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COLUMBUS’ PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS HELP PUT CENTRAL OHIO ON THE MAP. BY STEVE WARTENBERG

Michael B. Coleman, the former mayor of Columbus, now travels the country providing economic and real estate development ▶

advisory services to officials in small, medium and large cities. They all have the same question.

“They all want to know how we did it in Columbus; they all want to know about the ‘Columbus Way,’ ” says Coleman, the city’s longest serving mayor, having served from 2000 to 2015. He’s also an attorney and now a partner and director of business and govern-

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ment strategies at the law firm Ice Miller, which navigates transactions including mergers and acquisitions, real estate development deals and public-private partnerships on behalf of many “economic and community driver” clients.

The “Columbus Way”—the region’s unique brand of teamwork across sectors—has been chronicled by the Harvard Business School as a case study for how public-private collaborations can drive economic development. It has helped the region enjoy an unprecedented economic and job-growth spurt that has become the envy—and new game plan—for scores of cities across the country.

The 11-county Central Ohio region anchored

by Columbus has gained a whopping 160,000 jobs since 2010 and attracted more than $8 billion in capital investment, according to Columbus 2020, the region’s economic development organization. Columbus is now the secondlargest city in the Midwest, behind only Chicago in population. Projections call for an additional 1 million residents by 2050.

“We’re a city on the move, a city poised to grow dramatically,” says Mayor Andrew Ginther,

CLOCKWISE FROM FAR LEFT: Columbus Museum of

Art; Anomatic manufactures anodized aluminum packaging; Downtown Columbus; A Bath & Body Works retail location; Honda’s East Liberty auto plant; OSUCCC – James Cancer Center; Worthington Industries industrial metals manufacturing.

My Columbus

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private sector. The funds will be used to deploy self-driving electric vehicles, smart grids, smart streetlights and collision-avoidance sensors, among other initiatives.

Not coincidentally, Amazon has built three massive data centers and several distribution centers in the region and the region is one of the finalists for the company’s second headquarters campus. Facebook will build a $750 million data center in nearby New Albany and Italian tissue manufacturer Sofidel Group is building a 1.4 million-square-foot manufacturing plant in Pickaway County.

The region thrives in other ways, too: a vibrant arts scene with museums, theaters and a seemingly endless parade of festivals; a reputation for welcoming the LGBTQ community; and foodie destinations galore. The city also hosts national conventions and major sporting events, including the 2018 NCAA Women’s Final Four.

who calls the city he leads America’s opportunity city. “And now, the challenge is to make sure we do it right.”

And for Ginther, doing it right means extending the region’s economic gains to everyone, including women, people of color and immigrants, and into neighborhoods that have historically struggled.

“This means opening up ladders of opportunity, providing high-quality child care and continuing education and job centers and transportation to those job centers,” Ginther says.

“The Columbus Way is embedded in our culture and will guide us.”

Big Dreams, Realized In 2016, the city beat out 77 others to win the U.S. Department of Transportation’s $50 million Smart City Challenge—which asked mid-sized American cities to develop ideas for integrated, innovative smart transportation systems that use data, applications and technology to better move people and goods. As of May 2017, Columbus already had turned that $50 million into $500 million thanks to investments from the

The Columbus Partnership The roots of the Columbus Way and the city’s economic turnaround date back many years to the friendship of Leslie H. Wexner, the founder and CEO of L Brands (Victoria’s Secret, Bath & Body Works), and John F. Wolfe, the former publisher of The Columbus Dispatch newspaper, who died in 2016.

“John sincerely cared about the community,” says Wexner. “We, as a city and a region, weren’t using our assets to the greatest impact. Our belief was that the CEOs and the leaders of the major not-for-profits and universities really cared for the community—and if we stacked our hands and teamed up, we could accomplish great things.”

This was the foundation of the Columbus Partnership, a nonprofit, membership-based CEO organization. Central Ohio had good bones but lacked confidence, Wexner says. Columbus is the state capital, and The Ohio State University is one of the largest public universities; several large companies already were here, such as L Brands, Nationwide, Honda and Huntington Bancshares. There’s also a science museum and art museum, symphony orchestra, ballet company and one of the nation’s top-rated zoos. And then there’s the location. About half the U.S. population and one-third of Canada’s population are within a one-day drive of Columbus.

Led by Wexner and Wolfe, the Columbus Partnership grew, adding CEOs willing to commit their companies’ resources to making things

ANDREW GINTHER, MAYOR LOCAL ROOTS: I am a home-

grown Columbus boy. I graduated from Whetstone High School in the Clintonville neighborhood and live just a couple of blocks away from where I grew up.

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Conservatory and Botanical Gardens is spectacular any time of year, but summer and fall are particularly beautiful. The conservatory recently opened a children’s garden—a fun, interactive experience to help introduce kids to the natural world.

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in Columbus will you have the opportunity to see your head transmitted onto a 14-foot interactive sculpture. As We Are in the convention center projects visitors’ faces onto the sculpture using 850,000 individual LED lights. It’s technology-driven art— which is particularly appropriate since Columbus is gaining a reputation as a tech center.

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happen. There are now about 75 members.

“John and Les created a big table that allowed a lot of others to get involved,” says Alex R. Fischer, president and CEO of the Columbus Partnership.

The Columbus Way philosophy helped pave the way for some of the region’s recent large projects, including an impressive $140 million expansion and renovation of the Greater Columbus Convention Center, which now includes 1.8 million square feet of space, four parking facilities and countless other amenities and improvements.

“The collaborative approach has enabled us to gain the resources we need to continue to grow our momentum,” says Brian Ross, president and CEO of Experience Columbus, the city’s convention and visitors bureau. More than 41 million visitors now come to the city annually. They pump $6.4 billion into the local economy and support 75,000 jobs.

Passenger traffic at John Glenn Columbus International Airport and Rickenbacker International Airport is on pace to smash the all-time yearly record of more than 8 million passengers.

After an $80 million renovation, John Glenn Columbus International Airport was named mostimproved airport in North America for 2016 by

Airports Council International. A new rental car facility and terminal are now in the works.

