Worthington Pools: Swiminc to come to City Council, Feb.6

Written by David Robinson on January 29, 2023. Posted in City Budget, City Council, City Identity, City Services, Household Impact, Parks/Greenspace, Public Health, public schools

Summary: A presentation by Swiminc’s leadership will be given at the February 6 meeting of City Council (7:00 p.m.), focused on the physical and financial state of our Worthington pools (outdoor…

Deer in Worthington: Counting to take place, via helicopter

Written by David Robinson on January 24, 2023. Posted in Uncategorized

Perhaps you’ve already heard—a count of deer in Worthington will take place, beginning this morning at ≈ 10 a.m., by way of a Metro Parks helicopter. The helicopter is likely to fly relatively…

It’s a new year, so let’s take stock of things…

Written by David Robinson on January 6, 2023. Posted in Arts, City Budget, City Council, City Identity, City Services, Historic District, Local Business, Parks/Greenspace, Public Events, Public Health, Public Safety, public schools, Zoning

It’s a new year, so let’s take stock of things here in Worthington.

First, the basics:

City finances: revenues are exceeding budget, with healthy reserves.

Schools: levies have passed,…

A bit of good news, local/global

Written by David Robinson on November 20, 2022. Posted in City Identity, Household Impact, Sustainability

Dear Reader,

I wanted to share with you, briefly, what I consider to be a bit of good news, about local actions addressing a very big (global) problem. What am I talking about?

How two weeks…

Tonight at City Council: Protection of Poll Workers, and Domestic Violence & Guns

Written by David Robinson on October 3, 2022. Posted in City Council, Ethics, Household Impact, Public Health, Public Safety

Dear Reader, there are two important items on tonight’s Council agenda that would be easy to miss, so I wanted to call your attention to them: 1) legislation aimed at keeping our elections and…