City planner resigning
Columbus City Planner and Community Development Director Christina Berry is resigning.
City consolidates planning, federal programs offices
Columbus councilmen have consolidated the offices of city planning and federal programs into one department and named city planner Christina Berry to lead it.
Mayor outlines future goals for city
Quality of life is an often-used phrase from local politicians, a puzzle they all talk about solving when they get elected.
Columbus Mayor Robert Smith has been elected three times now and knows the puzzle has many pieces: Infrastructure, financial stability, safety, aesthetics and many others.
Island committee still weighing options
Committee members selected to brainstorm economic development ideas for the Island are forming a clearer picture of how to proceed, but they also want to hear from the public.
Catfish Alley ceremony pushed to August
The finishing touches are being applied to an overhaul of Catfish Alley, and a ceremony to unveil a monument which honors the history of the street is tentatively planned for late August, city planner Christina Berry said.
Columbus city service fair set for Thursday
Columbus residents wishing to ask questions about some of the services provided by the city will have the opportunity to do so Thursday.
Our view: At long last, Columbus has a plan…
If Moses had been from Columbus, he probably would have had to interrupt God somewhere around Commandment No. 7.
“I probably should be writing this down, huh?” our Columbus Moses would likely have said.
In its almost 200 years, Columbus has had many things. What it hasn’t had — as far as anyone can determine — is a plan. At least, it has never had a plan that someone bothered to write down.
Comprehensive plan goes before public
After months of discussion, the Comprehensive Plan for Columbus seems to be almost ready for implementation. A public hearing will be held on the plan Tuesday at 9 a.m. at the courtroom in City Hall.
Efforts to form Redevelopment plan gaining momentum
The City of Columbus is taking steps to beautify and restore some less than desirable areas of the community.
City’s comprehensive plan ready for public discussion
A comprehensive plan, designed to set the standards for development and zoning in Columbus, will be making its way before the city council before summer’s end. City Planner Christina Berry, whose office spear-headed the project, said the city planning commission has approved the plan. A public hearing on the plan, yet to be scheduled, is the next step in the process.
City planner beautifying Columbus one house at a time
Several houses around Columbus will get a fresh coat of paint just in time for spring thanks to a volunteer project that is the brainchild of City Planner Christina Berry.