SR-161 Task Force: Events

Events

City Provides Funding for SR-161 SID Effort, Maintenance in 2009

Columbus City Council member Hearcel Craig joined members of the Northland Alliance board of directors, Northland Area Business Association members and other local officials and residents for a press conference on December 10, 2008 at Heritage Day Health Center on SR-161. Council member Craig, chair of City Council's Minority and Small Business Development committee, announced legislation to provide funding from the 2008 Columbus City budget to continue the Alliance's efforts to stabilize the SR-161 corridor, assisted by the Task Force and other Northland community and business groups. Efforts will include the further development and presentation of a petition to commercial property owners on the SR-161 corridor for the creation of a Special Improvement District (SID), along with ongoing maintenance of the corridor. The legislation was approved by City Council on December 15. Click here to view a media release.

Pictured (L to R) are CPD Community Liaison Officer Scott Clinger; NABA past president and Northland Alliance director George Hadler; SID project consultant Marc Conte; City Council member Craig; NCC president and Alliance director Dave Paul; NABA Membership Services director Mark Higdon; NABA president and Alliance chair Dave Cooper; and Alliance director David Migliore.

Renee Keels, Heritage Day Health

Meijer Contributes to Task Force 2009 Projects

At the Northland Area Business Association quarterly luncheon on December 9, 2008 Nancy Thomas, general manager of Meijer Store #62 located on Cleveland Avenue near SR-161, presented NABA president and Task Force chair Dave Cooper with a check for $1000 to support the Task Force's beautification and stabilization projects on the SR-161 corridor during 2009. Our sincere thanks to Meijer for their support and community partnership!

Pictured (L to R) are Cooper, Thomas and Northland Community Council president Dave Paul.

Mark Higdon

Task Force Sponsors Shredding Day Events and Food Drive

The Northland Community Council (NCC) and the NABA State Route 161 Task Force co-sponsored the semi-annual Northland Community Shredding Day on Saturday, December 6, 2008. Fireproof Records Center, Columbus Square Shopping Center and Ink Well Printing partnered with NCC, the Task Force and the Columbus Division of Police to present this event. The organizations previously sponsored five very successful Shredding Day events: in March and October 2006, May and October 2007, and another in May 2008.

In addition to providing local residents the opportunity to shred confidential materials free of charge, Shredding Day events call attention to the growing problem of identity theft. The December 2008 event also included a Food Drive to benefit Mid-Ohio Foodbank.

If your business is interested in participating in the next Shredding Day event, by providing volunteers to help staff the event and/or by providing information to visitors on products or services that help address identity theft, please email events@naba161taskforce.org for more information.

Stop ID Theft

Northland Area Business Watch
A Northland Area Business Watch (NABW) has been established. To support the development of this new group, which is not limited to businesses on SR-161, an email list server and an online forum have been created. There is no cost to participate in the Business Watch. For more information on the Business Watch, including the next meeting date, please click here or on the graphic.

Cleanup Day Events

The Northland Community Council (NCC) and the NABA State Route 161 Task Force are co-sponsors of Cleanup Day events on Northland area streets and corridors. These typically occur on a Saturday morning from 9 am to noon. Residents and local businesses are invited to help us remove trash and debris from the shoulders of a specific local roadway.

Click here to view the flyer for a recent event (pdf 258 kb). If your business is interested in participating in the next Cleanup Day event, please email events@naba161taskforce.org for more information.

Hadler Invests in Columbus Square and SR-161

The Hadler Companies, owner of the Columbus Square Shopping Center at SR-161 and Cleveland Avenue, has been making significant investments over the past two years in the property, including improvements to parking lots, lighting, landscaping and security. As an "anchor" property on the East Dublin Granville Road corridor and home to over 60 business tenants, we applaud Hadler Companies for recognizing, and demonstrating to other area businesses, the value of investment in the corridor and the Columbus Square property, and their importance to the Northland community.

Hadler Companies publishes a newsletter for business tenants at Columbus Square. Click to view recent editions: Columbus Square In The News.

Development Plan for Former Mall Site Announced

On May 11, 2007 Mayor Michael Coleman, City Council member Hearcel Craig and other City officials joined Columbus Urban Growth Corporation President Mark Froehlich, developer Mo Dioun of the Stonehenge Company and Northland area civic and business leaders to announce a new development plan for the former Northland Mall site. The redevelopment of the site, now called Northland Village, promises to bring new life to the entire Northland area, including the SR-161 corridor.

Click here or on the graphic for news releases and other information about this exciting project!

Networking Event a Success

The NABA State Route 161 Task Force held a Reception and 2007 Campaign Kickoff event on March 8, 2007 at the Days Inn Columbus North, 1212 E Dublin Granville Road.

Titled "Network to the Future," this event served as an introduction to the Task Force's agenda for 2007 and as a "networking" event for area business managers, property owners and members of nearby communities and community organizations. Government and civic leaders were on hand to encourage and participate in these discussions.

Click here or on the graphic to view or print a flyer with details on this event (pdf 153 kb). Click here to view a collection of local press articles concerning the event (pdf 478 kb).

For more information, or to be added to the notification list for future events, please email events@naba161taskforce.org or call (614) 578-9787.

Northland Alliance Board Elects New Officers

The Northland Alliance Board of Directors elected new officers on January 11, 2007. Dave Cooper, Task Force steering committee chair, will also chair the new Alliance Board. Other officers are Aaron Gilbert, vice chair; Steve Thompson, treasurer (who also serves as vice chair of the Task Force steering committee); and Ruby Hackett, secretary.

Pictured (L to R) after the meeting are Cooper; former Alliance executive director David Hull, now with the City of Columbus Department of Development; and former Alliance chair and chair of the Morse Road Special Improvement District, Jim Shea.

THANKS TO OUR GOOD CORPORATE NEIGHBORS
The Task Force purchased display advertising in Northland area weekly newspapers in November 2006 to recognize major contributors to its efforts. The half-page ad appeared in the November 15-16 editions of *ThisWeek Northland* and the *Northland News. Click here* or on the ad image for a closer look. (pdf 380 kb)