouse at 803 N. 4 th St. http://www.dispatch.com/business-story.php?story=dispatch/2006/07/24/20060724-E6-01.html
July 24, 200618 yr Pictures? $450,000 for 1,200 sqft... I'm moving to the suburbs... :-o $375/sqft, wow! Sounds like the suburbs are moving to you.
July 24, 200618 yr Port authority's first financing deal aimed at helping Columbus printer Business First of Columbus - by Kevin Kemper, Business First Friday, July 21, 2006 The Columbus-Franklin County Finance Authority is moving forward on its first deal, which would allow a Columbus printer to create at least five jobs and expand into Upper Arlington. Authority board members adopted a resolution of intent July 19 to issue $1.2 million in bonds for Dancor Inc., a 40-employee printing and design company that counts some of the region's largest businesses as its clients. The printer is planning to purchase a five-color printing press from Heidelberg Druckmaschinen AG. MORE: http://columbus.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2006/07/24/story15.html
July 29, 200618 yr There's a rendering if you scroll up. Right now if I took a picture you'd just see mounds of dirt, but at least things are in motion.
August 3, 200618 yr Read more at http://columbus.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2006/07/31/tidbits1.html Mum developer plans apartments for former Kimball Midwest site Business First of Columbus - July 28, 2006 by Doug Buchanan, Business First Developer J. Daniel Schmidt is asking Columbus for some help with his plan to bring apartments to Goodale Street, northwest of the Arena District. Schmidt's JDS Cos. is looking to finish second-phase environmental testing on the land it bought in March for $1.4 million from Kimball Midwest Inc., a distributor of industrial and automotive tools. The 4.2-acre site is at 582 W. Goodale St., across from the headquarters of White Castle Systems Inc. City Council had scheduled a July 31 reading of emergency legislation that directs the city's Development Department to apply for $102,000 from the state's Clean Ohio Assistance Fund on behalf of Schmidt's JDS Goodale LLC. Schmidt declined to comment, but the legislation reveals he has tentative plans for 250 apartments as part of a $25 million project.
August 3, 200618 yr Articles like this make me realize how important that streetcar line is going to be for development of the downtown housing market. There are enough pockets of nice land around the fringes that are going to offer affordable housing, parking, and close proximity to downtown. Until there is that one amenity that downtown dwellers can claim (i.e. ride the streetcar line to almost anywhere they need to go), then thier market is going to get caught in head-to-head competition with these fringe developments. Don't get me wrong, I love announcements like these. The more living closer to downtown, the better. But if I'm just moving to Columbus, I'd probably lean to the more conservative choice of living on the fringe rather than downtown proper because you still need to drive around quite a bit.
August 3, 200618 yr From the 8/3/06 Dispatch: $30 MILLION RENOVATION Battelle Hall may be getting a makeover Thursday, August 03, 2006 Marla Matzer Rose THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Battelle Hall is just shy of 26 years old, but it could be due for a face-lift. The Franklin County Convention Facilities Authority board is expected to vote at its next meeting, on Aug. 15, on whether to take the first step toward a major renovation of the venue at the Greater Columbus Convention Center. If plans move ahead as expected, the venue would be transformed into Ohio’s largest ballroom and a multi-use room. The work is expected to be completed in 2009. The overhaul would involve taking out the hall’s balcony to create a more open, versatile space, bumping out the side of the building to create 20,000 square feet of "pre-function" reception space and re-doing the interior. The estimated $20 million to $30 million cost likely would be financed though convention facility-issued bonds and backed by the existing tax on hotel rooms of 4 percent countywide. Read more at http://www.dispatch.com/business-story.php?story=dispatch/2006/08/03/20060803-F1-03.html
August 7, 200618 yr CENTRAL OHIO REAL ESTATE A SURPLUS OF HOMES Hot spots cool off Available homes pile up in neighborhoods where they usually sell fast Sunday, August 06, 2006 Lee Stratton and Mike Pramik THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH For-sale signs have sprouted like dandelions in yards across Grandview Heights, Gahanna, Clintonville and Upper Arlington. These once red-hot real estate communities and others have cooled, making it harder to sell a home but giving buyers plenty of choices. Those looking in Upper Arlington, for instance, could pick from 375 homes as of the end of June — 42.6 percent more than a year ago. In Clintonville, the number of homes for sale was up 43.9 percent. In Gahanna, it was up 48.4 percent. Seventy homes were listed in Grandview, up from 44 a year ago. The number of central Ohio homes for sale is up 23.5 percent since last year. The increase is especially pronounced in some communities, while others, such as Bexley and Johnstown, are unaffected. Full story at http://www.dispatch.com/news-story.php?story=dispatch/2006/08/06/20060806-A1-01.html
August 7, 200618 yr I drove through Upper Arlington about two weeks ago and was a bit taken aback by the number of "For Sale" signs. It is unfortunate that Upper Arlington and Dublin (among others) have priced themselves out of the realm of available buyers. In both of these areas, not only do you have to contend with expensive mortgages...you also must contend with outrageous property taxes. Furthermore, you have to deal with the blandness of Dublin (all of the homes tend to be the same egg-shell color and same McMansion style on the outside). At least Upper Arlington's homes have a bit more character, diversity, and style.
