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Dublin Earns High Marks

Summer is on its way, and with it comes the Dublin Irish Festival. The Festival has been a tradition in our community since its humble beginning in 1988. Since then, it has grown into a three-day event that brings in more than 100,000 attendees each year.

There are some exciting new additions this summer, some of which you will learn about in this issue. Check out our stories on healthful Irish cooking demonstrations with a local chef, and the addition of an amateur boxing showcase, inspired by Ireland’s rich history with the sport.

Planning on spending your summer outdoors? If you’re a regular cyclist or just want to try it out, our article on biking resources and safety information will prepare you for the season.

We’ll see you July 31 for the Dublin Irish Festival!

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The National Citizen Survey measures the livability of Dublin compared to 500 American communities. It is a collaborative effort between the National Research Center and the International City/County Management Association to capture residents’ opinions regarding community characteristics, governance and participation.

It’s always our hope that you’re pleased with the direction we’re headed. The results from the latest National Citizen Survey indicate that Dublin is not just a place where people live; it’s a place people want to live.

It gives us immense pride that results indicate you think we’re on the right track.

In the National Citizen Survey conducted in January, 98 percent rated Dublin as an excellent or good place to live. The results are identical to those of the Community Attitudes Survey from February 2013 and the 2012 National Citizen Survey.

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In late April, she referred customers to a pair of just-completed projects. The customers were positively over the moon, including a young couple who had just finished building their second home. “(The woman) is so excited she can hardly sit still, and that is just really fun,” says Rogers.

At the moment, some of the biggest items on Rogers’ plate are houses in Jerome Village, located in Plain City just outside of Dublin, and the Ravines at McCammon Chase in Lewis Center.

A lot of the new concepts Rogers and her colleagues work into homes come from customers who’ve done a lot of research into what they want. “(Customers) are very in the know,” says Rogers. “It’s always exciting to incorporate the latest technologies into our homes.”

She also follows industry magazines and major trends.

Though she spends her days surrounded by all manner of home-building decisions, there are a few elements that remain close to Rogers’ heart – elements she keeps in mind for her own home near Tartan Fields. Cabinetry, trim, colors and tile are always important considerations, she says, as are interior finishes and lighting fixtures.

“There are a lot of new tiles out there right now – new shades, new sizes,” Rogers says. “I love all that stuff.”

Trim is traditionally a point of pride in all Bob Webb homes, as is cabinetry, the result of the company’s having its own custom cabinet shop.

Working on plans, which is almost always a team activity at Bob Webb, also keeps Rogers entertained. The more innovation she can pack into a home design, the better, she says.

“Just put everybody’s good ideas together, and hopefully, you end up with the best product,” she says.

Rogers graduated from The Ohio State University, where she majored in finance and accounting. She also played tennis at OSU and was captain of the varsity team for two years.

Rogers and her husband, Neil, have lived in the Tartan Fields area for five years. Their daughter, Ava, is a thirdgrader at Pinney Elementary School.

“Ava also helps me to decorate the interiors of (Bob Webb’s) models,” Rogers says. “A lot of the rooms are girls’ rooms for this reason.”

Dublin’s community events are a big part of Rogers’ reasons for living here, she says.

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ublin residents love their City, and they aren’t shy about letting anyone know it.

In a recent National Citizen Survey, 98 percent rated Dublin as an excellent or good place to live – higher than the national benchmark. In fact, their responses were so overwhelmingly positive that, compared to 500 U.S. communities surveyed, Dublin ranked first in the country in: • Overall appearance • Built environment • Economic development • Economic health • Employment opportunities • Health and wellness opportunities • Land use, planning and zoning This is the third time Dublin has participated in the survey, which is conducted in partnership with the National Research Center and the International City/County Management Association.

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Big City Amenities, Small Town Feel “Dublin is a truly remarkable community,” says Charissa Bowditch, project manager for the National Research Center. “Almost all of the community characteristics and services offered by the City of Dublin were given positive ratings from a majority of respondents. Year after year, Dublin’s results continue to be above average, and Dublin also continues to maintain levels of service that surpass the expectations of its residents.”

Aisling Babbitt is one of those residents. The director of marketing for Dublin-based Updox lives with her young family in Muirfield Village.

“We love the walkability and the paths in the community,” Babbitt says. “The parks and the The Babbitt family pool system – it’s just fabulous for our kids. (Dublin) very much has a small-community feel.”

Living and working in Dublin has its advantages. Babbitt says she can take her sons, Colin, 6, and Sheamus, 4, to day care and still make the trek to her office – all within 10 miles.

Babbitt also has an affinity for Dublin’s Irish culture, including the annual Dublin Irish Festival. Her family is from Ireland, and she lived in Dublin, Ireland for a brief time as a small child. Dublin, Ohio, she says, “reminds me of home.”

Staying Ahead of the Curve In past surveys, conducted in 2009 and 2012, Dublin again earned top ratings, but the 2014 surveys brought forth positive rankings in a few new categories, including the Bridge Street District.

The latest survey shows that residents’ familiarity with the City’s plans to develop the Bridge Street District has increased from 53 percent to 76 percent, and 70 percent of Dublin residents have favorable impressions of the District. Furthermore, two out of three residents agree that plans for Bridge Street are becoming a reality at an appropriate pace.

When asked what the top four benefits of the Bridge Street District are, residents cited: • Expanding housing, business and shopping options • Improved access to amenities • A vibrant community gathering place y il • Economic development opportunities m nd fa urico a M Babbitt says she is particularly excited about n e m Car the Bridge Street District. Updox has committed to moving its office within the District, and Babbitt says the combination of the www.dublinlifemagazine.com

pedestrian bridge, the opportunities for concerts and other family events will bring great benefits to all of Dublin.

