Wednesday, February 24 2021

🏗Here Are The New Renderings Of Confluence Village In The Arena District

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Happy Wednesday! Chelsea here.

The new Crew Stadium is on track to open in July, but we're just now getting the first detailed glimpses of the surrounding mixed-use development, Confluence Village. There will be over 800 residential units going into the area and the newest renderings show a distinctly urban look. It's really wild to think about how much this entire project, including the stadium, is going to change the Arena District. 

Navigator Feature Story: 

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I love a place that's not boxed into one specific thing, and this tea shop is so much more than a tea shop. Austen & Company is a book store, art gallery, and cafe all rolled into one, and now they've added cocktails to their list of specialites. Reading a book while sipping on a (socially distanced) cocktail sounds pretty great right about now.

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One of the most popular vegan pop-ups in Columbus is headed to the North Market. Willowbeez SoulVeg specializes in plant-based soul food and they know exactly what they're doing. This opening can't come soon enough!

Headlines 📰 

The Ohio method

for funding local schools has been declared unconstitutional on four separate occasions: 

(WOSU)

More insight into what's happening

with local real estate - there's just

. (Columbus Realtors)

Family Of Casey Goodson Jr.

Says Coroner

(WOSU)

Related, and applies to Columbus

as much as any city in America recently: Cities Spend Millions On Police Misconduct Every Year.

. (FiveThirtyEight)

I really enjoy

when Columbus Monthly dips into their archives. It's a great way to understand how central Ohio has turned out the way it has, both for good and bad. This article from 1990 is a perfect example of what I mean:

(Columbus Monthly)

Weather:

48 and partly sunny but a slight chance for showers beginning late morning and lasting throughout the day

Coronavirus Updates 💊

2,775 cases

, 159 hospitalizations, and 94 newly reported deaths. Trend graphs

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Serious reactions

to the first 14 million vaccine doses have thankfully

(Ohio Capital Journal)

Today's Photo 🤳

I solemnly swear that this is the last snow photo of the day for winter '20-'21 (unless we get another storm.) I bet this little central Ohio bird is happy for the warmup. 🐦

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