The Greener Grocer opened in the historic North Market in Columbus Tuesday January 8, 2008. Our goal is to support local, Ohio and sustainable agriculture whenever possible. we offer a fair deal and encourage environmental, economic and social responsibility. We are also interested in custom food crops for direct sale to the Greener Grocer on [...]
Posts from ‘January, 2008’
Where are all the Columbus Blogs Part IV: Columbus Shopping
If you’re thinking about starting up a blog, please do me a favor and reconsider your topic focus if you’re contemplating a food blog, a sports blog, or a political blog. There are dozens of each of those already, and while I don’t want to proclaim that your voice on the topic won’t be unique, [...]
Who wants to be our neighbor? #5
I’ve been getting a lot of great feedback (mostly in the form of private emails) about my postings of homes for sale in the King Lincoln / Bronzeville neighborhood where Anne and I just purchased our first home. Well, I’ve found eight more in addition to the others (here, here, and here) still for sale. [...]
Pickerington’s Traffic Problems Solved
There’s an article in today’s Dispatch about the problems Pickerington residents are currently facing with several roads that haven’t grown to accommodate the sprawl in the area. It sounds like the folks quoted in the article simply want to simply widen the roads (which is more of a band-aid than a solution), but perhaps I [...]
I’ve got the Downtown Weekend Parking Meter Blues
Scenario: It’s a Saturday. Late-morning/early-afternoon. I’m working on revamping my new downtown home. Something comes up and I need to go to a hardware store. What are my options? 1. I can go to Zettler Hardware downtown, a local business that’s been in place for over 160 years, and pay to park at a parking [...]
Yankee Trader Building may become Boutique Hotel
Back in August I asked Where are all the Boutique Hotels in Columbus? It looks like my question is finally being answered: Boutique hotel suggested Saturday, January 12, 2008 BY MIKE PRAMIK AND MARLA MATZER ROSE A funky novelty store predating the Greater Columbus Convention Center and today’s trendy Short North may play a key [...]
Columbus: Least Expensive Residential Rent in US
Jeffrey at Zettler Hardware tipped me off to this story below when he posted it on ColumbusUnderground .comlast night. Columbus usually ranks pretty well in these types of Forbes lists, but I think this is the first #1 spot I’ve seen in awhile. Great to see the city getting some national attention for our affordability. [...]
Experience Columbus Moves HQ to the Arena District
When I first heard about a year ago that Experience Columbus (aka the Greater Columbus Convention & Visitors Bureau) was thinking about relocating from their Downtown High Street office into a new space in the Arena District, I have to admit that I was pretty bummed out. Many private companies have abandoned their downtown offices [...]
Edwards Communities is building downtown student housing…
…in Louisville. Sorry if I got your hopes up. Mine were up too when I first stumbled upon this article that has details on multiple developers adding new mid-rise residential buildings near the University of Louisville campus. The image on the right is one of the 8-story buildings that contains student-oriented housing with ground floor [...]
Bring CES to Columbus
Hopefully someone with the Convention Center or Visitor’s Bureau has already picked up on this story: CES could be leaving Las Vegas (santone006 posted it here on ColumbusUnderground.com yesterday). For those unfamiliar with the abbreviation, CES is the annual Consumer Electronics Show held every January in Las Vegas to show off the latest in high-tech [...]