Housing Is Important For Downtown's Health

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

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September 10, 2001, 2:00 PM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"Everything [downtown], it seems, comes back to housing. Even Mayor Michael Coleman is who is thrilled with the district's development, awaits the first residents. 'I think it is absolutely essential for the Arena District, as well as the remainder of Downtown, where we haven't had any growth in residential communities in the past 50 or 60 years,' Coleman said. 'Downtown needs to be a place to play, and it also needs to be a place where you live...'"

Thanks to Tim Robertsen

Read the full story: Columbus' Arena District: Housing Next in Line

Monday, September 10, 2001 in The Columbus Dispatch

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