“Smart business people see this as a great opportunity,” Joe Nardone, president and CEO of the Columbus Regional Airport Authority, says of the region’s emergence in recent years as a national and international distribution hub.

“The geography, the great highways, the multimodal opportunities and the workforce add up to create all this energy. You can feel it.”

Nardone came from Detroit’s airport in February and quickly noticed the Columbus Way. “What I immediately saw here was this incredible cooperation between the public and private sectors. Other cities do it, but they take it to another level here, break down barriers and make things happen,” he says.

Big Economic Driver Columbus 2020 was created in 2010 with the financial and personal support of the members of the Columbus Partnership as well as city and county officials. “There had been fewer than 5,000 jobs created in the previous decade, there was no growth. We set the goal of creating 150,000 new jobs by 2020,” Fischer says. It was an audacious goal—at the time, the country was mired in the largest recession since the 1930s.

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“The leaders of the Columbus Partnership saw what was happening,” says Kenny McDonald, president and CEO of Columbus 2020. “Instead of saying, ‘I wonder if we can get back to even,’ they said, ‘What can we do to achieve the greatest growth we’ve ever seen in a decade.’ ” McDonald and his team began traveling the region, country and world, meeting with companies with local headquarters, companies with Central Ohio operations that are based elsewhere, and companies without a local presence (yet). The goal was to create connections with decision makers and “tell them our story, all about our talent, our workforce and the advantages of our geographic location,” McDonald says.

The strategy began to work, with a series of small wins followed by bigger wins. Site Selection ranked Columbus seventh nationally in 2017 on its list of top 10 metro areas, noting the region had 99 new or expanded projects. The hits and new projects and jobs keep coming: Dollar Tree Inc. recently announced plans to build a distribution center in Morrow County that will employ 400; PharmaForce Inc. will invest $145 million to expand its New Albany and Hilliard facilities.

“Columbus bounced back from the recession

much faster than other cities because of this incredible capacity for the public and private enterprises to collaborate,” says Huntington president, chairman and CEO Steve Steinour.

Downtown Development A “doughnut” city is one without a vibrant downtown, and the odds are it’s a city in decline.

Columbus had a gaping hole in its center by 2000.

“At 6 p.m. on any given day, you could roll a bowling ball down High Street or Broad Street and not hit anyone,” Coleman says. “Everyone left work, and the downtown was empty.”

Coleman, who established the Columbus Downtown Development Corporation, set a lofty goal: to add 10,000 new residential units downtown. One of the other keys to the revitalization was the addition of parks. “We looked all over the country, and downtown green spaces were the economic drivers,” Coleman says.

First came Columbus Commons, a park and event venue built on the site of a massive deserted mall that seemed to represent the downtown’s decline. Now called John F. Wolfe Columbus Commons, the park is alive with an endless string of events. The public-private partnership helmed by the CDDC led to new,

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COUNTIES IN THE GREATER COLUMBUS REGION

2,185,780 COLUMBUS REGION POPULATION AS OF 2017

41.2 PERCENT OF RESIDENTS AGE 25 AND OLDER THAT HAVE AN ASSOCIATE’S DEGREE OR HIGHER

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FORTUNE 1000 COMPANIES HEADQUARTERED HERE, INCLUDING L BRANDS, HUNTINGTON BANCSHARES, ABERCROMBIE & FITCH AND WORTHINGTON INDUSTRIES

8.5% POPULATION GROWTH 2010-17

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LANGUAGES SPOKEN

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mixed-use developments that expand outward from the park, adding restaurants, retail and office and residential units.

Next came the $35.5 million Scioto Greenways river restoration project, which turned the downtown river corridor into a park. The $75 million National Veterans Memorial and Museum is slated to open later this year nearby and will surely become yet another tourist magnet. Suffice to say, you can no longer safely roll a bowling ball down High and Broad streets.

A new goal is to extend the downtown revitalization outward to struggling neighborhoods throughout the city. And, of course, publicprivate collaborations are the key. Huntington recently opened the $35 million Huntington Gateway Center in the Linden/Northland corridor, with a commitment to add 1,000 new jobs in the center by 2024 and lend $300 million in low- to moderate-income neighborhoods over the next five years. “The better our neighborhoods do, the better all of us do,” Huntington’s Steinour says.

Across-the-board Growth The region’s job growth across several sectors means a workforce that has raced above the million-worker mark.

“Over the long run, we’ve had a pretty balanced economy, and that’s led to a stability that’s led to job and population growth greater than the national average,” says Bill LaFayette, owner of Regionomics, a Columbus-based economic analytics and workforce strategy firm.

In addition to data and distribution centers, finance and insurance, “our growth in health care has also been far above the national average,” LaFayette says.

The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center–Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute has become a world leader. The new 1.1 million-plussquare-foot, 21-story OSUCCC–James opened in 2014 and is the Midwest’s largest cancer hospital—and the nation’s third-largest. The center received a perfect score on its most recent evaluation by the National Cancer Institute.

“I’ve been taking care of patients with serious cancer problems for 35 years, and we’re now at a point where we have so many more options and ways to help people,” says Raphael Pollock, M.D., Ph.D., director of the center. “Having this opportunity at [OSUCCC–James] is such a remarkably rewarding experience.”

Suburban Growth About 10 miles north of Columbus lies the affluent suburb of Worthington, namesake of Worthington Industries, a global diversified metals manufacturer that has been in the com-

munity since 1955. The company’s founder, the late John H. McConnell, led the effort to bring Columbus its first NHL team, the Blue Jackets, in 2000—a big step forward for what was then a fledgling Midwestern city. The team was named as an homage to Ohio’s role in the Civil War but also honors Columbus’ legacy of industriousness: many Union soldier uniforms were manufactured in Columbus.

McConnell’s son, John P. McConnell, is now the team’s owner as well as the CEO and chairman of his father’s company, which is headquartered in Columbus and operates three facilities in the region. Worldwide, Worthington employs more than 12,000 people across six divisions.

