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The Scioto Hilltop Connector Bridge officially opened up to the public with a ceremony earlier this afternoon. This new bike bridge is a part of the larger Bicentennial Bikeways Plan that is adding 540 miles of bike paths, bike lanes,… [Read More]
A new safety camera pilot project was announced today by Columbus City Councilmember Andrew Ginther, Columbus Division of Police officials, neighborhood leaders, and Mayor Michael B. Coleman. Over 40 safety cameras will be rolled out as early as next summer… [Read More]
A multi-part development announcement for the west side was just made today, which includes the formulation of an amendment to the Greater Hilltop Plan, the initiation of a Regional Commercial Overlay, and a market study and economic development implementation strategy… [Read More]
The big thing this weekend is COMFEST! Comfest is happening all weekend long, you can catch bands, listen to speakers, buy local goodies, or just hang out and people watch. Just be smart about it. Origins Game Fair is also… [Read More]
A new yoga studio called Yoga In You will be opening on March 1st at 2658 W. Broad Street in the historic Highland West neighborhood. The grand opening celebration includes free classes on March 1st and 2nd for the first… [Read More]
(Photos by Geoffrey Phillips) If any one urban area has been the center of media attention over the past six months, it would have to be Highland West. This Hilltop neighborhood has been the focus of a variety of issues… [Read More]
Local blues band Mojo Theory, a semi-finalist in this year’s International Blues Challenge in Nashville, will perform at the 2009 Historic Hilltop Bean Dinner on Saturday, June 27 at Westgate Park. Sponsored by the Hilltop Business Association, the community event… [Read More]
West Side volunteers from three community organizations will present the inaugural Hilltop Home & Garden Tour, featuring the Westgate neighborhood, on Saturday, June 13, from 4 to 8 p.m. The tour will start at the Westgate Masonic Lodge, 2925 West… [Read More]
The following is a discussion about the Westgate Entrepreneurs which originated here. Writes Tigertree: Anyone with any level of interest in opening a retail oriented business near West Gate on Broad please attend the meetings at 9 A.M. at the… [Read More]
Could the Hilltop be hip? Yes, and that’s the image it needs to project to spur an economic turnaround, says Cleve Ricksecker, a veteran of urban revitalization efforts in Columbus. Ricksecker will share his thoughts on the Hilltop’s potential in… [Read More]
Press Release: Looking for a housing value? Go West Struggling artists, young families with bills to pay and college graduates with student-loan debt may find homeownership within their reach – if they look to the Hilltop. Homes on the Hill… [Read More]
The Dispatch wrote City to cut $3.2 million in local programs Thursday, October 23, 2008 By Robert Vitale The city plans to cut $3.2 million next year out of programs run with money from the U.S. Department of Housing and… [Read More]
ColumbusMessenger.com wrote The return of a Hilltop tradition by Whitney Wilson Coy September 27, 2008 A long-lost Hilltop tradition will be back with a bang the first weekend in October. The Uptown on the Hilltop Parade was a yearly event… [Read More]
The Dispatch wrote Diversity blossoms in home of Hilltop Bean Dinner Sunday, August 10, 2008 BY SHERRI WILLIAMS When Jason and Michelle Harris relocated from State College, Pa., to Columbus last year, they looked at houses in the suburbs, including… [Read More]
Business First of Columbus wrote High on Hilltop’s consumer power Friday, October 26, 2007 Retail consultant Chris Boring’s eyes were opened wide when he looked at some of the numbers emerging from a market analysis he’s conducting of the Hilltop-West… [Read More]
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