“I like how (the City) is trying to stay ahead of the curve,” says Carmen Murico, a resident of Hemingway Village.

He says he looks forward to the plans for restaurants, jobs and housing options in the Bridge Street District.

“Seniors can stay right down there, like it’s urban Dublin,” says Murico.

He says he does have some concerns about traffic, but overall, he expects Bridge Street will be a boon to the City.

“It will be really great when they put the walkway in,” Murico says, referring to plans for the pedestrian bridge across the Scioto River.

Safe and Economically Sound In the National Citizen Survey, residents identified safety and economy as priorities for Dublin over the next two years, though they still ranked these two areas highly.

Babbitt says she believes Dublin is a very safe community. “Our neighbors just all very much look out for each other,” she says.

Murico, who moved his family to Dublin from Texas in 1994, says he has “always felt safe here.”

A Cleveland native, he says Dublin offered a chance to be closer to home.

“It’s been the best move ever,” he says.

Dublin also ranked high in the survey as a place to raise children. Dublin resident and Realtor Lyn Charobee can attest to that. She and her husband raised their sons here and attribute part of their success to the education they received from Dublin City Schools.

“It’s a wonderful place to raise a family,” she says.

It’s All About the People A resident since 1978, Charobee says her clients often are attracted to Dublin by the schools and word of mouth.

“I get excited when people say they want Dublin, because I love the city and I love the people here,” she says.

Charobee finds herself working with many generations from the same family. The original buyer’s parents decide to buy in Dublin to be closer to their grandchildren, and when those grandchildren grow up, they buy their own homes.

“It’s a vibrant city with safe neighborhoods and community events. It’s a well-rounded city,” Charobee says.

While the responses to the National Citizen Survey from 780 randomly selected residents reflect the tangible aspects of living in Dublin, both Babbitt and Charobee cited some of the intangible benefits.

“My neighbors are kind of extra grandparents for my kids,” Babbitt says, which is particularly comforting to her since her own family is back in Ireland.

“I just think the people here Lyn Charo bee and are so friendly,” Charobee says. son Ada m Babbitt agrees.

“What keeps us here is the people,” Babbitt says.

Nancy Richison is a contributing writer. Feedback welcome at hbealer@cityscenecolumbus.com. www.dublinlifemagazine.com

The Bridge Street District

The Bridge Street District is an entertainment, dining, retail and office destination with riverfront parks and appealing housing choices. This urban, walkable district is an economic development driver – creating new jobs, attracting a talented young workforce and retaining seasoned professionals.

Why Bridge Street?

Choices. Jobs. Connectivity.

The Bridge Street District is Dublin’s commitment to the future. Choices in housing, dining and shopping – along with riverfront parks, a new library and gathering spaces – are fueling vibrancy and creating connectivity. The landscape is ripe for redevelopment, and new businesses are creating new jobs.

What’s in it for our residents?

Experiences. Housing options.

Property values.

The Bridge Street District extends the experience of our walkable and vibrant Historic Dublin. It provides housing options for residents who want to remain in Dublin and enhances our property values by attracting young professionals who want to live where they work.

What’s in it for our businesses?

Workforce. Access to amenities.

Economic competitiveness.

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he Dublin Irish Festival will be packing an extra punch this year.

The festival, which began in 1988, has a long-standing tradition of keeping true to Irish culture. From a traditional Sunday morning Irish Mass and a sheep herding competition to food vendors providing Irish baked goods and traditional Celtic foods, the festival does all it can to help attendees connect to the City of Dublin’s namesake.

This time around, festival-goers and Celtic sports fanatics alike will be introduced to pugilistic pursuits with the Irish Amateur Boxing Showcase.

The showcase will be held during the afternoon of Aug. 2, the threeday festival’s final day, at the Greenfields Sports Area.

“We try to bring as many authentic Irish experiences to the festival as possible,” says Mary Jo DiSalvo, event marketing administrator for the City of Dublin. “You can see boxing depicted in Irish films and other popular culture, so that’s partly why (we wanted to include it). Cultural authenticity is one of our overriding missions.”

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“Boxing has a deep history in Irish culture, and it would be a good opportunity to showcase the sport.”

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When picturing traditional Irish boxing, one may think of stereotypes such as bare knuckles and street fighting. But rest assured, competitors will be wearing gloves and protective head gear and following Olympic-style rules, says boxing coach Rob Pilger.

Pilger, who owns Pilger’s Old Skool Boxing & Fitness Academy in Grandview Heights and serves as Dublin Irish Festival boxing match liaison, says he and a friend approached festival directors with the idea of a boxing competition.

“We thought it was a nice centerpiece to add to the festival,” Pilger says. “Boxing has a deep history in Irish culture, and it would be a good opportunity to showcase the sport, talk about the Irish fighters over the years and give everyone a good boxing competition.”

Jeremy Gerstacker, events coordinator for the City of Dublin, says the City was also inspired by a display from the Ward Irish Music Archives from the Milwaukee Irish Festival. The traveling exhibit features Irish and Irish-American boxers who popularized the sport in the 19th and 20th centuries.

“A couple people suggested we (include boxing),” Gerstacker says. “(Ireland) is one of the most successful boxing nations ever.”

The showcase will feature six to 10 matches, depending on the amount of time available and the weather. As an amateur showcase, each match will have three three-minute rounds.

Pilger says featured boxers will range in age from late teens to 20s. There will be plenty of Ohio talent, including Toledo Golden Gloves tournament champions, some local youth around the Dublin area, high-level amateur fighters and even some fighters from Pittsburgh. DiSalvo says organizers are also looking to include boxers with Irish heritage. www.dublinlifemagazine.com

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The showcase will be in good company.

