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04/02/2020
Residential Construction Continuing
By Dean Narciso The Columbus Dispatch Posted Mar 31, 2020 at 4:58 AM Updated Mar 31, 2020 at 6:27 AM
The Building Industry Association of Ohio says work will keep going, as long as materials from overseas continue to arrive.
04/01/2020
Delaware City Council Approves Residential Project
By PAUL COMSTOCK Posted Mar 27, 2020 at 7:15 AM
Slow-moving Terra Alta development gets Delaware’s final nod
04/01/2020
Reynoldsburg Passes Zoning Code in Livestreamed Meeting
By KELLEY YOUMAN Posted Mar 30, 2020 at 4:35 PM Updated Mar 30, 2020 at 6:24 PM
Reynoldsburg City Council passes zoning code during livestreamed meeting
04/01/2020
Hilliard Council Meets on Facebook Live
By KEVIN CORVO THISWEEKNEWS.COM Posted Mar 30, 2020 at 4:35 PM Updated Mar 30, 2020 at 10:39 PM
Hilliard council adjusts to remote meetings because of coronavirus
04/01/2020
Canal Winchester, Groveport, Madison Township Using Technology to Meet
By SCOTT GERFEN THISWEEKNEWS.COM Posted Mar 30, 2020 at 4:35 PM Updated Mar 30, 2020 at 7:05 PM
COVID-19 coronavirus response: Canal Winchester, Groveport seek ways to conduct public meetings
04/01/2020
20 Central Ohio Roadway Projects Funded
By NATE ELLIS THISWEEKNEWS.COM Posted Mar 28, 2020 at 8:30 AM
OPWC awards nearly $30 million for 20 central Ohio roadway projects
03/31/2020
City of Delaware Right-of-Way Permitting
03/25/2020
Delaware City Livestreams Council, Passes Emergency Powers
By PAUL COMSTOCK Posted Mar 19, 2020 at 9:39 AM Updated Mar 19, 2020 at 3:00 PM
In livestreamed meeting, Delaware preps for emergency
03/25/2020
Hilliard Livestreams Council
By KEVIN CORVO THISWEEKNEWS.COM Posted Mar 23, 2020 at 10:07 PM
Hilliard council tables three ordinances March 23
03/24/2020
Upper Arlington Council Has Livestream Option
By NATE ELLIS THISWEEKNEWS.COM Posted Mar 23, 2020 at 6:05 PM
Upper Arlington’s April council meetings canceled for now; livestreams an option
03/24/2020
Violet Trustees Unsure About Rezoning Timing
By NATE ELLIS THISWEEKNEWS.COM Posted Mar 23, 2020 at 2:05 PM Updated Mar 24, 2020 at 1:07 PM
Violet Township: Trustees say no date set for Rockford, Palmieri rezoning hearing
03/23/2020
Reynoldsburg Council to Get Proposed New Zoning Code
By KELLEY YOUMAN Posted Mar 19, 2020 at 6:23 PM Updated Mar 19, 2020 at 6:39 PM
Reynoldsburg Planning Commission OKs new zoning code; City Council gets final say
03/23/2020
Gahanna Grants Emergency Powers
By MARLA K. KUHLMAN THISWEEKNEWS.COM Posted Mar 23, 2020 at 12:01 AM Updated Mar 23, 2020 at 8:36 PM
03/22/2020
Clintonville Area Commission Elections Impacted
By ANDREW KING THISWEEKNEWS.COM Posted Mar 19, 2020 at 5:19 PM Updated Mar 19, 2020 at 5:21 PM
COVID-19 scuttles Clintonville Area Commission hopefuls’ in-person option
03/17/2020
Hilliard council grants city manger emergency powers related to coronavirus pandemic
By KEVIN CORVO THISWEEKNEWS.COM Posted Mar 16, 2020 at 9:18 PM
The measure is related to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic that has brought sweeping action statewide in an effort to contain the spread of the disease.