“As one of the largest manufacturers in the area, we are proud of our more than 60 years of employing thousands of Columbus area workers, and we value the suppliers in the area who support us,” says Cathy Lyttle, the company’s vice president of corporate communications and investor relations, citing as assets the region’s stable yet growing economy and excellent higher education institutions.

Home to the headquarters of Cardinal Health Inc. and The Wendy’s Company, Dublin has long been an economic powerhouse as well as a suburb filled with large, single-unit homes.

But the demographics are changing. Rapidly.

Baby boomers are aging, retiring and looking to downsize, while millennials are on the rise, says Terry Foegler, Dublin’s director of strategic initiatives.

Honda began a long relationship with the state of Ohio in 1977, two years prior to the production launch of its Marysville motorcycle plant 42 miles northwest of Columbus. In 1982, the Marysville Auto Plant opened and the company’s first U.S.-made vehicle, an Accord, rolled off the line, making Honda the first Japanese automaker to produce cars in the U.S. Honda is Union County’s biggest employer and the largest manufacturing employer in the state. The company also maintains five major manufacturing facilities and R & D operations—including its second-largest R & D facility—in Ohio.

The Wexner Way Not too many years ago, the spot where the New Albany International Business Park now sits consisted of farm fields and open space. Then Wexner and his business partner, Jack Kessler, formed The New Albany Company and turned this sleepy suburb into a growing city filled with businesses and homes.

Twenty years ago, the first company committed to coming to the business park, and now the park has more than 15,000 workers, says Jennifer Chrysler, the city’s director of community development.

Columbus was my land of opportunity... and it always will be.

— Les Wexner, founder of L Brands

When I started in business, when I opened my first store, my dreams weren’t very big, but almost immediately I could see that Columbus was an incredible place to grow a business.

Some of the greatest and most successful businesses in the world were founded here, and have stayed here, including Cardinal Health, Nationwide, and Wendy’s International.

Columbus is the perfect location from which to distribute. I found I could reach 90% of the population in under three days.

The success of Columbus companies has attracted international players to the area as well, including Honda and JP Morgan Chase, who both continue to aggressively expand here.

Columbus has a skilled and educated work force. And Ohio’s colleges and universities have been a great resource.

The Columbus area has abundant land and superb infrastructure and roads. We’ve built nearly 7,000,000 feet of distribution facilities here. They are critical to our success.

I plan to continue growing our business right here. We recently opened a beauty development, research and manufacturing center here that is a model for the industry world wide.

I would encourage you to look at Columbus too.

It’s miraculous what can be achieved here.

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“I USED TO GO AROUND THE COUNTRY AND SAY I WAS FROM COLUMBUS, OHIO. NOW, I DROP THE ‘OHIO’ AND JUST SAY ‘COLUMBUS’—AND THEY KNOW.” — MICHAEL B. COLEMAN, ICE MILLER LAW FIRM PARTNER AND FORMER MAYOR OF COLUMBUS

The business park’s five clusters include a wide variety of companies. One cluster is the International Personal Care and Beauty Campus, an innovative campus with 14 companies within a 1.9-mile loop, all part of a vertical supply chain: everything from bottle makers and fillers and cap makers to packaging and labeling companies. “This enables a company to take something from an idea to the shelf in seven days, where it used to take three months,” says Chrysler.

A common customer of the first three companies to commit to the Beauty Campus was L Brands’ Bath & Body Works. But the idea has proven so successful that other companies, such as Paul Mitchell, are working with the campus’ companies. “The New Albany International Business Park is currently about 60 percent built out,” Chrysler says. “A conservative growth estimate is another 10,000 employees.”

Anomatic Corporation, a global supplier of anodized aluminum packaging components— many of which are used in the personal care and beauty industries—is one of the companies headquartered in the Beauty Campus.

The onsite innovation and design center and manufacturing facilities recently expanded by 85,000 square feet. (The company also has a 132,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in

nearby Newark, Ohio.)

Anomatic was founded in Chicago but moved to Columbus in the early 1970s in response to growing business and a need to be closer to the East Coast market. The company counts Columbus’ central location to raw-material suppliers and the region’s colleges and universities—which provide a steady stream of skilled employees—among its benefits.

“Columbus continues to provide great value to our company as home to our corporate headquarters and largest manufacturing sites.

The can-do attitude of its community leaders provides great support for our company as we have expanded and grown,” says Scott L. Rusch, president and CEO. “This is an exceptional place to do business and to live.”

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. is one of the many New Albany-based companies and is an example of the region’s strength within the fashion industry. In fact, companies such as A & F, L Brands, Express and DSW have propelled Columbus to No. 3 nationally in terms of the concentration of fashion designers, behind only New York and Los Angeles.

It’s been a lot easier to recruit top people to the region than A & F CEO Fran Horowitz had thought it would be. “Once people come here

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Helping bring progress and promise to the Midwest since 1866.

More than 150 years ago, we opened our first bank branch in Columbus, Ohio. There were no debit cards or mobile apps. Heck, there wasn’t even electricity. All we had were our bankers, their pens and a promise. A promise that we’d help build the community. A promise to communicate honestly with our customers. And a promise to do the right thing.

Keeping this promise has led to some extraordinary things over the last century and a half, but none greater than the privilege of helping transform the lives of people right in our own backyard.

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Focus on the Future Columbus is bolstered not just by economic investment but by partners who help the region thrive. Over the past seven years, Columbusheadquartered Fahlgren Mortine has grown from a $12 million local advertising, marketing and public relations agency to a $30 million-plus nationally recognized integrated marketing and communications firm—a trajectory that closely reflects that of its hometown. The agency partners with the city, Columbus 2020 and Experience Columbus, as well as academic, corporate and nonprofit clients, to strengthen the region’s brand and stimulate economic growth.

“The life we’ve created in Columbus—and marketed to the world—is now the benchmark for many global economic development leaders,” says Neil Mortine, president and CEO. “Columbus is a smart city with an entrepreneurial and collaborative approach to business. The progres-

sive attitude supports risk taking, embraces thinking big and creates an openness to new ideas.”

