March 15, 201015 yr Shovels hit dirt at Orange Township library branch site Voters approved a ballot issue last year that will fund the construction and operation of the $5.9 million library By LAURA ENGLEHART, COLUMBUS LOCAL NEWS Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - 5:51 PM EST The Delaware County District Library's fourth branch begin to rise from thawing dirt Thursday, March 4, in Orange Township. The $5.9 million building should be complete by December, with opening set for spring 2011, said Don Yarman, deputy director for the library district. Yarman said the facility will cover 33,000 square feet on a five-acre lot. The site is located south of Home Road at 7171 Gooding Blvd., just west of U.S. Route 23. The library system had promised a new branch in the township with passage of its 1.1-mill operating levy in May 2009. The levy will generate $4.7 million annually for the next 10 years. FULL ARTICLE: http://www.columbuslocalnews.com/articles/2010/03/12/delaware_news/news/deallovora_20100309_0141pm_1.txt
May 24, 201015 yr Liberty Township likes latest ruling on Walmart Monday, May 3, 2010 - 7:14 PM By Bonnie Butcher, ThisWeek Staff Writer Liberty Township has received the ruling it was hoping for from the Fifth District Court of Appeals. The court's ruling is the latest round of Liberty Township's legal fight that began in 2004 when Wedgewood Limited Partnership proposed to build a Walmart store in the township. The 220,528-square-foot store was planned on a 34-acre lot in the Wedgewood Commerce Center at 10600 Sawmill Parkway. Fifth District judges Patricia A. Delaney, W. Scott Gwin and John W. Wise upheld Delaware County Common Pleas Court Judge Duncan Whitney's June 2009 judgment that Wedgewood's fight to obtain a zoning permit from the township is moot because Walmart abandoned plans to build a store. Full article: http://www.thisweeknews.com/live/content/olentangy/stories/2010/04/28/walmart-suit.html?type=rss&cat=&sid=104
May 24, 201015 yr Temple society to hold groundbreaking Wednesday, May 19, 2010 - 12:37 PM By Bonnie Butcher, ThisWeek Staff Writer The Saibaba Temple Society of Ohio will hold a public groundbreaking ceremony at 11 a.m. May 29, on its temple grounds at 2596 Lewis Center Road. In 2006, the society purchased 7.7 acres near the southwest corner of Lewis Center and Old State roads, where the temple will be constructed. The temple will have two levels with a total area of 16,500 square feet. It is slated for completion in spring 2011, a society press release said. The total cost is estimated at $2.7-million. Rendering of the proposed Saibaba Temple Full article: http://www.thisweeknews.com/live/content/worthington/stories/2010/05/19/temple-society-to-hold-groundbreaking.html
January 26, 201114 yr Menards returns to Orange Twp. with new site Wednesday, January 19, 2011 By TOM SHEEHAN ThisWeek Community Newspapers Nearly three years after being denied building a home-improvement store in Orange Township, Menards is back hoping to build at a different location. Trustees passed a resolution recommending the Delaware County commissioners approve a $1-million tax abatement for the store to help with an estimated $5-million in infrastructure costs. The proposed store would be built north of Orange Point Drive on the east side of U.S. Route 23. The $7.5-million, 162,000-square-foot store would sit on 22 acres of a 68-acre site to be developed by Planned Communities. There would be room for up to 19 outlots on the remainder of the property, he told trustees. Menards would pay the balance of the $5-million in infrastructure costs to extend several roads. In 2008, a Menards store was rejected on the south side of Home Road, west of U.S. 23. The plan required rezoning and some neighbors objected. A different developer was involved in that proposal. MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/live/content/olentangy/stories/2011/01/19/menards-returns.html?sid=104
January 26, 201114 yr Staff gets first look at new Orange Township library The county library's Orange branch is set to open in May By MELISSA DILLEY, COLUMBUS LOCAL NEWS Published: Thursday, January 20, 2011 - 2:25 PM EST For almost a year, Delaware County District Library staffers have been using only blueprints and artist renditions to get a clear picture of what the Orange library branch will look once construction is finished in May. On Monday, Jan. 17, they finally got to see it in person. Since the library's three branches were closed that day in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the staff had an in-service workshop, with the highlight being a tour of the unfinished facility on U.S. Route 23 in Orange Township. The building now has walls, windows and even a fireplace. MORE: http://www.columbuslocalnews.com/articles/2011/01/20/multiple_papers/slideshow/ssallovora_20110120_0944am_6.txt
November 5, 201113 yr The recently completed Orange Township Library was one of the award winners at last week's Columbus Chapter of the American Institute of Architects 2011 Design Awards. MORE PHOTOS AT MKC ARCHITECTS: ORANGE BRANCH LIBRARY MORE AT COLUMBUS UNDERGROUND: AIA Columbus Announces Winners of 2011 Design Awards
