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Resource People
The following persons can assist the developer teams in better understanding
the University District and the High Street market and the relationship
to the Columbus campus of The Ohio State University and the larger Columbus
community. In addition, there are people listed with specific knowledge
of issues such as city planning, public safety, and employment and job
training. People are noted who are serving on the steering committee advising
Campus Partners on the High Street study being completed by Goody, Clancy
& Associates.
City planning and economic development
Steve McClary, Administrator, Planning Office, City of Columbus
He supervises the city's planning office, has worked closely with Campus
Partners' planning efforts and serves on the High Street steering committee.
He is an excellent source for information on the city's planning and zoning
policies.
Patrick Grady, Administrator, Economic Development and Planning Services
Division,
City of Columbus Department of Trade and Development
He supervises the city's efforts to retain and attract local businesses,
including economic assistance and job training. The city's Planning Office
reports to him.
George Arnold, Director, Department of Trade and Development, City
of Columbus
He directs the city's planning, building regulation and economic development
services. He also represents the city as a member of the Campus Partners
Board of Trustees.
Pete Cass, Economic Development Coordinator, Columbus City Council
He is a long-time staff member serving the elected members of City Council,
primarily focusing on economic development and capital improvements.
Municipal
services
Richard M. Hickman, acting director, Public Service Department, City
of Columbus
He has chaired the Campus Partners Public Service Committee which has
worked closely with city agencies to improve refuse collection and street
sweeping in the University District. Among the divisions reporting to
the city's Public Service Department are Refuse Collection, Traffic Engineering
and Parking, and Engineering and Construction.
James P. Joyce, director, Public Utilities, City of Columbus
He can provide information on important infrastructure issues related
to the Gateway site. Reporting to Public Utilities are the divisions of
Electricity, Sewage and Drainage, and Water.
Neighborhood
commercial design
Don W. DeVere, executive director, Columbus Neighborhood Design Assistance
Center
The city and Ohio State fund the center to provide design assistance to
businesses and neighborhoods to improve the physical appearance and economic
performance of Columbus' inner-city commercial districts. DeVere, a resident
of the University District, is knowledgeable about the city's support
for older commercial areas, and he serves on the High Street steering
committee.
Neighborhood
planning and regulation
Ron Hupman, president, University Area Commission
The University Area Commission is a 20-member advisory body to city government
which makes recommendations on rezoning, neighborhood planning, municipal
services and related matters. It is composed of residents and business
owners. Hupman is a long-time member of the commission and serves on the
High Street steering committee. He can talk about expectations of some
of the permanent residents of the University District.
Fredric A. Goodman, chairman, University Area Review Board
Columbus City Council created the University Area Review Board in 1992
to manage a zoning overlay for the predominantly student neighborhoods
close to the campus. The overlay attempts to control development of inappropriate,
high-density student housing. The seven-member review board hears all
building permit applications, develops appearance guidelines and reviews
zoning variances for all properties zoned residential in an area east
and south of Ohio State (including portions of the site of the University
Gateway Center). Campus Partners' High Street study recommends that the
review board's authority be extended to include the commercial corridor
of High Street. Goodman is an architect and a member of the High Street
steering committee.
Frank Petruziello, member, University Area Review Board
Petruziello, an architect, is a former chairman of the review board and
was quite active on the High Street steering committee.
University
planning
Jill Morelli, assistant vice president and university architect
She supervises the Office of University Architect and Physical Planning,
which in the last four years has completed an updated master plan for
the Columbus campus, including a district plan for the university's property
in the south campus area. Learn more about the campus master plan from
the University
Architect's web page.
Paul E. Young, Jr., professor of architecture
He has a long history at Ohio State, has supervised class projects to
study High Street, was the faculty coordinator for the revision of the
campus master plan, and serves on the High Street steering committee.