Other Irish sports featured at the festival this year include the Amateur Highland Games, which features more than 40 athletes competing in the stone put, weight throw, caber toss, sheaf toss and weight over bar; a sheep herding demonstration by a local shepherd and his dogs; Irish road bowling and darts. Pilger and the City of Dublin hope to see the Irish Amateur Boxing Showcase take off.

“We anticipate it only to grow,” Pilger says.

DiSalvo says the first year of bringing something new to the Irish Festival is always a test. Directors aim to see how festival guests respond, and what they like and don’t like. If it goes well, DiSalvo says, they could expand on what worked.

Though the showcase is only taking place on Sunday, in the future it could have a larger time slot.

“Our hope is to test it out, and see what it feels like,” DiSalvo says, adding that the City gives guests surveys every year to learn about what did and didn’t work. “We take those surveys very seriously when we program for the next year.”

The showcase will include a little more than just the competition. There will also be on-site presentations, including one by an Irish boxer who, between matches, will share boxing history and fun facts and answer audience questions, DiSalvo says.

The display from the Ward Irish Music Archives that inspired the showcase will be included throughout the weekend.

“It’ll be a lot of fun,” DiSalvo says.

“We’re going to make sure it’s familyfriendly and something that will be palpable to the general masses.”

Visit www.dublinirishfestival.org for more information on the Dublin Irish Festival and Irish Amateur Boxing Showcase.

Hannah Bealer is an assistant editor.

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Coffman Park Dublin’s Central Park

It’s an art gallery, a festival grounds, and the site of City Hall, the Dublin Community Recreation Center and one of Dublin’s oldest homes. It has seen frogs jumping, ice skating and costume-wearing ghouls and goblins. It’s been the backdrop for a wedding, family reunions and a Guinness Book world record-setting Irish jig.

In the heart of Dublin, Coffman Park plays a central role in the active lives of residents, City leaders and local employees. The 105-acre park at 5200 Emerald Pkwy. encompasses land that was once the farm of one of Dublin’s first settlers, Fletcher Coffman and his wife, Marinda. Their house, which was built between 1862 and 1867, remains on the land and is now home to the Dublin Historical Society.

Coffman Park has seen many changes as it has morphed from a small city park to the center of civic life in Dublin.

“What it is today is not what it’s going to be tomorrow,” says Fred Hahn, director of Parks and Open Space for the City. “It continues to evolve and grow and we’re not done yet. It’s in its adolescence. It’s not anywhere near its mature state.”

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Anchoring the Land When Hahn began working for the City in 1985, Coffman Park totaled 26 acres, 17 of which were developed, and featured two shelter houses, three tennis courts, a basketball court, a restroom, a playground, City Hall and the Fletcher Coffman Homestead.

The park’s expansion really began around that time, with the support of Dublin City Councils past and present, Hahn says. The next phase of the park was the field where the pavilion is located today, just east of the eventual site of the Dublin Community Recreation Center. “We really made a conscious effort and went to a lot of design effort to make it conducive for special events,” he says. As a result, underground conduits were installed to provide electricity, which have proven especially useful for musicians and vendors at the Dublin Irish Festival.

When voters approved a bond issue to build the Recreation Center, Hahn recalls several sites were being considered. “We were moving forward at the time. It was going to be north and west of where the Justice Center is (today at 6565 Commerce Pkwy.),” he says. “The other site being contemplated was by where Dublin Methodist Hospital is today. Fortunately, the other parcel considered was the next major acquisition,” and is where the Recreation Center stands today.

Hahn says the land — which was acquired from Frank, Marian and Dorothy Thomas in 1994 — proved to be the best location and gave Coffman Park another “anchor” in addition to City Hall. “Obviously, the Rec Center complements the park and the park complements the Rec Center.”

As the City began acquiring more land adjacent to Coffman Park, a master plan was being developed and an ad hoc committee, the Coffman Park Task Force, was formed to provide a concept for the park and the role it could play. “We started thinking beyond what we actually owned,” Hahn said. “It became more visionary.”

Becoming a Festival Venue In the meantime, Coffman Park has been allowed to develop naturally, providing a scenic environment that crosses the South Fork of Indian Run. Post Road was abandoned at the southern edge of the park and a permanent foot bridge was added near the same point to allow pedestrians access to the southern acreage. Both improvements have provided great benefits to the Irish Festival allowing a separate space for sporting events and the Celtic Rock Stage.

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Kitty Munger, one of the founders of the Dublin Irish Festival, says she had no idea the event would grow to attract more than 100,000 people when the first one was held in 1988.

“The festival was actually an offshoot of the Columbus Feis moving to Dublin Coffman [High School],” she says. That first year the only stage was set up on the tennis courts, where local bands played.

Even though it started out small, each year the festival has added elements and continues to grow. A highlight occurred in 1997 when festival-goers set the first world record for the number of people dancing an Irish jig, as documented by Guinness Book of World Records.

“I think Coffman Park is really the perfect venue for the Irish Festival,” Munger says. She notes the availability of nearby parking, the large open fields and convenient access to Interstate 270. “It’s easy to find, very clean and a very safe environment,” she says. “It’s in a really good location.”

with two new separate playgrounds created: one a traditional, manufactured variety and the other one the kind that blends with the natural environment. Along the way, the pavilion was built; an amphitheater was added; and bocci ball courts, two smaller shelter houses and restrooms were constructed.

The next phase, slated to begin this year, will move the park’s hard courts closer to the Justice Center creating what Hahn calls “a heavy activity zone.” These are the areas that take intense use and will include two basketball courts, five tennis courts and a new skate park – all of which will be lighted. In addition, the activity zone will have its own parking area.

