Urban farming

Currently, estimates are that 15 percent of all food in the United States is produced in a metropolitan area, said Mike Hogan, educator with Ohio State University Extension in Franklin County, Ohio. That includes food grown in home and community gardens, urban farms, and even urban aquaculture facilities.

Hogan will be speaking Monday, November 16, at Ohio State at 109 Physical Activity and Education Services – PAES

PAES was completed in 2006 and replaced Larkins Hall which was built in 1931.  According to the contractor’s website (Gilbane) it was estimated at $152 million, and has 650,000 sq. ft. The complex which I believe includes RPAC  includes a seven pool aquatic center, basketball, volleyball, badminton, racquetball and squash courts, more than 27,500 SF fitness and conditioning space, student wellness center, synthetic turf gymnasium, as well as a climbing wall and outdoor adventure center.

If you’ve ever wondered why college costs are so much higher than when you attended, even accounting for inflation, PAES type buildings are part of the reason, along with expanding faculty and administration staff.

I wonder what they did with all the poor people who used to live there?

I saw this in the OSU Today on-line News today.

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.

Demolished neighborhood waiting for new housing.

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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Gas Guzzlers

Bring back the grid! This plan is unsafe for children, impedes walking or biking any where, jams up artery roads if you can find them, and drinks up your gasoline as you wander around, turning around looking for an exit street.

Business 2.0, Sept. 2007, Indianapolis, "How to play the real estate bounce-back," p.61