Great feature in This Week News about Elizabeth Lessner’s efforts to get a recycling program in effect for urban businesses who can’t afford to cough up the crazy fees that the recycling companies currently charge for pickup. As mentioned in the last paragraph here, this is an effort that Elizabeth has been spearheading also through [...]
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VidCast: My thoughts on the YP Commission Meeting with COTA
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YP Commission Meeting Next Week with Doug Moore
There’s another Young Professionals Commission Meeting next week and Doug Moore, COTA’s Vice President of Planning and Customer Service, is the scheduled speaker. He’ll be discussing COTA’s Long-Range Transit Plan, which includes expanding fixed-route bus service and planning for future transit investments. I’m guessing there will be an angle on this of how it will [...]
Something better than “Young Professionals”
Does the term “Young Professionals” get under your skin? Are you tired of hearing it? Is there a better term out there? The Young Professionals Commission is trying to start off by re-branding themselves and their target demographic. Every since the conception of the committee, the demographic has included people of various ages, backgrounds, professions, [...]
More YP Commission “Convince” Subcommittee Info
Here’s some more info about what’s been worked on in the subcommittee I’m in. Any feedback on this is appreciated and WILL make it with me to the meetings. Below is an excerpt from the minutes of the meeting on July 17: The committee reported back on the following topics: (1) Housing Committee Gathered data [...]
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 [...]
Columbus Young Professionals Commission – Meeting #1
Alrighty. After two months of waiting, the first YP Committee meeting was held on May 31st. I wanted to write something up about it sooner, but I haven’t had much time lately to get my thoughts jotted down. It was held in a side room at Due Amici and the format was pretty standard for [...]
So… it begins anew…
Roughly two months ago I was asked to serve on the Young Professionals Commission being established by the city of Columbus. I promptly agreed, seeing this as an opportunity to share some of my opinions on some local topics that I have a pretty strong interest in. As I thought more about it, I realized [...]