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One man's thoughts, ideas, and opinions about life in Columbus.
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Welcome to the New ColumbusUnderground.com
If you haven’t already checked it out yet, we launched a new version of Columbus Underground on January 1st. I’ve been spending a lot of time working on fixing the bugs and glitches here and there and haven’t had much time to start my personal blog back up. Give me a few more weeks and I shall return with something new here.
Until then! Check out the new ColumbusUnderground.com!
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Taking a short blogging hiatus
For the past few weeks I’ve found little time for blogging, and don’t see that letting up soon. So I just wanted to let everyone know that I’ll be on a bit of a hiatus through the end of the year. I’ll resume sometime in January, so please sit tight. I’ve entered into the final phases of getting the new Columbus Underground revision launched. It’s been over a year in the making, and while I’ve started over from scratch several times during that year, I’m finally ready to get it up and running soon. I’ll have some more details of the new site posted sometime soon and will also announce when it’s up.
Until then, happy holidays, and happy new year in advance!
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ColumbusUnderground.com’s Best of 2008 Survey
2008 is nearly over, and it’s time to take a quick look back and cast your votes for your favorite people, places, and things of the year!
Instead of going the traditional route and asking a million questions on everything from your favorite sushi to your favorite laundromat, we’ve kept it simple and broken everything down based on topics commonly found on Columbus Underground. There’s 28 questions and it’s up to you to fill in the details.
Voting will run through December 31st, 2008 and winners will be announced throughout the month of January in 2009. Click here to take the survey. Thanks for voting!
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CU Happy Hour - Wed December 10th @ The Wexner Center
ColumbusUnderground.com
MONTHLY HAPPY HOUR MEETUP
Holiday Edition
Wed Dec 10th
5:30pm - 8pm
at the Wexner Center
Beer/Wine Cash Bar - Appetizers & Snacks Provided
Please bring a small toy donation for Franklin County Childrens Services
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Yet Another Post about the Columbus Crew
I posted a link to this Dispatch article on CU the other day and it seemed to have rubbed a few people the wrong way (as seen here).
Maybe I just don’t read enough sports news, or care enough about sports in general, but what I got out of the story was that the losses coming out of Cleveland and Cincinnati are making the Crew’s victory THAT much more important right now. If we had winning NFL or MLB teams in those other cities, the Crew would be taking much more of a back seat to them.
Honestly, I’ve thought the same thing about OSU football this year. It seems to be a mostly ho-hum season, and after hearing so many fans yawning at OSU beating the crap out of Michigan I can’t help but think that it’s at least somewhat beneficial to help turn some heads towards The Crew.
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Celebrate the Holidays in the Red Brick District
A nice littler writeup in the Dispatch the other day highlighted a few of the businesses in the Red Brick District (on Main Street downtown) as places to go for holiday shopping. I think many overlook this quiet block downtown, but there’s actually quite a condensed bit of retail over there. Several clothing shops, a hardware store, a florist, a jeweler, office supplies, not to mention a couple of restaurants and condo developments as well.
The latest conversation on CU about the Red Brick District quickly turned into talk about the possibility of Main Street being convered into a streetscaped two-way boulevard. I think it would really help the area from a pedestrian aesthetics point of view. It gets my vote for the next two-way after South Front Street is wrapped up.
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Celebrating the 2008 COTA Challenge
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Celebrating the COTA Challenge
December 2, 2008 by Jeff JohnsonIt started last January with the simple idea of using public transportation to get to and from work, but only when it was convenient. I spent $45 on a transit pass and $30 on gas and set out to determine if I could make the combination work. Well, it worked and at the end of January, I still had gas in the tank.Using those guidelines as the general rules for living throughout 2008, I have found myself, now in December, with more available money than ever before. Because I’ve been so fortunate, it’s time to pay it forward to someone else. At the end of December I will buy a January COTA transit pass for someone willing to give it a try. Ideally, I’d like to see the recipient use it for commuting to and from work a couple times per week, but I’ll place no limits on its use. Use it for whatever purpose you’d like, just use it.
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Trash fees being considered again for Columbus
Currently, the city of Columbus does not charge residents for trash pickup services, but the idea has once again resurfaced to help combat the city’s budget shortfall. While nothing is official yet, officials are predicting that the fee could fall somewhere in the range of $5 to $17 per month, which would help to cover the $50 million that the city spends on trash removal each year.
Many residents have called for trash pickup fees to help fund improved recycling programs, but there’s not yet been any announced plans on how exactly this money would be allocated. It also hasn’t been decided yet whether or not this would be a flat household fee, or something based on amount of trash removed. Are there other good programs in other cities that we should be looking at for examples of trash/recycling services done right?
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Dear Everyone, Please stop complaining about NRI
The biggest crux of “downtown” development is that it is generally cost prohibitive for individual or entrepreneurial real estate ventures. There are plenty of large expensive parcels of land downtown ripe for development, but the number of corporations who can both afford to build AND see the value (both monetary and socially) is fairly limited. It seems like nearly everyone expressing opinions on this topic would like to see our development all have an independent and personable feel to it, but the reality of the situation is that it’s not always feasible.
The “Independently Built Skyscaper Capital of the World” sounds ridiculous.
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