03/13/2020
Grove City Residential Plan Moves Forward
Westerville-based developer plans 211-unit residential development near Pinnacle Golf Club
03/12/2020
Orange Township to Consider JEDD for Evans Farm
By JIM FISCHER THISWEEKNEWS.COM Posted Mar 9, 2020 at 6:35 PM Updated Mar 9, 2020 at 8:15 PM
Orange Township: JEDD could bolster Evans Farm’s town center
03/11/2020
Columbus Apartment Plan Being Revised
By Mark Ferenchik The Columbus Dispatch Posted Mar 5, 2020 at 2:01 PM
Developer revising plans for Olde Towne East apartment project
03/10/2020
Columbus Sewer Tunnel to Help Future Redevelopment
By OLIVIA MINNIER THISWEEKNEWS.COM Posted Mar 9, 2020 at 8:00 AM
New tunnel project might give northwest Columbus residents relief from sewer woes
03/09/2020
Hilliard Service Director Resigns
By KEVIN CORVO THISWEEKNEWS.COM Posted Mar 9, 2020 at 10:07 PM Updated Mar 9, 2020 at 10:38 PM
Albert Iosue resigns as Hilliard service director
03/09/2020
Reynoldsburg Main Street Changes Considered
Reynoldsburg council to vote on moving forward with East Main Street project
03/08/2020
Canal Winchester Selects Council President
By SCOTT GERFEN THISWEEKNEWS.COM Posted Mar 2, 2020 at 6:35 PM Updated Mar 3, 2020 at 1:55 PM
Mike Walker elected Canal Winchester City Council president on split vote
03/07/2020
New Albany Rezoning Permits Medical Use
By SARAH SOLE THISWEEKNEWS.COM Posted Mar 4, 2020 at 1:35 PM
Rezoning adds permitted medical uses to 95 acres at 161 and Beech in New Albany
03/06/2020
Grove City Working on Infrastructure Planning
By ALAN FROMAN THISWEEKNEWS.COM Posted Mar 6, 2020 at 7:35 PM Updated Mar 9, 2020 at 6:45 PM
Grove City officials developing strategies for road projects
03/06/2020
Zoning restrictions threaten Easton’s plans to grow upward
By Jim Weiker The Columbus Dispatch By Mark Ferenchik The Columbus Dispatch Posted Feb 27, 2020 at 4:10 PM
Easton Town Center is challenging zoning codes that could put a lid on its long-term plans
03/05/2020
First Minnesota ‘housing scorecard’ finds greatest housing shortage in decades
Written By: Bill Salisbury / St. Paul Pioneer Press | Feb 25th 2020 - 4pm.
The housing task force’s first goal was to make more affordable homes a priority.
03/04/2020
Pataskala Former Council Member on List of 8 Under Consideration as New Administrator
Craig McDonald, Newark AdvocatePublished 11:21 a.m. ET March 1, 2020
Pataskala to interview 8 candidates for city administrator post
03/03/2020
Columbus Downtown Reaches 10,000 Residents in 2020
By Jim Weiker The Columbus Dispatch Posted Feb 27, 2020 at 2:56 PM Updated Feb 28, 2020 at 8:17 AM
More than $1 billion in residential development underway Downtown
02/27/2020
First Community Village in Upper Arlington hits 85% on presale for Fairfax complex
By NATE ELLIS THISWEEKNEWS.COM Posted Feb 24, 2020 at 6:35 PM Updated Feb 25, 2020 at 2:26 PM
The project will yield a 4-story, 143,622-square-foot complex and is expected to be completed by summer 2021
02/27/2020
Delaware County documents still unrecorded a year later
Dean Narciso The Columbus Dispatch
Marysville lawyer Tom Baldwin has worked as a title examiner in half of Ohio’s 88 counties since the early 1970s and said he has never heard of a similar problem
02/27/2020
Central Ohio Golf Courses and Housing
By Dean Narciso The Columbus Dispatch
