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Nationwide Children’s Hospital initiative hopes, in part, to restore Linden area homes
Nationwide Children s Hospital s Healthy Neighborhoods Healthy Family initiative is improving Linden homes by painting, upgrading siding, roofing and windows. Author: Bryant Somerville Updated: 6:23 PM EDT July 1, 2021
COLUMBUS, Ohio Alice Poindexter’s family has lived in South Linden since 1953.
For almost 70 years her house has been located in the heartbeat of the community. The walls don’t reflect that age. The same goes for Poindexter, 75, who, like her house, has character.
Memories are meticulously maintained on the walls through artwork and family pictures. Her 1963 Linden McKinley yearbook still reflects her same smile from when she was 17.
The house and neighborhood that body lives in also play a big role.
This is part of the reason we were excited to learn that Nationwide Children s Hospital has expanded its Healthy Neighborhoods Healthy Families program to Linden and is now planning to invest in building new affordable homes there.
The program is nothing new, but it is quite special.
Healthy Neighborhoods Healthy Families was launched on Columbus South Side near the hospital in 2008 to reduce dangerous conditions inside homes to improve quality of life.
Since then, $38 million has been invested in improving or building more than 400 properties, Nationwide Children s officials said.
Columbus police responding to a non-emergency call Tuesday afternoon in South Linden diverted after hearing gunshots nearby, coming upon a group of people in a street confrontation where one officer fired his weapon multiple times.
The officers were en route to a non-priority call for service around 2:40 p.m. when at least one of them heard what sounded like shots being fired near busy Cleveland Avenue and East 21st Avenue.
On the 1200 block of 21st Avenue, police witnessed a group of people engaged in a confrontation, said Sgt. James Fuqua, a spokesman for the Columbus Division of Police
One officer exited his cruiser and fired upon the group, though Fuqua said it was not immediately clear why he discharged his firearm, such as in response to being fired upon or having a gun pointed at him.