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April 5, 1996

CAMPUS PARTNERS PUBLISHES FINAL DRAFT
OF NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION PLAN

Campus Partners is seeking public comment on the final draft of its 
revitalization plan for the neighborhoods around The Ohio State University.

The 230-page planning document, University Neighborhoods:  Revitalization 
Concept, has been restructured, expanded and refined based on public response 
to the first draft of the plan which was issued last November.

This final draft of the concept document contains policies, recommendations and
program descriptions for the revitalization of the University Neighborhoods, 
which is defined as the Campus Partners study area.  Many of the 
recommendations involving public safety, trash collection, code enforcement and
human services also can be applied to the whole University District.

The concept document is organized around six core values.  These values declare
that the University District shall:

1. Be a model for university-community relationships.

2. Be a place of pride by maintaining buildings and conserving and enhancing 
architectural quality and character.

3. Be culturally and socio-economically diverse.

4. Be a neighborhood of choice.

5. Demonstrate new leadership and investment partnerships to reverse the 
decline in retail and housing.

6. Accomplish its larger civic goals through the active participation of 
community individuals and agencies.

First and foremost, the overall goal of this revitalization effort is to 
improve the quality of life for individuals who live and work in the University
District, the concept plan states.  The concept plan also identifies four 
supporting goals:

* Secure the involvement of Ohio State's faculty and staff in the neighborhoods
of the University District;
* Increase homeownership in the University District, including affordable 
housing opportunities to stabilize the Weinland Park neighborhood and maintain 
a diversity of residents;
* Improve the core student area so that it is competitive with housing which 
students can rent in the suburbs;
* Enhance and expand retail and commercial activity on High Street.

Campus Partners is requesting public comment on the draft concept plan in 
writing to its office at 1824 N. High St. by Friday, April 26.  Following a 
review of the comments, the Campus Partners consulting team will produce the 
finished concept document in May.  The plan may be presented to Columbus City 
Council and Ohio State's Board of Trustees in June.

The final draft of the concept plan may be read at the Northside Branch 
Library, 1423 N. High St.; Whetstone Branch Library, 3909 N. High St.; Ohio 
State's Main Library, 1858 Neil Ave.; and the Campus Partners office, 1824 N. 
High St.  Copies may be purchased for $13.47 plus tax at Grade A Notes, 22 E. 
17th Ave.; Kinko's Copies, 18 E. 15th Ave.; and COP-EZ in the Ohio Union, 1739 
N. High St.

Campus Partners was established by Ohio State in January 1995 to lead a 
revitalization effort and to develop a comprehensive plan.  Campus Partners 
then employed an interdisciplinary team of local and national consultants in 
the fields of public safety and law enforcement, transportation and parking, 
the housing and retail markets, urban design and planning, trash collection and
code enforcement, and human services.

In preparing this draft concept plan, the consulting team over the past year 
reviewed previous studies of the University District, gathered information on 
existing conditions and received extensive input from neighborhood residents, 
students and city and university officials.

For additional information, contact:  Steve Sterrett, community relations 
director for Campus Partners, at (614) 294-7300.

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Submitted by:  Donald Pearson, Member of the Board of Trustees of Campus 
Partners

You may send e-mail comments and questions to either Don Pearson at 
dsp+@osu.edu or Steve Sterrett at sterrett.1@osu.edu