But one of the things that Hahn likes best and calls the “feel good” aspects of Coffman and other City parks is the unprogrammed areas where families can have picnics, adults can idle away time on a bench, children can play tag and anyone can throw a Frisbee. “There’s a lot of flexibility in the design,” he says. “There’s a luxury to unprogrammed areas.”

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As the festival has grown, so has Coffman Park. Throughout the years, Hahn says more development has occurred

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certain amenities in the parks, but it’s not every day that a teenager petitions a public body and a few years later realizes his “pipe dream.” Yet that’s what happened when Nick Koogler, now 28, was in the seventh grade.

“When I was in middle school, a lot of my friends and I would skateboard in our neighborhoods and around elementary schools and we always got kicked out,” he says. “So, we all got together and petitioned the City for someplace safe to skateboard.”

Koogler created PowerPoint presentations outlining their ideas, which he delivered at City Council and Planning and Zoning Commission meetings. “It was an unbelievable experience, especially for a young kid,” he says.

His advocacy led the City to work with Koogler and his friends to create the first skate park in Coffman Park.

Koogler was invited to the ribbon-cutting ceremony, which took place in December 2001.

Now a dentist with Comfort Dental in Grove City, Koogler, a 2004 Dublin Scioto High School graduate, admits his profession doesn’t always align with his passion. “I carry a couple of my cards in my wallet,” he says of those times when he hits the skate park near his office.

An Outdoor Canvas “One of the real buzzwords in public art is place-making,” says David Guion, executive director of the Dublin Arts Council. “The idea that you make a place by activating it in some way.”

Guion says that’s what has happened as a result of placing pieces from the City’s Art in Public Places collection in Coffman Park. “People just interacting with the park – skating during the winter and the Irish Festival

during the summer – it just seemed like the right location for public art to be installed,” he says.

The Watch House by Todd Slaughter was the first piece of public art installed in Coffman Park and was placed there in 1998. Since that time, One Scene by Daisuke Shintani, Exuvia by Todd Smith, Ascension by Brian Russell, Injection by David Middlebrook and Narrow #5 have joined the outdoor gallery.

“It’s just a beautiful park,” Guion says. “When you can incorporate public art into settings like that, it just enhances the space. I think the whole idea of happening upon public art is really intriguing. As long as people are learning and engaging in art – that’s our mission.”

Hahn says he likes the idea of seeing the artwork throughout the park and hopes there’s more to come in the future.

The Best is Yet to Come As far as land mass, Hahn says the vision for Coffman Park has been fulfilled, but programming may change in the future. “There may be things that no one can conceive of today,” he says.

And after 30 years of being a part of creating parks and watching the City’s developed green spaces grow from four parks to 60, Hahn says it’s been a rewarding experience. “We have received all of this recognition from the community of what a great park system we’ve developed here,” he says. “No one takes it for granted.

So much has happened during this time and so much more is going to happen.”

“Coffman Park has evolved and transformed over time to what the community needs it to be.”

Biking resources and safety information for Dublin residents

By Taylor Weis Photos courtesy of the City of Dublin and City of Dublin Police

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Dublin is home to more than 100 miles of eight-foot-wide asphalt pathway used for biking, running, walking and more. In addition, the city provides separate bike lanes and sharrows on its roads – markings that let motorists know bicyclists are permitted to use the full lane.

Top: Bikers ride along Dublin’s many miles of bike trails.

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till, Dublin is constantly looking for ways to continue expanding this system.

“There’s an internal committee made up of people in all divisions: planners, engineers, park staff and more. (They) look at gaps in the system and see if it’s a site where a developer can come in with plans,” says Laura Ball, a landscape architect in Dublin’s Parks and Recreation department. “We guide them toward building bike paths where they need to be.”

Besides existing for recreational purposes, this extensive system provides residents the opportunity to choose biking as a primary means of transportation in and around Dublin.

“There are major road networks that have separated bike paths that (residents) can use for commuting purposes,” Ball says.

“We also meet in the larger arena with the people who plan bike paths for the city of Columbus and connecting communities to see how we can link our internal system with the greater world of bike paths.”

Cyclists can view this complex system on an interactive geographic information system map on the City of Dublin’s website, www.dublinohiousa.gov. The map allows bikers to plan their routes, use measurement tools to see their distance traveled and view the locations of Dublin’s parks and open spaces.

The interactive GIS map is one of the many resources Dublin offers cyclists. In April 2012, a project group from Leadership Dublin launched the Dublin Bicycle Ambassador program to help bikers with directions, helmet fitting and maintenance issues on the trails.

Bike ambassadors also help the Parks and Recreation staff to determine where the community’s fix-it stations should be located. These bike repair stations sit along the paths and contain the basic tools cyclists may need to repair any bicycle issues, such as flat tires and loose chains. There are currently two fix-it stations in the system. One is located in Coffman Park, and the other in Earlington Park. Bike ambassadors recently identified a location for a third.

Bike ambassadors partner with the Dublin bike patrol unit, which consists of 14 police officers trained in bicycle operation, to promote bicycle safety in the community.

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In addition, the unit is currently partnering with Dublin City Schools to teach third, fourth and fifth graders about the importance of proper helmet use.

“Too often, we see kids that have helmets, but they’re not strapped or they’re sitting too far back on their heads. Or kids have their helmets strapped to their handlebars as they ride,” says Corporal Kevin Keiffer, co-coordinator of the bike patrol unit. “There isn’t a helmet law in Dublin, but we do strongly encourage them, and we promote that through our safety events.”

Along with wearing helmets, the best way bikers can stay safe while riding is to be very predictable in their behavior, Keiffer says. This is especially important when bikers are on the road and not just on a bike path.

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bike path,” Keiffer says. “So we encourage cyclists to use caution and treat those intersections as a four way stop.”

