New Audubon Nature Center Takes Flight in Columbus
Ohio Business Development Coalition Blog
In Ohio, you can achieve both your professional and personal aspirations without sacrificing one for the other. The Grange Insurance Audubon Center is the latest example of public-private investment supporting creative recreation destinations in Ohio for those who enjoy recreational activities during their personal time.
Located in Columbus, Ohio, the 18,000-square-foot Grange Insurance Audubon Center is the culmination of efforts by the city of Columbus, Metro Parks and Audubon Ohio to successfully execute a brownfield redevelopment project on the Whittier Peninsula, a former industrial dumping ground. The site is now home to a 72-acre park on Columbus’ Scioto River.
Private-public partnership has been instrumental to making downtown Ohio cities around-the-clock destinations. Private investment played a key role in the development of the Audubon Center on public park land in Columbus, and is also a major contributor to additional Riverfront-area development including future Scioto Mile and Columbus Commons development, the Lazarus building, Huntington Park and the Arena District and numerous urban condo projects. Similar developments in Cleveland, Cincinnati, Toledo, Dayton and Akron demonstrate Ohio’s commitment to its urban centers.
The Audubon Center is a major component of the investment in Ohio urban downtowns to be welcoming environments providing weeklong recreation and entertainment opportunities, retaining downtown workers after work and providing a destination for all residents beyond 9-to-5. It combines a world-class asset that enriches the lives of local residents and will draw visitors from around the country, with the ingenious reinvention of a brown-field site that was, literally, a dump.
World-class creative recreation amenities like the Grange Insurance Aububon Center are a testament to the quality of life and opportunities for work:life balance found throughout Ohio. Ohio truly is the State of Perfect Balance.
In Ohio, you can achieve both your professional and personal aspirations without sacrificing one for the other. The Grange Insurance Audubon Center is the latest example of public-private investment supporting creative recreation destinations in Ohio for those who enjoy recreational activities during their personal time.
Located in Columbus, Ohio, the 18,000-square-foot Grange Insurance Audubon Center is the culmination of efforts by the city of Columbus, Metro Parks and Audubon Ohio to successfully execute a brownfield redevelopment project on the Whittier Peninsula, a former industrial dumping ground. The site is now home to a 72-acre park on Columbus’ Scioto River.
Private-public partnership has been instrumental to making downtown Ohio cities around-the-clock destinations. Private investment played a key role in the development of the Audubon Center on public park land in Columbus, and is also a major contributor to additional Riverfront-area development including future Scioto Mile and Columbus Commons development, the Lazarus building, Huntington Park and the Arena District and numerous urban condo projects. Similar developments in Cleveland, Cincinnati, Toledo, Dayton and Akron demonstrate Ohio’s commitment to its urban centers.
The Audubon Center is a major component of the investment in Ohio urban downtowns to be welcoming environments providing weeklong recreation and entertainment opportunities, retaining downtown workers after work and providing a destination for all residents beyond 9-to-5. It combines a world-class asset that enriches the lives of local residents and will draw visitors from around the country, with the ingenious reinvention of a brown-field site that was, literally, a dump.
World-class creative recreation amenities like the Grange Insurance Aububon Center are a testament to the quality of life and opportunities for work:life balance found throughout Ohio. Ohio truly is the State of Perfect Balance.
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