City Council Updates UMCH Plan, Reflecting Voices of the Residents

Written by David Robinson on January 30, 2022. Posted in City Council, City Identity, Comprehensive Plan, MPC/ARB, Parks/Greenspace, Public Health, Schools, Sustainability, UMCH, Zoning

This is a long post about an extremely important topic—UMCH. Here’s the outline:

Summary
Background of the Comprehensive Plan
General Principles of the 2022 update
General…

Thank You, Residents of Worthington: UMCH update (Part 3)

Written by David Robinson on December 14, 2021. Posted in City Council, City Identity, Comprehensive Plan, Local Business, MPC/ARB, Parks/Greenspace, Public Health, Public Safety, public schools, UMCH, Zoning

Last night, your City Council voted to deny Lifestyle Communities’ (LC) most recent proposal for building on the UMCH land. Before saying anything else, I want to fully credit the residents of…

Trees, Leaves (pickup), and a Magical Moment, Fall 2021

Written by David Robinson on November 12, 2021. Posted in Uncategorized

First the practical: Curbside leaf pickup in Worthington is currently taking place, and will continue through the week of December 6th (the City asks that you have your leaves curbside by Monday,…

Response to Mr. Farley’s Attack

Written by David Robinson on October 30, 2021. Posted in City Council, Ethics, Uncategorized

When Mr. Farley ran for City Council in 2017 (when I was on the ballot), and then again in 2019 (when I was not on the ballot), his campaigns and candidacy seemed normal to me. And I didn’t…

Campaign Finance update: 2021

Written by David Robinson on October 28, 2021. Posted in City Council, Ethics

During the 2019 City Council campaigns I wrote a blog post about the “unprecedented influx of developer-related money” into our local campaigns (