January 11, 20232 yr https://www.newarkadvocate.com/story/news/2023/01/11/ohio-gov-hopewell-earthworks-potential-for-world-heritage-big-deal/69792006007/ Lots of chatter about what a "World Heritage" designation could mean for Newark. There's been rumors about a Hopewell Museum/Hotel coming to the former Meritor site that was torn down a few years ago to accomdate the tourism that "could" come with a WH designation. I would say the community is 80/20 on NOT supporting this...and there are plenty of concerns. Will be interesting to see how this shakes out. Edited January 11, 20232 yr by OhioFinest
January 19, 20232 yr Newark Station development's second phase to include loft apartments, cafe and lounge Construction is underway on the second phase of a warehouse redevelopment project in Newark. Newark Station is an adaptive reuse of the former Westinghouse building at 325 W. Main St. near downtown Newark. Phase one of the project, which was completed in 2021, includes The Yard — an outdoor plaza and pavilion with concert/event space, sand volleyball courts, concessions and outdoor entertainment. Phase two of the project will include a cafe, lounge and apartments, according to the Newark Station website. Earthworks Cafe & Lounge will offer coffee, dining and entertainment. It will serve breakfast, lunch and dunner, as well as a selection of beer, wine and spirits. Earthworks also will feature an on-site coffee roastery, bakery, smoothie bar, retail space and a lounge area that converts to a bar in the evenings. It will be open seven days a week after construction is completed in the summer. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2023/01/19/newark-station-phase-two-apartments-cafe.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
January 20, 20232 yr I was tricked so hard by the Advocate this morning. Saw a different article about Newark Station on the front page so I used one of my free views for it. It's the damn one from May 2021! They got me! But when I was in Newark last around the new year I did get to drive by this site since Main Street is back open in front of it. The burned building was essentially entirely cleaned up, there was just a huge hole in the ground the shape of the building where the basement was. Was kinda cool to see into the old basement though, I do wonder if they are going to keep the basement hole and build kinda the same shape as the building that use to be there.
February 7, 20232 yr https://www.newarkadvocate.com/story/news/2023/02/07/boeing-secures-air-force-contract-for-icbm-work-done-at-heath-facility/69872342007/ This is GREAT news for the Newark/Heath area. I would love to hear of Boeing being included more when talking about Fortune 500 companies that have announced plans for Central Ohio over the last few years and months. Amazon, Google. Facebook/Meta, Intel AND Boeing. All within a 20 min drive of each other. The Boeing site has grown from 300 employees, to over 700 with plans for 1200. What they do there is incredible and somehow is kept pretty secret around Central Ohio...for good reasons i suppose. Keep the good news coming!!
February 10, 20232 yr On 2/7/2023 at 9:31 AM, OhioFinest said: https://www.newarkadvocate.com/story/news/2023/02/07/boeing-secures-air-force-contract-for-icbm-work-done-at-heath-facility/69872342007/ This is GREAT news for the Newark/Heath area. I would love to hear of Boeing being included more when talking about Fortune 500 companies that have announced plans for Central Ohio over the last few years and months. Amazon, Google. Facebook/Meta, Intel AND Boeing. All within a 20 min drive of each other. The Boeing site has grown from 300 employees, to over 700 with plans for 1200. What they do there is incredible and somehow is kept pretty secret around Central Ohio...for good reasons i suppose. Keep the good news coming!! I've actually been inside that facility and they even keep things secret from themselves! A lot of people working in there have no idea what types of projects their coworkers are working on.
March 20, 20232 yr https://www.newarkadvocate.com/story/news/2023/03/19/heath-prepares-to-provide-homes-for-intels-silicon-heartland-employees/70013793007/ The Newark/Heath area is preparing for growth and doing so in a connected and well thought out manner. Newark currently has 5 new housing divisions under construction with another BIG one coming soon. Heath is anticipating their population to grow by 5,000 residents by 2030...so just 7 years. The Greater Newark area is really going through its ascendancy and the future looks even brighter. The new 330,000 sq ft BEHR plant is also moving along nicely. That is going to be another solid employment anchor in the county. Should be open by late summer if i had to guess.
March 20, 20232 yr The map of the Newark/Heath/Granville area below shows housing divisions that are either under construction or planned. Yellow = Under Construction Orange = Planned Construction As you can see, just like the article references, the areas in Orange in Heath are planned for large housing divisions. I wouldn't be surprised if the Greater Newark Area gets to 80-90k residents over the next 5-10 years and on.
