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policy guide for the implementation of future development and redevelopment in the Town Center area.

A recently completed project, designed to comply with the framework, is the Columbus Street Extension. This improvement provides a direct connection between Town Center and the historically recognized Beulah Park site, now taking shape as an exciting, mixed-use development. The road extension accomplishes more than a vehicular and pedestrian connection; it opens property for the Columbus Street plaza – a community gathering place bordered by opportunities for more restaurants and activity nodes – something community survey responders indicated is of high importance.

Soon residents will gather in Town Center to once again welcome the holiday season with Grove City’s Christmas parade and tree lighting. Neighbors and friends will fill the streets with merriment and cheer as they shop for gifts and dine in the quaint restaurants. With traditions like this at the forefront of every Town Center development decision, we maintain the small-town character that makes Grove City special.

Columbus Street/Stringtown Road is now the longest roadway wholly in the city limits.

On a sunny Friday afternoon, a ceremonial red ribbon was cut, officially opening the Columbus Street extension to vehicle traffic, thus making it the longest continuous roadway in Grove City at 4.35 miles. In a close second place is Hoover Road, at just about 230 feet shy of the honor.

Mill Street, as it was originally named, was one of Grove City’s earliest dirt roads and served as an access road to the gristmill and sawmill owned by Grove City founder William Foster Breck. Railroad service through Grove City began in 1884, passing the gristmill and other businesses along Mill Street. Having stimulated local farming on a large scale, the Columbus & Cincinnati Midland Railroad Company added a railroad spur across Mill Street to the Farmer’s Exchange building, (currently occupied by Local Cantina and other shops), providing easier access for farmers to distribute and receive goods.

Work began in the fall of 2020 to extend Columbus Street to the Beulah Park development and future 30-plus acres of parkland. The Oct. 1 opening of the roadway extension completes a long-anticipated Town Center connection for the Westgrove area, historic Beulah neighborhood and developing Beulah Park community.