Kids Day Recap
Dunk Tanks, Inflatables, and Ice-Cold Treats Highlight Star Spangled Kids Day Star Spangled Kids Day brought hundreds of children and families downtown Wednesday as Columbus’ Celebrate [...]
Tea Day Highlights
Big Crowds, Big Heat: Celebrate 250 Tea Day Highlights Community Spirit Columbus’ Celebrate 250 continued Monday with Tea Day, drawing thousands of visitors to the former [...]
Celebrate 250 Kicks Off
American Revolution Day kicked off Columbus, Indiana’s Celebrate 250 celebration with hands‑on history, community spirit, and plenty of summertime [...]
City of Columbus Launches Dual Effort to Advance Transformational Downtown Development
City of Columbus Launches Dual Effort to Advance Transformational Downtown Development The City of Columbus, Indiana, in partnership with the Columbus Capital Foundation (CCF), has issued a coordinated Request for Qualifications (RFQ) and a Request for Information (RFI) to accelerate transformative downtown redevelopment initiatives aligned with the Columbus Downtown 2030 Strategic Plan. The two initiatives [...]
City of Columbus Awarded Community of the Year Award by the Indiana Chamber of Commerce
On November 16, the City of Columbus was awarded the Community of the Year Award by the Indiana Chamber of Commerce at their annual dinner in Indianapolis. Mayor Jim Lienhoop and Executive Director of Administration Mary Ferdon received the award with many city staff and Columbus business representatives in the audience. Jim Schacht, [...]
Columbus City Council Considers Proposed Redistricting Plan
On Monday, September 12, Columbus City Council members held a public meeting to present and discuss the proposed Council redistricting plan. Public members had the opportunity to see the proposed council district maps and compare them to current district maps. Earlier this year, the Columbus City Council voted to move from Third Class city [...]
City of Columbus Fire and Columbus Township Fire Departments Seek Automatic Aid Agreement
The City of Columbus Fire Department and the Columbus Township Fire Department are collaborating on an automatic aid agreement between agencies. The agreement stipulates that a dual agency response will occur for fire service incidents within both City of Columbus and Columbus Township boundaries with each agency agreeing to send a single apparatus staffed by [...]
Back to School Safety: Be Aware!
Area schools, including students in Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation and Flatrock Hawcreek School Corporation, return to school on Thursday, August 4. Drivers are encouraged to use caution, especially during early morning hours, as kids will be walking, biking and waiting at bus stops in neighborhoods.
2022–23 Exhibit Columbus Kicks Off its Fourth Cycle with Renewed Focus on Community
The 2022–23 cycle of Exhibit Columbus launches on June 14–15 with a public event that will shape how this dynamic program will explore compelling ideas to empower communities to make strategic investments in architecture, art, and design that will increase economic, social, and cultural resilience. With a team of influential curators, designers, architects, economists, preservationists, [...]
NexusPark Fieldhouse Project Awarded to Force Construction
At the April 26 Board of Works meeting, members voted to award the construction of a 150,000 square foot fieldhouse at NexusPark to Columbus, Indiana-based Force Construction, Inc. Force Construction was one of two companies that submitted a response to the request for qualifications and request for proposals for the fieldhouse project, part of the [...]