October 3, 201212 yr Powell residents fighting apartment proposal By Laura Arenschield, The Columbus Dispatch Saturday, September 29, 2012 - 8:10 AM Powell has tree-lined streets, vintage shops and ice-cream parlors, but no apartment complexes that aren’t limited to senior citizens. A group of residents there is trying to make sure it stays that way. Lifestyle Communities, a Columbus company that builds and manages complexes that include both apartments and retail, has its sights on property off Seldom Seen Road. The complex, according to plans submitted to the planning department, would include no more than 550 apartments or town homes, a restaurant and retail spaces. Rents would range from $750 to $1,300 a month. The land where the comples would go covers about 37 acres and is not yet inside city limits, though Powell officials are considering annexation. ... Powell has held one public meeting about the proposed complex, and the city's development committee opted not to take action. The committee likely won't discuss the question again until November, Powell's development director David Betz said. READ MORE: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/09/29/powell-residents-fighting-apartment-proposal.html
March 25, 201411 yr Two mixed-use projects being proposed in the town center of Powell in southern Delaware County. Business First reports on these two projects at http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2014/02/20/sub-urban-redevelopment-spreading-to.html CV Real Property received Powell Planning and Zoning Commission approval on February 12 for 64 apartments and a pair of 7,000-square-foot retail centers on an 8.2-acre site along West Olentangy Street just west of the north-south CSX rail line. The plan is expected to be introduced before city council on March 4 with a vote as early as March 18. Crawford Hoying also has circulated a conceptual plan for 22,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space and 146 apartments on about 9.3 acres at 168 E. Olentangy Street a few blocks down from the CV Real Property site.
March 25, 201411 yr More about the CV Real Property 64-unit & retail project from ThisWeekNews: Planned apartment complex is 'right thing' for Powell By THOMAS GALLICK, ThisWeek Community News Tuesday, February 25, 2014 - 6:43 PM Despite concerns over heavy traffic in the area, Powell's Planning and Zoning Commission last week unanimously approved plans for an apartment and retail complex on West Olentangy Street. The board OK'd the final development plan for the Center at Powell Crossing at its Feb. 12 meeting after tabling discussion of the project at its previous meeting. Several board members expressed concerns at the earlier meeting that building new apartments and retail at the site was contrary to the city's current comprehensive plan, which stresses limiting through traffic near downtown Powell. Commission member Joe Jester said the stakes of the discussion about the complex were high. "I look at this project as probably one of the most important things we've done in downtown Powell for a while," he said. "I think it's a great project." The planned development would bring four 16-unit apartment buildings and two retail buildings to the site at 147 W. Olentangy Street. Jester said the success of the development would be tied closely to the completion of two proposed city projects: the extension of Murphy Parkway and the installation of a new traffic signal at Olentangy Street and the CSX railroad tracks. MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/olentangy/news/2014/02/18/planned-apartment-complex-is-right-thing-for-powell.html
August 7, 201410 yr A bike bridge is being built across US-23 in Orange Township near the library. the modular pieces have been assembled on both sides of the highway over the past few days. Tonight as I write this they are installing the pieces that actually cross the highway. Also as a bonus update sprawl is continuing to consume more land in this part of the county.
August 7, 201410 yr The only thing I'll say positively is that I like the color of the bike bridge. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
October 28, 201410 yr Right next to that bridge in my previous posts Mt. Carmel has announced an outpatient center. Almost as soon as it was official there was a ground breaking. Mount Carmel adding wellness-focused outpatient center in Delaware County Mount Carmel Health System is building a 130,000-square-foot outpatient center emphasizing fitness and wellness in Delaware County – complete with indoor running track and pool alongside more familiar physician offices and an urgent care. MC Fitness & Health is scheduled to open in a year at the intersection of Route 23 and Corduroy Road in Orange Township, the Columbus system said Wednesday. The site is a mile south of Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center’s CarePoint outpatient office and 3.5 miles south of OhioHealth Corp.’s Delaware campus. Not much to see yet, but they are starting to extend Graphics Way to access the site. I have attached a map. The large road there is US-23. The Mt. Carmel site is the top center of the map. I work in the large building shown on the right of the map so I will probably have a regular view of the construction progress.
