Archives for "children"

Pottery Barn Kids is Closing at Easton Town Center

Pottery Barn Kids is Closing at Easton Town Center

11 Walker / December 29, 2009 9:15 am

Image from EastonTownCenter.com Pottery Barn Kids announced this morning that they will be closing their Easton Town Center location as of January 17th. “The team at our nearby Polaris Fashion Place store is ready to serve your family’s needs in… [Read More]

Shop Local Holiday Guide: Sprout Soup

Shop Local Holiday Guide: Sprout Soup

1 Walker / December 15, 2009 10:00 am

The final week of holiday shopping is upon us! That means that if you still have gifts to buy for friends and loved ones, your time is winding down. In order to assist, we’ve reached out to a wide variety… [Read More]

Columbus City Schools Openings and Closings

Columbus City Schools Openings and Closings

21 Walker / October 21, 2009 10:00 am

Yesterday, a Dispatch article revealed the list of 17 Columbus City Schools that are on the “watch list” for closing by the end of the year, which includes the Literature Based Alternative at Hubbard, Douglas Alternative, and Indianola. Today, the… [Read More]

Little Alouette Has Big Plans For Baby Toys

Little Alouette Has Big Plans For Baby Toys

9 Walker / October 19, 2009 11:00 am

Last year over a couple mugs of hot chocolate in their Worthington home, a husband and wife decided to make wooden toys for their two young sons and friends with children. The British master carpenter husband and marketing firecracker wife… [Read More]

Columbus City Schools are Improving

Columbus City Schools are Improving

21 Walker / September 1, 2009 7:20 pm

There’s an interesting blog post today from Cleve Ricksecker on the “Right Now Downtown” blog titled In Search of a City: Schools That Rock. There, a short summary of the Columbus City Schools (CCS) system is given along with a… [Read More]

Philanthropy Friday:  A Kid Again

Philanthropy Friday: A Kid Again

1 columbus imPRessions / July 24, 2009 11:18 am

Where a Child With A Life-Threatening Illness Is A Kid Again. A Kid Again began in 1995 as Adventures For Wish Kids, in Columbus, Ohio. Their quest was to enrich the lives of children with life-threatening illnesses, as well as their… [Read More]

Second Annual KidzArtz Takes Place on Saturday

Second Annual KidzArtz Takes Place on Saturday

4 Walker / April 21, 2009 2:45 pm

There’s no shortage of local art events in Columbus. Every week there are dozens of shows, exhibits, workshops, and classes to choose from. Many of these events are kid-friendly, but this weekend is the one time of year you can… [Read More]

Children’s Auditions for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Children’s Auditions for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

0 Anne / February 17, 2009 3:00 pm

Press Release wrote: CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG, the most fantasmagorical Broadway musical in the history of everything, is searching for six children in the Columbus area to make their stage debut with CHITTY at the Ohio Theatre when she arrives… [Read More]

CU Podcast Episode #04: Kids in the City

CU Podcast Episode #04: Kids in the City

6 Walker / January 22, 2009 11:54 pm

This week’s podcast focuses on the topic of “Kids in the City”. We sat down with Joe Peffer, Anne Holman, and Jessica Carle to discuss neighborhoods, schools, entertainment, and all other topics related to raising children in the urban core… [Read More]

Columbus is one of The Best Places to Raise Kids

71 machew / November 11, 2008 8:51 am

Business Week wrote The Best Places to Raise Your Kids By Prashant Gopal BusinessWeek teamed up with OnBoard Informatics, a Manhattan-based provider of real estate analysis, to come up with our list of each state’s best affordable towns for raising… [Read More]

Nationwide Children’s kicks off expansion project

16 Walker / September 24, 2008 9:13 am

The Dispatch wrote Nationwide Children’s kicks off expansion Tuesday, September 23, 2008 BY SUZANNE HOHOLIK About 1,000 people attended the ceremony for Children’s new $480 million main hospital, part of an $800 million expansion project. The new hospital, scheduled to… [Read More]

City Council makes bike helmets for kids mandatory

56 Walker / July 15, 2008 12:16 pm

The Dispatch wrote City Council makes bike helments for kids mandatory Monday, July 14, 2008 BY BOBBY PIERCE AND ROBERT VITALE Columbus children younger than 18 have a year to get used to bicycle helmets. Compromise legislation approved Monday night… [Read More]

Red Rover: Cool new clothing store for kids

Red Rover: Cool new clothing store for kids

20 Ferret_Press / December 6, 2007 6:09 pm

My girlfriend’s store, Red Rover Consignment and Resale, a second hand clothing store for babies, kids and teens, is now open in Clintonville. Her goal is to offer cool, alternative styles for kids of all ages in a boutique-style store…. [Read More]

Children’s will be 2nd-largest pediatric hospital in US

3 Walker / November 26, 2007 6:21 pm

Business First of Columbus wrote Children’s adding on to expansion plan by Carrie Ghose Monday, November 26, 2007 The new main wing of Nationwide Children’s Hospital will have an extra floor and cost $60 million more than original plans, the… [Read More]

Children’s Hospital presents 2012 ideas

20 Walker / August 16, 2007 4:48 pm

This Week News wrote Children’s Hospital presents 2012 ideas Thursday, August 16, 2007 SUE HAGAN Could Parsons Avenue become a boulevard? How should the future west campus, across Parsons, be connected with the main hospital? Should green space around the… [Read More]