University
housing for students
William H. Hall, assistant vice president for student affairs
He supervises the university's Office of Housing, Food Services and Event
Centers, which includes the residence halls holding about 9,500 students,
the Ohio Union on High Street, and the Fawcett Center, a facility with
conference, hotel and office space. He currently is looking at opportunities
for additional graduate and professional student housing. He reports to
David Williams, vice president for student and urban/community affairs
and chair of the Campus Partners Board of Trustees.
Neighborhood
housing
Wayne Garland, CPM, president, Buckeye Real Estate
His firm is the largest residential property owner and manager in the
University District with about 1,000 units. He is the immediate past president
of the Columbus Apartment Association. He is renovating the three-story
apartment building on the northeast corner of High Street and East 12th
Avenue and owns a significant amount of residential property on East 11th
Avenue. He is a member of the High Street steering committee.
Lee D. Adamantidis, Pella Company
His firm is one of the largest residential and commercial property owners
and managers in the University District. He is a member of the High Street
steering committee.
Sharon R. Austin, training and technical assistance manager,
Ohio Capital Corporation for Housing
She is the immediate past director of Northside Development Corp., the
non-profit affordable housing provider in the University District. She
also serves on the Campus Partners Board of Trustees. As a long-time homeowner
in the area, she can talk about the full range of housing in the University
District, including Section 8, historic areas, and rehabilitation.
Affordable
housing issues
Hal Keller, president, Ohio Capital Corporation for Housing
He can talk about tax credit financing and other programs to build affordable
housing in Ohio. His organization packages financing for affordable housing
construction around the state.
Pat Hartman, chief asset manager and vice president for property services,
Ohio Capital Corporation for Housing
She can talk about general housing issues, particularly Section 8 and
affordable housing, in the Columbus area. She formerly worked for a number
of years for the Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority and for Broad
Street Management Co., the owner of some 900 units of Section 8 housing
in the neighborhoods near Ohio State.
Steve Havens, director of business development,
Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority
He can explain his agency's interest in building affordable housing in
the University District and the funds which it can bring to the table.
He also can talk about the existing Section 8 units in the University
District.
High Street commercial corridor
Pasquale Grado, executive director, University Community Business
Association
An architect and former professor of architecture at Ohio State, he has
headed the business association for about a half dozen years. A resident
of the University District, he has more than three decades of experience
with High Street, particularly in planning, zoning and capital improvements.
He chairs the High Street steering committee.
Fred Harris, general manager, Holiday Inn on the Lane
Long-time manager of the Holiday Inn on Lane Avenue adjacent to the campus's
northern boundary, he is active in the University Community Business Association
and is a member of the board of the Greater Columbus Convention and Visitors
Bureau.
Joseph P. Williams, broker, RGI Real Estate
He is a real estate broker who was Campus Partners' real estate director
and treasurer from the agency's beginning in late 1994 through the spring
of 1998. He tracked real estate issues in the University District and
was the agency's primary liaison with the retail businesses along High
Street. He also contacted regional and national firms regarding business
opportunities in the University District.
Dale F. Bertsch, professor of architecture and of public policy and
management
He has directed projects for city and regional planning classes for many
years looking at the opportunities on High Street. He also has followed
the Campus Partners planning processes closely.
University
interests on High Street
Rebecca Lee Parker, director, Ohio Unions
She directs the university's two student unions, the Ohio Union at 1739
N. High St. (at 13th Avenue) and the smaller Drake Union along the Olentangy
River. The Ohio Union has an extensive food court on its lower floor.
The union has a variety of ballrooms and meeting rooms. Plans are being
made for a needed renovation with a greater emphasis on the Ohio Union
as a meeting place.
Sherri Geldin, director, Wexner Center for the Arts
The Wexner Center has a national reputation in the exhibition and performance
of contemporary art. The Wexner Center and Mershon Auditorium are located
along High Street at 15th Avenue. Ms. Geldin and her staff recognize that
their audiences will be enhanced by a dynamic High Street with a mixture
of restaurants, shopping and entertainment. Other contacts at the Wexner
Center are Patrick McCusker, associate director for public affairs, and
Gretchen Metzelaars, director of administration.