January 20, 201510 yr More hospital outpatient centers coming to the Rt. 23 corridor in southern Delaware County: Nationwide Children’s and OhioHealth planning campus in Delaware County By Carrie Ghose, Staff reporter - Columbus Business First Dec. 16, 2014, 12:43pm EST Nationwide Children's Hospital and OhioHealth Corp. are working together on a proposed 70,000-square-foot medical campus in Lewis Center, including urgent care centers for each hospital system. Development of the facility would put major outpatient centers for all four Columbus hospital systems within a 2-mile stretch of Route 23 in the fast-growing area of Central Ohio. ... Just over a half-mile north, Mount Carmel Health System has started construction of MC Fitness & Health. OSU's Wexner Medical Center has CarePoint primary care and specialty physician offices about 1.6 mile north of the Children's/OhioHealth site. MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2014/12/15/exclusive-nationwide-children-s-and-ohiohealth.html
October 27, 20159 yr Sawmill Parkway to be extended another 5 miles By Brian R. Ball, Staff Reporter - Columbus Business First Updated: July 13, 2015, 5:24pm EDT An extension of Sawmill Parkway finally will get underway in a couple weeks to open up development opportunities in the city of Delaware’s industrial district. Delaware County commissioners on Monday approved a $30.4 million contract to extend Sawmill Parkway nearly five miles from Hyatts Road into the city. Officials expect the project to get finished by late October 2016. MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2015/07/13/sawmill-parkway-to-be-extended-another-5-miles.html
January 4, 20169 yr Could there soon be two I-71 exits between Polaris and Rts. 36/37? By Dean Narciso, The Columbus Dispatch Tuesday, October 13, 2015 - 8:20 AM DELAWARE, Ohio — As Delaware County’s growth surges, homeowners and shoppers in the heavily populated south continue to seek access from the freeway into their communities. County commissioners agreed on Monday to revive a plan for an additional interchange along I-71, between those already in the Polaris Fashion Place region and Rts. 36/37 to the north. The plan calls for the county to spend $700,000 on a yearlong feasibility study, which would be reimbursed by the Ohio Department of Transportation regardless of whether the interchange is built. ... A 2009 study by the county concluded that the interchange would be too costly, in part because the project would have required additional lanes along I-71 from I-270. But the new plan is more viable because it considers nearby road upgrades, including a plan to widen S. Old State road between Polaris Parkway and Orange Road, widening to four lanes Worthington Road from Powell to Africa roads (also approved by the commissioners on Monday) and extending Gemini Parkway east through the Polaris Amphitheater site, where an Ikea store is to be built. Enhancing I-71’s parallel roads and crossroads will remove traffic from the freeway, prevent backups and reduce the project’s estimated cost from about $100 million to about $35 million. MORE: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2015/10/12/new-Delaware-County-interchange.html
January 4, 20169 yr Here's a map of the proposed new I-71 interchange location between Polaris and Rts. 36/37:
January 7, 20169 yr Apartments and single-family planned on Powder Room site after Powell voters reject high-end homes By Brian R. Ball, Staff Reporter - Columbus Business First Updated: November 10, 2015, 8:19am EST Residential developer Len Pivar will move forward with plans to develop an 8.8-acre site near downtown Powell after voters rejected his plan for upscale patio homes on the site. Powell residents voted 2,242 to 1,870 in an unofficial tally to rescind city council’s approval in May to zone the 8.8-acre property for 47 detached condo homes in a project Arlington Homes’ owner Pivar had dubbed Harper’s Pointe. “We’re going to develop the property with single-family and multifamily homes within the existing zoning,” Pivar told me. “That’s our backup plan.” The homebuilder and partner Tom Ewers have not decided how many homes the site can fit under the existing zoning code. ... Opponents of the gated community believed the project would increase traffic on Powell Road, a major east-west corridor across southern Delaware County that can bog down as it winds through the city’s downtown. MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2015/11/09/after-losing-on-plan-for-high-end-homes-in-powell.html
January 7, 20169 yr New road will circumvent Four Corners BY THOMAS GALLICK, THIS WEEK COMMUNITY NEWS Friday, November 27, 2015 - 3:08 PM A new way to bypass the busy Four Corners intersection in downtown Powell should be in place the end of fall 2016. Powell City Council on Nov. 17 voted unanimously to award a $2 million bid to Columbus-based Strawser Paving for work on the Murphy Parkway extension. The company will build a new portion of roadway to the southeast of Murphy Parkway's current terminus to create a new intersection at Liberty Street. City officials see the extension as another way for residents to avoid the often-congested intersection of Liberty and Olentangy streets. MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/olentangy/news/2015/11/24/new-road-will-circumvent-four-corners.html
January 8, 20169 yr Powell Grand development gets city's green light BY THOMAS GALLICK, THIS WEEK COMMUNITY NEWS Wednesday, December 16, 2015 - 11:26 AM After months of discussion and debate, two developers have been given the go-ahead to build a 308-unit senior rental complex in Powell. Powell City Council on Tuesday, Dec. 15, voted unanimously to approve the final development plan for Powell Grand, which will sit southeast of Sawmill Parkway’s intersection with Seldom Seen Road. Margello Development Co. and Schottenstein Real Estate Group’s plan calls for a mix of one-, two- and three-story rental buildings on a 39-acre site. MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/olentangy/news/2015/12/15/city-hesitates-to-approve-powell-grand-development.html
