The Columbus Dispatch

Residents of Columbus that are unable or unwilling to drive share their stories.

Is it true that suburban living ecourages residents to drive more and exercise less?

Small businesses are a vital part of the plans for downtown revitalization in Columbus, OH.

Columbus, OH, would commit $100 million for downtown projects.

Experts say without major changes, City Center, the 12-year old downtown mall in Columbus, OH, will die a slow death.

Affordable housing and historical preservation -- two things America's cities desperately need. Yet, conflict occasionally arises when developers are repeated sent back to the drawing board to make infill developments fit in with community character.

A study by the Buckeye Institute concludes that urban sprawl is not a serious problem for Ohio and building more highway lanes is an appropriate response to traffic congestion.

Seen from a particular angle the remains of the World Trade Center look like "tortured fingers of steel."

Housing is the key piece to solving the downtown puzzle in the Arena district of Columbus, OH.

Many write that sprawl is a bad thing, but Carol Ann Lease of the Dispatch thinks we should embace it as long as we can.

For nine candidates for the Columbus city council, sprawl has become one of the foremost issues.

The Ohio EPA, has started to clean some of its brownfield sites, but the list of brownfield properties is no longer public.

The nation's oldest form of local government is seeking to gain land-use authority long reserved for cities -- a change that would likely alter patterns of urban growth and development.

In Columbus, OH, an urban neighborhood takes a "smart growth" approach to draw up redevelopment plans. Residents think the redevelopment will enhance their property.

The Columbus, Ohio region will study remedies for one of the consequences of rapid growth -- congestion.

Is "common sense" more successful than land use zoning?

Columbus' new zoning strategy is a "radical departure" for the city and could make it a national trend-setter.

Will Columbus be forced to adapt to sprawl?

Official from Franklin County as well as surrounding counties will meet to discuss regional growth, traffic congestion and land use problems.