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Contents october 2019

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Hidden Columbus: A guide to secret gems Discover 38 mysterious tidbits about the city you never knew.

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Hidden Columbus: Searching for San Margherita Even as new development threatens what’s left of the tiny Italian enclave, a handful of longtime denizens are holding on to their unique traditions and way of life.

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Jasmin’s Escape

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She risked life and limb fleeing an abusive Somali boarding school for wayward Muslim women and girls. But when Jasmin Osman returned home to Columbus, she did something just as courageous: She told her story.

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On the cover: Photo by Rob Hardin

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Contents october 2019

172 Arch City

Home & Style

Dining

22 Law

154 Q&A

172 Review

A civil rights icon’s surprising friendship

28 Music

Easton’s Fab’rik is a family affair.

158 Home

The CJO’s ambitious tribute

An inspired homecoming in Clintonville

39 Perspective

164 Real Estate Notes

A mother’s first year without children at home

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Westgate’s renaissance

The quaint and quirky charm of Ambrose and Eve

174 Short Order

Legacy Smokehouse offers a taste of Texas.

178 Drink

Eight taprooms worth the drive

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10 FROM THE EDITOR 12 Small Talk 32 Datebook 34 PEOPLE 165 TOP 25 real estate transactions 188 Calendar 200 City quotient

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We had a lot of fun putting together our “Hidden Columbus” cover story (Page 43), but my favorite Columbus mystery didn’t make the cut. It’s an odd revelation I discovered reviewing Central Ohio’s U.S. census data about 10 to 15 years ago. I can’t remember the exact numbers, but, according to the data set I saw then, some 50 to 100 people in the Columbus region commute to work via boat.

If you know Columbus, then you know this statistic doesn’t what we make a lot of sense. Is it an learned this error? The work of pranksters? month Is canoe commuting a thing?

Ultimately, I decided this tidbit Jay DeMarcus of Rascal Flatts was too obscure for our main played his first real concert at feature, but nothing is too the King’s Place, a defunct Christian venue in Reynoldsburg (Page 24). wonky and idiosyncratic for an editor’s column. Census News San Margherita’s St. Margaret Team, assemble! of Cortona church has a I launched my investigation portrait of St. Margaret of Antioch by returning to the source. And because the bishop named the parish for the wrong saint (Page 56). to my surprise, the latest census charts show no Columbus water A decade ago, homes in the commuters. What happened?

Westgate neighborhood spent Was my memory faulty? Then I around 115 days on the market; hit on a new mystery as I looked today, they’re selling in about 30 at the data more closely. While (Page 164). no one claims to travel to work via boat these days, it turns out 55 people say they use trains.

This is also a conundrum, as Columbus is the largest city in the U.S. with no passenger rail service. I contacted the Census Bureau and asked for an explanation. “I’ll send your question to our experts and get a response to that as soon as I can,” a Census spokesman told me. I’m still waiting for that response.

I wondered if the 55 mysterious rail commuters might have been train engineers working for one of the major rail companies in the region. I contacted CSX—which operates a rail yard and an intermodal facility in Columbus—but the company wasn’t willing to explore my theory. “Any question concerning the U.S. census data should be directly addressed to the U.S. Census department,” a CSX spokesperson told me.

With nowhere else to turn, I contacted Stu Nicholson, who knows more about trains than pretty much anyone I know in Columbus.

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Nicholson is the public affairs director for All Aboard Ohio, a nonprofit that advocates on behalf of passenger rail users.

Previously, he worked for the Ohio Rail Development Commission and the Central Ohio Transit Authority. Like me, he wondered if the 55 mysterious rail commuters might be train engineers or conductors, but he also recognized that there is a major flaw to that explanation.

The train employees would still need a way to get to their places of work—and Columbus has no passenger trains to get them there. In other words, unless they’re using handcars à la Bugs Bunny, then they’re probably driving, walking, taking a bus or cycling to work.

Desperate, I threw out one last far-fetched explanation: train-hopping hobos. “I’ve known a couple in my lifetime, and it’s kinda doubtful,” Nicholson says with a laugh. “I’m not sure many of them will be filling out census forms.”

I guess some mysteries will never be solved.

Dave Ghose dghose@columbusmonthly.com

Contributors

Kailey Whitman

created the illustration for Suzanne Goldsmith’s essay on her first year as an empty nester (Page 39). Whitman lives in the Philadelphia area.

Bob Vitale

wrote about the surprising friendship between Jim Obergefell and Rick Hodges (Page 22).

Vitale was the editor of Outlook, a defunct monthly magazine for Ohio’s LGBTQ communities.

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Moundbuilders Maintenance A drone video of earthworks in Newark, produced for our website by Columbus Dispatch photographer Doral Chenoweth III to go along with Chris Gaitten’s September feature, “Battle for the Octagon,” generated lots of commentary. The article detailed the Ohio History Connection’s efforts to take the sacred Native American site back from Moundbuilders Country Club. “It’s very sad that this site has become a golf course,” writes Cameron Schneider. “Ohio needs to acknowledge the rich past that wasn’t maintained because of new conquistadors who pushed out indigenous cultures and people.”

In counterpoint, some commented that the manicured golf course mounds, while difficult for the public to access, appear better-preserved than those at a nearby site overseen by OHC. “Sometimes they are really overgrown,” writes Kylie Darding on Facebook. You can view the video at columbusmonthly.com/octagon.

Drawing Back the Curtain Emma Frankart Henterly’s essay in our July issue about the role acting played in helping her combat depression, “Curtain Up,” drew many supportive comments online, including thanks from Jordan Davis Turner, who directed the production Emma joined. “Directing ‘Vagina Monologues’ for the last three years has been one of the best choices I ever made,” Turner comments. “I am so grateful for all the women who acted in this show and your vulnerability, friendship and strength.”

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Arch City law

The Accidental Opponents They’re seen as foes in the fight for marriage equality.

But there’s more to Obergefell and Hodges.

Their names are forever linked—divided, actually—in legal annals, law-school texts and history books. Without context, they’re Obergefell v. Hodges, the plaintiff and the defendant, the gay widower and the state official on opposite sides of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case out of Ohio that expanded marriage rights in 2015.

With context, the versus disappears, and they’re Obergefell and Hodges, two kindly men with Northwest Ohio roots who became friends after the dust settled. Since their introduction in 2016, Jim Obergefell and Rick Hodges have stayed in touch and spoken together about the case that bears their names.

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who was sued because the Ohio Constitution barred his agency from acknowledging same-sex married couples, was a supporter of marriage equality all along. He represented the tiny town of Archbold in the Ohio House during the 1990s, and he now lives in Columbus and works at Ohio University. Obergefell, who grew up in Sandusky and lived in Cincinnati with his late husband, John Arthur, moved to Columbus earlier this year.