January 8, 20169 yr Competing emergency centers in the works for Delaware County By Ben Sutherly, The Columbus Dispatch Thursday, January 7, 2016 - 6:15 AM As health-care competition heats up in southern Delaware County, OhioHealth and Nationwide Children’s Hospital want to morph the outpatient center they’re building together to include separate, full-service emergency departments. ( . . . ) The shift in plans comes as Mount Carmel Health System prepares to finish opening its MC Fitness & Health center in the next two weeks in Delaware County, less than a mile away, at 7100 Graphics Way in Lewis Center. That 130,000 square foot and $32.8 million facility, which Mount Carmel is leasing from developer NexCore Group, originally included an urgent-care center, but the project was upgraded to include an emergency department within three to four weeks of breaking ground in October 2014, officials said. ( . . . ) In the statement, Nationwide Children’s said the estimated size and cost of its building — 70,000 square feet and $16.5 million — are not expected to change at this time. MORE: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2016/01/07/competing-emergency-centers-in-the-works.html
January 21, 20169 yr MC Fitness & Health opens with fitness center and standalone ER By Carrie Ghose, Staff Reporter - Columbus Business First Updated: January 20, 2016, 11:07am EST Delaware County has its second emergency room with Tuesday's opening of MC Fitness & Health. The Mount Carmel Health System's satellite combines a membership-based fitness center with outpatient medical care in a 130,000-square-foot complex at 7100 Graphics Way in Lewis Center, managed by Power Wellness Management LLC of suburban Chicago. The project came in more than $5 million under budget, for a total of $32.8 million to build and equip, even after adding $1 million to double the size of the swimming pool to an eight-lane competition pool with timer, scoreboard and bleachers. ... The nine-bed ER and chronic disease management clinics at the center are satellites of Mount Carmel St. Ann's in Westerville, about nine miles away. The system also jointly owns a standalone ER in Diley Ridge Medical Center in Canal Winchester and owns Mount Carmel Grove City, which is expanding to a full hospital. MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/blog/2016/01/photos-mc-fitness-health-opens-with-fitness-center.html
April 19, 20169 yr DELAWARE AREA CAREER CENTER Switch to single campus on track for 2018-19 year BY THOMAS GALLICK, THIS WEEK NEWS Monday, February 1, 2016 - 8:58 PM[/i] Workers are expected to break ground in the fall on a $45 million project to consolidate all of the Delaware Area Career Center's operations at an expanded, renovated southern campus. ... Career center Superintendent Mary Beth Freeman said the eventual elimination of the district's northern campus -- off state Route 521 east of the Delaware city limits -- made the most sense practically and financially for the center. The southern campus -- off U.S. Route 23 in Liberty Township -- will see an expansion of more than 100,000 square feet to accommodate the northern campus' programs. ... The bulk of the construction work on the south campus is expected to start in spring 2017. The new structure could be completed by fall 2018, while all of the center's programs could be in their new homes by the second semester of the 2018-19 school year. MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/delaware/news/2016/01/29/switch-to-single-campus-on-track-for-2018-19-year.html
April 20, 20169 yr Judge throws out Powell voter-led development limits By Lucas Sullivan, The Columbus Dispatch Friday, March 25, 2016 - 2:19 PM A federal judge has ruled that a voter-approved charter amendment in Powell to prohibit high-density housing is unconstitutional and must be removed from the charter. The lawsuit, filed in 2014 by the developer Powell Crossing, alleged that the charter amendment violated its right to build on an approved site. ... Powell Crossing owners filed suit against the city a voter-led initiative meant to derail plans for an apartment complex in Downtown Powell was approved by voters. Voters passed the initiative after city officials issued the permits and approved the plan. ( . . . ) The Powell City Council refused to submit the proposed charter initiative to the Delaware County Board of Elections in 2014 but was ordered to by the Ohio Supreme Court, and, if it passed, then could be addressed in court. ... Powell Crossing owner Charlie Vince immediately protested the charter initiative and vowed a fight in court. Vince said the charter change violated his right to build on an approved site. Powell officials said they were obligated to defend the charter change since it was approved by voters. MORE: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2016/03/25/Powell-development-ruling.html
April 20, 20169 yr Olentangy Local Schools’ 4th high school plans shown By Gary Budzak, The Delaware Gazette Posted: April 16, 2016 - 5:31 am Plans for the Olentangy School District’s fourth high school and a groundbreaking date were presented at a school board meeting Thursday. Architect Bruce Runyon of Fanning Howey said the fourth high school would be similar in appearance to Olentangy Orange High School. The site will contain a two-story high school building, a football stadium, four ball diamonds, four practice fields and 881 parking spaces, which can be expanded to 1,000 spaces for special events. ... A groundbreaking ceremony for the new high school is scheduled on June 9 and is expected to be open for the 2018-19 school year. MORE: http://delgazette.com/news/15585/olentangy-local-schools-4th-high-school-plans-shown
