Business First-Columbus articles from August 2001

Business First-Columbus archives from August 2001

Hospitals seek fed aid to curb labor woes.(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... The hospital industry is about to mount a full-court press on Congress to gain support for federal legislation aimed at easing a shortage of health care workers. That has to be good news for hospital administrators like Jon Joffe, director...

Casto, Concorde partner on Jeffrey development.(Casto Homes, Concorde Capital Corp. to build townhouses)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... $17M effort would produce 78 townhouses Two Columbus developers will jointly build 78 owner-occupied townhouses at the former Jeffrey Mining Co. site on the edge of the city's Italian Village. Developer Concorde Capital Corp., which...

CoreComm plans to cease Columbus-area DSL service.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 3, 2001... CoreComm Ltd. plans to pull its digital subscriber line services from Central Ohio. The retrenchment is consistent with the turmoil wracking the DSL marketplace, where some providers have gone bankrupt, scaled back on offerings or raised...

SW Ohio firms lead state in vc grants.(venture capital)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 3, 2001... More companies in the Cincinnati-Dayton region attracted venture capital this spring than those from other parts of the state, says a national survey of private equity financing transactions by Grow-think Inc. Seven companies from...

It's official: ADA also applies to harassment.(Americans with Disabilities Act)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... Labor law attorneys say Ohio employers should take note of two recent federal appeals court rulings explicitly holding that disability harassment is unlawful under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The cases, which were decided...

A time to heal in Newark.(Newark Surgery Center settles suit, receives accreditation from Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... Facility wins accreditation, settles lawsuit The Newark Surgery Center has written an end to one tragic chapter of its brief history and opened the page on one its operators hope is more positive. The ambulatory care facility was among...

Credit unions to provide cheaper fund transfers to foreign laborers.(Program of World Council of Credit Unions)
August 3, 2001... Seeking to serve immigrants who pay fees to send money home, three Central Ohio credit unions are joining a growing national network to offer a lower-cost money transfer service. Later this month, the credit unions hope to help members wire...

State Housing Finance OKs funds for 2 area projects.(Columbus Housing Partnerships Inc. to develop)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... Ohio's Housing Finance Agency has approved loans for two efforts to acquire, construct and rehabilitate housing for low-and moderate-income residents in Franklin County. A 40-unit project in the area south of Main Street on Columbus' east...

Funderburke establishes OSU scholarship program.(Lawrence Funderburke, Ohio State University)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... Professional basketball player Lawrence Funderburke has established a $100,000 scholarship endowment at Ohio State University to help local youth attend OSU. The endowment, from the Lawrence Funderburke Youth Organization Inc., will...

Britt Business Systems gets state loan to aid expansion.(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... The Minority Development Financing Advisory Board has approved a $233,000 loan to SBR Realty LLC to help Britt Business Systems with a business expansion and building renovation project. Maria Smith, a spokeswoman for the Ohio Department of...

Smoot relocating offices to I-670 corridor project.(Sherman R. Smoot Company of Ohio)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... Smoot Corp. will anchor a proposed 48,000-square-foot office building on Leonard Avenue off Interstate 670 in what is growing into corridor for construction-related businesses. The construction company in May plans to move its corporate...

Chappelear heading ABA's metro bar caucus.(Steve Chappelear, president of Metropolitan Bar Caucus)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... Columbus attorney Steve Chappelear has been sworn in for a one-year term as president of the Metropolitan Bar Caucus, an arm of the American Bar Association. Chappelear, an attorney with Kegler Brown Hill and Ritter, said he wants to...

CORRECTION.
August 3, 2001... A name was misspelled and an incorrect phone number provided in a story on The Executive Committee (TEC) in the July 20 issue's Entrepreneur section. Joe Vesco is co-chairman of TEC, and his phone number is 6l4-527-4481.

COTA looking to involve cabbies in transit program.(Central Ohio Transit Authority)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... Taxi drivers grumbling about passengers bypassing them for the COTA airport and downtown shuttle may find its new competitor sending them business next year. The Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) is rethinking the way it conducts...

