Thank you to everyone who attended the Park Place Community Meeting last Thursday night.
Approximately 30 residents attended the meeting, which was a good turnout considering Columbus decided to delay the Hines Road closure until next year.
Mayor Postage and Councilman Bill Wright showed up to give their support, along with Jeff Krauss, Pickerington's PR Representative. Pickerington posted the meeting on its website, and Park Place residents are grateful for the attention the city has shown during this stressful time. The city has written a letter to Mayor Coleman highlighting the need for the two municipalities to work together.
Ted Hackworth attended to show his support, and Peggy McElroy, a Republican running for Columbus City Council, stayed afterward to instruct us on how to form a neighborhood group that will be able to work with the city to get things done. She has worked with the Northwest Civic Association for 17 years, and is very pro-neighborhood. Thank you Ted and Peggy!
The three local papers; This Week in Pickerington, the Pickerington Times-Sun and The Southeast Messenger all showed up to report on the meeting.
Residents expressed frustration about the Tussing Road bridge, the intersection of Hines and Refugee, the fact that Tussing Road is still only two lanes, and the fact that businesses in the area are dying and moving out. Someone also discuss a semi-truck cab that is parked on one of the streets, which apparently is a Columbus City Code violation.
I would like to get the Park Place Civic Association and the Tussing Area Coalition going again. Perhaps the Park Place Civic Association can also include Turnberry Place and The Village at Park Place, in order to include everyone off of Highland Park Drive.
I believe the businesses along Brice will want to join, because many of them are dying and Columbus isn't paying any attention. Residents will want to join because we're tired of being excluded from the city, and then have them pull something sneaky like closing Hines Road with only a weekend notice.
Thanks again for all the support for little Park Place on the far east side of Columbus!
Approximately 30 residents attended the meeting, which was a good turnout considering Columbus decided to delay the Hines Road closure until next year.
Mayor Postage and Councilman Bill Wright showed up to give their support, along with Jeff Krauss, Pickerington's PR Representative. Pickerington posted the meeting on its website, and Park Place residents are grateful for the attention the city has shown during this stressful time. The city has written a letter to Mayor Coleman highlighting the need for the two municipalities to work together.
Ted Hackworth attended to show his support, and Peggy McElroy, a Republican running for Columbus City Council, stayed afterward to instruct us on how to form a neighborhood group that will be able to work with the city to get things done. She has worked with the Northwest Civic Association for 17 years, and is very pro-neighborhood. Thank you Ted and Peggy!
The three local papers; This Week in Pickerington, the Pickerington Times-Sun and The Southeast Messenger all showed up to report on the meeting.
Residents expressed frustration about the Tussing Road bridge, the intersection of Hines and Refugee, the fact that Tussing Road is still only two lanes, and the fact that businesses in the area are dying and moving out. Someone also discuss a semi-truck cab that is parked on one of the streets, which apparently is a Columbus City Code violation.
I would like to get the Park Place Civic Association and the Tussing Area Coalition going again. Perhaps the Park Place Civic Association can also include Turnberry Place and The Village at Park Place, in order to include everyone off of Highland Park Drive.
I believe the businesses along Brice will want to join, because many of them are dying and Columbus isn't paying any attention. Residents will want to join because we're tired of being excluded from the city, and then have them pull something sneaky like closing Hines Road with only a weekend notice.
Thanks again for all the support for little Park Place on the far east side of Columbus!
