Columbus Ohio Community Information
Columbus, Ohio, the capital of the State of Ohio, is a great place to live and raise a family. The average sale price of a home in May 2010 was $153,000.
The city’s various communities are rich in diversity, culture and history. The city, which is the state capital, is located within 550 miles of half of the United States’ population. In 2006 Columbus was ranked as the 15th largest city in the United States, with 747,755 residents, the 32nd largest metropolitan area, the fourth largest city in the Midwest and the fourth most populous Capital in the U.S.
Columbus is the home of the largest university in the United States, The Ohio State University and Columbus State Community College, both public colleges. There are also several private institutions located in Columbus. Those include Columbus College of Art and Design, Ohio Institute of Health Careers, Franklin University and DeVry University, as well as the religious schools Mount Carmel College of Nursing, Ohio Dominican University, Pontifical College Jopsephinum and Trinity Lutheran Seminary. Finally, there are three suburban schools; Capital University, located in Bexley, Otterbein College located in Westerville and Ohio Wesleyan located in Delaware.
There are a number of distinctive neighborhoods located within the Columbus metropolitan area.
The Short North, situated just north of downtown, is rich with art galleries, dining, pubs, and specialty shops.
A number of large, ornate Victorian homes are located nearby, and together they comprise Victorian Village.
Just to the west is Harrison West and across the Olentangy River is Grandview Heights.
To the south, German Village is known for its quaint 19th century brick cottages, and it holds the distinction as the largest privately funded historic district on the National Register of Historic Places. Immediately west is the Brewery District, formerly an entertainment district that has seen a decrease in bars and an increase in residential and office development. To the east of Downtown north of Broad St. is King-Lincoln Bronzeville, or just "King-Lincoln", which was the cultural and commercial hub of the African-American community. South of Broad and east of King Lincoln is Olde Towne East, which was a well-to-do streetcar neighborhood consisting of grand homes in a wide variety of architectural styles. Most of these neighborhoods have all undergone gentrification on a large scale.
At the north end of downtown is a new development/neighborhood, the Arena District. Centered around the Nationwide Arena, the district has many pubs, restaurants, and residential projects, most notably the new 20-story Condominiums at North Bank Park tower. The Lifestyle Communities Pavilion is also an anchor for the district and the soon-to-come Huntington Ballpark will be the new home of the Columbus Clippers baseball team.
There are also the Heritage Districts, which include the Driving Park, Livingston Park and Old Oaks areas on the near east side of the city, home to a part of the city's large black population.
The University area is populated by a high concentration of students during the school year (approximately 60,000) and features many old homes that have been converted to apartments for student use. The stretch of High Street that runs through the campus area caters to the student body with its abundance of bars, sandwich shops, music stores, and bookstores. Located between OSU and Worthington is Clintonville, where a mix of middle class homes can be found alongside beautiful old stone and brick-faced houses nestled among rolling hills.(1)
The real estate market in the Columbus area has began to show evidence of rebounding. .
The City of Columbus offers a wide variety of entertainment, from Baseball to Theatre. Click on the following link to find out what is happening in the city http://www.experiencecolumbus.com/event-calendar.cfm
There are also numerous shopping venues from quaint specialty shops in the various neighborhoods, to more traditional shopping malls. Go to www.experiencecolumbus.com/shop-here.cfm
(1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus,_Ohio#Colleges_and_universities