Columbus State OKs 5 percent fall tuition increase.(Columbus State Community College)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 3, 2001... Columbus State Community College will boost its tuition by 5 percent beginning in the fall quarter to make up for lower-than-expected funding from the Ohio Legislature. Marvin Gutter, the school's top fiscal officer, doubts the increase...

United Way to seek 3.9% campaign spike to $53M.(United Way of Central Ohio Inc.)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 3, 2001... A slowing economy has forced the United Way of Central Ohio Inc. to ratchet down its annual campaign goal to a modest 3.9 percent increase over last year. While realistic for tougher economic times, the $53 million goal also represents a...

Blue Diesel hires HMS vet Capritta to join leadership team as its CEO.
August 3, 2001... Worthington-based Blue Diesel, an interactive communications company that is now an arm of InChord Communications Inc., has a third top executive at its helm. Lydell Capritta, 43, formerly president of Columbus-based HMS Direct, has been...

Hyde Park owners bring Metropolitan Cafe to town.(Hyde Park Grille)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... Owners of the Hyde Park Grille steakhouse chain will open their second Metropolitan Cafe in September, at 55 Hutchinson Ave. in Columbus. The first Metropolitan Cafe was launched last December in Cleveland. Rick Hauck, one of Hyde...

Bruster's lining up sites for more ice cream shops.(Bruster's Old Fashioned Ice Cream and Yogurt)(Brief Article)(Company Profile)
August 3, 2001... Bruster's Old Fashioned Ice Cream & Yogurt is planning to develop 12 to 14 ice cream stores in Central Ohio over the next two years. The Bridgewater, Pa.-based company operates one area store, on Main Street in Hilliard. Company...

First Watch readies 5th unit for Mill Run retail complex.(plans fifth restaurant in Columbus area)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... First Watch is planning to open its fifth Columbus-area restaurant by the end of the year, the newest one at the Mill Run Shopping Center on Fishinger Boulevard. The space had been occupied by Sumenos, an Italian-themed restaurant. ...

Wendy's subsidiary has more Tim Hortons shops brewing.(Tim Donut U.S. Ltd. Inc)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... Tim Donut U.S. Ltd. Inc. has purchased vacant land at 1127 Dublin Road in Columbus for a Tim Hortons shop. The coffee and fresh baked goods chain, which is owned by Dublin-based Wendy's International Inc., operates approximately 30 shops...

New menu, general manager for Dave & Buster's restaurant.(Dave and Buster's Inc.)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... Dave & Busters has revamped its menu to bring more vegetarian, fish and pasta dishes to its meal lineup. An upgraded appetizer selection includes chicken tortilla soup, tempura fried mushrooms and grilled chicken nachos. New entrees include...

North Market getting ready for annual Farmer's Festival.
August 3, 2001... The North Market will host the 10th annual Farmer's Festival Aug. 25. The event will feature fresh fruits, vegetables, flowers and musical entertainment, square dancing and food demonstrations. The festival is scheduled to run from 8...

Hung up on car phones, lawmaker pushing for ban.(ban on cell phone use while driving in Ohio)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... A new Statehouse effort to ban the use of handheld wireless phones while driving strikes many, including the State Highway Patrol and one Columbus lawyer, as unnecessary. Robert D. Weisman, who says car phone use is "how business is done...

Greater Columbus accounting firms.(ranked by number of professionals)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)(Directory)
August 3, 2001... Greater Columbus accounting firms RANKED BY NUMBER OF GREATER COLUMBUS PROFESSIONALS NUMBER FIRM NAME OF ADDRESS ...

Greater Columbus nonprofit organizations.(ranked by 2000 income)(Directory)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
August 3, 2001... Greater Columbus nonprofit organizations RANKED BY 2000 INCOME ORGANIZATION NAME 2000 SOURCES ADDRESS GREATER OF CITY, ZIP COLUMBUS INCOME...

