

To pay your fare and board COTA buses, you will need a special C-pass credential. Employers interested in signing up employees can get started by registering on the secure member portal. You can also contact a C-pass representative at 61 or do I register for a C-pass?Įmployees should contact their Human Resources manager to register. To verify your eligibility, check with your employer or HR representative and check the list of eligible addresses. Some, though not all, Franklin County and City of Columbus employees also qualify. You can get a C-pass if your employer is participating and you work in eligible buildings within the Capital Crossroads Special Improvement District. The C-pass is free, thanks to a partnership between COTA, the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission and downtown property owners of the Capital Crossroads Special Improvement District. Eligible workers can use their C-pass any day, any time, on any route, at no cost to them or their employer. The C-pass program gives people who work downtown a way to get around the city-for free. Northland Transit Center, 5495 Cleveland Ave, Columbus, 43231Ģ913 Olentangy River Rd., Columbus, 43214ġ425 Worthington Center Dr., Columbus, 43085ĥ161 Hampstead Village Center, New Albany, 43054Ĭolumbus State Community College Bookstoreĭowntown Workers Can Go More Places for Less Spring Street Terminal, 33 W Spring St, Columbus, 43215 John Glenn International Airport (Arrivals), 4600 International Gateway, Columbus, 43219 The site, which Pizzuti wants to make a mixed-use development, is in Schumacher Place and on German Village’s border.Customer Experience Center & Guest ServicesĮaston Transit Center, 4260 Stelzer Road, Columbus, 43230 Neighborhoods join forces – The German Village Society allied with the Schumacher Place Civic Association and Merion Village Association to present a unified front against the Pizzuti Cos.’ plans to redevelop the site of a vacant Giant Eagle store at 280 E. Related story: Marked parallel-parking spots deemed success Columbus will expand initiative in 2021


Related story: Columbus marks parking spaces to help create efficiency on South Third Street

It went so well that in the spring, the city will paint South High Street between East Livingston Avenue and Kossuth Street with the T-shaped markings to designate parallel-parking spots, Ferrin said. Hoping to create more efficiency with parallel parking along the corridor, the Columbus Division of Parking Services in August marked spaces with special “T” marks on both sides of South Third, between Columbus and Kossuth streets and Willow and Sycamore streets, according to Robert Ferrin, assistant director of parking services with the city. Parking progress – City of Columbus officials took a closer look at parking along South Third Street, which will lead to an expanded marking initiative in the area. Related story: Ex-repair shop revs up for new life as Mid City Garage bar The casual restaurant with a cocktail-forward bar repurposed a vacant automobile-repair shop at 1179 Jaeger St. Welcoming a new business – The late-spring opening of Mid City Garage in Merion Village, just south of the German Village border, was a bright spot on the local dining scene. Related story: German Village Society trustees eliminate two top positions at Meeting Haus However, the German Village Society board of trustees retained Andrew Dodson as manager of historic preservation and outreach and Salvatore Reedus as development coordinator. Parting ways – A shakeup at the Meeting Haus resulted in the termination of executive director Delilah Lopez and manager of events and engagement Dustin Speakman. Related story: Village Lights goes virtual, will extend through December Related story: German Village Art Crawl event canceled Village Lights was one of the few events that was not canceled in German Village, but it definitely was different, going virtual for the month of December. Here’s a brief recap of five significant stories published in the ThisWeek German Village Gazette during the past 12 months.Ĭanceled events – Village Valuables, plays from Actors’ Theatre of Columbus in Schiller Park, the Haus und Garten Tour, Tea 43206, the German Village Art Crawl, Monster Bash, concerts from Village Singers all were canceled because of the pandemic. Like everywhere else in central Ohio, the COVID-19 coronavirus had a considerable effect on German Village and surrounding Columbus neighborhoods in 2020, leading to cancellations of nearly every major event and forcing a change at the German Village Society Meeting Haus.
