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In Columbus, the housing crisis is everywhere. People who have been left behind are begging on street corners. For those with housing, rents have skyrocketed, smaller landlords and properties have been bought up by massive corporations, and tenants have been forced to renew their leases or look for a new place to live sooner and sooner after moving in. "Affordable housing" has become a regular topic for city officials challenged by a frustrated public. But what does Columbus think "affordable housing" looks like?
The document above is connected to Columbus's infamous tax abatement policy--through which many large developments in our city pay zero property tax for years. That policy requires some developments to have 20% of housing units set aside for "affordable" housing: 10% to be "affordable and rented to households making up to 80% AMI [Area Median Income]" and an additional 10% "affordable and rented to households making up to 100% AMI".
Monday, August 17, 2020, 7:00 PM
Sunday, August 16, 2pm
Downtown Columbus
Black womens march is for people to see we have a voice too as black women and black young women. We want to show the community we are here for them we are here for justice and we are here for you. We will have food after the march as well .Everyone is invited no matter the gender all women please be in dresses shoes the color don’t matter.
Sunday, August 16, 2pm
Downtown Columbus
Black womens march is for people to see we have a voice too as black women and black young women. We want to show the community we are here for them we are here for justice and we are here for you. We will have food after the march as well .Everyone is invited no matter the gender all women please be in dresses shoes the color don’t matter.
Friday, August 14, 2020, 12:00 - 2:00 PM
This rally is sponsored by a surviving family member of Kareem Jones who was murdered by CPD in 2017. Location: Ohio Statehouse, 1 Capitol Square, Columbus.
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Facebook Event All proceeds from the auction will be donated to the Black Lives Matter Foundation Inc. We are currently looking for artists, vendors, volunteers, and professionals to donate items and time. If you have anything to offer, please message us; we would love to include you in the auction! The silent auction will mainly feature unique pieces of art, generously donated by local artists and vendors. This is a special chance for you to support a good cause, promote local artists, and go home with something you love. Here’s how the auction will work:
Can’t Believe It’s Vegan is a fabulous 100% vegan option for your quarantine home delivery service throughout the greater Columbus Metropolitan area of fresh, delicious, healthy food. They are a breakfast and lunch catering service that provides nutritionally dense, flavor-rich breakfast and lunchtime meals such as Belgian Waffles with pecans or walnuts with sweet potato hash browns, Bagel with Garlic Mushrooms and Cream Cheeze, Chickpea Pasta Alfredo, Burrito Bowl with jasmine rice, black beans, mixed onions, cilantro sweet corn salsa, “meat” crumbles, lettuce and pepper jack cheese, or Buddha Bowl with jasmine rice, chopped tomatoes, black beans, BBQ jackfruit, avocado, and sriracha mayo and many more delectable options on their website. They also offer “Family Pans” on four of their menu items that serve small (4-6) for $49.95 to Large serving (8-10) for $89.95, which is great for business meetings.
See website for menu and pricing.
$20 minimum order.
Text 941-266-0056 to order
Breakfast orders must be placed by 8pm the day before your order
Throughout 2020, I keep reaching the same political conclusion about the Republican Party, at both a national and state level. Even though this year has felt like 1918, 1968, 1998 and 2008 combined, it’s pretty wild how many crises the Republicans in D.C. and Ohio have weathered since the year began. Not surprisingly, it seems like even 2020 is finally starting to take a toll on the ol’ Party of Lincoln.
Consider that when 2019 rolled over, President Donald Trump had already been impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives and was about to face trial in the Senate. Not only did the impeachment process irreparably divide the country, but Republicans found themselves divided on how the rule of law should apply to The Teflon Don. Some conservatives like Rep. Justin Amash (L-MI) and Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) felt Trump’s actions were worthy of impeachment, which naturally earned them their due condemnation from their conservative counterparts and right wing media. Nonetheless, the cracks were beginning to form in the GOP’s foundation -- and it was only January.
Canton, OH – The Wooster Daily Record’s three-part series on COVID outbreaks in Ohio protein processing plants shows that Ohioans continue to benefit from the hard work of immigrants and native-born meat packers, while employers fail to provide for their health, safety, and financial stability. (See also, “Farmworker advocates press state for health and safety mandates,” Fremont News-Messenger).