August 7, 200618 yr Please give the city and at least some indication of what the thread is about in the future. Thanks.
August 15, 200618 yr From the 8/14/06 Dispatch: CONSTRUCTION ZONE Developer turns former South Side Kmart into shopping center Monday, August 14, 2006 Mike Pramik THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Jeffrey Katz said he typically sticks to industrial development. But after studying the traffic counts along a portion of High Street on the South Side, he decided to venture into retail leasing. MORE: http://www.dispatch.com/business-story.php?story=dispatch/2006/08/14/20060814-F6-00.html
August 21, 200618 yr They've been advertising the Hartman Condos heavily in The Other Paper so I think it's done. The project website offers some video tours: http://www.hartmanlofts.com/videotour/
August 21, 200618 yr From the 8/15/06 Dispatch: Work set to begin on Rickenbacker childhood home Tuesday, August 15, 2006 Tim Feran THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH The restoration of World War I flying ace Eddie Rickenbacker’s boyhood home has been cleared for takeoff after years of idling on the runway. Work is scheduled to begin this month on the 1½-story Livingston Avenue house, built by Rickenbacker’s father in 1895. The project caps a half-century of efforts to turn the property into a museum. Rickenbacker, who gained fame as a race-car driver and a pilot who shot down 26 German airplanes during World War I, lived in the bungalow for 27 years until he married in 1922. The aviator was one of seven children who grew up in the house. He died in 1973 after more than two decades at the helm of Eastern Airlines. More at http://www.dispatch.com/news-story.php?story=dispatch/2006/08/15/20060815-D1-04.html
August 22, 200618 yr From the 8/21/06 Dispatch: PHOTO: Rendering of the clubhouse at the planned Tremont Club SCHOTTENSTEIN REAL ESTATE Tremont Club condos designed for baby boomers, empty nesters Monday, August 21, 2006 Mike Pramik THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Schottenstein Real Estate plans to invest $60 million to build Tremont Club, a 261-unit condominium development that will position itself as an upscale retreat for baby boomers and empty nesters. The ranch-style condos will be built in two sections and will go for $170,000 to $320,000, developer Gary Schottenstein said. His company recently paid $5.6 million for 51.5 acres at the southwest corner of Davidson and Leap roads to build Tremont Club. The site is part of a development called Ansmil. Read more at http://www.dispatch.com/business-story.php?story=dispatch/2006/08/21/20060821-E4-01.html
August 27, 200618 yr If you ever want to see what Rickenbacker's home probably looked like back when he was living in it, there is a very good replica of it at Mott's Military Museum in Groveport, Ohio. http://www.mottsmilitarymuseum.org/home.html
August 28, 200618 yr I am a frequent poster at Urban Planet and someone made a link here, and after thumbing through some threads I found this site to be quite informative of Ohio (and busier!). I'll repost what I had to say there here since it is about my latest trip to the "big city"! -- I have been coming to Columbus for the past 15 years, and I am amazed at how much Columbus has come in revitalizing its downtown core and districts. I remember a time when Short North and the district that follows it to Ohio State's campus was a very sleezy area, full of non-period structures, businesses with suburban lots, and derelict buildings. Come through there on a Saturday, or at night, and you would find buildings locked up with fences in front of their doors and windows - or closed off alltogether with a metal "garage door." I remember seeing very few people out and about walking, certaintly no one with pets, and it was a place where I felt unsafe to get out and poke around. I also remember a time when the mall in the center of town was quite a nice place - back in the late-1980's. But the vast empty parking lots sort of drove me away from ever walking around with my parents down there. But today it has changed for the better - and quite rapidly. Short North has become a bustling arts district, with lofts and condos at every corner. Many of the suburban lots have been redeveloped with stores that now line the sidewalk instead of a parking lot. I see people walking, going to these shops and restaurants, and actually socializing in the pocket parks, community gardens, and so forth. Now we just need a trolley line to make it all the better (Also if anyone remembers, there was a split-foyer brown brick structure, sort of recessed from High Street. What happened to this?) Now even City Center is being redeveloped. I thought, from the web-site, that it contained PacSun and all, but was that before its renovations? I still see a Kauffman's along High Street, so is there some of the mall intact? I like the renovations along High Street, next to the old Lazarus store, as it adds some excitement to the streetscape. Is this what will become of the old Lazarus? Page #15 item 3. If so, is there a page with more information, along with City Center? http://home.columbus.gov/Asset/iu_files/GetGreen.pdf Good job Columbus :-D