Former mayor Coleman’s work with Ice Miller has allowed him to remain a Columbus booster; the firm is deeply ingrained in the community, representing public and private stakeholders as they invest in Smart City resources.

“Ice Miller has been devoted to Columbus’ success since [the Columbus office’s] founding here more than five decades ago by community legend Mel Schottenstein,” says Coleman. “Our role as a law firm is to counsel the businesses and municipalities in our region so they can be successful and contribute to the economic security of our home—the City of Columbus and the surrounding region.”

Columbus 2020 will continue to lead the region’s economic development, although the group’s name may change in a few years.

“We’re committed to defining a new set of bold economic goals, going after them and continuing our climb up the mountain,” McDonald says, adding that the new goals are scheduled to be announced by the end of the year. “We want to achieve great things and be a truly global city.”

Yet another ambitious goal for Columbus.

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and see what Columbus is all about and what a special place it is, and they see our beautiful 500-plus-acre campus, you can literally see their whole body language change. We have a saying that people stay here two years or forever, and it’s rare to meet anyone who only stays two years.” Horowitz has been here 13 years.

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HOW THE WOMEN OF THE COLUMBUS REGION ARE BOOSTING BUSINESS AND STANDING UP FOR EQUALITY. BY MELISSA KOSSLER DUTTON

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Corporations are investing billions into the 11-county Columbus region. Growing and thriving art institutions are providing a backdrop, soundtrack and soul. Sports facilities give reason to cheer. Research, tech and innovation keep everyone looking ahead. The population is surging, getting more educated and seizing the momentum and opportunities.

The results of Columbus’ incredible development is impossible to miss. It’s everywhere, from the skyline to city neighborhoods to the suburbs. What may be less obvious is the pivotal role women have played in the region’s growth spurt, which was anything but accidental.

From the C-suites and boardrooms of nationally recognized brands to galleries and awardwinning cultural institutions, women have influenced the city’s prosperity and robust arts community.

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“Women have made enormous contributions to the city through their business acumen and their willingness to give back,” says Shannon Ginther, chair of the Columbus Women’s Commission and Columbus’ first lady. “They also put a lot of energy and effort into helping other women succeed—both in the business arena and through their commitment to social justice issues.”

Ginther, who decided to use her role as the city’s first lady to advance the economic wellbeing of women, has tapped into the city’s commitment to continuous improvement. The effort aims to do more than help women.

Not only is it the right thing to do, Ginther says, but it also benefits business. “It will bring investment dollars and innovations and continued growth in terms of businesses choosing to locate here and families choosing to locate here, because there are opportunities for women and minorities.”

When the commission asked employers to study the gender pay gap, they didn’t hesitate to confront the issue, says Christie Angel, president and CEO of YWCA Columbus. More than 100 companies have now publicly committed to addressing it. For leaders focused on creating a better future for the region, she says, pay equity, diversity, workforce development, a vibrant arts community and affordable housing matter.

“What it says to me is we are a community that wants to figure this out,” Angel says. “What I see happening is people saying ‘I want to do more to help this community.’ ” Shining a light on pay equity and other issues that could prevent local companies and the region as a whole from reaching its potential is extremely important, says Nannette Maciejunes, executive director of the Columbus Museum of Art. It’s also a cause that people can rally around.

“If any one of us doesn’t have a fair chance—all of us are not getting a fair chance,” she says.

“That’s something we have to stand up for.”

Whether it’s solving social issues, funding arts facilities or programs or trying to attract new companies to the region, all sectors eagerly work together, says Tom Katzenmeyer, president and CEO of the Greater Columbus Arts Council.

“Collaboration is pervasive,” he says. “It is the expectation. It creates a lot of opportunities. It allows us to accomplish things that you wouldn’t expect from a city our size.”

Sky sat down with three female Central Ohio executives— Sandy Doyle-Ahern, president of EMH & T Engineers, Surveyors, Planners, Scientists; Nancy J. Kramer, chief evangelist at IBM iX; and Sue Zazon, Central Ohio regional president at Huntington National Bank—to hear their take on what makes the region tick.

The women who have spent decades living and

working in the community spoke of the region’s focus on the future, their career challenges and the value leaders place on working together.

SKY: What are some of the attributes that make Columbus a place where women can succeed?

SZ: It’s a culture that’s open, where all different people—whether it’s the Somali population, women, the LGBTQ community—are welcomed.

It’s a new community, and there’s not a lot of parochialism. You can grow and prosper here.

The city is growing, and we want to make that a hallmark for why you come to Columbus.

NK: Columbus believes collectively that its best days are ahead. This isn’t a city in the Midwest that is trying to reclaim its past, that’s trying to go back to the glory days. Columbus is very future focused. Over the past 20 years, there has been a big move for the community to have a culture of collaboration. That culture continues to build and build to where now it becomes the expectation for business leaders—female, male, gay, straight, ethnically diverse, all that—that we will be a city that is collaborative in order to be focused on the future.

“THAT CULTURE [OF COLLABORATION] CONTINUES TO BUILD AND BUILD TO WHERE NOW IT BECOMES THE EXPECTATION FOR BUSINESS LEADERS— FEMALE, MALE, GAY, STRAIGHT, ETHNICALLY DIVERSE, ALL THAT—THAT WE WILL BE A CITY THAT IS COLLABORATIVE IN ORDER TO BE FOCUSED ON THE FUTURE.” — NANCY J. KRAMER, CHIEF EVANGELIST, IBM IX

How does a region benefit from a diverse leadership workforce?

SDA: It’s about diversity of thought and implementation. It’s not the process of how people think, but it’s the process of how they get things done. We all know that women have a different style, but I also don’t want to be generic in saying that, because people are different. But I do think that because there is a spirit of wanting to work together and support, it allows opportunity for people to bring ideas to the table.

How does the support of the region’s arts and nonprofit organizations impact the community?