Judith Smith Koroscik, dean, College of the Arts
She is a newly appointed member of the Campus Partners Board of Trustees.
Most of the departments and facilities of the College of the Arts are
located in the area of 15th Avenue and High Street. Like the Wexner Center,
the College of the Arts realizes that a dynamic High Street will be an
additional draw for audiences to come to the college's exhibitions and
performances.
Minority business
opportunities
Melinda Carter, executive director,
Equal Business Opportunity Commission Office, City of Columbus
She can provide an excellent overview of minority business opportunity
programs and networks in central Ohio. Her office assists minority, female
and small business owners in achieving opportunities with the City of
Columbus and with private entities.
David Baker, president, Columbus Urban Growth Corporation
He can offer a broad perspective on the City of Columbus's efforts to
encourage revitalization of the central city. Columbus Urban Growth Corporation
is a private, non-profit company formed and funded by the city to do commercial
and industrial pre-development and redevelopment work in the Columbus
urban core. One of its major projects is a community partnership to redevelop
the "Four Corners" site at the intersection of East 11th Avenue and Cleveland
Avenue about two miles east of the University Gateway Center. The Four
Corners project includes a transit center, new office space for the Columbus
Metropolitan Housing Authority, and a police substation.
Kim Knights, vice president, Central Ohio Minority Business Association
Her association provides a wide range of consulting services to small
businesses.
Sandra Willis Moody, president, Urban Professional Business Association
Her association is composed of African-American business owners and professionals
and it works to promote opportunities for contracting, services and employment
for minority businesses.
Employment
and job training
Edward M. Krauss, vice president for workforce development,
Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce
He can provide a good overview of job training and placement programs
and assistance available to employers in central Ohio.
Susan Brooks, community development agent,
Ohio State University Extension-Franklin County,
and coordinator of WORKsource
She has represented the university in job readiness and employment opportunities
linking Ohio State, Godman Guild settlement house and the Weinland Park
neighborhood. She now coordinates WORKsource, a local job and training
network, including an electronic communication network and a consortium
of more than 50 community agencies which do community and career development
throughout Columbus. She can provide a overview on employment issues.
Ellen Moss, associate director, Godman Guild settlement house
She oversees job readiness and employment opportunities for her agency,
which serves the Weinland Park neighborhood adjacent to the University
Gateway Center. The neighborhood has a high level of poverty. She has
worked with Susan Brooks and others at Ohio State on entry-level employment
opportunities at the university.
Tina Overtoom, program associate, Ohio State's Campus Collaborative
She is working as part of a grant from HUD to the Campus Collaborative
for community-building activities in the Weinland Park neighborhood adjacent
to the University Gateway Center. Her work focuses on a university partnership
with Godman Guild settlement house around Job Success, a program to prepare
area residents for entry level employment, including opportunities with
the university and with the construction industry.
Sandra L. Pritz, research associate,
Center on Education and Training for Employment,
and program manager of the College of Education's
School-to-Work Program, Ohio State University
Her field is workforce development and she has worked with a university
committee in a job readiness program at Godman Guild settlement house
with a tie to entry-level employment at Ohio State.
Chrystal Harris Stowe, community program manager,
The Sherman R. Smoot Company of Ohio
She supervises an innovative job training and employment program for the
Smoot construction firm as part of a contract with the Columbus Metropolitan
Housing Authority to provide construction management services for all
of its public housing communities. The program places residents in training
programs and employment as part of the rebuilding of a troubled public
housing community. She is an excellent source of information about a program
that appears to be working well for both employers and potential employees.
Steve Havens, director of business development,
Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority
He can explain his agency's involvement in job training and placement
of its public housing residents through such programs as the one directed
by Chrystal Stowe of Smoot Company.
Glenn Walter, projects coordinator, Columbus Works
His agency does pre-employment training and job placement and retention
for young adults.