“You asked me once whether I was nervous to meet you,” Hodges tells Obergefell over coffee on a late-summer morning in Clintonville. “I was like, ‘No, I get to meet a rock star. I’m going to meet Mick Jagger, the Mick Jagger of the civil rights movement.

I’m into this.’”

It’s a surprising bond, given most encounters between people on opposite sides of such issues. Protesters with “Burn in Hell” signs, after all, are as much a part of Columbus Pride as rainbow flags and glitter.

Equality Ohio executive director Alana Jochum recalls the reaction earlier this year when donors learned Obergefell and Hodges would speak alongside each other at a fundraiser for the LGBTQ advocacy group. “Some of them were like, ‘What are you doing? Are you giving us fireworks?’

Afterward, people were in tears. It’s such a beautiful thing, their friendship. To me, it represents the healing that’s possible.”

In the coffee shop, Hodges is glad to hear he was wrong to assume Obergefell, the name and face of such monumental change,

photo: Kevin Wolf/AP Images for Human Rights Campaign

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Obergefell and Rick Hodges

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I get to meet a rock star. I’m going to meet Mick Jagger, the Mick Jagger of the civil rights movement.

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Jim Obergefell talks on the phone to President Obama on the steps of the Supreme Court following the marriage equality decision in 2015.

faced great hostility. “It’s been thousands upon thousands of positive experiences,” Obergefell says. “People stopping me, talking to me, sharing photos, hugging me, crying, you name it.”

Obergefell, in turn, laughs when Hodges recalls a confrontation he thought he was about to have a few years ago when someone rolled down a car window and yelled “Homophobe!” as Hodges walked through Downtown. It turned out to be a smartaleck friend who knew his whole story.

“My faith perspective is: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind and soul; love your neighbor as yourself,’” Hodges says, paraphrasing Mark 12:28–31. “That’s the one commandment that matters. Everything else is theology.”

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Days after the Supreme Court ruling, Hodges read the same verse at the Columbus wedding of Jeff Gatwood and Steve George, a fellow Kasich administration official and friend of nearly three decades.

Hodges didn’t get into scripture or politics when a reporter asked him about the irony of attending a wedding made possible by a case he just lost. “I love my friend,” was all he said at the time.

Doug Preisse, a Republican lobbyist and chairman of the Franklin County GOP executive committee, says Hodges has always had a deeper side to his “small-town conservative, Northwest Ohio guy” persona.

Preisse, who is gay, introduced Hodges to Jochum, who set up the first meeting between the two former litigants.

As an ally, Hodges was influenced by the same forces that shaped LGBTQ people coming of age in the 1980s. “I had friends who were gay who didn’t tell me, or anyone else for that matter, until they were

HIV-positive,” he says. “They couldn’t share it until they basically got a death sentence, which it was at the time. It was like, ‘You were safe with me. You’re my friend. It’s part of who you are.’”

Obergefell came out as gay while attending grad school at Bowling Green State University. Months later, he met John Arthur while visiting friends in Cincinnati.

They were together nearly 21 years and legally married just three months, after a ceremony aboard a chartered medical jet at an airport in Maryland, where gay marriage was already legal. Then they returned home, where Arthur passed away from ALS in October 2013 as their case for recognition in Ohio was moving through the courts.

When he was inducted last year into the Ohio Civil Rights Hall of Fame, Obergefell said he and Arthur were accidental activists who simply fell in love and decided to fight for their marriage to be respected by the state of Ohio. Hodges says he and Obergefell were accidental opponents.

Obergefell and Arthur originally sued Kasich and then-Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, whose names were replaced by a succession of Ohio Department of Health directors. Hodges became the lead defendant after Kasich appointed him to the job in 2014.

The plaintiffs’ lawyers requested swapping defendants, though Obergefell says he always felt Hodges ended up as the fall guy.

“I was,” Hodges agrees. He says he considered quitting—“Well, I have two kids, so I’m not sure that was actually going to happen”—but decided to let the courts do their thing while he focused on his job.

Obergefell attended every court proceeding in Cincinnati and Washington, D.C., but Hodges took part in none. Instead, he told leaders of an LGBTQ employee group at the Department of Health that he didn’t want anyone to feel they weren’t valued.

He made sure his agency was ready to treat everyone equally should the court rule in favor of marriage equality.

On the day of the ruling, Obergefell took a congratulatory call from President Obama. Hodges took a call from someone he doesn’t remember who told him about some obscure rule that could get the case reconsidered. The caller asked if he’d go along with the idea. “I said, ‘No I’ve had enough.’”

Today, Hodges is happy that the decision is referred to in shorthand simply as Obergefell.

“That’s really the way it should be,” he says. “That’s the way I want it to be.” ◆ OCTOBER 2019 Columbus Monthly

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Recollections of a Rascal Jay DeMarcus discusses his Columbus roots in his recent memoir.

By Tricia Despres

Rascal Flatts’ Jay DeMarcus remembers it all like it was yesterday. He recalls the plywood covering the rusted floorboards in the 1978 Ford Thunderbird that would sit in the driveway of his family’s home in Columbus, the look on his mom’s face when she would scramble to get ready for her second job, the day his dad loaded his shotgun and placed it by the front door.

“If anyone tries to come take you away, I’ll shoot ’em,” DeMarcus remembers his father telling him when he was just 7 years old.

Reliving some of those memories still hurts, as DeMarcus realized while writing his new memoir. “Those are the moments that choke me up and make me pause,” he says. “Those are the ones that continue to leave a huge hole in your heart.”

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April, isn’t the typical recording industry tale about life behind the scenes in Rascal Flatts, the band he founded with his cousin and fellow Columbus native Gary LeVox. Instead, it details the peaks and valleys of DeMarcus’ personal journey.

For a guy who looks to have it all as the bassist, backing vocalist and a frequent songwriter in one of country music’s all-time best-selling groups, DeMarcus says he went through a number of intense struggles as a kid. His parents divorced each other twice, and his relationship with his dad was rocky. He was raised in Old North Columbus and Westerville largely by his mom, who worked two to three jobs to make ends meet.

But through every heartache and challenge, DeMarcus held tight to one crucial thing: hope. His attitude is tied to his Christianity, which he credits to his mom.

In fact, “Shotgun Angels” reads as much like an inspirational workbook as it does a biography—a faith-filled parable meant as a motivational guide. “Once you recognize it, you can find hope in the strangest of places,” he says.

As he wrote the book between tour stops last summer, those places and moments were

the ones he found himself wanting to revisit. Though recalling the hard times was painful, it also allowed him to recall the good times.

And make no mistake, there was plenty of good in the life of the kid from Columbus who loved to spend time at his grandparents’ house, listening to the family sing on warm summer nights. Or his first concert as a musician, an impromptu yet successful show at the King’s Place, a now-defunct Christian venue in Reynoldsburg. He relishes those memories and shares them with his two children when he returns, though his hometown has changed greatly over the decades.