April 2, 20232 yr https://www.newarkadvocate.com/story/news/local/2023/04/02/community-gets-to-weigh-in-on-planning-ahead-of-intel-development/70062008007/ Pretty good article on the 15 Licking County jurisdictions coming together in Newark at OSU and working on forming a comprehensive plan for housing. Sounds like they’re all in agreement that all 15 jurisdictions desperately need not only just more housing…but diversity in housing price ranges. Sounds like the housing boom is getting closer to taking off. I wish they would’ve named the 15 jurisdictions who were present. Just out of curiosity, id love to know if Granville was present? Anyway, next meeting is set for Pataskala.
April 2, 20232 yr 3 minutes ago, OhioFinest said: https://www.newarkadvocate.com/story/news/local/2023/04/02/community-gets-to-weigh-in-on-planning-ahead-of-intel-development/70062008007/ Pretty good article on the 15 Licking County jurisdictions coming together in Newark at OSU and working on forming a comprehensive plan for housing. Sounds like they’re all in agreement that all 15 jurisdictions desperately need not only just more housing…but diversity in housing price ranges. Sounds like the housing boom is getting closer to taking off. I wish they would’ve named the 15 jurisdictions who were present. Just out of curiosity, id love to know if Granville was present? Anyway, next meeting is set for Pataskala. From their website the 15 jurisdictions are: • Granville Township • Harrison Township • Jersey Township • Liberty Township • Monroe Township • St. Albans Township • Union Township • Village of Alexandria • Village of Granville • Village of Hebron • City of Heath • City of Johnstown • City of Newark • City of Pataskala • Licking County Government https://frameworklc.org/about/
April 3, 20232 yr On 4/2/2023 at 8:35 AM, NW24HX said: • Granville Township • Harrison Township • Jersey Township • Liberty Township • Monroe Township • St. Albans Township • Union Township • Village of Alexandria • Village of Granville • Village of Hebron • City of Heath • City of Johnstown • City of Newark • City of Pataskala FWIW, these 14 local governments make up almost exactly 2/3rds (66.74%) of Licking County's population. That sounds very thorough to me.
April 3, 20232 yr 17 minutes ago, Dev said: FWIW, these 14 local governments make up almost exactly 2/3rds (66.74%) of Licking County's population. That sounds very thorough to me. Only other places missing that have noticeable populations are Utica, Hanover and Buckeye Lake. All are a bit further out from the immediate impact area on Intel as well, but I doubt they'll escape all development. Particularly Hanover, they got a lot of room for more housing over there and it's right of the highway.
April 3, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, TIm said: Only other places missing that have noticeable populations are Utica, Hanover and Buckeye Lake. All are a bit further out from the immediate impact area on Intel as well, but I doubt they'll escape all development. Particularly Hanover, they got a lot of room for more housing over there and it's right of the highway. I could see Buckeye lake getting some more fancy lake houses. The property around the lake is already selling for pretty high amounts.
April 3, 20232 yr So I take it this is dead? "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
April 3, 20232 yr 29 minutes ago, ColDayMan said: So I take it this is dead? It didn’t really have a timeline or was it ever a 100% thing. I believe it was more to show what it could be, and what could happen. I wouldn’t say it’s 100% dead, but I doubt it would look exactly like this.
April 4, 20232 yr Yeah I'm fairly certain that was all conceptual. Basically just possible ideas of things they could do without seriously considering, at least at this point, whether or not they should be done. Buckeye Lake will certainly see some growth, but they think they're special down there so they'll do it independently of whatever this group forming is going to do. They probably just forgot to ask Hanover and Utica is far enough away where the impacts of Intel probably won't be felt for a good long while. Not really a great direct connection between Utica and the west side of the county. Edited April 4, 20232 yr by TIm
April 20, 20232 yr https://www.newarkadvocate.com/story/news/local/2023/04/20/auction-raises-funds-for-sullivan-building-restoration-project/70123715007/ Finally, this project can continue moving forward. This building is an incredible piece of architecture for a city like Newark to have!! Cant wait to see this building fully restored.
May 22, 20232 yr I cant even explain how much better the traffic flows with the round-a-bouts. Downtown Newark is the perfect place for this concept. Truly. I was skeptical at first, but man...it is a vast improvement!!
