Jesse Bethea

    Jesse Bethea is a freelance features writer at Columbus Underground covering neighborhood issues, economics, science, technology and other topics. He is a graduate from Ohio University, a native of Fairfax, Virginia and a fan of movies, politics and baseball. Jesse is the winner of The Great Novel Contest and the author of Fellow Travellers, available now at all major retailers.

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    Sometime in August, hundreds of citizen scientists will deploy across Columbus to take the city’s temperature. Volunteers for the city's urban heat mapping project...

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    Early this month, Bernita A. Reese started her tenure as the new director of the Columbus Recreation and Parks Department—the first woman to serve...
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