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Revitalization Plan Progress |
Campus Partners published the University Neighborhoods Revitalization Plan: Concept Document in July 1996 following reviews by the University Area Commission, University Community Business Association, Columbus Development Commission and Columbus Historic Resources Commission. The document contained some 250 recommendations for action. In late 1996 and early 1997, Campus Partners convened a series of campus-community committees to prepare an initial list of priority implementation measures based on the plan. From these committees came a list of more than two dozen priority implementation measures. These were shared widely with the Campus Partners Board of Trustees, The Ohio State University Board of Trustees, the University Area Commission and others. The university’s Board of Trustees and Columbus City Council subsequently adopted the University Neighborhoods Revitalization Plan: Concept Document as a blue-print for action in mid-1997.
These priority implementation measures, which are outlined in bold on the following pages, have been the focus of much of the work of Campus Partners and other stakeholders for the past decade. After each priority point, a summary is presented of the progress to date. Although these measures include a broad range of revitalization tactics, Campus Partners also responded to new opportunities which weren’t specifically foreseen by the implementation measures. Two major opportunities were the acquisition and renovation of the government-subsidized housing now known as Community Properties of Ohio and the acquisition and potential redevelopment of the Columbus Coated Fabrics property.
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