Walk This Way Link stokes lively, walkable community By Chloe McGowan Photos courtesy of City of Dublin and Bethia Woolf
Columbus Food Adventures, present elsewhere in central Ohio since 2010, waited for the completion of the Link and North Market Bridge Park before offering a Dublin area tour, says co-owner Bethia Woolf. “What’s really special about the tour is that it is on both sides of the bridge,” Woolf says. “People really get to see the old and learn about the history of Dublin, and then we go across the bridge to the Bridge Park development, which is the present and future.”
The Dublin Link Bridge lit up at night.
Dublin residents are no strangers to the immaculate pedestrian bridge connecting Historic Dublin to the newer Bridge Park district – however, the beauty of the Dublin Link doesn’t stop there. As a connection between Historic Dublin and Bridge Park, the Link has created a more vibrant and walkable community. For the city of Dublin, Bridge Park has been crucial to the successful advancement of economic development projects, Sara O’Malley, economic development administrator for the city of Dublin, says. 28 • April/May 2022
As of 2021, seven of 10 planned developments for Bridge Park have been completed, O’Malley says, and there’s significant momentum carrying over through the pandemic to this year. “It’s definitely a cornerstone of our longterm vision for the city of Dublin,” she says. The addition of the Dublin Link gives Dublin a distinctive connection between different districts. “It makes us unique that you can, within a three-minute walk, visit the historic core, the culture, the flair of our city and then walk across to this brand new, vibrant, innovative, mixed-use development,” O’Malley says. The Link and related developments have helped attract businesses and activity that rely on that walkability.
North High Brewing, located in a historic building, is a stop on the Dublin Food Tour.
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