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Organization and History of Campus
Partners Get Involved in Our Committees An Introduction to Campus Partners A civic association for the neighborhoods around The Ohio State University's Columbus campus printed a bumper sticker a few years ago that declared: "The University District - a SMART place to live." That bumper sticker reflected the pride that many residents have for these neighborhoods, known collectively as the University District. Yet these neighborhoods - like many urban communities across the nation - have faced challenges in the appearance and maintenance of its residential and commercial structures and, most importantly, in the safety and quality of life of the students and other residents who live and work in this area. The university, in cooperation with the city, created Campus Partners for Community Urban Redevelopment in 1995 to spearhead the revitalization of the University District. Campus Partners was incorporated as a non-profit organization to work with the city, community agencies, neighborhood leaders, and the university itself. Campus Partners has initiated comprehensive, community-based planning for the University District, is facilitating cooperative efforts to improve municipal services in the area, and is undertaking specific projects to enhance the neighborhood vitality. Click here for an overview of Campus Partners' accomplishments. Last updated April 20, 2008. |
Ohio State to receive award for outreach work The Ohio State University has
been selected as one of six regional winners of the 2008 W.K. Kellogg
Foundation Engagement Award sponsored by the National Association of State
Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (NASULGC). The award recognizes Ohio
State’s work in the University District with a particular focus on the
initiatives involving Campus Partners and other key stakeholders in the
Weinland Park neighborhood. As a regional winner, Ohio
State will compete for the national award to be announced in November
2008. For more information on the
award competition, click here. Security measures in Gateway garage prevent crime, despite recent shooting South Campus Gateway deploys
security staff members around the clock, engages special duty Columbus police
officers on weekends and at peak times, and utilizes a surveillance system of
some 100 cameras to promote public safety and a welcoming environment. A summary of crime reports
for the Columbus Division of Police's Precinct 4, which includes most of the
University District, shows that from June 2006 through January 2008 crime incident
reports at Gateway constitute less than 1 percent of the total reports for
the precinct. Two isolated acts of
violence, however, have called into question the safety of the Gateway
parking garage. An altercation in the
garage about 2:40 a.m. on March 30 ended when a single gunshot wounded a man
who died in University Hospitals a few days later. A similar altercation occurred last July in
the garage and resulted in a shooting death. With the exception of those
two crimes, the public safety record of the parking garage is
exceptional. Since the garage opened
in mid-2005, there have been no robberies and only two vehicle break-ins
reported in the garage. The security
staff and systems in place appear to be effective in deterring most crimes
that are common to parking facilities. Unfortunately, in the case of
the two shootings, neither high levels of lighting nor witnesses nor
pervasive surveillance cameras nor the presence in the garage of four special
duty Columbus police officers and three private security staff members were
able to deter a person taking out a gun during a confrontation and firing one
shot. For a fact sheet on the
public safety systems in the parking garage, please click here. For the summary of crime
incident reports in the Precinct 4 and at Gateway, please click here. |
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