September 4, 200618 yr From the 9/2/06 Dispatch: Panel wants to cut tax breaks Several companies failed to create promised jobs Saturday, September 02, 2006 Mark Ferenchik, THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Columbus’ nonprofit development arm is not living up to the terms of a city-approved tax break. Columbus Urban Growth Corp., created to redevelop central city areas, hasn’t delivered the jobs it promised in the Four Corners area at Cleveland and E. 11th avenues, Franklin County Auditor Joe Testa said. Testa leads the Tax Incentive Review Council, which recommended this week that the Columbus City Council amend the Urban Growth package. Columbus Urban Growth received a 10-year, 75-percent tax abatement to revive the neighborhood at Cleveland and E. 11th avenues. The development includes a police substation, a Central Ohio Transit Authority bus center and the Linden Cafe restaurant, which Urban Growth operates, said Larry Herrett, Urban Growth’s development director. Read more at http://www.dispatch.com/news-story.php?story=dispatch/2006/09/02/20060902-B1-01.html
September 5, 200618 yr From ThisWeek Big Walnut, 8/28/06: Genoa loses first conservation application Monday, August 28, 2006 By MACKENZIE WHITE ThisWeek Staff Writer A home builder with plans to create an equestrian-centered community has withdrawn the application he'd submitted for what would have been Genoa Township's first planned rural residential conservation development (PRRCD). Kevin Zeppernick of The Zeppernick Co., LLC, told the township in an e-mail he would have an "extremely difficult challenge" in seeking needed variances for both density and open space for the project. Zeppernick said he'll now resubmit the project as a rezoning request from rural residential (RR) to planned residential district (PD-1). Read more at http://www.thisweeknews.com/index.php?sec=bigwalnut&story=sites/thisweeknews/082806/Sunbury/News/082806-News-213791.html
September 7, 200618 yr From Business First of Columbus: Tax abatement savings stir debate over value of downtown condos Business First of Columbus - September 1, 2006 by Kathy Bergstrom For Business First You're buying a hip new condominium in downtown Columbus and you won't have to pay full property taxes for the next 10 years. Seems like a pretty good deal, right? Yes, say downtown backers and developers, if downtown becomes the thriving and vibrant neighborhood they're working to create. Increasing construction costs also should make those condominiums more valuable in years to come, they say. But at least one critic is concerned that the value of those condos will be drastically reduced when their tax abatements expire. "If not dealt with, it will erode the city center, because it's being propped up artificially," says Adam Knolls, broker/vice president of Revealty, an exclusive buyer's agent real estate company. Knolls also is the developer of Brewers Gate Condominiums, a 35-unit project in the Brewery District, which is not eligible for tax abatements. More at http://columbus.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2006/09/04/focus3.html
September 7, 200618 yr From the 9/6/06 Dispatch: PHOTO: Boardwalk builders, from left, Kyle Barker, Scott Goddard, Russ Bostian and John Saxton, of Watson-Shonebarger General LLC, set posts. PHOTO: A boardwalk and steps under construction at Hayden Falls Park will make it safer for visitors and protect endangered plant life. Jodi and Bob Hoye, of Powell, placed their camera gear on the new observation deck as they prepared to photograph the falls. BUILDING A SAFER PARK AVOIDING SPILLS AT THE FALLS Work is under way on stairs and boardwalk at Hayden Falls Park Wednesday, September 06, 2006 Kevin Kidder THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH From the edge of the park, it’s a precarious descent. Six weathered concrete steps, followed by roots, rocks and dirt, are spread over an incline. One slip and somersaults are likely. A few feet from the parking lot, a different path leads to a cliff with a dropoff of at least 50 feet. Now, Columbus wants to make Hayden Falls Park on the city’s Northwest Side safer for everyone and everything: safer for hikers and for the rare plants that too often are underfoot. Read more at http://www.dispatch.com/news-story.php?story=dispatch/2006/09/06/20060906-C1-02.html
September 14, 200618 yr A new vision for Ohio Village Expensive plan for historical attraction must wait Thursday, September 14, 2006 Alan Johnson THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Rides, food, retail shops and even a hotel are being considered to pump new life into what might someday become the Ohio Village Park. But bold ideas envisioned in a new master plan for the replica of the Civil War-era village would cost up to $10 million and will have to wait because of tight finances at the parent Ohio Historical Society, officials say... www.dispatch.com
September 14, 200618 yr This would be an interesting idea, currently the Ohio Village is underutilitized. It would be nice to see some kind of Columbus Musuem of History integrated with Ohio Village and the Ohio Historical Society. People need to have the opportunity to see where Columbus came from, to be able to see what is possible in the future.
September 15, 200618 yr From the 9/13/06 Dispatch: BALLETMET Performance space opens in time for new season Wednesday, September 13, 2006 BalletMet Columbus cut the ribbon yesterday on a 250-seat "black box" — five days before the space makes its debut as a performance center for the company. The troupe will launch its 2006-07 season with shows at 4 and 8 p.m. Saturday of "New Works, New Space, New Steps" in the 5,500-square-foot Ballet-Met Performance Space, on the northeast edge of Downtown. The performance space, which also houses a scenery shop, has a separate entrance at 336 N. 6 th St., behind the BalletMet Dance Centre, 322 Mount Vernon Ave. Parking is available in a 72-spot lot, on neighboring streets and in front of the dance center, which won’t be open to audiences. More at http://www.dispatch.com/features-story.php?story=dispatch/2006/09/13/20060913-F6-03.html
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