“Some parts are really unrecognizable to me. When we go home for the holidays, we will drive around Westerville and Clintonville, and things now look so much smaller to me,” he says with a laugh. He loves showing his kids the places he went to school, like Tree of Life and Fort Hayes.

DeMarcus pauses for a moment, and then continues. “It’s a constant struggle and battle as a parent because they have no clue how great they have it,” he says quietly.

“Despite everything, Columbus shaped me and it shaped my life. It will always be home to me.” ◆

Photos: top, Eli Hiller; book cover, courtesy zondervan

Jay DeMarcus, far right, of Rascal Flatts performs at Buckeye Country Superfest in 2015.

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The object of the new card game Don’t Get Stabbed! is—you guessed it—don’t get stabbed. The gist, as creator and New Albany resident Jordan McLaughlin puts it: “Kill your family and friends (for pretend).”

One player is the hopeful killer and the rest are potential victims, who try to escape while everyone draws cards that employ slasher-film tropes: investigate a strange noise; ask “who’s there?”; run up the stairs. McLaughlin raised more than $11,000 on Kickstarter to fund the game’s release in October (available on Amazon and dontgetstabbed.com).

In the spirit of the game and the season, we summoned our most diabolical, hyperlocal horror clichés—the oh-so-Columbus ways to kick the (Rusty) Bucket. —Brooke Preston

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At first blush, it seemed an odd coupling when Green Growth Brands announced it would sell cannabis-based personal care products at DSW stores nationwide. Sure, former DSW executive Peter Horvath is Green Growth’s CEO—and both Columbus companies are backed by the Schottensteins—but how many people shopping for Sperrys at Designer Shoe Warehouse are also looking for muscle balms infused with the marijuana compound CBD? Still, selling cannabis products next to Vans and Vince Camutos makes more sense in light of DSW’s recent experimentations, most visible in the rollout of several in-store salons run by locally based W Nail Bar. In late July, the Polaris location also introduced a threemonth pop-up shop from Three Buds Flower Market, another local venture. (Apparently, DSW is trying to capture all potential crossover sales between shoes and “buds.”)

The Polaris store serves as a lab for DSW to test new concepts, and as with the addition of Green Growth’s products, it’s not just about sharing retail space. Several visits in recent months uncovered a wide variety of novelties unrelated to footwear, from a USB-powered desktop Christmas tree to a record player and speakers. Here are some of the strangest outside-the-shoebox finds.

Harper + Ari Rosé Exfoliating Sugar Cubes This brunch-scented body scrub is normally $24.99, but it’s a clearance steal at $24.98.

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Ridley’s Games Room Double Six Dominoes The instructions are on the inside of the lid, because honestly who remembers how to play this game?

I-Fan Mini-Breeze This iPhone-powered fan creates the ideal windblown look for selfies, so long as no one catches you using it.

Men’s Society Whiskey Cooling Stones Because ice doesn’t come with its own carrying pouch, and nothing eases the pain of shopping like a stiff cocktail.

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Kvamme’s cash cows Drive Capital co-founder Mark Kvamme’s transformation from a dyedin-the-wool California tech investor to a true Midwesterner has been helped along by two goats, two cows, two hogs, a turkey and a sheep.

Kvamme, who was lured to the Buckeye State in 2011 by former Gov. John Kasich and ran JobsOhio for about two years, has become an unlikely but avid supporter of the Ohio State Fair’s Sale of Champions. Since 2013 he’s won eight animals at the sale, a raucous affair where the top livestock shown by youngsters are auctioned off at inflated prices to farm organizations, restaurant chains, grocers, marketing companies and individuals.

Kvamme saw something in the kids he recognized: budding entrepreneurs.

“It’s kind of like they’ve created their own mini company,” he says. “It reminded me of being in Junior Achievement when I was a kid.”

This year he joined Meijer and Steve R. Rauch Inc. to win the Reserve Grand Champion Market Beef for $56,000—a record—and unexpectedly won the Grand Champion Goat. Kvamme tapped his daughter, Gracie Jean, on the back anytime he wanted her to bid, and the 6-year-old got excited and kept going, he recalls, laughing.

The Sale of Champions is the end of the line for the animals, so they don’t go to the gentleman’s farm that Kvamme and his wife, Megan, own in Muskingum County. They use the meat for cookouts or give it away to friends or food banks.

He hopes to be back next year.

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“I look at those kids who win and all the kids presenting, and they’re so proud,” Kvamme says. “I’m a city boy, but I know how much work they put in.” —Kathy Lynn Gray

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The Greatests’ Hits The Columbus Jazz Orchestra aims for the stars.

By Peter Tonguette

Imagine a concert consisting entirely of music performed by jazz giants, where a single stage is shared by the likes of Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald and Oscar Peterson. For fans of the form, it might seem like an impossible dream.

But in 1967, producer Norman Granz was responsible for just such a series of concerts, dubbing each “The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World.” A recording of the performances, which took place at Carnegie Hall in New York and venues in California, was released under that title in 1975.

Columbus Jazz Orchestra artistic director Byron Stripling praises the promotional instincts of Granz. By assembling some of the most famous jazz musicians and making it an extravaganza, Stripling says Granz piqued the interest of the public. Los Angeles drummer Jeff Hamilton, a collaborator of several of the musicians who participated, remembers Granz as a producer devot28

ed to the art form. “His main purpose was to get the musicians out of the dark jazz club in the basement and onto the concert stage,” Hamilton says.

For its season opener, the CJO will acknowledge that legacy with its own spin on the once-in-a-lifetime concerts, which will take place Oct. 17–20 in the Southern Theatre. Inspired by Granz’s bravado, Stripling adopted the attention-grabbing title of The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World for the orchestra’s homage.

“Let’s just say there’s a temptation as an artist to run away from what in marketing they call ‘puffery,’” Stripling says. “Sometimes you have to go for it.”

The artistic director, however, is adamant that he is not presenting an imitation of the original concerts. “I know in my gut and in my heart and in my soul that Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald and Oscar Peterson would go, ‘Please don’t copy what we did,’” Stripling

says. “The essence of jazz is that you use your own individual voice.”

Some songs from the original set will be performed—including “Satin Doll” and “Take the ‘A’ Train”—but the concert should feel fresh. Although Duke and company will not be on hand, the orchestra will partner with its own “greatest” guest artists: Hamilton, bassist John Clayton and pianist Benny Green.

Stripling heard the trio perform together last year in Vail, Colorado. “I’m sitting next to the producer of that concert, and I’m saying, ‘There is no other music being played right now in the world that’s better than what we’re hearing,’” Stripling says.

In addition to their technical skill, the three players have a strong musical rapport— just like the greats featured in the original concerts. “All you had to do was call a tune, and they knew what key it was in, and they knew several different arrangements of it,” Hamilton says.

