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Crowd surfing kids, a three-piece rock band with scruffy hair and no frills garage…City Announces $15 Hourly Wage for Full-Time Employees
October 16, 2019 12:56 pm
Taijuan Moorman
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
September 26, 2019 9:30 am Taijuan Moorman
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
September 18, 2019 3:10 pm Taijuan Moorman
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 […]
CityWalks Columbus Tours 2018
Experience downtown Columbus and its impressive Capitol Square and riverfront on this 90-minute guided walking tour. Beginning at Columbus’s most historic intersection, your tour guide will introduce you to the architecture and important highlights from the city’s frontier beginnings to its modern-day role as a rapidly growing city. Columbus downtown buildings range in styles from […]
CityWalks Columbus Tours 2018
Experience downtown Columbus and its impressive Capitol Square and riverfront on this 90-minute guided walking tour. Beginning at Columbus’s most historic intersection, your tour guide will introduce you to the architecture and important highlights from the city’s frontier beginnings to its modern-day role as a rapidly growing city. Columbus downtown buildings range in styles from […]
