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Greetings, Columbusites from your neighbor to the north, the land of the burning river, of legendary sports heartbreak, where they fry potatoes in little dumplings and call them pierogies. Yes, Cleveland is a proud and colorful city. While it’s definitely… [Read More]
It’s easy to overlook small news tidbits over a long holiday weekend, but something interesting happened to catch my eye as I skimmed through a few stories in between rounds of cookouts and fireworks displays. According to a blog/news update… [Read More]
Columbus once again has two outstanding chefs in the running for a James Beard Award. Chef Kent Rigsby of Rigsby’s Kitchen and Chef Magdiale Wolmark of Dragonfly Neo-V have both earned distinction in the Best Chefs of America: Best Chef:… [Read More]
Back in August, we interviewed Jeni Britton Bauer and Charly Bauer of Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams, and they dropped a few hints about their first expansion outside of Central Ohio being somewhere in the Cleveland area. That expansion is now… [Read More]
Photo by Feinknopf Photography Each year, the Columbus Chapter of the American Institute of Architects recognizes outstanding design capabilities of local architects with their annual Honor Awards program. The 2009 winners have just been announced this morning, and include NBBJ,… [Read More]
Cleveland has already banned the practice of texting while driving, and the City of Bexley is working on something similar. According to an article in today’s Dispatch, the issue is moving state-wide as a new house proposal aims to make… [Read More]
This morning I spotted today’s Dispatch “Hot Issue” question which is “If a train ran between Cincinnati and Cleveland, would you ride it?” Surprisingly, the majority of voters and commenters were responding positively. The day was still early though, so… [Read More]
From The Dispatch: No money, so work on I-71 stops By Bill Bush After 10 years of construction, a project to widen I-71 to at least three lanes between Columbus and Cleveland is almost done — and indefinitely on hold… [Read More]
Earlier this week Cleveland City Council proposed to ban the use of cell phones while operating an automobile and Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson has stated that he supports the proposal. Their proposal calls for a warning on the first offense,… [Read More]
Its time for your regularly scheduled growth update from The Dispatch: “Central Ohio continues to grow“. Feel like you’re having a bit of Deja Vu? That’s because you are. July 2008: Columbus Grows, Rest of Ohio Shrinks March 2008: Columbus… [Read More]
From The Dispatch: Ohio transportation budget raises title fees, pushes rail By James Nash Ohioans would have to pay triple the current $5 for vehicle titles and abide by new traffic and seat-belt laws under a new version of the… [Read More]
Press Release: All Aboard Ohio is calling on Ohio’s Congressional Delegation to support a list of “Shovel Ready” federal stimulus projects identified last week by the U.S. House of Representatives’ Transportation & Infrastructure Committee. In that list was $30.25 billion… [Read More]
The Dispatch wrote Rob Oller commentary: In a state of losers, Columbus wins big Wednesday, December 3, 2008 BY ROB OLLER They’re wearing bags over their heads in Cincinnati and planning to bag their pro football coach in Cleveland. Not… [Read More]
Business First wrote What do other cities have that we don’t? A big space crunch, for one Friday, July 4, 2008 by Carrie Ghose While Columbus bides its time waiting for the right market conditions and anchor tenant for its… [Read More]
The Dispatch wrote Can Ohio’s big cities be saved? Sunday, December 2, 2007 BY MARK NIQUETTE, ALAN JOHNSON AND JOE HALLETT Today, most of Ohio’s seven largest cities are teetering. With the exception of Columbus, they have shed more than… [Read More]
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