From PolitickerOH.com Coleman hosts Obama campaign Urban Town Hall in Columbus September 23, 2008 By David DeWitt Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman hosted the first Barack Obama campaign Urban Town Hall in Ohio on Monday at the King Arts Complex in Columbus. The town hall was held to highlight Obama’s plan for revitalizing America’s cities. At [...]
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Underground Sensation: Columbus State led to popular site
Very Cool! There’s an article on Columbus State’s website about me. I knew this was going to be in some print promotions, but had no idea it was going online as well. From the Article: Walker Evans is an up-and-comer and a person to watch, according to (Columbus) Alive. He’s also a 2004 Columbus State [...]
ColumbusUnderground.com is TOP’s Best Blog of 2008
Despite The Other Paper’s mean-spirited article about Columbus Blogging back in May, their readership still thinks Columbus Underground is the best online blog in town: Best Blog: Walker Evans and his ilk from Columbus Underground edge out Robert Duffy’s Donewaiting by a few votes. There’s at least one vote up for grabs next year, as [...]
Video from CMC Social Networking Forum
This video is the Columbus Metropolitan Club forum that I spoke at recently along with Tim Eby and Helen Blowers. Was a lot of fun and I’m looking forward to some of the other upcoming programming at the CMC that touches upon more “youthful” topics such as this.
Alive People to Watch 2008
The Alive Alive People to Watch By Brian Lindamood July 17, 2008 If the young professional scene in Columbus has a mantra, it’s “attract and retain.” Mayor Michael Coleman, the Columbus Chamber and a slew of groups and agencies — both officially and unofficially — are working to show the world that this is a [...]
Columbus Councilwoman Charleta Tavares is getting nailed by bloggers due to NBC4’s misleading reporting
Did you catch all that? Bit of a confusing headline, no? Allow me to try to explain. There was an announcement that circulated recently about the upcoming City Council hearing taking place tonight (posted here on Columbus Underground). On CU, mostly positive casual conversation took place yesterday morning, with some chatter about a bit of [...]
Columbus Streetcar Project Featured in The Alive
Rail road The Alive By John Ross May 22, 2008 Modern streetcars are similar in spirit — though not in appearance or functionality — to the trolleys that lined Columbus streets before being ripped up starting in 1933. Of the 15 largest metropolitan areas in the United States, only Columbus, San Antonio and Indianapolis lack [...]
It’s 2008, and The Other Paper doesn’t understand the Internet
First off, let me say that I was mostly happy with the way the article turned out in this week’s Other Paper. I believe that Columbus has a great online community, and any attention (no matter how slanted) given to bloggers is good news. That being said, there were some standard Other Paper problems with [...]
Columbus blogging featured in The Other Paper
The Other Paper YOU’RE WELCOME BY LYNDSEY TETER / MAY 8, 2008 Ranked as the No. 8 most active blogging community in the nation, an estimated 10 percent of Columbus inhabitants regularly pounded the keyboard in 2007, offering up online commentary themselves or consuming somebody else’s, according to Nielson Media Research. Walker Evans, the longest-running [...]