Columbus Department of Recreation and Parks has chosen a route for an Olentangy Trail connector that includes a crossing on busy West North Broadway near the OhioHealth s David P. Blom Administrative Campus.
Some who live in that area or use the trail still think that s dangerous, and would prefer a bridge or underground passage instead of a crosswalk near a busy interchange. You re swapping one dangerous connection for another, said Judy Minister, a former Clintonville area commissioner.
Officials wanted to make the trail safer. The existing trail connection between Clinton-Como and Northmoor parks crosses West North Broadway at Milton Avenue, and takes bicyclists, runners and walkers down five streets in Clintonville: Riverside Drive, Delhi Avenue, Milton Avenue, West Kenworth Road and Olentangy Boulevard, a one-mile stretch.
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Unopposed is the operative word in the Clintonville Area Commission races, in which one candidate is running in each of the three districts set to elect commission representatives.
Candidates are incumbents Brittany Boulton in District 5 and Michael Weinman in District 7 and newcomer Hugh Crowell in District 4 where current commissioner Judy Minister did not seek reelection.
CAC Election Committee chair Ann Henkener said voting still will be held and each candidate must receive at least one vote to officially be elected.
Voting is 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 1 outdoors between the Whetstone Branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Library and the Whetstone Community Center, 3923 N. High St. For more information, go to clintonvilleareacommission.org
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Only one candidate has filed petitions with the Clintonville Area Commission in each of the three districts set to elect commission representatives in 2021.
Incumbents Brittany Boulton in District 5 and Michael Weinman in District 7 are seeking reelection.
Hugh Crowell will run in District 4, where commissioner Judy Minister had announced she will not seek reelection.
“The CAC has been looking for candidates all along and write-in candidates are welcome,” said Ann Henkener, election committee chair. “The deadline for submitting a candidate packet for write-in candidates is (April 2).”
Henkener added that the three candidate packets returned were the only ones picked up, and that all three races will be uncontested unless write-in candidates are received by April 2.