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Central Ohio's Growing to Green: Community gardens grow relationships through shared interests Community gardening cultivates more than just crops in central Ohio. Bill Dawson, Growing to Green program manager at the Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, 1777 E. Broad St. in Columbus, said community gardens are the melting pots of culture. “Food is culture and culture is food,” he said. “We learn about each other at the garden gate. Leaning over the garden fence, there are people who show us different techniques or how to prepare food. People are doing good things in their ...

Mifflin Township Division of Fire and EMS administrative offices have relocated to 400 W. Johnstown Road, and the Gahanna Division of Police communications center and Metropolitan Emergency Communications Center will follow.

A financial technology company called BillGo will move to Gahanna’s Creekside District in April, creating 50 new jobs. The company, based out of Fort Collins, Colorado, will be housed in a 9,000-square-foot-office space at 101 Mill St. in the former location of OHM Advisors, said Carrin Wester, Gahanna communications manager. She said the office would house jobs across the BillGo spectrum, from frontline nonexempt roles to advanced engineering roles, as well as management positions.  Mayor Laurie Jadwin said the addition of the new technology company in the heart of the city a is a st...

The Franklin County Board of Elections recertified vote totals Thursday in two close races that were subject to recounts earlier this month. The final outcomes — Republican incumbent state Sen. Stephanie Kunze winning reelection over Democratic challenger Crystal Lett and the passage of a Gahanna-Jefferson school district bond and tax issue — did not change from the county's earlier certification, but the vote totals changed slightly. The margins in both races fell within one-half of 1% of total votes cast, triggering required recounts. The process included a partial hand recount of ballo...