| High Street Plan |
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High Street is the "Main Street" of Columbus and runs for nearly two miles through the heart of the University District. Enhancing the economic vitality of High Street in the University District has been one of Campus Partners' key strategies for improving the neighborhoods around The Ohio State University's Columbus campus. The University Neighborhoods Revitalization Plan: Concept Document, adopted in 1997, contains numerous recommendations affecting High Street. Campus Partners in 1997 and 1998 conducted a more detailed study of High Street related to the implementation of those key recommendations. This master plan for High Street was published in 2000 as A Plan for HIgh Street: Creating a 21st Century Main Street. Columbus City Council adopted the plan in 2002, as well as a companion document, University/High Street: Development & Design Guidelines. The High Street study was funded with $75,000 from the City of Columbus and $75,000 from Ohio State through Campus Partners. A 40-person Advisory Steering Committee, composed of representatives of the diverse stakeholders of High Street, oversaw the study and development of a High Street plan. Pasquale Grado, executive director of the University Community Business Association, chaired the Advisory Steering Committee. Goody, Clancy & Associates, an urban planning firm based in Boston, led a team of consultants which conducted the study and prepared the plan. |