It’s an “Emergency!”

Written by David Robinson on October 1, 2018. Posted in City Budget, City Council, City Services, Comprehensive Plan, Household Impact, Public Health, Public Safety, Zoning

Dear Reader, did you hear the news? There was a late summer “emergency” in Upper Arlington.* No, not an explosion. Not a flood, fire, or spill, nor any other threat to life and limb.

No, nothing…

Variances and Our City Code: Clarity, Consistency, and Equity

Written by David Robinson on September 20, 2018. Posted in City Council, Comprehensive Plan, MPC/ARB, Wilson Bridge Road, Zoning

At Monday’s Council meeting (9/17/18) a proposed building plan (that contained four code variances) for 32 apartments on two acres, on the south side of East Wilson Bridge Road, was tabled due to…

Worthington’s Issue 39 and the Global Climate Action Summit

Written by David Robinson on September 14, 2018. Posted in Household Impact, Local Business, Parks/Greenspace, Public Health, Sustainability

Dear Reader, as you may know, Worthington residents will have a chance this November to vote in support of community-wide electric energy aggregation (Issue 39). The twin goals of the program are…

History, Far and Near

Written by David Robinson on August 12, 2018. Posted in Comprehensive Plan, Historic District, History, Local Business, Parks/Greenspace, Public Events, Public Health, Uncategorized

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…

Anthem (now known as “6700 North High”) update @ 7.1.18

Written by David Robinson on July 1, 2018. Posted in City Budget, Local Business, Uncategorized

Friday was the last day that ≈ 200 Anthem employees worked at the facility (in addition to ≈ 200 off-site employees), making way for the Lawyers Development Corporation (LDC) to continue its…