Breakfast and lunch focused eatery Lifestyle Café celebrates its grand opening today, Saturday, January 18.…
Wolf's Ridge Brewing is ready to stretch its legs with an additional 20,000 square…
Whether you choose not to drink for a night, a month, nine months or…
Columbus' first DGX store has officially opened its doors Downtown, offering a mix between…
Like clockwork, once the holiday shopping season ends, the store closure announcements begin. The…
There's a lot of places you can shop in Columbus (and plenty of shopping…
The Mac Worthington Gallery has closed the doors to its showroom at 138 N.…
Robert Cooperman is the founder and president of Stage Right Theatrics, the country’s only…
Live theatre is a alive and well in Columbus in 2019, with plenty of…
A new charging station was installed earlier this week that will offer drivers of…
Charles Thompkins grew up in Milo-Grogan and has been actively involved as a leader…
An event at the Glenwood Community Center earlier this week served as the official…
If you don’t know what a Central Committee is or does, you’re not alone.It’s…
By Tyler BuchananTim Schumm is already looking forward to spring. County engineers like him also serve…
by Susan TebbenA new proposal to require voters to be automatically registered to vote…
Man, it sure is January. Everybody’s out there trying to make that Paul Blart…
Here's to the weekend! Tickets are sold out for the Big Bacon Bash! Don't miss…
Who’s hungry for a Royale with Cheese? Mike McGraner hopes you’re down for a…Mayor Announces Pick for Columbus Police Chief
The next Columbus Chief of Police has been announced. Thomas Quinlan, who has served as acting interim chief of police for the division after former Chief Kim Jacobs retired in February of this year, will be the next Columbus Division of Police chief. In early November, the city announced two finalists for the position: Quinlan […]
City Proposes Area Commission Code Changes
Update as of 12/10/2019 at 11:25 a.m: On Monday, Dec. 9, City Council passed Ordinance 2952-2019, putting proposed changes to city code and Area Commissions into effect. One proposed change, the capping of the number of Area Commissioners on one commission to 17, was omitted as a result of public feedback. Columbus’ Department of Neighborhoods […]
City Announces $15 Hourly Wage for Full-Time Employees
Amidst the local and national debate surrounding $15 an hour minimum wage, today, Wednesday, Oct. 16, Mayor Andrew Ginther and President Pro Tem Elizabeth Brown announced all full-time, permanent city employees will make a minimum wage of $15 an hour. The City of Columbus has 8,498 permanent, full-time employees. “Closing the wage gap has been […]
City’s ‘Invest in US’ Bond Program Returns
Last year, the City of Columbus introduced “Invest in US,” a program that allows residents to earn tax-exempt income by buying into the city’s debt portfolio. This year that program returns, with an increase in the number of firms and new projects to be funded. In an effort to eliminate barriers to investing, the program is […]
City Awarded Grant to Create Financial Empowerment for Women
The City of Columbus is one of seven municipalities to be awarded a $20,000 CityStart grant from the Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund to create financial empowerment strategies for women and families. Each city will receive $20,000 for planning and an intensive six to nine-month “technical assistance engagement partnership” with the fund. The application was […]
$100 Million Allocated to Affordable Housing in Columbus
June 24, 2019 9:01 pm
Walker Evans
Central Ohio is lacking in affordable housing (ie: low-income housing), but a new fund hopes to change that. Local civic and business leaders announced today that a $100 million Housing Action Fund would help address that need. “We know that more than 54,000 people in central Ohio live at or near poverty and spend more […]
City Government, Local Cultural Institutions Offer Relief for Federal Employees
January 23, 2019 12:19 pm
Lauren Sega
It’s day 33 of the government shutdown, and 800,000 federal employees are going on a month without pay. As the shutdown has gone on, businesses have announced deals offering free food, movie tickets, and even visits to the Columbus Zoo. Since then, the City of Columbus, the Columbus City Auditor and a handful of cultural […]