Dublin was recently awarded 97 helmets from the Ohio American Academy of Pediatrics’ bike safety awareness program “Put A Lid On It!” The program has handed out more than 9,000 helmets to Ohio children in an effort to keep them safe when they ride.

In addition to the helmet grant, Dublin’s extensive pathways, resources and measures to ensure cyclists can ride safely have earned Dublin the title of a Bicycle Friendly Community. To learn more about bicycling in Dublin, visit www.dublinohio usa.gov/bicycling-in-dublin/.

Dublin bike path maps are available at the Dublin Community Recreation Center and City Hall.

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irst off, to help define what street names to use, there are certain rules to which the City must adhere. Some connected streets share a similar theme. There can’t be duplicate names. These guidelines help emergency services swiftly respond to emergencies.

However, the “no duplicates” rule leads to an interesting variety. Barbara Cox, engineering manager for the City of Dublin, says a challenge is posed by the inventiveness that is required for naming new streets.

“You end up with weird street names sometimes,” she says.

Some street and area names have obvious origins. Sawmill Road was not-socreatively dubbed because of the sawmill located there. Also, the community halfway between Worthington and Dublin was pragmatically named. Linworth was created by combining “lin” from Dublin and “worth” from Worthington.

While these names aren’t exactly mindboggling, there are many streets that were named for the area’s first settlers.

“A lot of Dublin’s background is influenced by cities overseas, usually more than people realize,” says Mike Pineault, communications technician for the Dublin Division of Police.

Dublin itself was named after Ireland’s capital city, but ironically, none of the original individuals or families who settled in Dublin were from Ireland. Instead, the early settlers were predominantly German.

Dublin came to be when soldiers and officers of the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War received compensation for their services via land in the Virginia Military District. However, most sold the land without ever settling on it.

Lt. James Holt received 889 acres of land in 1795 and, by 1803, the Sells family from Pennsylvania had bought it from him. The first stages of Dublin’s development began with this simple transaction.

Sells Alley is named for John Sells, who also had influence in naming Dublin. Intending to make the property more marketable by having it platted into small lots forming a community, Sells had the land surveyed by John Shields, a surveyor from Franklinton, in 1810.

Legend says that a grateful Sells gave Shields the honor of naming the community. Shields named it after his birthplace; Dublin, Ireland. Notably, John Shields Parkway is also named after the surveyor.

Coffman Road was named after Henry Coffman, a hatmaker who moved to Dublin to marry Margaret Sells in 1808. After careful restorations, the 119-acre Fletcher Coffman farm on Coffman Road now serves as the headquarters and museum for the Dublin Historical Society. www.dublinlifemagazine.com

Britton Parkway was named after Benjamin Britton, the first minister of the Dublin Christian Church – founded in 1811 – of which John Sells’ family were early members.

Ashbaugh Road was named after one of the community’s earliest settlers, Enoch Cyrus Ashbaugh, a pioneer farmer. Also known as Blackberry Road or Mt. Zion Road, it was only an uneven strip of dirt when it came into existence. A small stretch of it is still accessible from Brand Road, but most of it was swallowed by the Muirfield Village development in the 1970s.

Karrer Place was named for Dr. Henry Karrer, who was part of the 1924 class of Dublin High School and received his doctorate degree from The Ohio State University. He began his popular practice in 1932 at 35 S. High St. Some weeks, he worked up to 100 hours caring for Dublin patients. He delivered 2,633 babies in 32 years and was the sports team doctor for Dublin High School in the 1950s and 1960s.

Tuller Road was named after Holcomb Tuller, a businessman who moved to Dublin in 1836. He opened a Dr. Henry Karrer general store at South High and Spring Hill, and built an ashery between North Riverview Street and the river, just north of Bridge Street.

Newer streets are not excluded from this entangled history of Dublin’s people. For example, Kate Brown Drive is dedicated in fond memory to 7-year-old Kate Brown who, though she was awarded the Most Valuable Swimmer award, tragically lost her life in a swimming-related accident during the first Dublin Dolphins swim team season in 1989.

There’s also John Timm Way and Ann Richens Drive. Timm is a world champion Irish dancer. He started Irish dancing at the age of 3 under Ann Richens and now has a dance studio in Dublin: the Richens/ Timm Academy of Irish Dance.

Regardless of the reason for their names, Dublin’s streets have not evolved overnight. The streets reflect Dublin’s intricate history, which can be traced back to the first people to claim the land that we still traverse and reside in every day.

Corinne Murphy is a contributing writer.

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his year, Dublin Irish Festival guests can expect classic, culturally appropriate cuisine with healthful ingredients.

Bizuneh Ayele, known as “Chef Biz,” will lead cooking demonstrations for anyone interested in authentic Irish cuisine.

Ayele says he is excited to share his culinary expertise and honored to have the opportunity. The positive response from his customers, he says, is one of his favorite parts of the job.

“I’ve been cooking almost 25 years,” he says. Ayele works at Dublin’s Giant Eagle Market District. Previously, he worked at a hotel in Indianapolis. “Cooking is my life, and I enjoy every minute of it.”

Ayele says his passion for cooking and dedication to his work, along with his experience, will make the demonstrations a positive and educational experience for the festival attendees.

Over the course of his career, Ayele has made adjustments to his food preparation to increase nutritional value.

Though it can be difficult to create healthful Irish dishes, he says he has achieved a good balance.

“A lot of people use the greasy stuff, and I cut that down,” he says. “Cutting out all that grease and fat … (makes) it very light and not heavy.”

Ayele has lessened his use of unhealthful ingredients such as sour cream, bacon, butter and oils. Instead, he adds vegetables

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Potatoes are a good source of potassium, vitamin C and dietary fiber, while also possibly having the ability to lower bloodpressure, according to the George Mateljan Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to developing and sharing information about the benefits of healthful eating.