For his part, Stripling does not shrink from promising big things—even great things—for the upcoming concerts. “Certainly people will go, ‘Well, that’s not the greatest jazz concert in the world,’” he says. “But we have to get you there, and we have to give you an amazing concert that knocks your socks off.” ◆

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Ashley Pierce paints the exterior of 934 Gallery in Milo Grogan.

Once completed, viewers will be able to download an augmented reality smartphone app that interacts with the mural.

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Arch City editors’ picks

Datebook Things to See and Do

See Page 18 for a full list 8 things to doof this month.

SAMIN NOSRAT Oct. 20

In her hit Netflix show, Salt Fat Acid Heat, chef and food writer Samin Nosrat roams the world in search of the essential elements of good cooking, upending the TV stereotype of a white male traveler discovering exotic food. As part of the Upper Arlington Author Series, Nosrat will join Jeni Britton Bauer at Upper Arlington High School for a conversation and audience Q&A; afterward, she’ll sign copies of her James Beard Awardwinning cookbook. ualibrary.org

BLUE JACKETS HOME OPENER Oct. 4

“Growing Up Female”

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JULIA REICHERT: 50 YEARS IN FILM Oct. 2–24

The Wex will celebrate the Yellow Springs documentarian with a retrospective, including her film “American Factory,” which explores the culture clash within a Dayton factory owned by a Chinese billionaire. That movie, a favorite at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, is the first released by a fledgling production company owned by Barack and Michelle Obama. wexarts.org

THE AMERICAN FESTIVAL Oct. 11–12

MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000 LIVE Oct. 6

The Columbus Symphony’s season opener pairs two works linked to African American history. “Sanctuary Road” is based on an 1877 book by William Still documenting his time as a “conductor” of the Underground Railroad, ushering nearly 800 former slaves to freedom; Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess” draws some criticism for its stereotypical characters but transports with its lovely, witty songs. columbussymphony.org

If you’ve seen “Santa Claus Conquers the Martians,” it had to be on Mystery Science Theater 3000. The cult TV comedy screened dozens of (mercifully) forgotten old B movies in its 11 seasons, skewered on air by creator/star Joel Hodgson (and later, Mike Nelson) and three sarcastic robots.

Check out their show at the Davidson Theatre for a live sample of the riffing, wideranging cultural references and deeply terrible cinema. capa.com

Give Back ACTIVISTS AND AGITATORS Oct. 17

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DELIVER BLOOD TO HOSPITALS Ongoing

The Central Ohio chapter of the American Red Cross anticipates an increased need for volunteer drivers to bring blood from labs to the hospitals where it is needed to save lives. If you have a clean driving record, you may be eligible to sign up for two or more four-hour shifts per month. redcross.org/deliver

COLUMBUS MARATHON Oct. 20

You don’t have to run to support this 40-year-old event benefiting Nationwide Children’s Hospital. An army of volunteers help out in roles that range from staffing fluid stations to gathering discarded clothing along the course for Goodwill Columbus. columbusmarathon.org/volunteer

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Welcome to the year 1 A.B.—after Bob. The offseason exodus that included superstar goalie Sergei Bobrovsky begins a new era, and the Jackets urgently need one of their green goaltenders to become a bona fide starter. Nick Foligno, Cam Atkinson and Seth Jones will still anchor the roster to start the season against the Toronto Maple Leafs, but a breakout year from Josh Anderson or Alexandre Texier would be a huge boost for the push to make a fourth straight playoff appearance. nhl.com/bluejackets

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K Keyholder 2019 Brittany Packnett, Aly Raisman and Piper Perabo were the featured speakers at The Women’s Fund of Central Ohio’s annual Keyholder event at the Ohio Theatre, sharing stories of creating change through activism. The event drew about 2,000 guests and raised more than $415,000 to support the organization’s research and advocacy for increasing opportunity for women.

1 Terri Ifeduba, Ngozi Osuagwu-Bosah, Christie Angel, Carol Andreae 2 Harper Boninsegna-Mullins, Amy Mullins, Anne Boninsegna 3 Stephanie Merkle, Julia Allwein, Kanyinsola Oye, Rhea Opiniano 4 Sitiah Hodge, Katherine Cull, Sandra Lopez, Maylin Sambois-Sanchez, Deborah Aubert Thomas 5 Kate Ferguson, Scott and Kerstin Friedman, Rob Letson 6 Frances Krumholtz, Mary Beth McNamee, Christina Patel 7 Cora Sheets, Jessie Cannon, Lee Meyer 8 Elaine Borling, Debby Manos McHenry, Kelley Griesmer, Nicole Callam, Marjorie Duffy 9 Shakarra Touray, Nikki Busby, Catherine Ballali 10 Denise Mirman, Mary Anne Orcutt, Michelle Martin

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CCAD Fashion Show The annual student fashion show returned to a newly renovated Columbus College of Art & Design campus in May. The runway show featured student models wearing looks created by some of CCAD’s top emerging designers in an event that drew 600 guests and raised about $260,000 to support student scholarships at the 140-year-old art and design college.

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Arch City Perspective

The New Nest

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A mother’s first year without children at home We bought our first house when our second child was born. That spring, a pair of house finches built a nest in a hanging basket on the front porch. I watched the female’s long vigil over her eggs from a rocker while I nursed my son and my toddler daughter played on the porch. I felt solidarity with that mama bird—so much so that I didn’t even mind the destroyed flowers or the bird droppings on the porch railing.

But it wasn’t long before the eggs hatched, and as soon as the chicks could fly, the birds were gone.

My own baby boy fledged last fall, off to college in New England. His sister left two years earlier. Over the past year, my husband, Dennis, and I have often been asked about our new lifestyle. “Ah, empty nesters,” people will say, often with a mischievous twinkle. “How’s that going?”

Keeping it light, I joke about the benefits.

That constant jumble of shoes by the front door that could grow to a mountain when

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my son had friends over? Gone. Laundry?

Reduced by more than half, even though the population of our home is only down a third.

The dining room table gleams all day long, free from the flotsam and jetsam of teens on the run: keys, half-eaten granola bars, crumpled receipts, thrift-store finds, hastily removed shin guards. And since neither of my kids drives at college, a whole category of worry has been removed from our lives.

Dennis hates being called an empty nester, defined by absence. He says we should, instead, call ourselves “free birds.” And we are, in many ways, more free. We go to more concerts and movies than we did in the past. We eat dinner when we feel like it, usually late. We talk to each other more.

But the reason we like to eat so late is that we both work so much. We’ve allowed our jobs to colonize our newfound free time.

It’s easy to fall into this pattern.

Unlike the finches, we’re not driven by migration and repeat procreation. We have

to make up the next phase for ourselves.

Filling our hours with work makes it easier to ignore our changing family life. Because the problem with starting a new life is that, first, you have to let go of the old one.

