City of Columbus: Urban-forestry master plan calls for increasing tree canopy 40%
Trees are beautiful, are good for the environment and enhance property values.
But in Columbus, most neighborhoods don t have enough of them, according to the Columbus Recreation and Parks Department.
After 18 months of planning and involving community groups, individuals, companies and professionals, Columbus recreation and parks officials have released the urban-forestry master plan, which seeks to grow the canopy by 40% across the city.
Columbus had a 22% overall tree canopy, lower than many of its peer cities, such as Pittsburgh (40%), Cincinnati (39%) and Louisville, Kentucky, (37%), according to the plan.
“The tree canopy refers to the part of a city that is shaded by trees,” according to the master plan.
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Who was the Schiller Park Umbrella Girl?
Andi Wobst-Jeney, the Umbrella Girl s model, died Jan. 15 in Connecticut at the age of 55
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Her mother, Columbus artist Joan Wobst, sculpted the Umbrella Girl in 1996. It is very sweet that people have remembered how we came to get the Umbrella Girl and made that connection without being (encouraged)
. I haven t posted anything or encouraged that in any way, said Katharine Moore, executive director of the Friends of Schiller Park.
The Friends of Schiller Park left one wreath of flowers around her, Clark said, but it was neighborhood residents who left other flowers and candles.
The controversial apartment development planned for the Giant Eagle site near German Village is going back to the drawing board for revisions after a city panel questioned the project s height and density.
The Columbus Development Commission voted this month to table a rezoning request. The Pizzuti Companies want to build a 263-unit apartment complex at 280 E. Whittier St., in the heart of a densely populated Schumacher Place neighborhood. The site abuts German Village. Please lower the height, stop the massing, said Brenda Gischel, who leads the Schumacher Place Civic Association. They clearly think that the project is too large for the property
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A pilot parking initiative went so well in German Village that the city of Columbus plans to expand the effort in 2021.
When the weather warms up this spring, the city will paint South High Street between East Livingston Avenue and Kossuth Street with T-shaped markings designating parallel-parking spots, said Robert Ferrin, assistant director of parking services with the city.
The pilot initiative, which took place from Aug. 2 to Sept. 2 on South Third Street in German Village and included the special parking-spot demarcations, largely was deemed a success, Ferrin said.
Looking to create more efficiency on the South Third corridor, parking-services workers used special T marks on both sides of the street between Columbus and Kossuth streets and Willow and Sycamore streets for the pilot initiative.