SDA: It’s a huge part of why Columbus is a great place. There is no shortage of opportunity in Columbus if you have any interest at all in either being a volunteer or putting dollars somewhere.

But it’s not just about the dollars. A lot of organizations in the community promote opportunities for their employees to . . . participate in philanthropy. This is one of my absolute favorite things about being in Columbus. Work is great.

Play is great. But at the end of the day you want to feel that you did something important for someone else. There’s opportunity to do that here.

What are some of the challenges have you had to face on your path to leadership?

SZ: Early in my career, I don’t think I had the courage to have a voice. If I look back, and I’m really being honest and transparent, there were

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POWER PLAYERS Four of Central Ohio’s top female business leaders weigh in on their leadership styles and how their brands put the region on the map—and explain how they each got started. — MELISSA KOSSLER DUTTON

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JENI BRITTON BAUER

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TANISHA “T” ROBINSON

TITLE: Chairwoman of the board

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COMPANY: Donatos Pizza

COMPANY: Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams

COMPANY: Abercrombie & Fitch Co.

COMPANY: BrewDog USA

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FIRST JOB: “I worked at a store called

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of the business firsthand as the first store was right behind my house. I have memories of running sauce that my mom made over to the store and getting to know customers in our living room as they waited for their food.”

that my grandmother taught me how to make—to my friends and neighbors at age 10.”

Country Bumpkins after school while in high school in Armonk, New York”— where she first found her passion for retail.

started at age 12.”

principles continue to be the same ones my dad, Jim Grote, founded the business on. Practice the golden rule of treating others the way that you would like to be treated. Operate the business by the highest ethical standards. Goodwill at Donatos is achieving a win-win outcome by just doing the right thing. When it comes to product and service, we believe food served with love nourishes the soul.”

founder and that passion drives our business. I love people; I love how ice cream brings people together. I love the science puzzle that is ice cream. I love that every time I unlock something new about ice cream, I get to another level and I have more questions.”

LEADERSHIP VISION: “My leadership

style is focused on promoting a positive, supportive and open work environment where associates feel safe and empowered to share ideas and feedback.

I am a tough but fair executive. I hold people accountable while giving them appropriate autonomy. Because of that, I believe in a culture of teamwork and collaboration.”

times that I may have sat quiet as a young woman starting my career because of the environment being predominantly male. That was more on me, finding my way, but that is an example of how I think we have evolved. Now I understand that when there is diversity in the room, it does create the environment for open speaking.

NK: I echo Sue’s point—having the confidence to find your own voice in a sea of white males is probably the biggest challenge.

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the two most important things in our company are our beer and our people.

We pay living wages and offer affordable health insurance, 401(k) and four weeks of paid time off—as well as a one-week ‘pawternity’ leave for new dog owners— to all full-time employees, including our brewpub staff. I see our growth and expansion as a tool for economic development and social change, specifically by focusing our retail site selection on neighborhoods where we can make a positive difference.”

What excites you about the Columbus Women’s Commission?

SZ: Huntington’s public pledge to address pay equity is having an impact. Crucial conversations create change. Local leaders are now sharing best practices to get the job done. I know a CEO who requires his HR team to remove all gender data from a spreadsheet of employees, populate it with other pertinent information and look for inequities. That would have not happened without public awareness of the issue.

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LEADERSHIP VISION: “I am a passionate

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Just think if another leader went back to their company and did the same thing. That moves the needle.

What do you believe are some of Columbus’ quality-of-life selling points?

SDA: We have a lot of great health care. We have a lot of great universities. We have great businesses. If you take a broad perspective of

the region, it’s actually a remarkably cultured city for its size. We have the symphony, the arts. We have the art museum, sports activities, a world-class zoo, an unbelievable number of great restaurants.

It’s just a place where you can get a lot of benefits that you might get from a bigger [city] without having to deal with some of the biggercity challenges.

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On par with cities such as Chicago, Indianapolis and St. Louis, Columbus is one of the fastest-growing metropolitan areas in the Midwest, according to Columbus 2020, the region’s economic development organization.

In recent years, it has become one of the most attractive regions for millennials. ▶

“Columbus’ low cost of living and can-do attitude make it the perfect home for [young people]. Our graduates are able to make an impact,” says Melanie Corn, president of Columbus College of Art & Design, which has 12 bachelor of fine arts and two master’s degree programs that speak to the booming creative economies keeping pace with

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the city’s traditional industries, such as health care, financial services and manufacturing.

“Columbus is the No. 3 fashion capital in the United States based on jobs, and I think a lot of that is very connected to schools like CCAD,” says Corn, who is the college’s first female president. “The school does a lot to help serve as an engine for the retail corporations in the area.”

CCAD’s animation programs, including gaming, have helped establish tech hubs locally, too.

“In digital media in particular, you don’t have to be [in] New York City or Los Angeles where rents are high; you can be anywhere,” she says.

“Research has shown us that millennials are choosing where they want to live before they choose a job, and highlighting the attractiveness of Columbus really has connected back to our enrollment rates.”

David Harrison, president of Columbus State Community College, adds, “The higher education asset base we have in Central Ohio is a huge advantage for our region, and I think the city’s growth is directly related to higher ed.”

CSCC partners with key employers in the area to ensure that its degrees and curriculums align with and are valued by the workplace that students will be entering after graduation. “We strive to be the innovator of workforce development,” Harrison says, noting a strong component of its information technologies program is assembled by partnering with key corporate players.

“There wasn’t a career path for people with manufacturing associate degrees four years ago.

But Honda Manufacturing approached us about developing a new program that was a combination of electrical and mechanical engineering that has become nationally known,” he adds.

Partnerships among area colleges and universities are a priority, he says.

“There’s a great advantage to how closely we work together. We partner with Ohio State and other public and private universities in the region that guarantee admission for our students into bachelor’s degree programs and provide an affordable pathway to a degree.”

Columbus’ status as the state capital presents additional opportunities, especially when it comes to public-private collaborations.

“We work closely with the city of Dublin and are proud of that relationship,” says Ohio University president M. Duane Nellis of the college’s prime location in one of Columbus’ fastest-growing suburbs.