•••• I married, got pregnant and moved from Washington, D.C., to Des Moines, Iowa, all about the same time, joining my husband as he negotiated a career change that would move us across state lines twice more in the next two years. With all that relocating, becoming a stay-home mom made sense—and luckily, we could afford for me to do so.

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Arch City Perspective still joined in some invisible way. I loved the elementary school years, when they grew and changed so quickly that each day was an adventure of discovery. I loved the middle school years, when I had to wrestle privately with their social and academic challenges and teach myself to let them find their own answers. I loved the high school years, when they began expressing their own opinions and branching out in directions we’d never anticipated.

I loved what we were building together: a family unit, with shared memories and birthday rituals and mealtime traditions.

Only we know what words we shout when we enter a new state during our long car trips to visit family in New York and Massachusetts, or our secret name for the Hocking Hills trail where we like to take hikes on Mother’s and Father’s Day. And I relished my own indispensability: the keeper of phone numbers; the maker of lunches; the finder of lost hairbands and homework assignments. Sometimes, even, the knower of secrets.

Yet it occasionally bothered me that I was falling behind my working-mom peers professionally. I didn’t fully disengage from

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my pre-mom self—I continued to write and publish throughout the kids’ childhood, and once they were in school, I worked part-time. But those things came second.

I didn’t think about how fully I was investing myself in something that would eventually end. These kids would grow up and get their own lives. They would not need me.

This family unit would disperse. And then where would I be? Who would I be?

•••• The first few months of our post-kids life flew by. The very same week our son received his college acceptance email, I received an alert from LinkedIn describing a job at this magazine, Columbus Monthly, where I’d been freelancing for years. By the time we dropped him off in New Hampshire nine months later, I was neck-deep in deadlines. I did shed some tears during the drive back to Columbus, but then it was back to work. I didn’t have time to grieve. I didn’t even put away the clothes he’d left strewn on the floor. A year later, the room is still a jumble. His sister’s room, too, remains unchanged, filled with

discarded clothing and artifacts of her younger self.

At Thanksgiving, he came home again, his long school break lasting seven weeks.

I saw more of him during that time than I had when he was a busy high school senior.

It was delightful, and it almost made up for the absence of our daughter, who was studying in France and missed spending Thanksgiving with us for the first time.

I was growing used to missing her, and besides, she was coming home at Christmas. Oh, so this is how it is, I thought. They don’t really leave, just go away and come back.

So the sadness I felt when January came and they both were back at school knocked me flat, like an unforeseen hurricane.

Suddenly I knew the truth: They never really come home again.

The spring dragged in a gray haze. We talked about moving to a smaller place; a less family-oriented neighborhood; a hip, contemporary apartment, maybe. Or a house in the country. A place we could start fresh. But we didn’t do anything about it; instead, I spent hours evaluating my relationship with the community where so many of my social bonds related to the kids

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and their activities. Do I really belong here? I wondered. Should I get new friends?

I lived for our weekly Skype call with each kid. Once or twice, we patched them both in so we could all be “together.” It wasn’t the same.

During that period, we traveled to Paris to visit our daughter, who had an apartment there and a whole flock of Parisian friends.

We saw that she’d created a new and complete life for herself, albeit a temporary one, and we’d had nothing to do with it. It’s the kind of thing that should make a parent intensely proud, but it made me feel lonely.

We tried, without success, to arrange a family vacation in June, as we always had. But our son had a summer job and our daughter had an internship, and they couldn’t schedule time off in sync. My window of opportunity, too, was more limited because of my job. Those family-holiday days were over, it seemed.

•••• Our son was home all summer, working as a camp counselor and living in the house in a slightly different way. We didn’t pes-

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I lived for our weekly Skype call with each kid. Once or twice, we patched them both in so we could all be ‘together.’

It wasn’t the same.

ter him to know what time he’d be home each night, and he, in turn, seemed slightly changed: more talkative, more open, more considerate. Our summer together was easy and comfortable. We discussed things that never came up during those weekly Skype sessions. The mountain of shoes came back, but I didn’t mind them as much, and he put them away when I asked him.

Midsummer, he took the Chinatown bus to New York to spend time with his sister.

And as the end of summer approached, he and Dennis went on a three-day backpacking trip together. After that adventure, our son suggested an excursion just with me. I was surprised and touched. We took a drive to see the Serpent Mound (my choice) and, on the way back, visited three antique malls

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(his choice—he was looking for unique dorm-room décor).

I began to see that our family—any family, really—is not only a unit, an entity that needs to occupy the same location to exist.

It’s a set of interwoven, individual relationships that are growing and changing, as they always have.

Although she didn’t plan it, our daughter made an 11th-hour decision to come home on two occasions during the summer, and I was grateful. The four of us did a Mother’s-Father’s Day hike, choosing a date when both kids were here in Columbus rather than an actual holiday.

We hiked at our traditional location with the secret code name. I can’t tell you the name, but I promise we used it. ◆

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By Laura Arenschield, Linda Deitch, Erin Edwards, Chris Gaitten, Dave Ghose, Suzanne Goldsmith, Emma Frankart Henterly and Steve Wartenberg

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Our city is filled with mysteries, surprises and underappreciated gems. Some linger just below the surface. Others take more digging to find. All provide a jolt of excitement and understanding when discovered, revealing new insights about Columbus’ culture, history and inhabitants. In the following pages, we shine a light on buried museum treasures, the city’s most mysterious private club, even a bizarre final resting place on Ohio State’s campus.

Think you know all of Columbus’ secrets? Think again.

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National Barber Museum and Hall of Fame

Obscure Museums

License plates, pencil sharpeners, America’s most unusual traffic light and more 135 Franklin St., Canal Winchester. Tours by appointment: 614-837-8400 or 614-833-1846. $3 to $5 The museum reopened last year in a new location in Canal Winchester after a fire damaged its former home above the Canal Wigwam restaurant in 2014.

The new space provides more room for a vast collection of artifacts, including more than 2,500 straight razors, 71 barber poles, more than 2,000 shaving mugs and a horrifying set of bloodletting tools from the era when barbers performed surgery and dentistry.

Early Television Foundation and Museum

5396 Franklin St., Hilliard. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Free When Steve McVoy’s collection of vintage televisions began to overwhelm his home, he started this museum in a 6,000-square-foot renovated warehouse in downtown Hilliard in 2001. Today, the Early Television Foundation and Museum includes more than 150 antique sets, from the mechanical devices of the 1920s to the early color TVs of the

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Ohio’s Small Town Museum

34 Long St., Ashville. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday to Friday, 9 a.m. to noon Saturday. Free This Pickaway County gem features a delightful mix of offbeat exhibits and truly historic artifacts, but its most unique attraction is probably “America’s most unusual traffic light.” The bizarre, football-shaped device with a single, alternating screen on each side operated in Ashville for more than 40 years until the state made the town replace it in the early 1980s for failing to take into account colorblind drivers.