Miranova office tenants trickling into new homes.(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... The first of several tenants for the Miranova corporate tower have begun to move into the 12-story building off of East Mound Street downtown. Glavan Feher Architects has completed its relocation into 11,875 square feet on the building's...

Pizzuti dominates in NAIOP bus-tour awards.(National Association of Industrial and Office Properties)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... Speaking of Miranova, the downtown office project and Pizzuti Cos. dominated the People's Choice awards from the July 11 bus tour of regional office properties sponsored by the Columbus chapter of the National Association of Industrial and...

106 N. Fourth building completes facade restoration.(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... Owners of a former state office building at 106 N. Fourth St. unveiled the structures restored 1915 facade during a July 27 ceremony. Amy Osborn and S. Mark Stanley, principals with Property One Inc., led the $2.6 million purchase of the...

HER names Rawlins as chief administrator.(Roger Rawlins)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... A former controller for Limited Inc.'s Express division has moved to HER Inc. as the Columbus-based real estate company's first chief administrative officer. Roger Rawlins' new duties include analysis of strategic business opportunities...

Croson-Teepe changes name to AMPAM Commercial.(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... Croson-Teepe Mechanical Contractors, which merged in April 1999 with Texas-based AMPAM, has taken on the parent company's name. The renamed AMPAM Commercial Midwest continues to work out of its offices in Columbus and Cincinnati, where it...

Commercial One gains agreement with Auto Club.(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... The Ohio affiliate of the American Automobile Association has outsourced its real estate functions to Commercial One Property Services. The contract calls for Commercial One Realtors President Steve Mauger to oversee leasing, sales and...

Small businesses join in drive for international trade.(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... Don Lloyd Williams, president of Princeton Medical Enterprises, says his health care technology business in Marietta, Ga., can manage international trade's logistical and currency challenges. Trade barriers like tariffs are harder to...

Is Celeste in line to take Cleveland State top job?(Dick Celeste)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... Will former Gov. Dick Celeste go from ambassador to president? It depends who you ask. Celeste, who in the spring left his post as ambassador to India under former President-cum-Harlem tenant Bill Clinton, reportedly has set his sights...

A taxing issue for some businesses, individuals.(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... The Ohio Department of Taxation wants some until-now unknown businesses and individuals to come clean during a three-month tax amnesty program the agency is unveiling with a $500,000 campaign later this year. The agency plans on spending a...

Kellems ends short, sometimes rocky press stint.(Kevin Kellems)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... Kevin Kellems, Gov. Bob Taft's press secretary is ending his 10-month up-and-down relationship with the Statehouse press corps. Kellems, 36, starts Aug. 6 working in the public affairs wing of the Pentagon, near to where his wife is deputy...

Local woman joins Chemistry Council leadership.(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... The Ohio Chemistry Council has named a Lewis Center woman as its new vice president and corporate secretary. The group, which represents the state's chemical industry, has tapped Christina A. Elsner to help spearhead safety, environmental...

Bills recently introduced in Ohio House, Senate.(includes multiple records)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... * H.B. 325 Health Insurance (Trakas): Expressly permits two or more health care providers to jointly negotiate with health insuring corporations and sickness and accident insurers over non-fee-related and some fee-related provisions of provider...

GOP leaders push to make tax cuts permanent.(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... House Republican leaders promised to push legislation to make this year's $1.35 trillion tax cut permanent. Because of what Rep. Christopher Cox, R-Calif., calls "Alice in Wonderland Senate rules," the tax cuts in the legislation will...

Nordson dismissing 450 workers, says 3rd-quarter profits down.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 3, 2001... A Westlake-based maker of tools that apply adhesives plans to dismiss 450 employees, or roughly 10 percent of its work force, because of falling demand from the electronics industry. Nordson Corp. expects to report charges of $12 million in...

Dayton builder wins contract for $17M science center at UD.(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... Shook Inc., one of Dayton's largest commercial contractors, has landed a deal to build a $17 million sciences center at the University of Dayton. The center, which will house laboratories, classrooms and offices, is the first major project...

