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Brett Kaufman Gets Comfortable With Himself The developer overcame a painful childhood before finding success. Laurie Allen Early last year, Brett Kaufman, founder and CEO of Kaufman Development, had 10 minutes to speak before an audience of more than 1,000 at the Columbus Chamber of Commerce annual meeting. He spent eight minutes talking about his personal journey, not his business. “I can’t talk about one without the other,” says the developer, entrepreneur and investor. Standing in front of city business leaders, he knew it was important to present himself authentically, without fear...

The Columbus Development Commission will take up those ideas Thursday.  According to the plan, residential and commercial developers would have to pay a one-time fee of $15,000 per parking space if they don't meet city requirements for parking. But there would be a cap as to how much a developer would pay, said Amanda Ford, a manager with the city's parking services section. It would cover only future development, and would not be retroactive to projects already announced, she said, such as developments now rising on the Scioto Peninsula just west of COSI.  Affordable housing projects als...