City of Columbus

The arrays on Parsons Avenue and Jackson Pike on the city's far south side could be complete by the end of the year.

For decades, urban and suburban planners focused on cars rather than pedestrians when building infrastructure. Now Columbus and other cities are playing catch-up in adding safe sidewalks and shared-use paths.

Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther made a plea to voters Monday, the day before the election, asking them to support the city’s $1.5 billion bond measures on the ballot Tuesday. He made the pitch alongside a 2023 budget proposal promising new and expanded public safety projects and more staff.

The collapse of a 102-year-old building at 1032 East Long Street on Monday raises many questions about whether the city has any responsibility when an old building falls.

Columbus city leaders formally broke ground Tuesday on a $19 million project to rebuild Hudson Street between I-71 and Cleveland Avenue.

A total of 48 nonprofit human service agencies are receiving funds to focus on infant vitality, homelessness and housing stability for immigrants and refugees.

The co-op will help educate and support residents that want to install solar panels. Columbus will host free info sessions about solar energy and roof assessments at no charge to home and business owners.

Activists welcome changes to citizen-led ballot initiatives, but say the meetings overall lacked enough public input.

Columbus residents who use shared, 300-gallon trash containers in alleyways to dispose of their trash may see their bins emptied more frequently.

Like most other cities, Columbus has its share of brownfields. Those are polluted plots of land, often old factories, that need restored to their original state before they can be re-developed. There’s a nearly $200 million effort to remediate more than 100 brownfields in Ohio, including eight here in Franklin County.