Milacron to cut more jobs as 2nd-quarter sales drop.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 3, 2001... Cincinnati-based Milacron Inc. expects to eliminate more jobs this year, after seeing its second-quarter sales fall. The maker of plastics molding equipment didn't specify how many jobs would be cut, but said it plans to dose more...

LTV's renegotiated labor pact approved by bankruptcy judge.(LTV Corp.)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... LTV Corp., which filed for Chapter 11 protection from creditors last December, says a court-approved renegotiated labor contract will help the second-largest U.S. steel maker to continue operating. A Bankruptcy Court judge in Youngstown...

Goodyear Tire wins $115M contract; American Greetings sells subsidiary.(American Greetings Corp. to sell M&D Industries; Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... * Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. will supply the U.S. Postal Service with tires for the next decade at a cost of $115 million. Akron-based Goodyear will become the sole supplier of tires for the post office's more than 200,000 trucks, vans and...

Careful planning can cut costs associated with layoffs.(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... As companies take advantage of rapidly developing technologies and the economy changes, more employers are forced to restructure and reduce staff. Work-force reductions can present a myriad of legal risks, though. Proper planning can help...

Groups, officials offer advice to new SBA chief.(Small Business Administration)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... Hector V. Barreto Jr. was sworn in July 27 as head of the Small Business Administration after being confirmed unanimously by the Senate. Barreto, who owned a financial services business in Los Angeles, skirted controversy by avoiding...

Poll shows workers think Bush favors businesses.(President George W. Bush)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... A survey of U.S. workers commissioned by the AFL-CIO found 49 percent think the Bush administration cares more about protecting the fights of businesses than it cares about protecting the rights of workers. Around 35 percent felt the...

Employees' happiness key to company's profitability.(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... Do you believe your employees are as important as your customers? Do you cultivate your employees the same way you do your customers? Do you treat your employees with the same kind of respect you do your customers? If the answer is no, you are...

Reynoldsburg chamber gets a step ahead of criminals.(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... Criminals should think twice about messing with shopkeepers in Reynoldsburg. In fact, if other Columbus-area business districts were to adopt a crime prevention program like the one Reynoldsburg launched last year, Central Ohio likely may...

Urban Gardener owner's attitude: So go ahead and move the cheese.(Brief Article)(Interview)
August 3, 2001... Urban Gardener cofounder Ellen Stein sees life's natural rhythm up close as she watches her Columbus shop's plants sprout, grow and blossom. Change is a necessary part of her business, one she accepts easily. "Change is cliche," she...

Bruck Blacktop Maintenance Co.(Top Contractor, Pavement magazine)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... Bruck Blacktop Maintenance Co. was named a Top Contractor by Pavement magazine in its annual ranking of firms nationwide. Bruck was named among the top contractors in the paving striping and sealcoating categories.

Feinknopf Macioce Schappa Architects Inc.(contract with Columbus State Community College)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... Feinknopf Macioce Schappa Architects Inc. received the contract for architectural services to build the new academic center D for Columbus State Community College. The new building will house classrooms, laboratories, offices, child development...

The Ohio State Bar Association.(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... The Ohio State Bar Association is the first organization approved by the Supreme Court of Ohio to offer New Lawyer Training programs. The course, which will be offered Dec. 13-14 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center, meets the Supreme...

3X Corp.(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... 3X Corp. opened its TotalStorage Solution Center in Worthington, part of an IBM network of 100 storage area networks nationwide. A storage area network is a dedicated network that allows centralized access to data stored on a range of devices....

LeadScope Inc.(collaboration with the Food and Drug Administration)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... LeadScope Inc. is collaborating with the Food arid Ding Administration under a Material Transfer Agreement that allows the FDA to use LeadScope Enterprise for data mining and decision support. LeadScope Enterprise is chemically intelligent...

Safelite Glass Corp.(renewed contract)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... Long Grove, Ill.-based Kernper Insurance Cos. renewed its contract with Safelite Glass Corp. Safelite will take over the master provider role for the program, serving as administrator for Kemper's personal lines' automotive glass replacement...