Paul A. Johnson Pencil Sharpener Museum

13178 state Rte. 664 S., Logan. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Free Natural wonders aren’t the only amazing sights you can find in the Hocking Hills. Tucked next to the

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Hocking Hills Regional Welcome Center is a small shed housing what’s believed to be the world’s largest collection of pencil sharpeners—more than 3,400 in total. The collection was once the property of the late Paul A. Johnson, a minister who gave his vintage classroom accessories to the Hocking Hills Tourism Association prior to his death in 2010.

Manda, the female Pallas’ cat

Doll Museum at the Old Rectory

50 W. New England Ave., Worthington. 1 to 4 p.m. Tuesday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. $2 to $3 Head to downtown Worthington to see an extraordinary collection of 19th and 20th century dolls, including French fashion dolls, a doll made from a turkey wishbone and portrait dolls of Empress Eugenie of France (wife of Napoleon III) and Countess Dagmar of Denmark (wife of Czar Alexander III).

Wagner-Jaybird Auto Collection

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476 E. Kossuth St., Columbus. Tours by appointment: 614-2710888. Free There’s no website for this German Village museum, nor is there an email address. If you want to see the Wagner-Jaybird Auto Collection’s vintage cars, unusual license plates and other memorabilia, you need to call the phone number listed above and set up an appointment with co-founder Steve Wagner, whose enthusiastic tours have helped turn this peculiar passion project into one of the most popular Columbus attractions listed on TripAdvisor.

Pallas Intrigue What do you do when you live in cold, arid climates with lots of hungry predators? You hide, of course. That’s likely why the Pallas’ cats at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium can be so tough to spot in their habitat. But Jen Fields, director of communications for the zoo, says you just have to know where to look: Paval, the male, likes to lie behind a log in the back of the habitat, while female Manda prefers a crevice on the left side.

“The best time to see them is earlier on in the day, especially as soon as the zoo opens,” Fields says.

Web Extra Anietra Hamper’s Hidden Gems

The former TV anchor and reporter is enjoying a second act as a travel writer and expert on Columbus’ oddities and quirky history. To read an interview with the author of “Secret Columbus: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful and Obscure,” go to columbusmonthly.com/hamper.

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Secret Chef-Driven Suppers

Phoning It In Walk by the all-black building at 119 E. Chestnut St. and you might glimpse something out of place in 2019: a pay phone. That anachronistic touch is the portal into No Soliciting, the members-only speakeasy created by Rise Brands (Pins Mechanical Co.). But knowing about the high-end bar won’t get you in the door. First, your application must be approved by No Soliciting’s founding members. Then, a $1,000 annual fee will get you in, but it won’t pay for your bespoke bourbon cocktails. Members are billed monthly for the libations, and no cash is exchanged. This fall, the exclusive cocktail bar will add a second location in—where else—Dublin’s Bridge Park.

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Andrew Smith may have left behind the daily grind of working in a restaurant kitchen, but the former Rockmill Tavern executive chef is still creating excellent food and everyone’s invited—sort of. Since January, Smith and his wife, Devoney Mills, have been hosting private suppers—the Roys Avenue Supperclub—twice a month in their greenery-filled Westgate home.

(Mills manages Stump in German Village.)

The omakaselike dinners feature 10 inventive courses prepared by Smith, and with only 12 guests each night, the private suppers have become some of the most unique (and sought-after) dining experiences in town. To score a seat, try messaging @roys_ave_supperclub on Instagram, but be aware that the waitlist is upwards of 300 people. On any given night, the guest list can be a mix of newcomers, fans of Smith’s cooking (of which there are many) and even some of the city’s best chefs—from Gallerie Bar & Bistro’s Bill Glover to Ryuki “Mike” Kimura, the longtime chef-owner of bygone Kihachi Japanese Restaurant.

Smith seems to be having more fun than ever, and now plans to continue the supper club concept with a series of pop-ups at area restaurants, including Baba’s and The Lox Bagel Shop.

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Hidden OSU Ohio State University is gearing up for its sesquicentennial celebration in the 2019–20 academic year, which makes this a good time to explore some of the university’s many secrets. The first is the meaning of the word sesquicentennial: 150th anniversary celebration.

The Murderer Among Us Notorious serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer lived in the Morrill Tower dormitory when he was an OSU student for one quarter in 1978. Dahmer killed his first victim, Steven Hicks, in Northeast Ohio a few months before he came to campus. Not much is known about Dahmer’s short stint at Ohio State, but reports indicate he spent most of his time drinking and very little time in the classroom. Dahmer is believed to have murdered 17 boys and men but none while at Ohio State.

Cold As Ice There are about 4.5 miles of ice cores from glaciers around the world in the minus-30-degree Fahrenheit freezers at the Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center in Scott Hall. They chart the history of the earth’s climate and provide a cautionary signal about global warming. Special treasures include samples from the Guliya ice cap in northwestern Tibet, believed to be more than 600,000 years old, and cores from a Himalayan glacier that are the world’s longest, at more than 1,000 feet.

Buckeye Till I Die … And Then Some

Sleeping at the ’Shoe

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The final wishes of Herbert “Hub” Spencer Atkinson (class of 1913), a longtime trustee and member of the Ohio House of Representatives, included a request to have his ashes buried on campus. They were—behind a wall in a second-floor conference room in Bricker Hall, along with a commemorative plaque outside the meeting room.

For many years, students lived in dorms in Ohio Stadium. It began in 1933 when 75 male students moved into barrackslike lodgings beneath the bleachers.

This unique housing experiment was called the Tower Club, and students worked on campus in return for reduced room and board. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt visited the Tower Club in 1938. The dorms were expanded to accommodate 360 students in 1975, including the first women. The Tower Club came to an end in 1999 as the dorms were removed to make way for the Huntington Club suites.

OSU’s Jurassic Park

Did you know there are dinosaurs on campus, in the Orton Geological Museum?

The biggest and baddest is the 24-foot-long, 1,000-pound Cryolophosaurus ellioti that stands guard at the museum entrance. He (or she?) was discovered by OSU geology professor David Elliot in 1991 on the slopes of the Beardmore Glacier region in Antarctica. Cryolophosaurus ellioti lived early in the Jurassic period, about 120 million years before the T. rex. The museum also has the skeleton of a 7-foottall sloth from Ohio’s ice age and a 20-foot carnivorous fish, along with meteorites and mastodon teeth.

Manga Mania It’s no secret the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum on campus is chock-full of historic comics, including original art from Bill Watterson’s Calvin & Hobbes, Charles Schulz’s Peanuts and Jeff Smith’s Bone. But here’s a secret: The museum contains the largest collection of manga outside Japan. Manga?