April 20, 20169 yr Powell Grand development gets city's green light BY THOMAS GALLICK, THIS WEEK COMMUNITY NEWS Wednesday, December 16, 2015 - 11:26 AM After months of discussion and debate, two developers have been given the go-ahead to build a 308-unit senior rental complex in Powell. Powell City Council on Tuesday, Dec. 15, voted unanimously to approve the final development plan for Powell Grand, which will sit southeast of Sawmill Parkway’s intersection with Seldom Seen Road. Margello Development Co. and Schottenstein Real Estate Group’s plan calls for a mix of one-, two- and three-story rental buildings on a 39-acre site. MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/olentangy/news/2015/12/15/city-hesitates-to-approve-powell-grand-development.html More about this project from Business First: FIRST LOOK: Check out a video rendering of 308-unit Powell Grand apartments
May 2, 20169 yr More about the $45 million Delaware Area Career Center campus consolidation project. The DACC is consolidating their two existing campuses into one rebuilt campus south of the City of Delaware: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2016/04/22/merger-of-2-delaware-area-career-center-campuses-approved.html http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/04/26/delaware-area-career-center-merging-2-campuses.html
May 4, 20169 yr The text of the article is far less optimistic than the headline and the opening sentence in the article regarding saving this historic bridge. Aesthetically, I really admire these old turn-of-the-century truss bridges. So I hope they can save it for pedestrian re-use at a nearby park. But the sticking point is always, "who pays for it": Hope spot for historic bridge over Olentangy? Plans to move historic Liberty Township bridge fall by wayside, but some still pushing for action BY THOMAS GALLICK, THIS WEEK NEWS Monday, April 18, 2016 - 9:29 AM After years of inaction, a new plan to relocate and preserve the historic West Orange Road Bridge might be coming together. The 118-year-old structure spans the Olentangy River just southeast of state Route 315's intersection with Carriage and Orange roads in Liberty Township. A modern replacement opened just north of the old bridge in 2009, two years after the old structure was deemed unsafe and closed to traffic. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources initially ordered Delaware County to remove the bridge if a new use for it had not been determined by the start of 2012. After a task force formed to study options to save the bridge, Liberty Township trustees eventually supported a plan to deconstruct it and reassemble it at the township's Liberty Park. ... Delaware County Engineer Chris Bauserman said ODNR officials were "generally supportive of the reuse concept" and the county was allowed to postpone the bridge's removal as long as progress was being made in the relocation effort. As of early last week, it was not clear much progress had been made. Liberty Township's trustees in 2013 set up a fund with the Delaware County Foundation so donors could help the county and township pay for the bridge's relocation. As of last week, no donations had been made to the fund. ... Jim Bresnahan, a former Liberty Township resident and advocate of preserving the bridge, confirmed little action has been taken to save the bridge since the fund was set up. Bresnahan said an effort to relocate the bridge likely would be a high-six-figure project. He said preservation advocates had received some commitments from potential donors to support the project, but no actual donations. MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/delaware/news/2016/04/15/hope-spot-for-historic-bridge-over-olentangy.html
May 4, 20169 yr Renovations for house near Powell park get city's nod BY THOMAS GALLICK, THIS WEEK NEWS Wednesday, April 20, 2016 - 2:51 PM An idea about how to revamp a property near Powell's Village Green Park planted last winter may start to bloom this spring. Jeff and Becky Sturm in February brought their plans to build a new house and renovate the existing structure at 55 S. Liberty Street to the city of Powell. The Sturms plan to live in the new house and operate a flower shop in the existing structure, built in 1940. ... An existing detached garage on the property has been identified as a possible new entrance feature for the adjacent park. Tom Coffey, the project architect, said renovation efforts on the future flower shop should begin in mid-May and the new residence should be under construction at that time. The city's planning commission approved plans for the new residence in February. Last week, it OK'd renovations to the existing 1940 structure. ... Dave Betz, the city's development director, said city officials are discussing the possibility of converting the detached garage into an entrance feature for Village Green Park. Plans for that portion of the project have not yet been submitted to the city. MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/olentangy/news/2016/04/19/renovations-for-house-near-powell-park-get-citys-nod.html
May 4, 20169 yr Developer eyes long-dormant Olentangy Street site BY THOMAS GALLICK, THIS WEEK NEWS Wednesday, April 20, 2016 - 2:50 PM A plan to bring two commercial buildings to a site just south of the Traditions at Powell condominium complex has been revived after several years of inaction. Transform Construction of Columbus brought a sketch plan for the project to Powell's Planning and Zoning Commission on April 13 for initial comments from the board. Plans call for a 4,000-square-foot restaurant building with outdoor patio space and a 4,800-square-foot multi-tenant building on about 1 acre at 176 W. Olentangy Street. MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/olentangy/news/2016/04/19/developer-eyes-long-dormant-olentangy-street-site.html