Developing golf courses a tough sell
02/26/2020
Changes at Verizon in Hilliard could affect almost 500 employees
By Jim Weiker The Columbus Dispatch Posted Feb 20, 2020 at 2:57 PM
Affected workers may apply for similar jobs elsewhere or other jobs at Verizon’s Hilliard facility, or they could apply to work from home
02/26/2020
Worthington Approves Senior Housing Rezoning
By GARY SEMAN JR. THISWEEKNEWS.COM Posted Feb 19, 2020 at 5:38 PM Updated Feb 20, 2020 at 2:03 PM
UPDATED: Worthington City Council approves Stafford Village redevelopment
02/26/2020
Dublin Rezoning Delayed
ThisWeek Posted Feb 22, 2020 at 5:15 PM
Oak Park rezoning matter to be delayed; economic incentive pact, Tartan Ridge rezoning on Dublin council agenda
02/26/2020
Delaware City Surpasses 750 DU in 2019
By PAUL COMSTOCK Posted Feb 21, 2020 at 6:15 AM
Point work, growth dominate discussion in joint Delaware, schools meeting
02/24/2020
Buildings finally rising at Grandview Crossing
By Jim Weiker The Columbus Dispatch Posted Feb 24, 2020 at 11:35 AM Updated Feb 24, 2020 at 1:55 PM
Developers have proposed building there since at least 2003 but were stymied by pollution, which has been removed
02/24/2020
Benjamin King feels welcome as Groveport’s new administrator
By SCOTT GERFEN THISWEEKNEWS.COM Posted Feb 24, 2020 at 6:35 PM Updated Feb 24, 2020 at 7:07 PM
King had been Pataskala’s city administrator since 2014
02/24/2020
Violet Township Rezoning Scheduled
By NATE ELLIS THISWEEKNEWS.COM Posted Feb 24, 2020 at 6:35 PM Updated Feb 24, 2020 at 7:15 PM
Rezoning for 269-house development in Violet Township is rescheduled
02/24/2020
A Luxury Apartment Rises in a Poor Neighborhood. What Happens Next?
The New York Times By Emily Badger Published Feb. 14, 2020 Updated Feb. 18, 2020
Economists say rents would fall. Neighbors fear rents would rise. New research tries to find the answer.
02/23/2020
Housing Affordability Chart Shows Market Realities That Builders Deal With
NAHB Feb. 13
Housing Affordability Crisis Explained in One Graph
02/22/2020
Solid Equity Report on Homeowner Status
Builder | Feb. 6, 2020
Just 3.5 million, or one in 16, mortgaged homes in the fourth quarter of 2019 were considered seriously underwater.
02/21/2020
Flipped: How gentrification is transforming a South Side street
By Jim Weiker The Columbus Dispatch By Mark Ferenchik The Columbus Dispatch Posted Feb 23, 2020 at 4:29 AM Updated Feb 23, 2020 at 1:00 PM
Some streets have seen an invasion of contractors. More than 50 building or remodeling permits have been issued each on Linwood Avenue and Siebert and Whittier streets, and more than 80 each on Ohio and Wilson avenues
02/21/2020
Call to Curtail Single Family Zoning Requirements to Expand Density
Jake Wegmann | Published online: 06 Dec 2019
Death to Single-Family Zoning…and New Life to the Missing Middle
02/20/2020
Upper Arlington Proposal Includes Condos
By NATE ELLIS THISWEEKNEWS.COM Posted Feb 11, 2020 at 6:05 PM Updated Feb 12, 2020 at 2:15 PM
Golden Bear developer hopes to strike TIF deal with Upper Arlington
02/19/2020
Affordable/Small House Design by Moody Nolan
Builder | By Symone Garvett
New home design by this Columbus company has received some national attention as a potential model for affordable single-family homes and might be particularly suited for smaller, in-fill lots.
