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Thanks to everyone who came to help spread mulch this morning at Glenwood Park:  Michelle Phillips, Sharry Carey, Franchesca Druggan,  Dan Downing, and Jim Lashbrook.  (I was also there to help.)  Much still needs to be done, so this is by no means the last opportunity everyone will have to join us, in addition to being a very large park - there is also a LOT left to do.  As I have often said, this is the very first park created by the City Parks and Rec Department after…

In order to add some variety and to put the color scheme of our website more in sync with the colors our organization uses in its promotional materials and logos, we're in the process of making some changes to the website itself.  It will still have the same features ... the only thing different will be the various colors used.  Some will change off and on as the site is tweaked, so please be patient!     :)

Last week the Columbus City Council voted for the Hilltop Christian Development Corporation to provide maintenance services for 36 vacant lots acquired under the Neighborhood Stabilization and Land Reutilization Programs. These are all in the Highland West service area.  We're looking for Highland West residents that would like to cut the grass, pick up trash, and take care of one, two, or more of these lots and get paid for it!

We are…

Many thanks to Dan Downing, Dana Messner,and Jim Lashbrook who did the planting of these bulbs last fall.  Also many thanks to  the Growing to Green Coalition and Straders for their generous gift of thousands of bulbs to add beauty to our…

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After letting my dogs out yesterday morning I went to let them in and they were all gone.  I looked down my back sidewalk and sure enough someone opened the back gate, so i put my shoes on and went out to look for the dogs  As i got about half way down my walk in looked at the gate again, no its not open it GONE.  Someone stole my back gate?  I couldnt believe it  Found my dogs, and when i got home at night i put some wood up for a gate until i can afford to buy another one.  I cant believe…

It’s that time for those who are interested in joining the Columbus Citizen’s Police Academy starting Tuesday, April 10, 2012.  It will go for nine weeks and will be held here at the Academy from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm.

What is the Columbus Citizen Police Academy?

The Citizen Police Academy is a look into the values, philosophy, and operation of the Columbus Division of Police. …

If the 300 gallon trash recepticals are overflowing with trash before the actual pickup day, you can go to the City's 311 site and request that they come out and empty these containers. It would also help cut back on the amount of trash in our neighborhood.

http://311.columbus.gov/

Gene' and I picked up a bunch for trash on N.Wheatland Ave. and I did some on N. Oakley. We are going to start doing this once a week. It only about 20 minutes and looks a lot better. We hope to go form street to street. If anyone is interested in helping, please let me know. Thanks

The Columbus City Council Zoning Committee will be meeting on Monday February 27 at 6:30 to vote on the Wheatland Crossing project.  The meeting will be in city council chambers at city hall.

Office of City Clerk



City of Columbus



90 West Broad Street

Columbus OH 43215-9015

columbuscitycouncil.org…

Although this doesn't happen all the time, whenever I click on a link within this site to view an article that someone has posted or to even log on, I'm redirected to another site that is entirely different. I'm wondering if this is happening to anyone else besides my self. It doesn't happen all the time, but has been happening a lot over the last several weeks. Thanks

It is that time of year. The local Girl Scout Troops are selling cookies now through the end of March. There will be scouts at Gerhearts True Value on W Broad Street every weekend in March. If interested in picking up a few boxes, Mercedes is selling them.  please contact me for personal delivery or visit the cookie sales

Here's the amended proposal that was passed (5-0) by the City of Columbus Development Commission on February 9th.  This proposal was on the agenda for the DC regular meeting and I'm certain that's why it was pushed through without any further review from the GHAC on February 7.  



"The Development Commission shall have all of the powers, authority and duties granted to it by ordinances of council, and by Section 713.02 of the Ohio Revised Code, to the extent that the same are…

The Greater Hilltop Area Commision Zoning Committee met at Homes on the Hill last night to vote on the zoning change request from The WODA Group.  This is for their three phase project on the 20 acre city owned lot on N Wheatland Ave.



The biggest concern is The WODA Group wants the entire 20 acre plot rezoned to PUD-8.  The WODA Group generally has a good reputation, but if funding falls through for phase 2 and 3, once the entire plot has been rezoned, we would lose any leverage we…

Greater Columbus Growing Coalition (GCGC) Meeting

Thursday February 2, 2012

6:00 -8 pm

Hillcrest Baptist Church

2480 W Broad Street

Tonight there was a meeting of the Greater Hilltop Area Commission Zoning Committee at the Hilltop Library about a new development for the large plot of city land available on N Wheatland.  The WODA Group LLC is looking to purchase the land from the city and was looking for a zoning change…

10TV -City Atttorney Shames Out-Of-State Landlords

Tuesday January 17, 2012 8:27 AM

COLUMBUS, Ohio - A city official said Tuesday that he was looking hundreds of miles away to solve a local problem.



Columbus…

I was wonder if anyone knows of a catch and release program that might be in the area of the hilltop.   I have been seeing an increase of cats.  It seems like I see a new one everyday.  I would be willing to help but don't know if there is one already in the area.  I live next to Holten park, and believe people are dropping them off.  I have collected 6 cats since living here and have re-homed several since.  Right now I have one cat that I found skin and bones four months ago that I need to…

Our thanks go out to Dan Downing, Jim Lashbrook, Dana Messner, and the Growing to Green Coalition for spending Satruday afternoon and part of yesterday in our neighborhood planting daffodil bulbs along West Broad Street in the rock garden along the sidewalk in Glenwood Park.  This will provide a beautiful entryway for people coming into Highland West.  Hopefully this year will bring other beautiful things to this historic city  park that officially turns 100 this year, the first land…

Agents Investigate Columbus Store For Food Stamp Fraud

By: Allison Wenger | NBC4i.com…