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Council approves downtown special‑improvement districts, arts grant and several contracts totaling millions
Summary
Council approved creation of two downtown special improvement districts (SIDs), a $197,000 capital grant to the Columbus Printed Arts Center, and a series of contracts and appropriations including a $10M construction manager agreement and multi‑million utilities and capital items.
The Columbus City Council on Tuesday approved a package of downtown and capital measures, including two new special improvement districts (SIDs), a capital grant for an arts nonprofit and multiple contracts and appropriations.
Safer Downtown presentation and SIDs: Robin Davis, executive director of Safer Downtown (a Downtown Columbus Inc. subsidiary), described the group's ambassador, cleanliness, homeless outreach and camera programs and said property owners representing more than 60% of downtown frontage petitioned for two SIDs. Council approved ordinances creating the Downtown Central and Downtown East SIDs and the plans of…
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