Over the past four years I have kept a very close eye on the urban affairs of Columbus and many of the ancillary issues that affect our city and our collective efforts to breath new life into our downtown core and surrounding neighborhoods. With last week's 2012 Citizen Summit, my wheels have been turning and really working on what it is that I feel we need to stoke the fires of innovation beyond dependence on the plans and initiatives of our local government and city officials. For it's purpose, the Summit was a spectacular success and was a very reassuring display of both citizens trying to engage in the future of their city and a government reaching out to its people. For me however, the Summit, with it's predefined Q & A sessions, left me feeling a little empty. I wasn't completely sure why. Then it hit me.
Paul Bonneville  
 ...Another bailout won't fix what ails the symphony. A sound business plan that provides predictability and sustainability is neededââ¬Â¦
Mayor Michael B. Coleman and the City of Columbus are calling on the federal government to restore $1.2 million in funding to remove the 5th Avenue Lowhead Dam and improve the quality of the Olentangy River.
Like kids before Christmas, residents of Columbus have put together quite a wish list for the city in the year since Mayor Michael B. Coleman called for a billion-dollar-plus improvement effort leading up to the 2012 bicentennial.
Columbus is cutting back on the hours when operators on its 311 information line will be available, but more people will work at times of high demand.
About 2,000 people came to discuss the future [of Columbus] in groups of two to 10. On hand-held devices, they registered support for better walking and biking trails, more programs for kids, improved recreation centers and a public-transportation system that includes street cars.
The number of U.S. homes that slipped into some stage of foreclosure in 2007 was 79% higher than in the previous year, a real estate tracking company said Tuesday.
New-home sales plunged in 2007 by the largest amount on record while home prices tumbled sharply in December. Analysts forecast more trouble in 2008 as housing tries to emerge from its worst slump in more than two decades.
Central Ohio should have a steady if unspectacular commercial real-estate market in 2008, local observers say.
City Council members held up approval of a new Downtown parking garage last night after a high-ranking state lawmaker and a member of the panel that rules on such plans told them it would drive tenants from their nearby property.
The district is considering placing a levy on the ballot this year
First, we thought, 'What is it?' " said Romaine, a supervisor with Belfor Property Restoration. "Then we realized they used wood instead of concrete" to hold the cap in place..."
Mayor Michael B. Coleman today applauded the unanimous decision of the Ohio Supreme Court upholding the Constitutional principal of Home Rule and allowing the City of Columbusâââ‰â¢ Photo Red Light initiative to continue saving lives.
Ohio State University is giving Campus Partners $50 million to buy more property near the campus, but it put the development group on notice it wants more accountability for its investment.
What started out last year with a visionary entrepreneur and a meeting of 14 progressive creatives has since become Elements, a community of 180 future customers (and growing) that have since crowdsourced the name, the logo (above), a leading partner, and the program, which has evolved from a 1000 s.f. coffeehouse to a 5000 s.f. green, vegetarian restaurant and education/community/entertainment center.
The plan calls for up to three "conservation neighborhoods," each restricted to 10 square blocks. Residents of Merion Village, Harrison West and the Near East Side have expressed interest.
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