Hate Has No Home in Worthington
Knowing about something in the abstract is very different from experiencing it first hand. Even when the subject is something you have known about, read a great deal about, and thought about, for…
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The Community Goes to the Park, the Park Makes the Community.
Public spaces, freely available to one and all, make real our nation’s commitment to egalitarianism. Such places have not always existed, and we should not take them for granted. A recent article…
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Swimming, public pools, social infrastructure, and public health. And what my mother gave me.
Dear Reader,
You may be aware that our outdoor public pool facilities—the ones adjacent to Thomas Worthington High School, opening in 1954 on school property, and managed since then by a…
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“Everybody can garden,” Mr. Clarke said. “It’s something that’s intrinsic.” Prestigious Rose Breeder Names Its New Bloom for a Black Gardener…
I read an uplifting article yesterday about an extraordinary man, Mr. Danny (Dannahue) Clarke, known to his social media followers and BBC viewers in Britain as the Black Gardener. He is on a…
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Sense of Place and the Power of Uniqueness—Worthington’s Greatest Asset
Community planner and educator Ed McMahon begins his talk with a single image (above) and a simple question:
“Where is this?… Is that Albany, Allentown, is that Providence, Pittsburgh, is that…
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