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Capital University The basics: Capital University has a long track record of producing civically engaged and community-minded students through programs in law enforcement, seminary studies, liberal arts and more.

Achievements: A partnership with The Corella and Bertram F. Bonner Foundation provides fouryear scholarships to students, including those who are lower-income, underrepresented and first-generation, who have a passion for community engagement and social justice issues. “I believe [the world] needs the kind of graduates that Capital produces [who] like to see from dif-

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ferent perspectives, who can grapple with deep questions about humanity . . . and who are not as much self-focused as they are world-focused and interested in making [it] a better place,” says president Elizabeth Paul.

Unique programs: CU is the first undergraduate institution with a corresponding law school in Ohio to offer an accelerated program, known as the 3+3 Bachelor of Arts/Juris Doctor Program.

Launched in 2015, it eliminates an entire year of the undergraduate and law school path, allowing students to earn both degrees in six years.

Columbus College of Art & Design The basics: The college offers a dozen four-year undergraduate and two graduate programs in animation, interior design, film and more.

Established in 1879, it’s also one of the oldest private, nonprofit art and design colleges in the country.

Achievements: Thanks to the school’s thriving fashion program, Columbus is now regarded as the No. 3 fashion city in the United States, with alumni who have leading roles at Abercrombie & Fitch and L Brands, both headquartered in the area. The annual CCAD Fashion Show draws industry tastemakers looking for budding talent.

Unique programs: The animation department is

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sive initiative to make Dublin the best community for aging in place. “Through our Heritage College of Medicine and the College of Health Sciences and Professions, we have been coordinating studies related to aging and interfacing with our communities, and it’s exciting to be part of that effort,” says Nellis.

Such innovative, meaningful programs have kept alumni interested in contributing to the region far beyond graduation, according to Nellis.

“We have seen more than 60 percent of alumni that stay in the state [who] really want to serve it and make it a great place to live,” he says.

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Columbus State Community College The basics: Founded in 1963, CSCC now has 27,000 enrolled students. It has one of the region’s most affordable tuitions, with 76 percent of graduates reporting zero student loan debt.

Achievements: CSCC is notable for being the originator of the Central Ohio Compact. The program merges key players in K-12, business and higher education with the goal of promoting degree attainment in fields targeted to the local workforce.

Unique programs: The college recently partnered with local restaurateur Cameron Mitchell, investing $33 million in a new hospitality management and culinary arts building at the Discovery District Creative Campus.

Ohio Dominican University The basics: Founded in 1911 by the Dominican Sisters of Peace, ODU is central Ohio’s only Catholic Dominican university and has the region’s only National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II program. “Ohio Dominican’s close proximity to downtown Columbus gives our students ready access to unique and relevant opportunities for hands-on learning in high-demand industries and rewarding fields,” says president Robert A. Gervasi.

Achievements: As a member of the Columbus Chamber of Commerce, the university has a unique relationship with the city. ODU’s newest degrees and certifications in health care administration, risk management and insurance, software engineering and supply chain management were developed in collaboration with local organizations and business partners.

Unique programs: In addition to 40 majors and nine graduate degree programs, ODU offers a variety of preprofessional programs, including a master’s degree in physician assistant studies.

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The Ohio State University The Basics: Founded in 1870, Ohio State is one of the nation’s most comprehensive public research universities and a prominent land grant institution. Ohio State offers extensive academic and research opportunities through its 15 colleges and a top-ranked medical center and premier cancer hospital and research center.

Achievements: Connecting diverse people from multiple disciplines, the university has developed meaningful partnerships such as Smart Columbus.

Unique Programs: Students have the opportunity to connect top-ranked academic programs with their interests in unique ways—such as dance

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and rehabilitation sciences, astronomy and communications and agriculture and data analytics.

Ohio University The basics: Located near the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, Ohio University’s main campus is the state’s oldest institution of higher education, first opened for students in 1809. Today, enrollment is nearly 40,000, with more than 250 areas of undergraduate study in addition to master’s and doctoral degrees.

Achievements: Ohio is a primarily residential public research university, recognized by The Chronicle of Higher Education as one of the top producers of U.S. Fulbright scholars. The institution also is regarded for its Ohio University Heritage College of Medicine, which remains the only medical college in the state to grant a doctor of osteopathic medicine degree.

Unique programs: Ohio University has recently expanded with a six-year capital budget that contributes funding toward aging and wellness programs.

Ohio Wesleyan University The basics: This private, coed liberal arts university boasts 90 major programs, including a business administration major added in 2016.

Achievements: Forbes has ranked the university as No. 1 in Ohio and No. 17 in the United States among “America’s Most Entrepreneurial Colleges.” In September, OWU will open The Delaware Entrepreneurial Center, a 6,000-square-foot business accelerator and education center, in collaboration with Delaware County and the city of Delaware, where the university is located.

Unique programs: The OWU Connection program is designed to help students translate classroom knowledge into real-world experience. “Ohio Wesleyan students want to become the next generation of moral leaders for the global society, and we want to help them succeed,” says president Rock Jones.

Otterbein University The basics: Otterbein, opened in 1847, was one of the nation’s first universities to welcome women and people of color. Today it offers more than 70 undergraduate majors, six master’s programs and a doctor of nursing practice degree.

Achievements: The university is a recipient of the 2015 Carnegie community service classification.

Otterbein has been honored with distinction by the President’s higher education community service honor roll since the list’s inception in 2006.

Unique programs: Otterbein is recognized for its intentional blending of liberal arts and professional studies through a renowned integrative studies curriculum that has tenets of experiential learning and community engagement.

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entire day here, but this is just one slice of Ohio’s capital city. Columbus has a trove of walkable neighborhoods begging to be explored.

“It feels like a different city in each neighborhood,” says Brian Ross, president and CEO of Experience Columbus. “You can have many different experiences here.”