September 19, 20168 yr Construction of fourth high school begins BY THOMAS GALLICK, THIS WEEK NEWS Wednesday, June 8, 2016 - 1:51 PM Dirt soon will turn at the site of the Olentangy Local School District's planned high school in Berlin Township -- the district's fourth. District leaders will host a brief groundbreaking ceremony for invited guests Thursday afternoon, June 9, at the site on Berlin Station Road between Dale Ford and Gregory roads. District spokesman Devon Immelt said site-preparation work for the school already has begun, while foundation work is expected to start in August. District officials expect the building to be completed in the summer of 2018. MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/olentangy/news/2016/06/07/june-9-groundbreaking-construction-of-fourth-high-school-begins.html
September 19, 20168 yr Delaware County commissioners have formed a new committee to examine the expansion of multi-use trails throughout the county: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/olentangy/news/2016/08/09/new-group-will-mull-countywide-trail-system.html Meanwhile, the Delaware County village of Galena is upgrading a section of the Ohio-Erie Trail that passes through its town. Below is a Dispatch video of those efforts:
September 19, 20168 yr http://delgazette.com/news/28702/october-completion-expected-for-sawmill-parkway
September 19, 20168 yr Developer eyes long-dormant Olentangy Street site BY THOMAS GALLICK, THIS WEEK NEWS Wednesday, April 20, 2016 - 2:50 PM A plan to bring two commercial buildings to a site just south of the Traditions at Powell condominium complex has been revived after several years of inaction. Transform Construction of Columbus brought a sketch plan for the project to Powell's Planning and Zoning Commission on April 13 for initial comments from the board. Plans call for a 4,000-square-foot restaurant building with outdoor patio space and a 4,800-square-foot multi-tenant building on about 1 acre at 176 W. Olentangy Street. MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/olentangy/news/2016/04/19/developer-eyes-long-dormant-olentangy-street-site.html ^ This two-building commercial development got approved. Another larger commercial development was also approved at the same W. Olentangy Street intersection this summer by Powell City Council: Restaurants, more coming to pair of 'great-looking' Powell buildings Leaders enthusiastic about neighboring developments near downtown BY THOMAS GALLICK, THIS WEEK NEWS Wednesday, August 24, 2016 - 2:29 PM Powell residents can expect to see more downtown-area offices, restaurants and shops spring up soon after Powell City Council approved the second of two neighboring retail complexes last week. Council on Aug. 16 voted 6-0 to OK the final development plan for a 4,000-square-foot restaurant building and a 4,800-square-foot multitenant building. The structures, owned by Traditions at Powell LLC, are planned for 1 acre northwest of the intersection of West Olentangy Street and Traditions Way. Council earlier this summer approved plans for a 21,000-square-foot commercial complex known as Armita Plaza set to be developed northeast of the intersection. MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/olentangy/news/2016/08/23/restaurants-more-coming-to-pair-of-great-looking-powell-buildings.html
September 19, 20168 yr Meanwhile, development of the Powder Room shooting range site is still up in the air. In 2015, Powell City Council approved a zoning change and development plan to allow 47 condo units on this 9-acre Olentangy Street site. Later, Powell city residents got a referendum on the November ballot and voted 2,290 to 1,899 to overturn Powell City Council’s decision. The developer has now returned with a revised plan for 48 single-family homes for the Powder Room site. Below are a couple of updates: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/olentangy/news/2016/08/11/developer-keeps-sights-set-on-powder-room-spot-WB-TG.html http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/olentangy/news/2016/09/13/powder-room-site-revised-plan-48-single--family-homes.html
March 5, 20178 yr More about the $45 million Delaware Area Career Center campus consolidation project. The DACC is consolidating their two existing campuses into one rebuilt campus south of the City of Delaware: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2016/04/22/merger-of-2-delaware-area-career-center-campuses-approved.html http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/04/26/delaware-area-career-center-merging-2-campuses.html UPDATE: http://delgazette.com/news/30027/dacc-consolidation-ahead-of-schedule
March 5, 20178 yr Motorists ready to use extension By THOMAS GALLICK, ThisWeek Community News Updated: September 28, 2016 at 4:55 PM A minute or so after Powell spokeswoman Megan Canavan approached Murphy Parkway's new intersection with South Liberty Street last week on a tour of the near-completed roadway extension, a driver stopped to ask a question. "Is it open yet?" he said, ignoring multiple "road closed" signs. Clearly area motorists are excited for the completion of the city's Murphy Parkway extension project. The city plans to open the new roadway to traffic Friday, Sept. 30, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony set for 2 p.m. The long-awaited traffic improvement extended Murphy Parkway southeast from its previous terminus, creating a new way for drivers to bypass the busy Four Corners intersection of Liberty and Olentangy streets. Canavan said the extension is an initial step in the city's ongoing campaign to improve traffic congestion in downtown Powell. MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/olentangy/news/2016/09/27/murphy-parkway-motorists-ready-to-use-extension.html
March 5, 20178 yr New extension of Sawmill Parkway finished construction in 2016. The new extension run north of Powell into the southern portion of the City of Delaware and turns west to link with State Route 42: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/delaware/news/2016/11/04/sawmill-parkway-new-way-to-come-go-open-nov--10.html