Paula Inniss on Advisory Boards.(Brief Article)(Interview)
August 3, 2001... As the President and CEO of Ohio Full Court Press, Paula Inniss has been making decisions for the company since 1995 and her leadership has earned the company much recognition, including multiple Business First Fast 50 awards. Inniss was...

Web offers easy access to people.(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... There are plenty of reasons you might want to find someone. You may be looking for a lost relative. Or perhaps you'd like to touch base with that special high school sweetheart, your college buddy or even a person who owes you money. Whatever...

DRIVING WEB TRAFFIC.(CD101 offers advertisers Internet campaigns)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 3, 2001... Local companies drive traffic to Web sites, boost results with aggressive promotions Despite the dotcom fallout, many local companies are using innovative marketing methods to double or triple traffic on their Web sites. "We're 395...

Two Columbus firms establish partnership.(FirstLocus and Frontstep Inc.)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... FirstLocus, a managed infrastructure provider, and Frontstep Inc., a global provider of business software and services for midsize manufacturers and distributors, announced that FirstLocus has joined the Frontstep.net partner program. As a...

Newall introduces wearable computer.(Newall Electronics)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
August 3, 2001... Newall Electronics, a Columbusbased, manufacturer of digital readout systems and linear measurement technology, has unveiled the iPRO, a wearable PC for the metalworking industry. The system includes a wireless processor attached to a belt...

WEB in SITE.(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... URL: www.cpvinc.com Company: Conrad Phillips & Vutech Inc. Contact: Rocco Maiolo, art director, Conrad Phillips & Vutech, 614-224-3887 or Rocco@cpvinc.com. Site design: Rocco Maiolo Launch date: June 1999 Hits: 60 per...

Wireless phones, PDAs becoming the hot new way to distribute ads.(marketers looking to advertise on cellular phones and personal data assistants)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... The prospect of sending advertisements to cell phones and handheld computers has some advertising executives beaming -- and others totally turned off. Ads and marketing messages transmitted to Palm Pilots or other wireless devices could be...

Outsourcing is helpful, but it can create even more issues for firms.(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... Outsourcing has been a buzz word for as long as I can remember. It seemed to burst on the scene in the late '80s and early '90s as the cure to employee recruiting and human resource administration. More recently, it described everything from IT...

Real estate Web sites rethinking survival strategies.(Brief Article)(Column)(Industry Overview)
August 3, 2001... Here's a twist: An online real estate listing service does not want to be linked with the dot-bombs and so calls itself a "listing service that's Web-enabled." What a difference six months make. Many of the numerous real estate listing...

PROFILE.(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... Name: Fred Lauber Title: Vice president, information technology Company: Online Computer Library Center Time in current position: Five years Where did you begin your tech career? Penn State University Library systems...

California firm acquired by Applied Innovation.(Badger Technology Inc.)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... Applied Innovation Inc. has reached a deal to help the telecommunications-equipment maker expand in the wireless market. Columbus-based Applied said it will acquire the remote information-collection and network-management system business of...

Wendy's earnings rise 11% in second quarter.(Wendy's International Inc., 2001)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 3, 2001... Wendy's International Inc., benefiting from strong sales and new restaurant openings, increased profits 11 percent in the second quarter, the company said. The Dublin-based parent of the fast-food chains Wendy's and Tim Hortons said it...

Bancinsurance profits plummet 35 percent.(second quarter of 2001)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 3, 2001... Bancinsurance Corp. blamed a jump in underwriting losses for a 35 percent fall in the company's second-quarter profits. The Columbus-based specialty insurer said earnings fell to $846,258, or 15 cents a share, in the quarter ended June 30,...

INSIDER TRADING.(corporate stocks)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 3, 2001... William E. Bindley, director of Cardinal Health Inc., sold 100,000 shares June l2 at $74.50 per shares. He now has 2,561,060 shares. Raymond H. Deck, director of Accel International Corp., bought 225,000 shares June 21 at 13 cents per...

