About Columbus Underground

    Columbus Underground is an award-winning, online news publication based in Columbus, Ohio.

    We are a hyper-local, community-driven, new media enterprise that creates unique exclusive news articles, and provides connections to our community. We tell the stories of Columbus by showcasing the best reasons why it is great to live here.

    Columbus Underground launched in November 2001 when Walker and Anne Evans recognized the city did not have an adequate online resource to represent all of the great events that were happening here. It quickly grew to be the place to find out about local entertainment options in Columbus. In 2005, they registered it as a business. In July 2007, Walker made the jump to full-time and in April of 2010, Anne came onboard full-time. Today we are a team of journalists, sales professionals, and event coordinators that produce award winning articles and cultural events for the city.

    Columbus Underground Founders Anne Evans and Walker Evans

    Anne’s passion is creating opportunities for others and she has done this for the city through Columbus Underground and through her volunteer work. As a co-founder of Columbus Underground in 2001, she has been connecting residents of our city with everything they need to build a life here through storytelling, cultural events, and informative news. For the Columbus Historical Society, she founded the Historical Dinner Club to create a new connection to our city’s history. For her kids’ elementary school, she founded the Hubbard Lantern Festival to connect kids to the culture they were learning through Mandarin Chinese and to create a community event to showcase the school to the Short North and surrounding neighborhoods. She has started and grown businesses, created experiences, and forged community partnerships, all while raising two kids in the inner city and restoring an old home in the King-Lincoln District.

    Walker has been a leader in the Columbus business community for over a decade, serving on a multitude of boards throughout the city and developing community serving events. As a co-founder of Columbus Underground, he has been a driving force for big picture ideas for the city and developing new ways to connect them to our city’s residents. Walker has served on a variety of boards and committees including the North Market Development Authority, Columbus Metropolitan Club, and the Gay Street Collaborative (founder of the Moonlight Market and Sunlight Market events in Downtown Columbus).

    Join us in September for the Columbus Coffee Festival! Other annual events we produce are the Sweet Treats Dessert Festival in February, the Urban Living Tour in May, and Aspire in September.

    Columbus Underground has always been configured as a community-driven resource. As a result, as our community of readers has continued to grow, so have the topics of discussion and focus areas. Columbus Underground has expanded during the past decade to cover local news of all kinds including development, restaurants, politics, civic issues, transit, lifestyles, and a wide range of general interest topics. Today, Columbus Underground provides locals and visitors with an online resource where they can find and share information related to entertainment, dining, music and more.

    Columbus Underground is headquartered in Downtown Columbus at 11 E. Gay Street, Suite 300.

    About Columbus, Ohio

    Columbus Ohio is the 14th largest city in the United States, the largest city in Ohio (as well as the capital) and home to a region of over two million people. Despite being located in the “Midwest” we’re actually geographically closer to the East Coast. While many of our neighboring cities are classified as being in the “Rust Belt,” we don’t share their heavily industrial past. Columbus is a bit of anomaly in Ohio, and many who have never visited are unaware that we’re mostly a white-collar, highly-educated, youthful, vibrant, open-minded and diverse city.

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