Audio, Development| Published on June 18, 2009 10:01 pm

CU Podcast #21: Coffee with Cleve Ricksecker

By: Walker


In this week’s ColumbusUnderground.com Podcast, we sit down to chat with Cleve Ricksecker, the Executive Director of the Capital Crossroads Special Improvement District. Cleve shares a lot of additional information with us on the recently announced streetscaping improvements, as well as his thoughts on how entreprenueral involvement is the key to bringing Downtown back to life.

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Author: Walker Walker is the founder of ColumbusUnderground.com and co-founder of TheMetropreneur.com along with his wife and business partner Anne Evans. Walker has turned local media from a hobby into a full time career over the past decade and serves on multiple boards and committees throughout the community.

8 Comments

  • lifeontwowheels June 18, 2009 10:14 pm

    Loved hearing about the Pearl and Lynn alley ideas.

    And the “long term, secure commuter bike parking” made me all warm and fuzzy. :)

  • natedemars June 18, 2009 10:54 pm

    Really like the “small project” logic.  And interesting points about being here for the rising versus moving to a place that has peaked.  Good to hear optimism amidst all the bad news we have been bombarded with lately.

  • Walker June 19, 2009 10:10 am

    Yeah, Cleve is a very upfront guy with his opinions, and it’s nice to hear him being bluntly honest with the problems we’re currently challenged with Downtown, as well as his ideas and plans to help fix them.

  • CDS sherman June 19, 2009 11:58 am

    funny photo,  looks like someone is soliciting him on the statehouse lawn.

  • jodyNcolumbus June 22, 2009 3:21 pm

    Is there anywhere I can read more about the Ã¢â‚¬Å“long term, secure commuter bike parking”, It was not mentioned in the related Dispatch article.

    Excellent Podcast!  (even with the annoying phone ringing, I guess it is better than the espresso machine in the other episodes).  Keep up the great work Walker.

  • Walker June 22, 2009 5:11 pm

    I don’t know if there is any public info out on those long term plans mentioned. Probably not completely fleshed out yet, I’d imagine.

    Yeah, the phone ringing was a little annoying, and pretty much impossible for me to cut out, but I guess it shows that Cleve is a busy guy! :D

  • lifeontwowheels June 22, 2009 10:02 pm

    My best guess would be either bike lockers, a storage room or a corral of some sort accessed only by certain individuals. With the various bits of technology that allow key card access to garages, doors and other secure areas, it wouldn’t be too hard to set up a bike cage with the same type of access. Just apply with building security to get access. 

  • Walker June 23, 2009 11:22 am

    I believe that some of those longer term solutions may be what is included in the newly announced federal stimulus spending on energy efficiency.

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