Following a decade as a brick-and-mortar, the South Side coffee shop and community space is closing its doors on August 5 in preparation for a new life as a cafe-on-the-go housed in a converted city bus.
The so-called Columbus Way – public/private partnerships – applies to developers and other large businesses. Partnering with community groups? Apparently, not so much.
Owing to its affordable homes and proximity to downtown, Milo-Grogan has become the latest local frontier for developers. On Second Avenue, modest houses that cost under $200k sit next to sleek new half-million-dollar builds, creating a tension that bubbled over in a heated public meeting earlier this month.
For walkability to be achieved, the concept must be embedded in the very framework of development.
Between widespread economic uncertainty and federal cuts to food bank assistance, more residents than ever run the risk of going hungry.
Before Marion Mayor Bill Collins took office early last year, he met with all department heads and asked about their priorities and wish lists, seeking projects that could be accomplished quickly to help the city build momentum. The plan appears to be working.
As with his denying of federal dollars for universities that don’t abide by his personal views, President Donald Trump shows a willingness, an eagerness, to stop local policies favored by local residents.
The tiny-home movement has been around for a while – largely co-opted by wealthy faddists who can pay architects to design their treehouses and back-40 cabins. Vista Village is trying to reclaim the concept.
The Wooly Pig Farm Brewery is on the hook for $292,000, half of which was to have been covered by a federal grant, and it is bracing for higher costs because of President Trump’s proposed tariffs.
Mom-and-pop landlords own a steadily shrinking share of American apartments. The increased concentration of rentals in the hands of absentee private equity firms damages our communities.