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Bizuneh Ayele hard at work

Throughout his career, Ayele has noticed the changes in health consciousness among both food preparers and consumers.

“Right now, it’s a new generation,” he says. “Things are changing. People want healthier food.”

Shepherd’s pie, cream kale, lamb stew, corned beef and cabbage, and beer bread are some common Irish dishes that Ayele has improved. The simple act of removing certain fatty ingredients or using less butter and grease can make a huge difference in the healthfulness of the food.

For those who aim to enhance their Irish cooking skills, the Dublin Irish Festival runs July 31 through Aug. 2.

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WITH H AN N AH BEALE R P ho t o s c o u r t e sy o f M i c ha e l C lo se

Michael Close Mayor of Dublin 1986-1989, Vietnam Veteran

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rom Vietnam soldier and law student to mayor of Dublin and father of three, Michael Close has worn many hats in his life. Now, Close says he’s enjoying his time as a grandfather and managing partner of one of central Ohio’s largest law firms. But, he says, arriving at this point in his life was quite a journey.

Dublin Life: What were the circumstances that led to you serving in the Vietnam War? Michael Close: Having grown up on the west side of Columbus, I was a prime target for the draft during the Vietnam War. This was in the days before the lottery. I managed to go to The Ohio State University for undergraduate school but, since I knew that upon graduation I would be drafted, I enrolled in the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps and, upon graduation, was commissioned a Second Lieutenant. Fortunately, I was able to pass the pilot aptitude test and, after receiving initial instruction at Ohio State, I went to the U.S. Army flight training program and won my wings. After a brief stop on the West Coast, I reported for duty in Vietnam in April of 1969 and came home in March of 1970. I was released from active duty in February 1971.

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DL: What life lessons did you take away from your time in Vietnam?

MC: I think what Vietnam did for most of us who were lucky enough to have survived relatively intact was to make us appreciate the things that are truly important in life and not sweat the small stuff.

DL: What made you decide to attend Capital University Law School following your time in the army?

MC: Both a girl I met on a blind date when I came back from Vietnam – now my wife of almost 44 years, Chris – and my dad thought I should try to get into law school. On a lark, I took the law school admission test and did extremely well. When you look at my undergraduate grades, you would wonder why any law school would let me in, but they did, and the rest is history.

DL: In 1980, you moved to Dublin to build a home with your wife. What drew you to the area?

MC: We had been living several miles down Dublin Road in the Ridgewood subdivision near Hilliard and Upper Arlington. Chris had been raised in Upper Arlington and wanted to move back there, and I wanted to buy a farm.

We compromised on a large lot in Dublin and still live in the home that we built there.

DL: You ran for council and, in 1983, you were elected vice mayor. In 1986, you were elected mayor.

What inspired you to become involved in politics?

MC: When Chris and I built our house and moved to Dublin in 1980, it was a different world. There were probably 2,500 people living in Dublin at the time, and it seemed like you knew everyone. Whether it was running the soccer league or Dublin youth football or politics, everybody got involved. Having had considerable municipal law experience as a city attorney in Hilliard, I thought I could bring something to the table. In addition, within three years of my completing my house, the City began looking at plans to build a bridge across the river on Brand Road directly through my house. Never having been one to complain if I didn’t have a solution, I decided to run for City Council and help with the planning.

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MC: Dublin was never afraid to be on the cutting edge. When you add to that the plethora of gifted people who were willing to devote their time and effort to making Dublin a great place to live, I learned that when you have people that are willing to work together and, in my instance, stifle their own selfish interest, you can create a real community. I would add parenthetically that Dublin today has 40,000 more people than it did when we moved here, but in many regards, it is still the same City. One only needs to see how many people volunteer for various City committees and the huge recreation programs run primarily by volunteer labor, to appreciate that as much as everything changed, it is still pretty much the same.

Dublin truly is an attitude.

DL: Following your time on City Council, you served as a judge for 10 years before retiring. What have you been up to since leaving the bench?

MC: I retired from the bench at approximately the same time my last child, Brian, graduated from high school. My two boys, Dan and Brian, both graduated from

Dublin High School, now Dublin Coffman High School, and my daughter, Allison, graduated from Bishop Watterson High School. Fortunately, two of the three have remained at hand. Allison lives down the street from us with her husband, Rion, and their children, Julian and Addie. Brian lives in Upper Arlington with his wife, Jorie, and their children, Michael, Marley and Billie.

Dan and his wife, Anna Marie, live in Chicago with their three kids, Sophia, Charles and August. We are fortunate to see them on a very regular basis. In short, what I’ve been doing is being a grandfather. I find I’m a much better grandfather than I ever was a father. Thank God Chris did a great job of raising the kids. In addition, when I left the bench, I returned to the private practice of law and am now the managing partner in one of the largest law firms in central Ohio, Isaac Wiles Burkholder & Teetor. Several of my partners live in Dublin. It has been a great run, and it is fun to age with all the people I grew up with in Dublin.

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living

STORY AN D PH OTO S BY TAY LO R WO O D H O U S E

Living Life to the Full Dublin offers couple an ideal urban lifestyle

Left: The Strengs’ living room.

Right: The Strengs’ kitchen. The Strengs say they wanted their decor to be simple, yet functional.

When they first moved to Dublin, the couple built their own house in Ballantrae.

Later, they seized the chance to downsize to a smaller house on Franklin Street. They had friends in the neighborhood and had been thinking of downsizing for some time. “(Ballantrae) was very family-oriented,” Melanie says. “In our current neighborhood, there are plenty of people who don’t have kids as well.”

