![]() “And I can tell you that the bluest parts of Columbus and the reddest parts of Delaware County all seem to have the same perspective on residential development, which is, ‘I’m in favor of it, just not right there.’” “People talk about how divided we are as a country politically,” says Jon Melchi, executive director of the Building Industry Association of Central Ohio, an organization that advocates for and supports builders. is an example of the kind of debate that already is playing out in neighborhoods across Columbus-the kind of debate that is only likely to get more contentious as more and more people move to this area. The tension around the development of 280 E. Read more of the news that matters: Subscribe to Columbus Monthly's weekly newsletter, Top Reads But it’s different when the new condo or apartment complex is right across the street. (Consider the frustration of sitting in traffic during your morning or evening commute and add the greenhouse gases and air pollution emitted by all those cars-avoiding those issues are just two of the benefits to concentrating people in the heart of the city.) Most people seem to get that, on a broad, citywide, theoretical level. The city’s population is growing, the people moving here have to live somewhere, and there are ample reasons why denser neighborhoods close to the city’s core are better than suburban sprawl. But there’s more at stake here than the typical neighborhood squabble. On the surface, this might seem like a classic NIMBY-“not in my backyard”-concern. “But we didn’t want a five-story building that stuck out in this neighborhood, and we didn’t want something that isolated the development from our community.” “It’s not that we didn’t want it developed,” says Brenda Gischel, president of the Schumacher Place Civic Association and a founder of the group Neighborhoods for Responsible Development, which has opposed Pizzuti’s plans for the East Whittier site. If Pizzuti couldn’t develop the site appropriately, who could?īut many of the people who lived near the former Giant Eagle had concerns: They didn’t want a big shiny apartment complex dropped in the middle of their community they worried about traffic, a sharp increase in population, the way the building might affect their property values. It’s built some of the city’s most prestigious high-rises, including the Miranova office and condo complex near the Scioto Mile and Le Méridien Columbus, The Joseph in the Short North- gleaming buildings that city leaders say have added value to the surrounding neighborhoods. The developer is the well-respected Pizzuti Cos. Their cause: blocking, or at least substantially changing, plans for a new apartment complex on the 2.3 acre site of the now-vacant grocery store on East Whittier Street in Schumacher Place. A woman dressed in a onesie designed to make her look like a killer whale. She is being held on a $350,000 bond.In the scheme of recent protests, the ones over the proposed redevelopment of a former Giant Eagle site near German Village earlier this year were almost comical: One resident carried an inflatable killer whale in protest of the “whale” of a development. When the officer approached her, the victim ran behind the officer and told him he had been kidnapped.Ĭostlow was taken into custody. A police officer, who was working security at the store, was notified by another shopper that the woman was trying to steal a drink after the card was declined. ![]() Over the next 18 hours, the pair forced the victim to go to several different stores and banks to make purchases and withdrawals from various ATM’s.Ĭostlow was eventually arrested at a Giant Eagle on East Whittier Street when police say the victim’s credit card was declined. ![]() Costlow took the victim’s vehicle, while still holding him at knife point, and drove to put up a second unidentified suspect who was also armed with a knife. Police say Costlow then demanded the victim drive her to an ATM to withdraw cash. The victim complied, but the wallet was empty. Once inside his home, she pulled out a knife and demanded his wallet. COLUMBUS (WCMH) - A woman is accused of holding a man she met on Craigslist at knife point for 18 hours while she robbed him.Īccording to court documents, Karen Costlow answered the victim’s Craigslist ad for a female companion.
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