Wentzel said that while the general area has Antrim Park − the Columbus park near Worthington − and pocket parks, there's not one main focal point like this park will be. 'A lot of people who live in the area are immigrants,' she said, including a number who attend nearby Columbus Centennial High School. It would be the 24th library branch in Franklin County, he said.Įllen Carol Jones, who now lives in Dublin but used to live near the site and has worked for the creation of the park, said she likes that the library branch would be within walking distance of surrounding neighborhoods. We determined the population and growing needs of the community demonstrate a need for a library in this area,' Zenitsky said. 'In the last year we assessed the need and feasibility of adding a location. The site is about 3.6 miles from the nearest library branch in Dublin. Zenitsky said that library officials heard the call from residents about a need for a library in the area. 'We’re planning on building a new library there, contingent on the city's park plan coming together,' he said. New Columbus Metropolitan Library branch had been sought by nearby residentsĪs for the library branch, Columbus Metropolitan Library spokesman Ben Zenitsky said conversation with city parks officials are preliminary, but ongoing. The city now plans to begin construction on the first phase of the new park by late summer or early fall 2023, Westall said.īut the build-out could take five to 10 years, based on funding and construction schedules. But Columbus residents objected and the city dumped that idea.

Columbus officials had planned to sell 34 acres to Upper Arlington, which wanted to use that space for its own park. The city bought the nearly 58-acre parcel in 2019 for $5.2 million. To share opinions on the concepts, you can go to Westall said elements from both plans will be combined into a final master plan that is to be presented in October. The park will also include an outpost for city forestry crews and a path connecting the park to the city's nearby Carriage Place Community Center. The other option also includes three soccer fields and a cricket pitch, along with an existing farmhouse that would be retrofitted into an open-air pavilion connected with an adjacent event center.īrad Westall, planning manager for the city's Recreation and Parks Department, said concepts also show hard-surface courts for pickleball, basketball and handball. Wentzel said he likes this concept because it also keeps and reuses the red barn on the property along West Case Road. He said that preserves the feel of the site's agricultural use for all those years. It also would have meadows and three soccer fields and a cricket pitch, along with a small event center, a community gathering space, and meadows. A detention pond and wetland shelves would collect and manage stormwater. One option maintains existing wetlands while enhancing them with native planting, while clearing invasive plants from Slate Run and replanting native vegetation. 'People were anxious to keep the park as natural as possible.' Retaining wetlands a concern at new Columbus park

'They didn't ignore our wishes and interests,' Grossman said. Parks officials presented concepts at a meeting earlier this month. The property at 2425 West Case Road is just south of Ohio State's airport, Don Scott Field, and for now is being called West Case Road Park.Ĭheryl Grossman, who leads the Northwest Civic Association, said city parks officials have listened to residents' suggestions. The library participates in the Discovery Place automation system of the Columbus Metropolitan Library. It is managed by the Worthington Libraries. 'One of the biggest things people wanted at the park was a library,' said Roy Wentzel, a Northwest Side resident and the sheep farm committee chairman for the Northwest Civic Association who has pushed for a park for years. The Northwest Library is a cooperative project of the Worthington Libraries and the Columbus Metropolitan Library. The only truly bad thing about the Hard Road branch is that it is on Hard Road, named so because it is hard to get to from anywhere in the city, or even in the quad of the city, unless you live on.Athletic fields, birding meadows, wetlands and walking paths, and a new Columbus Metropolitan Library branch are all ideas Columbus Recreation and Parks Department officials are considering for the new city park at the former Ohio State University sheep farm on the Northwest Side. Good place for meetings and they have a decent selection of DVDs/blu-rays.

This is a cooperative project between the Worthington and Columbus Metropolitan libraries since the early 90s. Oh my god! Shut the front door! I can't believe I did not even know about this location all this time! I must have been living under a rock! My friends there is this library which is located. There is a large fort in the back with large wooden doors like those on a castle. Best library I ever been too! I brought my cousin and he loves it there! I definitely recommend this!! More

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