Their current neighborhood is idyllic fter downsizing to a smaller home, Mike and Melanie and quiet, despite being just a quick walk from busy Historic Dublin. The neighborStreng have learned to live more with less. hood unfolds past woods and a stream that Melanie attended The Ohio State University, and provide lovely scenery for walking and biking paths. As an added Mike grew up in Marysville and graduated bonus, it takes the Strengs with a law degree from Capital University. mere minutes to get to their favorite restaurants in After marrying in 2001, the couple lived in Hilliard for Historic Dublin. a few years before moving to Dublin in 2006.

“This street just has some Today, they live on a quiet street in Historic Dublin with their great history and a neat cat, Pillsbury. mix of people,” Mike says.

The Strengs initially chose Dublin for its location. Melanie, an inde“You have some people pendent contractor, works in downtown Columbus, while Mike is a lawwho have lived here since yer out of Marysville.

Dublin was a one-stoplight Geographically, Dublin proved to be a good commute for both of them. town, and people who went But they quickly fell in love with life in the City. to school right across the “We love the community, the safety and being able to walk everyway. We’ve enjoyed getting where. It’s fantastic,” Mike says. to know everyone.”

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lest Their house is a bungalow-style home, with sizeable front and back yards and a screened-in porch. It’s light and comfortable, decorated simply and functionally.

The previous owner of the house did a lot to the house that the couple liked, making the home virtually move-in ready. With the exception of some painting, landscaping and moving a couple closets around, they had very little to do.

“We went from a rather large house to this house, which is probably a third of the square footage of the old house,” Melanie explained. “We really tried to minimalize our possessions, and put more emphasis on living life and less emphasis on possessions and buying stuff.”

The smaller house affords them the freedom to spend their days doing the things they love, such as traveling and staying active. They love the outdoors, and in the summer they can be found sailing, wakeboarding, biking, kayaking and waterskiing. Being close to the river gives them easy water access for all of the water sports they enjoy. A winter day might find them skiing at Mad River Mountain.

Aside from their athletic pursuits, the couple enjoys taking full advantage of everything Historic Dublin has to offer.

“I love walking to La Chatelaine for lunch or dinner and catching the live music at Brazenhead or Mezzo,” Melanie says.

“The Dublin Rec Center is also a great resource. And now that I’m in walking distance of one, I’ve rediscovered the library.”

A typical summer day would find the Strengs spending time on the river, followed by walking to dinner Downtown.

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the homes of their friends for drinks and good company.

The sense of community they found in Dublin is also very important to the couple. Every year, the couple and their friends hold a fundraiser event for a charity. The most recent fundraiser was especially important to the Strengs, as Melanie had just been diagnosed with cancer.

The event was essentially a restaurant tour in Historic Dublin. Everyone wore wigs for the event.

“The local businesses were great supporters of it,” says Mike. “Mezzo had a special menu and contributed some of the proceeds to the charity we chose.”

The charity Melanie chose is the Breast Cancer Fund of Ohio, which gives money to women in Ohio who need financial help while going through breast cancer and treatment.

Melanie has recently completed treatment, and Mike says she is doing well.

So how does such a busy couple make time for each other between working and traveling?

“I think we make that a priority,” Mike says. “We manage our time well. And we do everything together. We’re fortunate that we have the same loves and interests.

We make it a priority to have as much fun as possible.”

In 10 or 20 years, the Strengs believe they will still be living on Franklin Street, doing all of the activities they love: Sailing more, working less, and enjoying all that Dublin has to offer.

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Wedding Woes Brides share their wedding day horror stories

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ittle girls start dressing up in white veils, tossing bouquets and humming “Here Comes the Bride” almost as soon as they can step-together-step up the aisle. Maybe they should practice expecting the unexpected instead, because that is what seems to happen on wedding days.

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Couples spend months ironing out every detail, even hiring wedding planners to take care of the location, menu, music, décor and every tiny aspect involved. And still, so many things are beyond control.

The tricky part is trying not to let the mishaps ruin your special day. Have a sense of humor and laugh off the glitches as part of life. Those one-of-a-kind incidents are what make warm, wonderful memories later on. Just ask the Dublin women who contributed the following stories from their wedding adventures.

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Meg Perez got to her son’s rehearsal dinner only to find there were other people seated in their reserved private dining room.

After chasing them out, the guests were seated an hour after their reserved time, and the ring bearer threw up from eating so late.

Then, as the waiters were hurrying and rushing around, they dropped an entire tray of drinks on the bride and groom.

“But the wedding went off without a hitch,” says Perez.

Leah Alford’s brother-in-law dared her to eat a ghost pepper at the reception. She ate it, but spent the whole Be wary of church giggles night throwing up in the bathroom with “My husband mispronounced his own makeup streaming down her face and name during our vows, and I got a bad case bridesmaids holding her giant dress. of the giggles that lasted through our wed“The good news was I was too sick ding,” says Jill Boser Kranstuber. to drink, which came in handy when the shuttle never showed up to trans- Make sure the groom has sturdy shoes port our guests, and I had to drive my Cheryl Detrich Pace says the caterer put friends back to the hotel,” says Alford. their cake on the ground for a moment to 42 • June/July 2015

level the table. A rat made a run at the cake, and her husband had to step on the rat in his formal patent leather shoes.

Later, as the couple greeted guests at the candlelight dinner, Cheryl’s dress brushed a candle and caught fire.

“My hubby stepped on my dress and put out the fire, so his shoes saved the day twice,” says Pace.

Centerpieces are overrated Lee Breitmayer says there was a random rain storm with high winds that lasted about 30 minutes. It was long enough to blow all their centerpieces down.

“I never even saw them because the tables were empty by the time we walked into the reception,” Breitmayer says.

