The center of urban Columbus is without a doubt High St (specifically N High). Businesses routinely open here all the time since it’s assumed that it’s more popular and safer. In just over a week, Kickstart was robbed (see the older post), Blue Nile was robbed (the owner was filling out a report of some kind when I was there for lunch), someone stole my rear red light on my bike which was parked on High between 4th and 5th (I should have known better) and the night after that I see a police car parked on Park St from Mojoe Lounge and a helicopter with it’s search light flying around nearby. Petty crime (not so when it happens to you, it’s anything but “petty”) occurs all the time on High St and routinely affects visitors and businesses, yet it remains extremely popular.

Ramona Falls “I Say Fever” from Barsuk Records on Vimeo.

The Clintonville Farmers’ Market will be on Saturday, November 21st from 9:00 a.m. until noon. This “Harvest Market Day” is the absolute last day of the Clintonville Farmers’ Market for this year. There won’t be another until…early May, I think.

For those of you that work downtown visit Pearl Market for those last minute Thanksgiving purchases. This is Pearl Market’s first year doing an indoor winter market, and it seems a lot of the regular customers at the outdoor, summertime Pearl Market still haven’t heard that the market is inside now. It’s on the first floor at 20 East Broad Street from 10:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Tuesdays and Fridays.

I’ve already commented on the split before, but ODOT just keeps doing more to prove that they’re a villain and are hostile towards the revitalization of our urban core and all the hard work that is being done.

Columbus Underground reported yesterday that the Capital Crossroads Special Improvement District (SID) has received a $490,000 US Department of Energy grant for various bicycle parking facilities in downtown parking garages.  This is great news since secure bike parking is often one of the major barriers to getting more people to commute to work by bicycle.

Capital Crossroads Announces New Biking Facilities
By Walker | November 18, 2009 4:30pm