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Update from Campus Partners:
Prepared for residents the University Area Commission
October 26, 2007
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City re-opens North Grant Avenue ·
UDO sponsors talk on transforming University District |
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Neighbors welcome President Gee back to Ohio State ·
UAC hosts discussions of environmental goals |
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City re-opens As a sign that the demolition work on the Columbus
Coated Fabrics site is nearing completion, the city's Transportation Division
today removed the barricades and re-opened UDO sponsors talk on transforming University District Columbus author and city planner Kyle Ezell and a
class of Ohio State students will present "How to Immediately Begin to
Transform the University District into a National Model for Urban
Redevelopment" on Monday, October 29, at 7 p.m. in King Avenue United
Methodist Church, 299 King Avenue.
The presentation is part of the University District Organization's 5th
Monday Series of community roundtable discussions. Refreshments will be served. The presentation is free and open to the
public. For more information,
please visit http://www.universitydistrict.org/fifthmonday.php. Architects honor Gateway’s design The America Institute of Architects Ohio presented
its 2007 Honor Award for Urban Design or Planning Projects to Elkus/Manfredi
Architects of Boston for the design of South Campus Gateway. Moody/Nolan of The award for Gateway was one of eight honor
awards and five merit awards presented for projects around the state. The University Area Safety Committee had a full
agenda on October 10. Vernon
Baisden, committee co-chair and assistant vice president for university
public safety, reported on the work of the Task Force on Ohio College Campus
Safety and Security created by the governor and the Ohio Board of Regents. The task force focused on prevention,
response, communications and resources.
Several persons from Representatives of the Franklin County STOP
Program explained their efforts to prevent underage drinking. STOP began in 2001 with the use of
underage persons to visit liquor visiting liquor permit holders and test
their compliance with liquor laws.
After 2002, STOP moved to directed patrols in the University District
to deal with underage drinking on football weekends. The officers with STOP work undercover
and will arrest underage persons at private parties and in their
apartments. Committee members
asked a number of questions about the operation of STOP. Tannisha Bell, assistant city attorney, and Greg
Davis, code enforcement officer, explained that each year around this time
the city compiles a list of liquor permit holders whose poor management and
legal violations may result in the city objecting to renewal of their
licenses. Several city agencies
cooperate in the Nuisance Abatement Group (NAG) to investigate complaints
about liquor permit holders and to gather evidence in situations where the
city opts to object to the permit renewal. Mr. Davis reported that city staff
conducted inspections recently of Four Kegs, Miani’s, Ledo’s and
the Little Bar, resulting in several violations being filed. The University Area Safety Committee will hold its
next meeting on Wednesday, November 14, at 3:30 p.m. in the conference room
of Neighbors welcome President Gee back to Ohio State More than 100 neighborhood residents, civic
leaders and business persons attended the “welcome home”
reception for President Gordon Gee on the evening of October 15 at South
Campus Gateway’s The event was stylish and upbeat and underscored
Dr. Gee’s and the university’s continuing commitment to work with
neighbors to improve community life.
The University District civic groups announced that they are working
with the city forester to select and plant a tree in the University District
to commemorate Dr. Gee’s return to the UAC hosts discussions of environmental goals The University Area Commission is organizing a
series of public discussions over the next six months to identify the
University District’s environmental goals. Commissioners hope that the outcome
will be a “University District Neighborhood Green Plan.” The first meeting on October 10 was a
charette to brainstorm goals and ideas.
Some 40 neighborhood residents, students and other stakeholders
participated. Future meetings
will focus on recycling, energy efficiency, alternative transportation,
water, and vegetation. For more
information, visit www.UniversityAreaCommission.org. Update on refuse and code enforcement The University District Code Enforcement Task
Force and the Campus Partners Public Service Committee will meet jointly on
Tuesday, November 13, at 1 p.m. in room 100 of the Aveda opens at South Campus Gateway The Aveda Institute Columbus has opened in South
Campus Gateway at The institute’s Gateway location offers a
high-end haircut, hair color or relaxing spa service at a value price. Services include haircuts starting at
$19 and hair color starting at $25.
Each service includes an aroma sensory journey, stress relieving
experience, mini facial, shampoo, blow dry and makeup touch-up free of
charge. Aveda students,
supervised by experts, perform all services. For appointments at either the |
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