Whether you love good food, craft beer, performing arts, visual arts, shopping, or perhaps all of the above, Columbus delivers. The city has become a magnet for makers of all stripes, from chefs to fash-

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ion designers and beyond. Some are attracted to the city’s affordability, but it’s the residents’ enthusiasm for local businesses that makes them stay.

Jeff Excell and Lauren Culley moved to Columbus from Brooklyn in 2013 to start the hip café Fox in the Snow. For Culley, the move was a homecoming, but California native Excell admits that he couldn’t find Columbus on a map at the time. The decision paid off for the husbandand-wife duo. Since opening in 2014, Fox in the Snow has added a second location, with a third in the works.

“We didn’t realize how powerful of a response we would get from Columbus,” Excell says. “That blew us away. It’s a nurturing environment for entrepreneurs.”

The city has been recognized by the Human Rights Campaign for its LGBTQ-friendly policies; its Pride Parade drew 700,000 attendees this year. Immigrants are welcome here, too— foreign-born residents make up 11 percent of the population.

Columbus has embraced its status as a progressive, up-and-coming city, but it remains quintessentially Midwestern in one way: No matter where you venture in the region, you’ll receive a warm welcome. “It’s in our DNA,” Ross says. “We go out of our way to make sure people

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are enjoying themselves and having a good time.”

Downtown For some of the best views of the Columbus skyline, walk or bike along the Scioto Mile, a riverfront park that connects the city’s many biking and walking trails. On the west side of the river sits the Center of Science and Industry, or COSI, a hands-on science museum that appeals to all ages. Don’t miss the full-size T. rex in the Dinosaur Gallery. If you’re feeling brave, take a spin on the high-wire unicycle. Cap off your visit with a stop at the new Dorrian Green park, which features a playground, butterfly garden and science demonstrations.

East of downtown, you’ll find the Columbus Museum of Art. In 2015, the museum expanded with a new wing, increasing the number of opportunities to host traveling exhibitions and community events including live music and free yoga. In October, the museum will host I, Too, Sing America: The Harlem Renaissance at 100, which looks at the far-reaching cultural influence of the era. The exhibit is the catalyst for a citywide celebration of the 100th anniversary of the movement, which has connections with Columbus’ historic Bronzeville neighborhood.

Downtown Columbus has multiple performance venues, including the lovingly restored Ohio Theatre, once a 1920s movie theater. It and many others are owned and operated by the Columbus Association for the Performing Arts, a one-stop shop for tickets to performances by Opera Columbus, the Columbus Symphony and more. BalletMet, Columbus’ professional ballet company also is located downtown. If you’re heading downtown for the evening, start with dinner at Veritas, one of the city’s most inventive fine-dining restaurants. (The bacon risotto with a 62 ½-degree egg is a crowd favorite.)

If you can make only one food stop in Columbus, visit North Market. This public market soon will undergo a massive overhaul and expansion, including the addition of a ground-floor flexible space and a 35-story residential and office tower.

The market was founded in 1876 and has more than 30 merchants—from flowers to Nashvillestyle hot chicken—under one roof, welcoming 1 million visitors every year. This is where Jeni Britton Bauer opened the first location of Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams, a company now famous for unusual ice cream flavors such as pickled mango and goat cheese with red cherries.

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University District Head north on High Street, and you’ll find yourself at The Ohio State University’s campus, another cultural hub. The Wexner Center for the Arts hosts everything from contemporary art exhibitions to film screenings to artist lectures; the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum curates exhibits from its vast collection of

editorial cartoons, comic strips, graphic novels and more.

Public art is prevalent in this neighborhood.

At 13th and High streets is an original mural

by Adam Hernandez, who creates what he calls “modern hieroglyphics” inspired by ancient mythology and street art. Born and raised in the Bronx, he was initially uncertain about moving to Columbus 10 years ago, but soon realized that “Columbus is a fun, vibrant city,” Hernandez says.

Ohio History Center is the headquarters of Ohio History Connection, the nonprofit that operates dozens of historic sites around the state.

Start with ancient artifacts from Ohio’s Native American residents, then travel to the 1950s by wandering through the fully furnished Lustron house reconstructed inside the museum. When you’re ready for a bite, Condado Tacos is a casual build-your-own taco spot where you can freestyle your order. For a more sophisticated vibe, head to Trillium Kitchen and Patio. The menu draws inspiration from many different cuisines, with a focus on seasonal, local ingredients.

Franklinton On Columbus’ west side sits Franklinton, an up-and-coming neighborhood where old ware-

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It’s always a good time to wander through Short North, located north of downtown (just look for the iconic street arches). But if you’re there the first Saturday of the month, be sure to check out Gallery Hop, where local art galleries debut new shows, many shops stay open late and buskers line the street.

“The art scene here is on fire,” says Tom Katzenmeyer, president and CEO of the Greater Columbus Arts Council. “There is so much to do, and there’s a lot of major collaboration.”

Evidence can be seen in the many public murals dotted throughout Short North. Spend some time browsing through independent retailers; stepping into Tigertree feels a bit like entering a Wes Anderson film, with its eclectic mix of gifts, home décor and apparel. Fashion boutiques Ladybird and Rowe make it easy to get that effortless, cool-girl look.

Immersive experiences elevate simple family outings to vivid, timeless memories in

Columbus. Share the wonder of our science center. Stroll our new children’s gardens.

And explore our immersive zoo and aquarium. All surrounded by welcoming neighborhoods home to only-in Columbus dining, shops and festivals. Plan your getaway today.

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Within a 20-minute drive of downtown Columbus, there’s even more to explore.

The verdant community of New Albany is home to the Jeanne B. McCoy Community Center for the Arts, which hosts nationally recognized performers such as Kristin Chenoweth. Head to Rocky Fork Metro Park, a 1,000-plus acre park with walking trails, a shelter house and playground.

Westerville was once the headquarters of the Prohibition movement. In historic Uptown Westerville, Temperance Row Brewing Company pays cheeky homage to the city’s history. The sleek new Renaissance Columbus Westerville-Polaris Hotel, meanwhile, offers a luxurious home base for exploring Westerville and

houses have been converted into artist studios.