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And away we go … or not It seemed like a great idea when Amber Gibbs’ uncle, Chuck, offered to chauffeur the bride and groom from the church to the reception in his rebuilt 1968 Pontiac Firebird. The crowd blew bubbles, the couple stepped into the convertible, and the car … didn’t start.

“At one point, my uncle, dad and husband were all huddled under the hood trying to get the car started, and they eventually succeeded,” Gibbs says.

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“Let’s just say the poor goldfish didn’t do too well in the unseasonable 92-degree heat,” Cordell says.

Jacki Larouere Raabe advises that your candles be shorter than the skinny neck of the hurricane lamp in your centerpiece.

Halfway through the ceremony, they heard a really loud crack, like the sound of a golf club whacking a ball. At first, they thought a bird hit the window; then the pastor ducked. All of the glass centerpieces shattered from the tall candles.

“There’s not much you can do about it once it’s happening,” Raabe says.

Use the buddy system “My family left my grandmother, who had dementia, at the hotel,” says Cordell.

“She just sat there patiently waiting for the 45 minutes it took for everyone to realize she was missing.”

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Can you hear me now?

During Laura Ali’s wedding at the Amberleigh Pavilion in Dublin, they realized one of their readings was misplaced. A guest ran to her car to get another copy and accidentally set off her car alarm – which triggered another car alarm and started a chain reaction of all the car alarms going off in the parking lot.

“At first, the minister kept right on with the ceremony. But when he made eye contact with me, I burst out laughing,” Ali says. “And, in celebration of our first wedding anniversary, the guest that started it all parked in our driveway and set off her alarm just to wish us a happy anniversary.”

Weddings last a day … marriage, the rest of your life Kath Jackson had so many things go wrong with her wedding that she probably wondered if it was meant to be. Twentyseven years later, though, she says she wouldn’t change a thing.

Her husband’s blood work results and paperwork were lost, the chef quit and the banquet manager was fired the week before the wedding. The tuxes came in with opposite sizing so a 32x36 came in as a 36x32, a bridesmaid’s dress had to be remade hours before the ceremony, the priest had an alcohol problem and, after marrying the couple, ran off and got married himself. The invitations were printed wrong and, finally, the wrong cake was delivered to the country club.

“Our kids watch our wedding video every year and order a cake like the one we were supposed to have,” Jackson says. “You can’t let the little things throw you.”

Colleen D’Angelo is a freelance writer who lives in Dublin with her husband, three children and several small animals. She enjoys playing tennis, walking the Dublin bike paths and traveling. www.dublinlifemagazine.com

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Fresh Off the Boat: Delicious!

A Memoir

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By Eddie Huang Billie Breslin Born to Taiwanese immigrant parents and raised in Orlando, Eddie Huang doesn’t fit the studious, well-mannered stereotypes.

A grounding influence was food, whether it was cooking ribs in his father’s steakhouse or learning traditional Thai cuisine. Huang returned again and again to the kitchen and eventually opened East Village restaurant BaoHaus.

Fresh Off the Boat is a hilarious memoir that’s now a popular ABC television show.

Swan, a 12-year-old Food: A Love Story who wrote to famous By Jim Gaffigan chef James Beard If you loved during World War II. Gaffigan’s riff on parenthood, Dad Is Thug Kitchen: Fat, get ready for Eat Like You this stand-up comic’s Give a F*** musings on all Edited by Rodale things food.

Publishing Why should you read this book?

The title says it Gaffigan will tell all: spicy, superbly healthful, vegetable- you that, because he is “a little fat,” based recipes he has a certain served up with expertise that will fabulous color phobe conveyed to the tos and even more reader via pithy incolorful language.

Vegan cooking has sights such as “which animal is more delinever been more fun cious: the pig, the and affordable than cow or the bacon with the Thug Kitchen crew. Unsure? Check cheeseburger?”

moves from California to New York City to take a job at the premier food magazine Delicious. She’s expecting excitement and new learning opportunities, but the magazine shuts down shortly after she arrives in the Big Apple. Breslin stays behind in the deserted office to continue the “Delicious Guarantee,” a hotline for complaints and recipe inquiries.

Bored, she snoops around the empty offices, where she out its website first, at discovers letters www.thugkitchen.com. penned by Lulu

Dublin Life Book Club Selection Editor’s note: The first 10 people to visit the Dublin branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Library and Shade on Muirfield and ask for one will receive a free paperback copy of this issue’s selection. Five copies will be at the Dublin branch, and five copies will be at Shade. We’ll meet at 7 p.m., June 23, at Shade on Muirfield, 7148 Muirfield Dr., to share our thoughts on the book. Enjoy!

The Girl on the Train

By Paula Hawkins Paula Hawkins’ debut novel tells the story of a divorced alcoholic, Rachel, who passes the same suburban neighborhood during her daily train commute. She makes up stories about a couple that lives in one of the homes, fantasizing about their idealistic life. But one day, during her train’s routine stop near the neighborhood, Rachel witnesses something shocking.

Widely regarded as a Hitchcock-esque thriller with an exhilarating flow comparable to Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl, The Girl on the Train has sailed to the top of the New York Times bestsellers list in recent months. www.dublinlifemagazine.com

Uniquely Yours.

There’s a place for every dream home at Jerome Village. Located in Jerome Township, Jerome Village offers 10 different architectural styles of homes ranging from executive estates to village bungalows, with pricing starting at $300,000 to over one million. This diversity in architectural style coupled with a setting that is surrounded by

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ponds, extensive nature trails and 600 acres of green space makes Jerome Village the place to build an extraordinary life.

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Model homes located in neighborhoods throughout the community represent our various builders and home styles. For model home hours or to learn more visit JEROMEVILLAGE.COM

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