In their own words: Columbus residents share their experiences of living through camp sweeps
'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?'
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On Development: Whatever happened to homegrown economic development?
Economic strategies in Ohio are more focused on helping existing corporations get stronger than on actually developing something new.
‘We have no place else to go. And now we have to push back.’
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.
Ohio State development plans fuel concerns about the future of the Wexner Center film theater
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.
On Development: Developing better health care and hospitals
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.
‘I am not going to stand before God and say, well, I chickened out’: Reflections on building caring coalitions
More than three years after the City of Columbus bulldozed Camp Shameless, one of the founders of the encampment offers their perspective on the housing crisis and the people working at the grassroots to give aid to those routinely left behind.
New affordable housing investments may leave Columbus’ most vulnerable properties, and tenants, behind
Even as new bonds approved by voters hope to transform housing development for years to come, a desperate shortage of affordable units continues to push low-income renters into the lowest-quality homes.
Columbus City Council meeting debates the local impact of data centers
‘This is the beginning of a conversation,’ councilmember Christopher Wyche said of the four-hour meeting, during which reps from the data center industry, labor unions, and environmental groups joined residents to debate everything from data center water usage to the number of jobs these massive facilities actually create.
On Development: Of salad greens and sensible growth
Many developers and sellers confuse demand for a certain type of housing and a willingness to buy. There are hundreds of thousands of people in central Ohio who prefer older houses and apartments.
How Wexner’s desire for a city center led to a more fragmented Columbus
As the central Ohio retail magnate faces a larger public reconciliation owing to his ties with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, a look back at how the Wexner name became so synonymous with the city.
On Development: Whatever happened to homegrown economic development?
Economic strategies in Ohio are more focused on helping existing corporations get stronger than on actually developing something new.
‘We have no place else to go. And now we have to push back.’
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.
Ohio State development plans fuel concerns about the future of the Wexner Center film theater
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.
On Development: Developing better health care and hospitals
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.
‘I am not going to stand before God and say, well, I chickened out’: Reflections on building caring coalitions
More than three years after the City of Columbus bulldozed Camp Shameless, one of the founders of the encampment offers their perspective on the housing crisis and the people working at the grassroots to give aid to those routinely left behind.
New affordable housing investments may leave Columbus’ most vulnerable properties, and tenants, behind
Even as new bonds approved by voters hope to transform housing development for years to come, a desperate shortage of affordable units continues to push low-income renters into the lowest-quality homes.
Columbus City Council meeting debates the local impact of data centers
‘This is the beginning of a conversation,’ councilmember Christopher Wyche said of the four-hour meeting, during which reps from the data center industry, labor unions, and environmental groups joined residents to debate everything from data center water usage to the number of jobs these massive facilities actually create.
On Development: Of salad greens and sensible growth
Many developers and sellers confuse demand for a certain type of housing and a willingness to buy. There are hundreds of thousands of people in central Ohio who prefer older houses and apartments.
How Wexner’s desire for a city center led to a more fragmented Columbus
As the central Ohio retail magnate faces a larger public reconciliation owing to his ties with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, a look back at how the Wexner name became so synonymous with the city.