02/19/2020
Upper Arlington 2019 Construction Exceeds $400
By NATE ELLIS THISWEEKNEWS.COM Posted Feb 11, 2020 at 6:05 PM Updated Feb 12, 2020 at 2:17 PM
Upper Arlington enjoys record year of construction; project top $400M in 2019
02/19/2020
Developer sues Pataskala over proposed housing development
Craig McDonald, Newark AdvocatePublished 3:58 p.m. ET Feb. 17, 2020
Southgate is seeking a declaration that the Development Standard Text has not expired and that its preliminary plan is not subject to the moratorium.
02/19/2020
Delaware City Finance Director from Marysville
By PAUL COMSTOCK Posted Feb 14, 2020 at 6:30 AM
Justin Nahvi, Delaware’s new finance director, sees ‘impact’ of position
02/19/2020
Olentangy Schools Get 94% Funds from Property Tax
By JIM FISCHER THISWEEKNEWS.COM Posted Feb 17, 2020 at 2:05 PM Updated Feb 17, 2020 at 6:28 PM
Levy provides ‘bridge’ for Olentangy Schools students
02/19/2020
Violet Township Zoning Commission Hears Housing Proposal
By NATE ELLIS THISWEEKNEWS.COM Posted Feb 15, 2020 at 11:28 AM
Violet Township Zoning Commission to review rezoning request for 269-home project
02/18/2020
Worthington Council Considers Rezoning
By GARY SEMAN JR. THISWEEKNEWS.COM Posted Feb 14, 2020 at 5:54 PM Updated Feb 14, 2020 at 6:10 PM
Stafford Village rezoning on Worthington council’s Feb. 18 agenda
02/17/2020
Denison President Questions If Granville is Anti-Development
By Craig McDonald, Newark Advocate Posted Feb 16, 2020 at 10:00 AM
Is Granville anti-development? Denison president sparks debate
02/15/2020
Commercial/Multi-family Growth
DODGE Nicole Sullivan | AFFECT Public Relations & Social Media
Commercial and Multifamily Construction Starts Accelerated in Top Metro Areas in 2019
02/15/2020
2020's housing market is coming in like a lion. Will it last?
HousingWire January 30, 2020, 1:56 pm By Julia Falcon
Homebuyers have come out of hibernation early
02/14/2020
New Albany Adding Sewer Lines
By SARAH SOLE THISWEEKNEWS.COM Posted Feb 10, 2020 at 6:35 PM Updated Feb 10, 2020 at 7:31 PM
City Council roundup: New Albany adding more sewer lines in business park
02/13/2020
Supreme Court Sides With Schools In Apartment Valuation Dispute
By SCOTT GERFEN THISWEEKNEWS.COM Posted Feb 4, 2020 at 6:35 PM
02/12/2020
Clintonville Site Still Planned
By OLIVIA MINNIER THISWEEKNEWS.COM Posted Feb 10, 2020 at 6:35 PM Updated Feb 10, 2020 at 6:42 PM
Details hazy, but Patrick J’s project still a go in Clintonville
02/12/2020
Canal Winchester Council Impacted by Ethics Opinion
ThisWeek
Ethics inquiry holds up pick for Canal Winchester council president
02/12/2020
Reynoldsburg Council Opposing Multi-family Option in Rezoning
ThisWeek By KELLEY YOUMAN Posted Feb 10, 2020 at 6:35 PM Updated Feb 10, 2020 at 7:48 PM
Apartments have no home on Reynoldsburg’s Waggoner Road
02/10/2020
The U.S. Housing Crisis Is Making Its Way to the Heartland
By Jordan Yadoo and Noah Buhayar January 31, 2020, 7:40 AM EST
U.S. expansion leaves many workers with few housing options
02/07/2020
U.S. renters are richer, older, and have larger households
By Patrick Sisson Jan 31, 2020, 6:00am EST
New Harvard report finds market appealing to well-heeled renters, and middle-income renters feeling the squeeze
02/06/2020
Will upzoning neighborhoods make homes more affordable?
