Post Category: ‘History’
A quick note: I just received word that Lifestyle Communities has again delayed their scheduled appearance before our Municipal Planning Commission, where they will pitch their latest proposal for…
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Public Health, Public Space: Parks are “an Essential Business”
A recent Urban Land Institute—Columbus webinar, featuring a presentation by MKSK, titled "Parks are an Essential Business," deserves a wide audience here in Worthington. MKSK, the reader may…
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Cottage Courts: Affordable, Compatible, “Gentle-Density” Housing in Worthington?
There is much discussion in Worthington nowadays about how to provide housing for seniors that is both affordable and compatible (in terms of architecture, density, social permeability) with our…
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Who we are and want to be: Worthington’s Community Visioning Process
Dear Reader,
As you may be aware, the city of Worthington is getting ready to embark on a “community visioning process” (http://www.worthington.org/1902/Community-Visioning). This process is…
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History, Far and Near
Dear Reader, having just returned from a roadtrip in southeastern Pennsylvania with my wife, Lorraine, this post is a bit different than those prior, in both content and form. It is not textual…
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