Cross posted from here. 1) The people – Seriously. I’ve met such a wide variety of good people in this city that I think it would be hard for me to ever leave. 2) The potential – I already think Columbus is a great city to live in, but with things on the rise right [...]
Posts from ‘July, 2007’
YP Commission “Convince” Subcommittee – Details
Some people have been asking me for more details on what this “Convince” subcommitee is all about that I’m in. Here’s some details straight from the minutes of our meeting on June 21st: Role of the YP Commission and its committees: The committee discussed the role of the commission and the committee structure. John explained [...]
Affordable Downtown Housing – Impossible?
A few weeks ago, I read an article in the Dispatch about the housing slump affecting downtown condo sales, and one quote from a developer stuck out to me like a sore thumb: “There’s no question in my mind that Downtown Columbus could sell thousands of condos if they were delivered at $175,000 to $225,000 [...]
How to get the ball rolling on Rail Transit in Columbus
To put it simply: we need to start small. To put it more exactly: we need a light rail shuttle between the Convention Center and the Airport. It’s not that our new transit concepts to come out of the past few years haven’t been good ideas, it’s just that the timing is wrong. COTA’s fast [...]
Walk Score – How walkable is your house?
This site was already mentioned on quite a few other blogs, and while it’s still suffering from being dugg, hopefully it’s calmed down enough to where you can check out your house on there (for the first few days I had heard of it I wasn’t able to connect to their mapping tool due to [...]
There’s a lot to be said for city life in Columbus
One more interesting article to point you towards today. Andrew Byerly (Chairman of the 5th By Northwest Area Commission) wrote this guest column in This Week News today: Over the course of several years, I have become increasingly interested in urban redevelopment.This passion stems from childhood, when I would travel with my family and always [...]
The Future of Journalism in Columbus
An interesting read today on the future of journalism over at Ben Marrison’s (editor of the Dispatch) blog: I was fortunate enough to be part of a panel yesterday discussing how the Internet and other developments in our new media world have impacted journalism. The panel included Debra Jasper, head of the Kiplinger program at [...]
Grocery Shopping in Downtown Columbus
Grocery shopping is a big deal for folks who want to guffaw at the idea of living downtown. As Eric over at CapCitySavvy pointed out back in April, there are quite a few large-scale grocery shopping options within 2 miles of the center of downtown (Broad & High) as well as a slew of CVS [...]
Latitude 41 Recipe – June 2007
Do you own a KitchenAid mixer? Not sure what to do with it? Well, Chef Tony Miller from Latitude 41 has come to your rescue in this month’s recipe video podcast! He shows you how to use not one but two of the KitchenAid mixer attachments while making Spring Lamb and Goat Cheese Agnolotti. Check [...]
The New Downtown Parking Garage Proposal
If you haven’t heard, the mayor recently announced a proposal to build two new parking garages downtown. I’ve listened to people chatting about the pros and cons of the whole thing, and here’s my two cents: I think that parking is only a big problem in the Short North area as of today. There’s few [...]