The Columbus Dispatch
Officials today will talk about a new advisory group to help steer neighborhood redevelopment efforts near Ohio State University Hospital East.
Mayor Michael B. Coleman, OSU President E. Gordon Gee and others will discuss the initiative at 2:30 p.m. today at the hospital.
They plan to update the community about an initiative first announced in February by city, university and medical center leaders, said Doug Flowers, spokesman for the hospital.
The university is expected to receive an income-tax rebate as part of its $1 billion expansion of the medical center's main campus, to be completed in 2015. The expansion is expected to create thousands of permanent and construction jobs.
OSU plans to use $10 million from the rebate to invest in the community around University Hospital East to address neighborhood housing and health-care needs.
The Columbus City Council still needs to approve the rebate, he said.
The city and OSU have been working with the Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority on developing the working group, said Charles Hillman, chief executive for the housing agency.
CMHA will begin emptying its Poindexter Village housing project next year, leaving 25 acres to be redeveloped.
Annie Ross-Womack, who leads the zoning committee for the Near East Area Commission, said she was asked to serve on the board.
She called the effort a step in the right direction to boost the area's housing stock.
She said people on the committee will be asking OSU about expanding services at the hospital, including maternity care.
shoholik@dispatch.com
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