By Diana Budds Jan 30, 2020, 1:00pm EST Illustration by Alyssa Nassner | Curbed
Cities and states across the country are proposing new upzoning laws to combat the housing crisis. Will they work?
02/05/2020
NW Columbus Habitat ReStore Opens
By OLIVIA MINNIER THISWEEKNEWS.COM Posted Feb 3, 2020 at 5:35 PM
Habitat for Humanity-MidOhio’s ReStore on Bethel Road has opened
01/30/2020
Our view: We must be prepared for growth in Licking County
The Advocate Editorial BoardPublished 11:27 a.m. ET Jan. 26, 2020
The question we must answer is how we handle that growth. As Johnstown Village Manager Jim Lenner tweeted: We can't control IF we grow. We can control HOW we grow.
01/29/2020
Site Selection Magazine Features Needs for Growth in Columbus Region
From Site Selection magazine, January 2020 by Aaron Renn
These 10 cities are ready for the big time. They just need to act like it (Yes, Columbus is on this list)
01/29/2020
Violet Township Selects New Development Officer
By NATE ELLIS THISWEEKNEWS.COM Posted Jan 24, 2020 at 2:41 PM
Robin Duffee named Violet Township development manager
01/29/2020
Upper Arlington Gateway Ready to Break Ground
By NATE ELLIS THISWEEKNEWS.COM Posted Jan 21, 2020 at 6:05 PM Updated Jan 22, 2020 at 12:02 PM
Arlington Gateway expected to break ground in August
01/29/2020
Dublin, AEP, Residents Working On New Line
By SARAH SOLE THISWEEKNEWS.COM Posted Jan 28, 2020 at 12:05 PM Updated Jan 28, 2020 at 1:09 PM
AEP agrees to shorter poles along most of route
01/29/2020
Dublin's Bridge Park Expansion Includes More Residential
By SARAH SOLE THISWEEKNEWS.COM Posted Jan 28, 2020 at 12:05 PM
Preliminary plans for Dublin’s Bridge Park G Block laid out
01/29/2020
Delaware County Office Space Overall Progressing
By PAUL COMSTOCK Posted Jan 24, 2020 at 7:30 AM
Pair of overhauls precede office moves in Delaware County
01/29/2020
NW Columbus Apartments on Hold for Sewer Evaluation
By GARY SEMAN JR. THISWEEKNEWS.COM Posted Jan 27, 2020 at 6:05 PM Updated Jan 27, 2020 at 7:13 PM
Apartments on Old Henderson Road on hold while Columbus evaluates sewers
01/28/2020
Opportunity Zones in Use in Central Ohio
By Jim Weiker The Columbus Dispatch Posted Jan 22, 2020 at 3:40 PM Updated Jan 23, 2020 at 5:07 AM
Big central Ohio developers in line for opportunity zone tax breaks
01/27/2020
Powell offers top job to Andrew White, Huron city manager
By JIM FISCHER THISWEEKNEWS.COM Posted Jan 24, 2020 at 3:46 PM Updated Jan 24, 2020 at 3:57 PM
Andrew White will be Powell’s first new city manager in more than two decades – if he accepts the city’s offer.
01/26/2020
Pickerington Council Leaders ID Focus
By NATE ELLIS THISWEEKNEWS.COM Posted Jan 21, 2020 at 6:05 PM Updated Jan 22, 2020 at 11:37 AM
Pickerington City Council leaders eye sidewalks, paving in 2020
01/25/2020
Legal case on Star City Inn site closes, opens door to change
By ALAN FROMAN THISWEEKNEWS.COM Posted Jan 27, 2020 at 6:05 PM Updated Jan 27, 2020 at 7:10 PM
Grove City Property to be Redeveloped
01/22/2020
Unaffordable housing and slower job growth go hand in hand
MarketPlace Mitchell Hartman Jan 15, 2020
Low housing supply and high demand have pushed home prices higher. Workers’ incomes haven’t kept up.