Debra Rantanen, coordinator for career preparation,
Private Industry Council of Columbus and Franklin County
She can explain her agency's assistance to dislocated workers, re-training
opportunities, and work with youth on career options and internships.
Student interests
Joshua Mandel, president, Undergraduate Student Government
He is an articulate spokesperson for student interests and has generally
followed the Campus Partners planning effort. Ohio State's Columbus campus
enrolls 35,600 undergraduates.
Kathleen R. Carberry, president, Council of Graduate Students
She is in her second one-year term as president of the council. Ohio State's
Columbus campus enrolls 9,500 graduate students.
Shane Hankins, undergraduate student member, Campus Partners Board
of Trustees
He is a junior, an honors student, active in student government and a
member of the Campus Partners Board for a year. He strives to represent
student viewpoints and is a member of the High Street steering committee.
Ronald B. Meyers, graduate student member, Campus Partners Board of
Trustees
He holds a graduate assistantship in the community development program
of Ohio State University Extension. He has worked as part of the university's
HUD-funded program in the low-income Weinland Park neighborhood adjacent
to the University Gateway Center.
Carl Rice, chair, Campus Partners Student Advisory Board
He is a senior, majoring in urban geography, and a work-study student
in the Campus Partners office. He worked on a number of projects to involve
students in the Campus Partners planning processes. He also is a member
of the High Street steering committee.
On the nation's second largest single campus, it is impossible for three or four students to represent the diversity and range of opinions in the student body. If you want assistance in contacting specific student constituencies, such as African-Americans, foreign students, or fraternity and sorority members, call Steve Sterrett at Campus Partners.
Historic
preservation
Kathy Mast Kane, historic preservation consultant
She was the historic preservation sub-consultant on Campus Partners' High
Street study. She and her family live in the northern part of the University
District.
Public safety
Paul S. Denton, commander, Zone 4, Patrol Bureau, Columbus Division
of Police
He supervises the police patrols in the University District and is familiar
with the police efforts in the area of the University Gateway Center.
He is a member of the Campus Partners Safety Coordinating Committee.
Ronald A. Michalec, chief, University Police
He directs a 56-person uniformed force, which has full police jurisdiction
on university property. He is a member of the Campus Partners Safety Coordinating
Committee.
Mark Hatch, executive director, Community Crime Patrol, Inc.
He directs a non-profit agency which uses trained, part-time, paid civilians
to patrol at night in the University District and two other Columbus neighborhoods.
Funding comes from the university, the city and the state.
Public transportation
Mike Greene, director of planning, COTA (Central Ohio Transit Authority)
The site of the University Gateway Center on High Street is located on
COTA's busiest north-south bus route. Mr. Green can talk about COTA's
proposals for the future, the improvements in bus service to and from
the university and the possibilities of the Gateway Center as a transit
hub.
Neighborhood civic associations
Brian Hitchcock, president, Weinland Park Community Collaborative
The collaborative is a voluntary civic association whose members live
in the area bounded by Chittenden Avenue on the north, Fifth Avenue on
the south, the Conrail tracks on the east and High Street on the west.
The collaborative is currently directing a "weed and seed" project funded
by the U.S. Department of Justice to encourage crime prevention and community-building.
Tim Wagner, president, Dennison Place Association
He also is a member of the University Area Commission and the High Street
steering committee. The Dennison Place Association is a voluntary civic
association whose members live in the area bounded by King Avenue on the
north, Fifth Avenue on the south, High Street on the east and the Olentangy
River on the west.
Gerhart Queck, president, University Community Association
He also is a member of the University Area Commission. The University
Community Association is the oldest voluntary civic association in the
University District and its members are drawn from across the neighborhoods.
The University District is defined as Glen Echo Ravine (north of Arcadia
Avenue) on the north, Fifth Avenue on the south, the Conrail tracks on
the east and the Olentangy River on the west.
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