Originally scheduled to be completed in December 2021 at a cost of $278 million, the still-unfinished power plant is now slated to open this fall at a cost of $420.8 million.
Tax abatements can be one tool for addressing affordable housing, but Columbus should look beyond abatements to ideas being implemented in places such as Montgomery County, Maryland.
The proposed destruction of a century-old retail building to make way for a wider street is yet another example of Columbus designing the city for cars rather than people.
The biggest beneficiaries of the new zoning code could be local businesses, homeowners and small developers who lack the means to hire architects and lawyers to guide them through the current process.
With an eventual $187 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds available to spend by 2024, advocates want Columbus to invest dollars in real housing solutions rather than continued camp sweeps.
Our columnist revisits a 1999 interview with former Columbus mayor Michael B. Coleman and bemoans the city’s lack of action on developing any real alternative to car culture.
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