May 22, 20232 yr 35 minutes ago, OhioFinest said: I cant even explain how much better the traffic flows with the round-a-bouts. Downtown Newark is the perfect place for this concept. Truly. I was skeptical at first, but man...it is a vast improvement!! But but.... the roundabouts make it like Europe and we don't like Europe round here!!! Give us back our ugly stoplights and mess of overhead wires!!! /s Edited May 22, 20232 yr by TIm
May 22, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, TIm said: But but.... the roundabouts make it like Europe and we don't like Europe round here!!! Give us back our ugly stoplights and mess of overhead wires!!! /s Freedom Circles.
May 23, 20232 yr I have been slacking lately...but here is the newest housing development in Newark. This is on the NW side of the city. The first phase is 42 Condo units. If you go way back to 07-08', this property was part of a much MUCH larger development called Ole Orchard Farms that was stalled because of the Great Recession. It makes me wonder if this development will resurface. This is one of my favorite pieces of land in the Newark/Granville area...beautiful rolling hills and wooded areas. This is PRIME for future development too. The red area on the map below is where this is located. The larger yellow area is the Old Orchard Farms Development.
May 23, 20232 yr The new "Conor's Pass" subdivision on the north end of the city. I'm not kidding when i say they built this entire neighborhood in 6 months. From first house to last house. Newark is going through a major growth spurt.
May 23, 20232 yr 24 minutes ago, OhioFinest said: I have been slacking lately...but here is the newest housing development in Newark. This is on the NW side of the city. The first phase is 42 Condo units. If you go way back to 07-08', this property was part of a much MUCH larger development called Ole Orchard Farms that was stalled because of the Great Recession. It makes me wonder if this development will resurface. This is one of my favorite pieces of land in the Newark/Granville area...beautiful rolling hills and wooded areas. This is PRIME for future development too. The red area on the map below is where this is located. The larger yellow area is the Old Orchard Farms Development. No way! I drove past this piece of property like 4x a day for 3 years for work and always thought it was such a cool piece of land. I assumed the house on the corner there would never sell it honestly because it's such an awesome property. It's crazy bumpy and hilly in the entire yellow area there, those streets in the trees just south of the yellow line on the right are neighborhoods way up on top of a big hill. I would actually fantasize about owning that property someday. Guess that dream is dead! Edited May 23, 20232 yr by TIm
May 23, 20232 yr 13 minutes ago, OhioFinest said: The new "Conor's Pass" subdivision on the north end of the city. I'm not kidding when i say they built this entire neighborhood in 6 months. From first house to last house. Newark is going through a major growth spurt. I also drive past this one frequently because my parents live just north of here near the Trout Club. I was there last month and I'll be there this weekend and I assume I'll see 15-20 new homes that were not there last visit. Not having basements, these things are going up crazy fast.
May 23, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, OhioFinest said: The new "Conor's Pass" subdivision on the north end of the city. I'm not kidding when i say they built this entire neighborhood in 6 months. From first house to last house. Newark is going through a major growth spurt. These homes look depressingly bland
May 23, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, columbus17 said: These homes look depressingly bland Sorry we aren't Dublin or New Albany...
May 23, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, columbus17 said: These homes look depressingly bland People needs houses man and these ones won't break the bank. Might not be up to your design standards, but these will be functional homes that families in the Newark area can afford. Making things look fancy costs extra money and that's not the goal here. The goal is more purchasable single family housing for the middle class. Edited May 23, 20232 yr by TIm
May 23, 20232 yr 5 minutes ago, TIm said: People needs houses man and these ones won't break the bank. Might not be up to your design standards, but these will be functional homes that families in the Newark area can afford. Making things look fancy costs extra money and that's not the goal here. The goal is more purchasable single family housing for the middle class. These don’t seem like affordable units, lowest price is $319,000. Is that what is passing as affordable now??
May 23, 20232 yr 13 minutes ago, VintageLife said: These don’t seem like affordable units, lowest price is $319,000. Is that what is passing as affordable now?? They're single family homes for middle class people, it's not affordable housing for people below the poverty line or anything like that. But yea, 300K is what passes for a solid price on brand new houses these days. My parents bought a brand new house in the neighborhood just up the street in 2020 for roughly 60K less than that and it's now valued at something like 325K.
May 23, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, columbus17 said: These homes look depressingly bland If there is no HOA, the homes will evolve in appearance over time creating interest. Additions, different colors, tree growth.... Of there is an HOA, the blandness is permanent.
May 23, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, OhioFinest said: Sorry we aren't Dublin or New Albany... Tired of a 40% markup and homes being built like cr@p (which I know these are). Consumers deserve better. Municipalities should know better.
