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Dec. 26—COLUMBUS — The Ohio Department of Development today announced the release of more than $3.6 million to support community enhancement projects and business growth. During its Monday ...
A group of 28 participants in the Think Make Live Youth program walks through the streets of Columbus' Driving Park neighborhood picking up trash on July 17, 2023, as part of the community service ...
It reached an $80 million settlement in 1975 (equivalent to $452,987,013 in 2023), used to demolish Union Station, build Battelle Hall at the Columbus Convention Center, refurbish the Ohio Theatre and create Battelle-Darby Creek Metro Park. The institute lost its nonprofit status in the 1990s, though regained it by 2001.
A cholera pandemic, which hit Columbus in 1832, drew attention to poor, sick, and displaced residents, many of whom were affected by the impacts of the disease. [3] The first organized charity was the Columbus Female Benevolent Society, formed in 1835 to give clothing and monetary donations to families in need.
Columbus City Council will vote Monday to approve giving $2 million to extend a housing program for Columbus State Community College students.
Stonewall Columbus was founded as Stonewall Union in 1981. [2]Stonewall Union was incorporated by local Columbus, Ohio gay activists (Craig Covey, Steve Wilson, Rick Rommele, Craig Huffman, Dennis Valot, Val Thogmartin and Keith McKnight) in 1981, in response to Jerry Falwell's attempt to establish a Columbus based Moral Majority headquarters.
In 2021, Columbus allocated $50,000 through the city Department of Neighborhoods to help support the Agriculture Pathways Community Gardens program, describing it as "an innovative agriculture ...
The Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio (SWACO) was established by the Ohio General Assembly in 1989 as part of Ohio House Bill 592, which created Ohio’s current solid waste management planning and regulatory programs. [1] [2] SWACO is a government-run entity responsible for the safe and sanitary management of all solid waste within its ...