01/22/2020
New Albany Residents Concerned with Commercial Rezoning
By SARAH SOLE THISWEEKNEWS.COM Posted Jan 21, 2020 at 11:54 AM Updated Jan 21, 2020 at 6:25 PM
Rezoning proposal for New Albany microbrewery, food-truck-supplied restaurant moved to February
01/22/2020
New Albany Strategic Plan Wrapping Up
By SARAH SOLE THISWEEKNEWS.COM Posted Jan 20, 2020 at 2:05 PM Updated Jan 20, 2020 at 2:24 PM
New Albany leaders expect to finish strategic-plan draft by spring
01/21/2020
Aqua Ohio Lowers Water Bills Due to Tax Cuts
By SCOTT GERFEN THISWEEKNEWS.COM Posted Jan 14, 2020 at 6:05 PM
Aqua Ohio customers to see lower bills in 2020
01/19/2020
AEP Tranmission Line Routing Hearing in Dublin
By SARAH SOLE THISWEEKNEWS.COM Posted Jan 17, 2020 at 3:27 PM
AEP transmission line route slated for Dublin City Council meeting Jan. 21
01/17/2020
Canal Winchester Park Plan Moves Forward
By SCOTT GERFEN THISWEEKNEWS.COM Posted Jan 14, 2020 at 6:05 PM Updated Jan 15, 2020 at 1:11 PM
State OKs $450K grant for Canal Winchester’s McGill Park
01/17/2020
Economist Sees Slow Growth, No Recession for Central Ohio
Story originally published in The Hannah Report on January 8, 2020. Copyright 2020 Hannah News Service, Inc.
LaFayette said the fundamental problem in Central Ohio that is slowing growth is workforce availability
01/16/2020
Dublin P&Z Considers Senior Housing
By SARAH SOLE THISWEEKNEWS.COM Posted Jan 11, 2020 at 12:01 AM Updated Jan 11, 2020 at 5:04 PM
01/15/2020
Council hears US 23 corridor study
By Dillon Davis
Funding for the study came largely from Delaware County and the Delaware Finance Authority, which provided $50,000 and $25,000, respectively, to finance the project.
01/15/2020
Northland Provides MORPC Transportation Input
By GARY SEMAN JR. THISWEEKNEWS.COM Posted Jan 13, 2020 at 6:05 PM Updated Jan 13, 2020 at 7:28 PM
MORPC seeking input from Northland residents on transportation plan
01/15/2020
Dublin Plans for 2020
By SARAH SOLE THISWEEKNEWS.COM Posted Jan 7, 2020 at 2:05 PM Updated Jan 7, 2020 at 3:48 PM
Dublin officials outline 2020 plans, bid Michael Keenan farewell
01/15/2020
Priority Projects for Orange Township
By JIM FISCHER THISWEEKNEWS.COM Posted Jan 7, 2020 at 11:35 AM Updated Jan 7, 2020 at 11:45 AM
Road projects central to Orange Township’s 2020
01/15/2020
Grove City Demographics Part of Residential Considerations
By ALAN FROMAN THISWEEKNEWS.COM Posted Jan 13, 2020 at 6:05 PM Updated Jan 13, 2020 at 7:22 PM
Demographic, plan numbers tell Grove City’s growth story
01/15/2020
Jefferson Township JEDD is Finalized
By MARLA K. KUHLMAN THISWEEKNEWS.COM Posted Jan 13, 2020 at 6:05 PM Updated Jan 13, 2020 at 6:43 PM
Whitehall’s vote affirms JEDD with Jefferson Township
01/15/2020
Columbus Proposing Utility
This ordinance could impact multi-family and commercial/industrial building owners who have buildings of at least 50,000 square feet, either in a single building, or aggregated among buildings on a single site.