It’s the Japanese version of comic books, the printed version of anime. The museum has more than 20,000 volumes.

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Around the World in Bexley

Asian, Inuit, African and Oceanic art at the Schumacher Gallery in Capital University’s Blackmore Library

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Few people realize that an extraordinary cache of global culture awaits visitors on the top floor of Capital University’s Blackmore Library. The Schumacher Gallery, spread over 10 rooms and open from 1 to 5 p.m. Monday to Saturday during the academic year, features art and antiquities from different eras and regions of the world. Donated by Robert and Phyllis Boehnke, the 250-piece Inuit art collection is the cornerstone of the free gallery. The collection includes one of the Midwest’s largest assemblages of Inuit sculpture (stark carvings mainly done in soapstone), as well as stunning stone-cut prints on paper of owls, fish and other symbols of the Arctic. Other highlights include captivating African ceremonial masks and Asian and Oceanic treasures.

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The House of the Future (Now of the Past)

The metallic modular homes were supposed to revolutionize post-World War II housing, creating an affordable, lowmaintenance option for the masses. Instead, the Lustron Corp. of Columbus manufactured its prefabricated, twobedroom ranches in a former warplane factory near the airport only from 1948 to 1950 before mismanagement and production challenges drove the company into bankruptcy.

In Whitehall, you can get an up-close glimpse of one of the last 18 or so Lustron homes still standing in Central Ohio.

Volunteers from the Whitehall Historical Society saved the home from demolition in London, Ohio, and moved it to Whitehall Community Park, where it now serves as the headquarters for the historical society. Call 614-586-5647 to arrange a tour of the restored home, which is outfitted in period-appropriate furniture and accessories.

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Buried treasure natural history specimens, textiles, quilts, battle flags and ancient Native American relics—about 1.8 million artifacts in total. The History Center and its other sites have room to display just a small fraction of these objects, so most end up in a Columbus storage facility with poor humidity and temperature control and no public access.

In three to four years, however, OHC leaders hope to raise enough money to pay for an addition to the East 17th Avenue museum that would provide a safer storage option and give the public the chance to inspect even stored artifacts

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The Ohio History Center isn’t a hidden gem. The museum’s distinctive, Brutalist design is hard to miss (and difficult to love), and its most famous artifacts (the Conway Mastodon, the Adena Pipe and the two-headed cow) are cultural touchstones. But what’s less appreciated is the size and scope of the holdings overseen by the Ohio History Connection, the nonprofit that owns the museum and more than 50 other historic sites in the state. The History Connection’s massive archives include photographs, diaries, manuscripts, government and corporate records,

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Far left, natural history specimens; bottom, posters from the White Castle corporate archives; right top, materials from the Vanguard League, a Columbus civil rights organization; right middle, items made by Death Row inmates at the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus; bottom right, women’s suffrage sashes from the early 20th century

on request (under the close supervision of History Connection staffers, of course). To highlight this effort, OHC officials shared with Columbus Monthly some of their buried treasures. “These items really belong to Ohioans,” says OHC executive director Burt Logan.

“We’re legally responsible for their safekeeping, but we don’t own the stories. We don’t own the meaning. We don’t own what they really represent.

And that’s why it’s so important that we open this up to Ohioans and give them that opportunity to come in and explore the collection.”

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Mysterious Spheres The rock walls at Shale Hollow Park are as flaky as potato chips—in fact, the shale there is known, informally, as “potato-chip shale.” But those flakes are strong enough to hold the shape of perfect rock spheres as small as cannonballs and as large as giant beach balls.

Called carbonate concretions, the spheres are one of Ohio’s most startling natural mysteries. No one knows for sure how they formed, though some geologists have theories. But they are plentiful along Shale Hollow’s stream, which flows along the base of the preserve’s shale walls before feeding into the Olentangy River. They are a sight to behold, appearing as jarring disruptions to the lines of shale—globes of limestone or dolomite that seem otherworldly in their perfection.

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Coral in New Albany You don’t have to travel to the coast to find a fully sustainable coral farm; in fact, you don’t even have to leave Central Ohio. Instead, head to an unassuming home and detached garage in New Albany, where you’ll find Reef Systems Coral Farm.

The garage, which connects to a greenhouse out back, has been home to owner Todd Melman’s farm for more than a decade. Melman raises more than 90 percent of the marine life there, all of which is available for purchase. He happily gives impromptu, info-heavy tours to lookieloos and serious buyers alike.

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Covert concerts Most music venues go all out to promote their shows, but The Parlor is not most venues. Located Downtown on High Street, the exact location is a closely guarded secret. This “private community of friends and family,” as described on its Facebook page, aims to “let the artists do what they really want to do, say what they want to say, sing what they want to sing—with a captive, nonjudgmental audience that wants to receive all of it.” Want in? Follow the instructions at facebook.com/parlorcolumbus.

Secret Sledding After each big snowstorm, Bexley kids beat a path to a home in the city’s northwest corner with a deep backyard that slopes toward Alum Creek. Sledding on Miller’s Hill is a tradition established by the homeowner’s grandfather, O. A. Miller (1859–1949), president of the Central Ohio Paper Co., who once lived next door, and continued by his daughter, Dixie Sayre Miller, in the adjacent house on the same hill. She believed that such a “natural playground” should be shared with others, says her daughter, Blythe Miller Brown, who lives in the house today. Brown remembers her mother making hot chocolate for the kids who borrowed her phone to call their parents for a ride home. “Since I grew up with people sledding on my backyard,” she writes in an email, “we continue (although I personally can’t watch because it gets so crowded).” Sledders launch from the vicinity of her back patio. Brown adds a friendly word of caution. “Our big dog welcomes the sledders but enjoys stealing hats and gloves.”

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A Bronze Bombshell

After becoming known for her large-scale murals, Mandi Caskey decided to take a different approach for a personal project now known as Brick by Brick. The artist began recreating photographs taken by her great-grandfather, painting them on individual bricks in a nod to her family’s bricklaying history. Caskey doesn’t like to reveal precise locations of her tiny paintings, preferring to have people discover them on their own. “I just want people to embrace the little moments in life. … I want to stop people in their tracks a little bit and make them appreciate the small things,” she says. Find a few of the pieces by heading into a popular coffee shop’s Downtown roastery or a Grandview butcher, or by wandering outside the Columbus Metropolitan Library’s Main Branch.

Romantic Relic Searching for a historic make-out spot? Head to Old Beechwold’s Rustic Bridge Road, connected by a stone structure formerly called the “kissing bridge.” It was part of the Columbus Zoological Gardens in the early 20th century, and according to Clintonville Historical Society president Mary Rodgers, it was common for amusement parks to designate a secluded space for couples to steal a kiss. The bridge is among the zoo’s only remnants.

