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When Stephanie Tersigni decided to open Jolie Occasions, her women’s clothing boutique, it wasn’t hard to find the right neighborhood to put it in.
“The biggest reason I personally wanted to open a business in the Short North is because of the convention center,” Tersigni said. “It’s such a destination for travelers and out-of-town people. The foot traffic there is unbeatable.”
Unfortunately, the Greater Columbus Convention Center on North High Street at the southern end of the Short North was largely closed for much of the past year, as coronavirus guidelines restricting capacity and mandating social distancing ruled out tightly packed indoor events.
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Federal judge ignores prison recommendations in convention center bribery scandal sentence Bill Bush, The Columbus Dispatch © Doral Chenoweth/Dispatch file photo The Greater Columbus Convention Center has been a landmark on North High Street since it opened in 1993.
A Pickerington man who participated in a bribery scheme with former Franklin County Convention Facilities Authority member John Raphael over a multi-million-dollar food vendor contract was sentenced Tuesday to six months home confinement, community service and probation for the next four years.
Rodney L. Myers, 50, who had pleaded guilty to federal programs bribery in November 2019, was facing federal sentencing guidelines that called for up to two years in prison for his role in steering the food service contract at the Greater Columbus Convention Center.