May 23, 20232 yr 11 minutes ago, columbus17 said: Tired of a 40% markup and homes being built like cr@p (which I know these are). Consumers deserve better. Municipalities should know better. No need to make assumptions about houses it sounds like you've never been to. The unnecessary pessimism and negativity has been very prevalent in this forum recently and it's becoming exhausting. People are going to buy these homes, it's going to be a foundational event in their lives, they are going to raise families here, make memories here, become part of the community here. That all sounds amazing to me, but I guess they are pretty modest homes lacking unnecessary flourishes so we should vilify them right? Edited May 23, 20232 yr by TIm
May 23, 20232 yr 10 minutes ago, TIm said: The unnecessary pessimism and negativity has been very prevalent in this forum recently and it's becoming exhausting. Agreed. Let's get some positive vibes around here.
May 23, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, VintageLife said: These don’t seem like affordable units, lowest price is $319,000. Is that what is passing as affordable now?? For us middle class folk, yes, unfortunately.
May 23, 20232 yr 24 minutes ago, cbussoccer said: Agreed. Let's get some positive vibes around here. Every new photo or development we all jump in with what we don't like about it! We are all here because we are big fans or urban planning, urban development and cool construction projects so lets bring the positive energy back! We have a great city and a metro area that's popping off, there is A LOT of good to talk about here. There is so much negativity on the internet, we don't need so much of it in our tiny little corner of it. Edited May 23, 20232 yr by TIm
May 24, 20232 yr https://www.newarkadvocate.com/story/news/2023/05/24/south-second-street-next-for-2-year-sewer-separation-road-work-project/70244970007/ Newark's revitalization project continues...next up is S 2nd Street, Ohio Street and E National Dr. This will be huge for that area. Newark is investing in its infrastructure for the future. Yes its inconvenient, but look at the difference it has made in this city. Night and day difference.
May 24, 20232 yr 31 minutes ago, OhioFinest said: https://www.newarkadvocate.com/story/news/2023/05/24/south-second-street-next-for-2-year-sewer-separation-road-work-project/70244970007/ Newark's revitalization project continues...next up is S 2nd Street, Ohio Street and E National Dr. This will be huge for that area. Newark is investing in its infrastructure for the future. Yes its inconvenient, but look at the difference it has made in this city. Night and day difference. Are they just redoing the roads or fixing all the sidewalks and all that? This little section just south of downtown Newark is a fairly dense area (minus the baseball fields, the grass is the parking for them) so the area gets a ton of foot traffic. It's a bit of a weird area and Little Texas (which is where Ohio Street goes) is one of the oddest cultural microcosms I've ever witnessed in my life. It's called Little Texas but everyone is from West Virginia and somehow related? It makes no sense!
May 24, 20232 yr 21 minutes ago, TIm said: Are they just redoing the roads or fixing all the sidewalks and all that? This little section just south of downtown Newark is a fairly dense area (minus the baseball fields, the grass is the parking for them) so the area gets a ton of foot traffic. It's a bit of a weird area and Little Texas (which is where Ohio Street goes) is one of the oddest cultural microcosms I've ever witnessed in my life. It's called Little Texas but everyone is from West Virginia and somehow related? It makes no sense! Fixing everything...Sewers, Utility lines, Water Lines, Curbs, Sidewalks and road. Now that the downtown portion is complete, this construction will bridge the gap between downtown and the ball fields at Mound City and Don Edwards. It really will be a massive upgrade. I love that the city is investing in the south side. We have to...if we want our city to continue to grow and capitalize on all the momentum of the last 5 years...we have to!!! I will be curious to see how the entire downtown/south side looks in another 5 years. This is another great step in revitalizing the area. Investing can be very hard...Kudos to Newark!! Edited May 24, 20232 yr by OhioFinest
May 24, 20232 yr This is just a portion of S 2nd St (looking south) that will be a part of the upgrade. How mad do you think the resident on the left is, who spent their own hard earned money to have their sidewalk and curb replaced, only to have this upgrade announcement come out now?!?!?!? Having said that, you get a glimpse of how much of a difference it could make...and that is just one property. Now imagine new utility lines, curbs, sidewalkds and pavement all the way down 2nd St!! Edited May 24, 20232 yr by OhioFinest
May 24, 20232 yr 17 minutes ago, OhioFinest said: This is just a portion of S 2nd St (looking south) that will be a part of the upgrade. How mad do you think the resident on the left is, who spent their own hard earned money to have their sidewalk and curb replaced, only to have this upgrade announcement come out now?!?!?!? Having said that, you get a glimpse of how much of a difference it could make...and that is just one property. Now imagine new utility lines, curbs, sidewalkds and pavement all the way down 2nd St!! The area has so much potentially. Has its historically rough parts, but as more improvements and investments are made I can only assume those will smooth themselves out. And from what I understand most of the trouble down in this area is from unsupervised kids so it's not like violent crimes are happening constantly. It's teenagers on bikes kicking your trash can over and stealing security cameras from businesses and what not.
