Campus Partners for Community Urban Redevelopment has housing opportunities for faculty and staff in the Weinland Park neighborhood, which is just steps from the university's main campus and other great amenities like the Short North. A great deal of investment is taking place in the neighborhood, making it a perfect place to call home, and many housing opportunities are coming for all income levels and housing needs. Also, the Faculty & Staff University District Homeownership Incentive Program is available in this area.
Weinland Park neighborhood is north of downtown Columbus, and a group of 20 organizations plus Ohio State (Ohio taxpayers) and Columbus (city taxpayers) have pledged $15 million to develop housing in the area plagued by crime, foreclosures and vacant houses, according to an article in the Dispatch about 15 months ago. Seven years ago when this was proposed the average household income was about $15,200. Why would they want faculty earning over $100,000 to invade their space?
Proposed in 2004 by Deborah Pryce
Crime statistics
Weinland Park neighborhood, the elementary school and housing, is like a petri dish for Ohio State projects. I looked through a proposal by the architecture/urban design students and it included a component on obesity and fresh food sources.
If these kids had fathers, mom would probably have a car and could drive to Krogers to shop, or, maybe they wouldn't have to live in a neighborhood where they are guinea pigs!
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