It’s very easy for owners to pay low taxes on decaying properties while waiting for somebody else to begin a resurgence. A proposed move to a land tax would make it harder for these squatters to wait.
At-large voting has produced a culture of auto-pilot governance by electeds who acquiesce to the demands of the donor class instead of their constituents, the most recent example of which is the handover of McCoy Park to the Haslam Sports Group.
‘And I think the people who have been around the music scene, particularly, see [Musicol] as a beacon, as a legacy institution here in Columbus’
Columbus musician Paige Vandiver is helping the Canal Winchester venue expand on its ambitions, continuing with a weekend concert from the Guitar Women.
In interviews, nearly 20 unhoused or formerly unhoused Columbus residents spoke about the things they lost in encampment sweeps and the impact it had on their lives.
'And it’s sad, because they do that to get you off of the property, but then they don’t do anything with it. And it’s like, what was the purpose of it?'
Economic strategies in Ohio are more focused on helping existing corporations get stronger than on actually developing something new.
In the wake of a City Council vote clearing the way for the bulk of McCoy Park to be handed over as the training facility for a new NWSL expansion team, local residents are staging a ‘Hands Off Our Park’ rally at the Southwest Side park beginning at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, May 1.
In March, the Board of Trustees approved $2.3 million to design a ‘revitalized gateway to campus’ that Wexner Center for the Arts director of film/video David Filipi said could lead to the museum’s theater being ‘demolished’ if executed as planned.
Despite the hospital construction projects all over the state, residents across most of Ohio are no closer to health care – and many are even further removed from hospitals.