GREATER COLUMBUS STOCKS.(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
August 3, 2001... GREATER COLUMBUS STOCKS FROM PRICE PREVIOUS COMPANY SYMBOL 8/1 WEEK Abercrombie & Fitch ...

Cheesecake stock foretells sweet success.
August 3, 2001... Dear Mr. Berko: I visited a Cheesecake Factory restaurant in Hackensack, N.J. We waited 90 minutes to get in, but it was worth the wait because the food and service were fabulous. When I got back home, I discovered it was a public company. I...

BANK RATES.(mortgage loans)(Illustration)(Statistical Data Included)
August 3, 2001... BANK RATES Mortgage Rates 30-YR FIXED 15-YR. FIXED FINANCIAL INSTITUTION % RATE POINTS % RATE Affinity Group Mortgage 6.50 1.25 6.25 ...

Ohio sits in top 10 for GSP.(gross state product in 1999)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 3, 2001... Economists use dozens of indicators to track America's economic health. Many of these statistics, like the implicit price deflator or the diffusion index of coincident indicators, are shrouded in well-deserved obscurity. But gross state...

INDICATORS.(Demographics Daily's national economic indicators, 1999)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 3, 2001... Production boost While California racked up more than $1 trillion in goods and services in 1999, Vermont ranked last in economic power, with nearly $17 billion in goods and services produced, according to Demographics Daily.com, an...

TVA best, NASA worst for new government contractors.(Tennessee Valley Authority)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
August 3, 2001... The Tennessee Valley Authority may be the best place to go for companies that want to enter the government contracting market. An analysis by Eagle Eye Publishers found the TVA awarded 30 percent of its $4.3 billion in prime contracts in...

Council should have been open with legislation.(Columbus City Council's emergency legislation on sexually oriented businesses)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... Columbus City Council should be undressed for its handling of emergency legislation, that immediately restricts the opening of strip clubs within city limits. The legislation, passed unanimously as an emergency July 30, prevents such...

New rules to live by in my Cincinnati.
August 3, 2001... To borrow a phrase, it's time we put a stop to the Gunfight at the It's-Not-OK Corral by any means necessary. I don't care anymore about who wants what from the city, or who should be released from prison, or how we should hire police...

Ohio, court don't see our economic edge dulling.(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... Imagine Ohio school kids loaded on a luxury bus with a Model T engine. That's about the situation when Ohio Supreme Court decisions continuously grab an ever greater share of the state budget for elementary and high school education with no...

Renovation preserving site's past.(Valley Dale Ballroom, Ohio)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... Bob Schlereth grew up in Dayton in the 1950s and knew Valley Dale was Central Ohio's hip place to be. "They aired Valley Dale commercials on the radio, and they'd air whatever big blow-out band or star they were having there and a gang of...

School expects students to jump at new facility.(Capital University builds new sports facilities)
August 3, 2001... Capital University Athletic Director Roger Welsh has plenty of options when selecting a starting point for a tour of the school's new $18.5 million Capital Center complex now nearing completion. The tour could begin at the 2,500-seat...

THE GASP FACTOR.(Ohio State University up-dates stadium)(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... Enlarged Ohio Stadium intimidating to visiting teams Pity the poor Zips. After all, things have changed a bit since 1895, which was the last time the University of Akron's football team visited Columbus to play Ohio State University's...

Columbus slow in offering outdoor downtown dining.(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... Paris indulges in it. San Antonio built a tourism business around it. It put Grandview Heights on the map. Stroll through any thriving metropolis and you'll find it -- city dwellers dining outdoors, eating, drinking and people watching, turning...

State agency supervising public sports, art building.(Brief Article)
August 3, 2001... If Ohio taxpayers pay for any part of a construction project, a small agency in downtown Columbus has a role in building it. Since 1988, the Ohio Arts & Sports Facilities Commission has been working with local sponsors and state agencies to...