400 West Rich is a multifunctional arts space housed in a massive 1900s-era factory that once produced sinks and toilets. You can tour the galleries and studios during Franklinton Fridays,

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Easton, an indoor-outdoor shopping mecca with 230 retailers and restaurants, is also worth a visit. The big-name brands are all here, but so are home-grown businesses. In September, Easton will gain an exciting addition: Legoland Discovery Center Columbus.

every second Friday of the month. Across the street, the makers movement has found a home at the Idea Foundry. This industrial space has the tools, classes and community needed to create, well, just about anything. Sign up for work-

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Dublin, on Columbus’ northwest side, is a popular suburban spot for shopping and dining. Its downtown is bisected by the Scioto River, with the historic district on the west and an ambitious new development, Bridge Park, on the east. Grab a drink at VASO, the rooftop bar at AC Hotel by Marriott Columbus Dublin, for panoramic views of the river.

Farther south along the Scioto is the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Powell, home to 10,000 animals representing more than 600 species. The Manatee Coast exhibit, featuring threatened Florida manatees, is one of only three outside of Florida to keep the lovable creatures. The zoo is near the 22-acre Zoombezi Bay water park, with 19 state-of-the-art water attractions.

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Live performance troupe; Short North Arts District; The As We Are interactive sculpture at the Greater Columbus Convention Center.

shops on welding, jewelry-making, 3-D printing, programming, game development and more.

Don’t leave Franklinton without sampling a pint at a craft brewery. Land-Grant Brewing Company’s bright, industrial taproom has communal tables and a rotating selection of craft brews on tap. Hop-heads will love the Stiff-Arm IPA, but the seasonal Creamsikölsch brewed with orange peel and vanilla bean is less intense.

Neighboring BrewDog is one of multiple Columbus outposts for the offbeat Scottish brewery.

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this neighborhood just south of downtown. The German Village Society was formed in the 1960s to preserve and restore the historic neighborhood. Thanks to their efforts, visitors can still wander the leafy streets lined with 19th-century homes.

Start with a pick-me-up from Pistacia Vera, a bakery focused on French-style pastries. The rye croissant shatters at the lightest touch, but those with a sweet tooth must order a macaron.

Walk down the street to The Book Loft of German Village and get lost in the narrow, winding rooms stacked high with books on every imaginable subject. If the weather cooperates, stroll

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When Facebook searched for the right mix of technology infrastructure and can-do attitude, they found it at the New Albany International Business Park.

A world-class data center.

An accelerated timeline.

A solution powered by New Albany, Ohio.

Welcome to New Albany, Facebook. We’re thrilled to have you join an expanding list of leading corporations who are choosing to locate their businesses in a place that’s wired for success. Like so many others, Facebook saw the strength of the business park’s technological infrastructure. Including one of the nation’s most robust and affordable fiber optic networks, triple electric feeds and the power of tremendous bandwidth.

The data center will be one of the world’s most advanced and will feature Facebook’s latest Open Compute Project hardware designs. In fact, power was at the heart of the decision.

Because when Facebook wanted the opportunity to power its new data center with 100 percent renewable energy, New Albany developed a plan to make it happen. It’s the latest in a long line of New Albany success stories. Will yours be next?

The New Albany International Business Park welcomes Facebook to its Information and Technology Cluster, where it joins other mission critical facilities for the AEP Transmission Operations Center, AWS, Discover Financial Solutions, Motorists Mutual Insurance, Nationwide Insurance and the TJX Technology Center. We invite you to learn more about the opportunities that exist in New Albany.

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“COLUMBUS IS A VERY WALKABLE CITY. YOU CAN EXPLORE NEIGHBORHOODS SUCH AS GERMAN VILLAGE OR THE SHORT NORTH OR TAKE A STROLL ALONG THE SCIOTO MILE. WE ALSO HAVE 120 MILES OF TRAILS, 353 PARKS AND MORE THAN 12,000 ACRES OF PARKLAND.” — MAYOR ANDREW GINTHER

ADVENTUROUS EATS

Columbus’ international food offerings cement its status as a global city.

Have you ever participated in an Ethiopian coffee ceremony? Eaten fresh, hand-pulled Chinese noodles? Sampled food from the Himalayas and Nepal? Well, in Columbus, you can. One of the best ways to experience the cultural diversity in Columbus is through its food scene.

“We have restaurants from more than 40 different nationalities, several of which have earned national recognition,” says Bethia Woolf, local food expert and founder of Columbus Food Adventures.

“At these restaurants, you can get a taste of the culture as you would if you stepped

off a plane somewhere.”

Here are some of her favorite immigrant-owned restaurants in Columbus.

MOMO GHAR MARKET: This wildly popular Nepalese and Tibetan dumpling counter in the North Market was recently featured on the Food Network.

HOYO’S KITCHEN: Columbus is home to the second-largest Somali population in the country, and this welcoming restaurant offers the ideal introduction to Somali cuisine.

LOS GUACHOS TAQUERIA: This Mexican

through Schiller Park, a 23-acre green space on the south end of the neighborhood.

In the nearby Brewery District, Shadowbox Live provides a different kind of theater experience. The nation’s largest resident ensemble

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Momo Ghar Market in Columbus’ North Market

restaurant has a reputation for serving the best taco al pastor in the city.

BONIFACIO: A modern take on Filipino food, including cocktails and brunch. The restaurant also hosts more traditional, family-style kamayan dinners.

theater company, it is operated by its 45 artists.

You might see anything from rockumentaries to dance theater and sketch comedy. Next door, the warm, rustic atmosphere at Rockmill Tavern is ideal for a nightcap.

Unforgettable moments just seem to come easy when you’re in Columbus. Explore our

neighborhoods and you’ll experience it for yourself. From local eateries to trendy boutiques to weekend festivals—wide smiles and wondrous surprises await you at every turn. You’ll be amazed how at home you’ll truly feel. Plan your getaway today.

Individually we’re successful. Together we’re unstoppable. That’s why so many excel as One of US. Will you be next?

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