March 5, 20178 yr More about the new Sawmill Parkway extension from This Week News: Long-planned Sawmill Parkway extension opens By THOMAS GALLICK, ThisWeek Community News Updated: November 12, 2016 at 10:05 PM Delaware County officials began discussing a new route between the county's southern border and the city of Delaware in the late 1980s. A generation later, the 4.5-mile stretch of Sawmill Parkway between Hyatts Road in Liberty Township and the city of Delaware's industrial park is open to traffic. Local officials July 23, 2015, posed with shovels in front of cornfields north of Hyatts Road during a groundbreaking ceremony. A $30.4 million construction project followed, extending the road north and creating roundabouts at Sawmill Parkway's intersections with Bean-Oller, Bunty Station, Clark-Shaw and Ford roads. ( . . . ) The roadway ends just northwest of a new signalized intersection at U.S. Route 42 in Delaware. The extension, which follows a path from Liberty Township to Delaware Township and into the city, could see 25,000 travelers per day by 2030, according to an estimate from the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission. The new thoroughfare is expected to ease congestion on roads such as state Route 315 and U.S. Route 23 while opening up large swaths of land near the city of Delaware's industrial park for development. MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/delaware/news/2016/11/11/road-to-the-future.html
March 5, 20178 yr Roundabout planned near Berlin Township fire station By THOMAS GALLICK, ThisWeek Community News Updated: December 12, 2016 at 4:50 PM Although construction likely will not start for at least a few more years, plans to build a roundabout adjacent to Berlin Township's fire station moved forward last week. Delaware County commissioners Nov. 28 voted unanimously to approve a $214,000 contract with Columbus-based Strand Associates for engineering services. Strand Associates' work will focus on designing planned improvements for the intersection of Cheshire and Old State roads. MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/delaware/news/2016/12/09/roundabout-is-planned-near-berlin-township-fire-station.html
March 5, 20178 yr In 2017, Powell focuses on traffic fixes, funding By THOMAS GALLICK, ThisWeek Community News Updated: January 4, 2017 at 5:15 PM With a new street and circulation plan in place, Powell officials will discuss how to make proposed downtown-area traffic fixes a reality in 2017. City officials in 2016 launched the Keep Powell Moving initiative -- an effort to team with consultants and the public to craft a plan for easing traffic congestion. After multiple opportunities for public comment, Powell City Council voted 5-2 in November to approve a street and circulation plan for the city's downtown. The plan suggests $30 million in improvements -- ranging from roadway extensions and connections to the relocation of on-street parking near the busy Four Corners intersection of Liberty and Olentangy streets. MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/olentangy/news/2017/01/03/in-2017-city-focuses-on-traffic-fixes-funding.html
April 2, 20178 yr More about the $45 million Delaware Area Career Center campus consolidation project. The DACC is consolidating their two existing campuses into one rebuilt campus south of the City of Delaware: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2016/04/22/merger-of-2-delaware-area-career-center-campuses-approved.html http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/04/26/delaware-area-career-center-merging-2-campuses.html UPDATE: http://delgazette.com/news/30027/dacc-consolidation-ahead-of-schedule The Delaware Area Career Center should have begun collecting funds for its campus consolidation project this year following a November 2015 renewal levy that passed easily. But an error by the Delaware County Board of Elections has created a legal question that is jeopardizing the validity of the results. Attorneys for the center last week asked the Ohio Supreme Court to force state Tax Commissioner Joe Testa to accept the results of the election. Testa has said he does not have the authority to do so because Delaware County failed to inform Franklin, Marion, Morrow and Union county officials that 1,026 voters who live within the career center’s service area in those counties were eligible to consider the levy. http://www.thisweeknews.com/news/20170120/dacc-consolidation-in-jeopardy-after-election-snafu http://www.thisweeknews.com/news/20170310/ruling-puts-dacc-project-in-jeopardy http://www.thisweeknews.com/news/20170328/dacc-to-court-reconsider-avoid-harm
April 3, 20178 yr The Delaware Area Career Center should have begun collecting funds for its campus consolidation project this year following a November 2015 renewal levy that passed easily. But an error by the Delaware County Board of Elections has created a legal question that is jeopardizing the validity of the results. Attorneys for the center last week asked the Ohio Supreme Court to force state Tax Commissioner Joe Testa to accept the results of the election. Testa has said he does not have the authority to do so because Delaware County failed to inform Franklin, Marion, Morrow and Union county officials that 1,026 voters who live within the career center’s service area in those counties were eligible to consider the levy. From what I've read about this, from the Delaware Gazette, is that one court has already said no to DCCS, and that the school board wasn't really excited in spending more on appealing the case. Though they aren't crazy about the alternative either. But work has started on expanding the DCCS campus on US 23 South. Haven't heard what will become of the (original) campus on 521, east of Delaware, yet.
