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The planned Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center project in Powell is not progressing as anyone had hoped.
Powell City Council on Jan. 19 granted Ohio State an extension on approval of its final development plan.
Attorney Aaron Underhill, representing Ohio State, told council the delays were related primarily to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
“The university . had to reprioritize,” Underhill said. “The result is a delay in designing and ultimately getting started on construction of this project. . By now we would’ve all hoped this project was getting started.”
The extension granted by council is for two years.
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Theater officials made the pivot in the fall once it became clear that the company would be unable to safely stage its annual holiday show, Executive Director Susan Pringle said.
“It’s something that a lot of families enjoy so we knew we had to mobilize, we knew we had to find another plan,” Pringle said. “It definitely required us as a staff to rely on skills we had but that weren’t utilized in our professional work.”
Available to purchase on DVD or to stream through Dec. 31 via an online portal, the hour-long film tells the story of a family who has been unable to find the Christmas spirit after enduring a difficult year. When Santa Claus appears to inform them that they are on the naughty list, the family must perform three good deeds before midnight with the help of Santa s elves.