City’s Finances and Council’s Fall Agenda, 2022

Written by David Robinson on September 10, 2022. Posted in City Budget, City Council, City Services, Comprehensive Plan, Historic District, Local Business, Parks/Greenspace, Sustainability

Dear Reader, I hope your summer was joyful and full of life, amidst whatever difficulties and challenges you encountered. Your City Council is now back in session, following our annual August…

Housing-Related Proposals, Summer of ’22

Written by David Robinson on July 6, 2022. Posted in Affordability, City Council, City Identity, Comprehensive Plan, Historic District, Household Impact, MPC/ARB, Parks/Greenspace, public schools, Sustainability, Zoning

Dear Reader, it’s been quite a while since my last post. My apologies. Please know that the dearth of writing doesn’t signify an absence of activity at Council. In some ways, just the opposite.

EWBR: a Specific Issue reflecting Big Choices

Written by David Robinson on April 28, 2022. Posted in City Budget, City Council, City Services, Household Impact, Local Business, MPC/ARB, Wilson Bridge Road, Zoning

There is a complicated set of issues unfolding up on East Wilson Bridge Rd. (EWBR) that may seem peripheral—since literally near the outer edge of our city—but which touch upon some of the…

City Finances: First Quarter Update (looking strong)

Written by David Robinson on April 14, 2022. Posted in City Budget, City Council, City Services, Local Business

When assessing the City’s financial condition, it is best to be sober-minded and prudent. There’s too much at stake to be otherwise. It’s the job of the City to safeguard public funds, to think…

Mask Mandate and Deer in Worthington—Council agenda items, March, 2022

Written by David Robinson on March 3, 2022. Posted in City Council, Public Health, Public Safety

Just a quick note to alert you to a couple of important issues on the Council agenda this month: the covid mask mandate, and deer in Worthington.

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Mask Mandate—At the beginning…