June 9, 20232 yr https://www.newarkadvocate.com/story/news/2023/06/09/residents-weigh-in-on-framework-plan-to-prepare-for-intel-development/70295430007/ https://frameworklc.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/LC_BaselineReport.pdf I posted this in the Licking County thread as well, but here is the latest from the Licking County Framework group that is planning and shaping the Intel development coming to the area. The second link has some GREAT information!!! I think the most interesting/fascinating part in the Newark Framework section is a proposed new road on the western edge of Newark, right at the Newark/Granville line...looks like they are planning a bypass of sorts. That would be something else if true!
June 9, 20232 yr I just need them to build a building in downtown Newark that would end up being part of the skyline by 2030 so I can win a bet.
June 9, 20232 yr 31 minutes ago, OhioFinest said: I think the most interesting/fascinating part in the Newark Framework section is a proposed new road on the western edge of Newark, right at the Newark/Granville line...looks like they are planning a bypass of sorts. That would be something else if true! Looks like someone is bringing back part of the old St Rt 157 proposal, which has been on the table in some form since the 1960's. I'm not sure I really see it happening - there are a lot of rather nice existing neighborhoods along that path - but it would certainly open up the far north end of Newark for growth. I'm also not sure how I feel about that, since it would probably end up mostly being SFH sprawl - a bit unfortunate when Newark has such a solid urban core, I'd much rather see that continue to be revitalized (which may happen anyway). Can't argue though that area north of Newark has some accessibility problems, and this would help. The original Rt 157 plan was for a divided, limited access road from I-70 to at least Mt Vernon, following Thornwood Drive in the southern portion. There were changes made over the years, limiting it to just the portion south of 16 before ultimately canceling the project in favor (presumably) of 16/37/161. It got far enough along ODOT acquired some land for the project, part of what helped the Thrownwood Connector project happen pretty quickly. I posted more detail earlier this year in a different topic:
June 9, 20232 yr 57 minutes ago, TIm said: I just need them to build a building in downtown Newark that would end up being part of the skyline by 2030 so I can win a bet. There is nothing more i would love to see in Newark, than a new mixed use building that is anywhere from 8-15 stories tall. I have even heard a few very faint rumors that the city is pushing to replace the current City Building on 4th and W Main. That would be a blessing...that building is ugly and doesn't fit into the fabric of downtown...at all. If you read the Framework plan, it says continuing to add housing downtown is a priority...so maybe you have some hope to win that bet still. I am rooting for you to win! Edited June 9, 20232 yr by OhioFinest
June 9, 20232 yr You mean something like this...would be a perfect place to put a nice little 8-10 story residential tower...wouldn't it!! We can dream right?!?!?
June 9, 20232 yr 27 minutes ago, OhioFinest said: You mean something like this...would be a perfect place to put a nice little 8-10 story residential tower...wouldn't it!! We can dream right?!?!? But the sunlight!!
June 9, 20232 yr It does seem like downtown Newark should have an 8-10 story building somewhere... http://wiki.lickingcountylibrary.info/Central_Trust
June 9, 20232 yr 8 minutes ago, mrCharlie said: It does seem like downtown Newark should have an 8-10 story building somewhere... http://wiki.lickingcountylibrary.info/Central_Trust Such a cool picture! It is such a shame that the historical tallest building caught on fire and burnt to the ground...the white building next to it in the picture is the current tallest building in Newark. So it shows that we can handle an 8-15 story building for sure. We have the ladder trucks in our fire dept to handle a building that tall. Who knows, hopefully a new tower gets built in the next 5-10 years with all the growth that is coming. Would be a great and new iconic building for Newark. Edited June 9, 20232 yr by OhioFinest
June 9, 20232 yr ^Did Central Trust actually burn to the ground? The only things I can find online say it was demolished, although the neighboring Hull building has had fires: https://www.lickingcountylibrary.org/media/1076/historic-downtown-walking-tour.pdf
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