April 11, 20178 yr ^ The DACC's court appeal failed. So it looks like they will do a "repeat" of their 2015 levy to fund their campus construction project: DACC pursing replacement levy this November By Glenn Battishill, DELAWARE GAZETTE POSTED ON APRIL 10, 2017 Delaware Area Career Center Superintendent Mary Beth Freeman said Monday that after the Ohio Supreme Court rejected its motion to reconsider on Friday, the career center is taking steps to put a repeat of the 2015 renewal levy on the ballot this November. In 2015, voters in Delaware County passed the DACC’s renewal levy by 10,644 votes and the DACC would have begun collecting taxes this January from Delaware County, as well as small portions of Union, Morrow, Marion and Franklin County. However, DACC officials learned in December that the Ohio Department of Taxation would not be collecting the tax bills for the levy because 1,026 voters who live in Franklin, Marion, Morrow and Union counties were not able to vote on the levy when it was on the ballot. The Delaware County Board of Elections has taken responsibility for not placing the levy on the ballot in those four counties. MORE: http://delgazette.com/news/55203/dacc-pursing-replacement-levy-this-november
June 18, 20177 yr Couple of articles about a 146-unit apartment project coming to the Village of Sunbury in Delaware County: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2017/03/14/146-unit-apartment-project-coming-to-sunbury.html http://www.thisweeknews.com/news/20170323/apartments-boost-sunburys-housing-diversity
June 18, 20177 yr Delaware County listed its top seven infrastructure priorities: http://www.thisweeknews.com/news/20170425/delaware-county-infrastructure-i-71-exit-point-top-priorities
June 18, 20177 yr Delaware County Commissioners looking to plan for commercial development on the U.S. Route 36 and State Route 37 corridor between the City of Delaware and the Village of Sunbury: http://www.thisweeknews.com/news/20170512/leaders-ask-for-blueprint-of-city-village-connector
June 19, 20177 yr Preservation Parks of Delaware County is putting a renewal levy on the November ballot. The levy would include an increase to expand their existing park system: http://www.thisweeknews.com/news/20170516/levy-would-keep-parks-growing-as-county-does
June 19, 20177 yr The Delaware Area Career Center Board of Education has formally ordered that construction at the consolidated campus be halted and that a repeat of their renewal levy be placed on the ballot. A levy funding this construction was originally passed in 2015. But county election officials found that portions of four adjoining counties within the DACC district did not vote in this levy. The courts invalidated the 2015 levy results and a replacement levy that includes the portions of the four adjoining counties as well as Delaware County must now be passed: http://www.delgazette.com/news/58857/dacc-suspends-construction
July 31, 20177 yr Delaware County plans to consolidate offices at career center site Delaware County wants to consolidate many of its offices. ... So when a large building on a big lot became available, the county couldn’t pass up the chance. It has offered to buy the Delaware Area Career Center grounds at 1610 Route 521, just east of the city of Delaware, for $1.77 million. The county owns several smaller buildings housing various departments: engineering and code compliance at 50 Channing Street; regional planning at 109 North Sandusky Street, and the sheriff’s administrative offices is just north of that at 149 North Sandusky. The county would like to merge all or some of them into the 147,000-square-foot career center once it is vacated. That is likely to happen once a long-delayed project resumes to consolidate the career center’s two locations into one along Route 23 south of Delaware. The county would, in turn, vacate and possibly sell its vacant buildings under the plan. MORE: http://www.dispatch.com/news/20170725/delaware-county-plans-to-consolidate-offices-at-career-center-site
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