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When James Rhodes died in 2001, a longtime Capitol Square rumor was confirmed. It turned out that the 700-pound bronze effigy of the four-term governor in front of the Rhodes Tower includes a hidden tribute to the four students killed at Kent State University in May 1970. “There is in fact a message engraved into the bronze on the inside of the statue that makes a statement about the Kent State shootings and the victims,” Ron Dewey, former owner of Studio Foundry in Cleveland, told the defunct Columbus alternative weekly The Other Paper, declining to reveal exactly what the message said.

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Where the Music Never Died One of the city’s most resilient businesses occupies a pair of modest homes and an adjoining two-story cinder block building in North Linden. Musicol, Columbus’ oldest recording studio, is one of the last places in the world where musicians can record, mix, master and press vinyl discs all under one roof. With its vintage microphones, hand-operated presses and diamond-patterned carpet salvaged from the Cincinnati Convention Center, Musicol is a true throwback that has somehow managed to keep chugging along for 50-plus years despite incredible upheaval in the music business. Most days, you can still find Musicol’s 90-year-old founder, John Hull, performing his magic on a 1944 Scully lathe in an upstairs mastering suite, while other Musicol employees operate steam-heated presses pumping out vinyl from morning to night in the basement. “This is one of the greatest resources in America—if not the greatest,” said Cleveland record label owner Charles Abou-Chebl during an August visit to Musicol.

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Above, Musicol founder John Hull (left) with his son, Warren Hull, the recording studio’s operations manager; below, employee J.R. Ferguson presses vinyl records in the Musicol basement pressing plant.

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Searching for San Margherita The vanishing Italian enclave isn’t really a place anymore. It’s more of a memory.

But even as new development threatens what’s left, some of the neighborhood’s longtime denizens are holding on to their unique traditions and way of life.

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nvoking “The Godfather” in a story about Italians is perilous, but Joe Castorano has a beef with the cinematic trilogy. Like the patriarch of the Corleone crime family, Castorano’s grandfather was a young Italian immigrant who came to the U.S. through Ellis Island, and Castorano traveled to the historic site in New York Harbor to research his family’s history. “That scene, the one at Ellis Island? That’s not how it worked,” Castorano says, referring to poor Vito Andolini’s failure to say his name and hence receiving the name of his hometown, Corleone. Immigration officials, says Castorano, “used the names that came directly from the boat registry.

Ellis Island didn’t change the names. They changed their own names after they got here.”

Indeed, Tomaso Castorano became Thomas, who arrived in New York in 1902. He wasn’t part of a huddled mass of wretched refuse exactly, but he was certainly poor. He probably did yearn to breathe free, but that was less of a priority than making a living. Blasting huge limestone cliffs into rocks with primitive tools for a few cents an hour, thousands of miles from home? The American Dream.

Italians had of course already made their way into Ohio, but immigrants didn’t arrive in Columbus in numbers until the late 19th century. So how does an illiterate teenager who can’t speak English find his way from, say, the village of Pettorano sul Gizio to the banks of the Scioto River? Meet Ezio Cherubini, a businessman and steamship agent who, around the turn of the 20th century, would meet the Cunard ship from Naples in New York, vouching to the authorities that these sturdy young men would

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have gainful employment. Then Cherubini ensured their passage to Columbus, where countryman Sylvio Casparis would put them to work at his quarry on the Scioto west of Downtown.

By 1902, according to the book “Columbus Italians,” there were about 1,200 Italians here, many under Cherubini’s patronage. Of that group, hundreds worked at the Marble Cliff Quarry (as it was called—there was no marble) and of that group came a dozen or so families who put down roots in property along nearby Trabue Road. They created a vibrant little neighborhood that was an echo of the old country.

These days, San Margherita is on the map, but it’s not really there. A road sign at the end of the I-70 Hague Avenue exit points to San Margherita. Following that arrow will lead you to an intersection where you can buy used tires at a grungy old gas station or porn from an adult bookstore—or you might drop in the Private Dancer showbar. It wasn’t like this 30 or 40 years ago, and it definitely won’t look like this in the future.

If you think this makes Joe Castorano sad, you’re wrong. He’s the last man standing, the last descendant of one of the original families of San Margherita still living in the family home. And he can’t wait to get out. Development money is flowing and will continue to flow into the area, and Castorano is sitting on a nice piece of property on Trabue just down the street from a huge new apartment complex. The last few decades have seen San Margherita start to shrivel and die. His dad, who worked the quarry for 45 years and was known as the Mayor of San Margherita, passed away, and there’s just not much to keep his son in the neighborhood. Castorano says he’s happy for a developer to “bail me out of here.”

You have to look hard to find what’s left of San Margherita. Even in its vibrant years—let’s say between the ’20s and the ’70s—it was no more than a core of 25 or 30 houses clustered along Trabue Road between Hague and McKinley avenues, along with a few markets and restaurants and a church, but it was like a slice of Italy transposed to Ohio. The lots held vast vegetable gardens, including grapevines for wine and jelly, room for livestock, property kept in pristine condition. “They used to have contests to see who had the best yards,” Castorano says. Most of those houses are rental property now, and the days of competing for Most Beautiful Yard appear to be over. The corner of Hague and Trabue is one of those municipal nowhere lands—the border between Franklin and Norwich townships runs down the middle of Trabue—a pocket of underdeveloped Columbus, in case you thought there was no such thing. The kind of place where you see adult bookstores and grungy old gas stations.

So where do you find San Margherita? There’s the church, St. Margaret of Cortona, a half-mile down 58

Hague Avenue, whose annual festival with its procession of saints brings the only crowds who ever gather there. And Johnnie’s Tavern, selling beer and burgers for more than 70 years, a business still owned by one of the original founding families. Then there’s the roadside vegetable stand run by Dick Capuano, known as the Tomato Man of San Margherita. Finally, there’s the “old guard,” as Castorano calls them, a dwindling cadre of folks who still remember their fathers or grandfathers going off to the quarry. In their 60s and 70s now, their memories are most of what’s left of San Margherita.

p Top, Dick Capuano operates a produce stand in San Margherita; bottom, a new sign marks the space where the old neighborhood once stood.

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he garage near the corner of Trabue and McKinley is where Dick Capuano keeps the stuff he needs to operate his little business.

Hellish traffic—construction and commuter— sweeps by, but there’s always been heavy equipment around these parts, and who doesn’t like tomatoes?

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produce, but he’s the Tomato Man. His grandfather, Diego, came here in 1904, then later sent for his wife.

“He came first, but he didn’t have a penny in his pocket. He didn’t speak English. He was illiterate.”

The arrangement where the man immigrated and sent back home for a bride was common. In a 1991 history of St. Margaret church, Columbus Dispatch scribe (and later associate publisher and state representative) Mike Curtin offered the story of Pasquale “Patsy” Ferrelli: “Patsy was a waterboy at the quarry, carrying water to the older workers, until he moved up and eventually became a millwright. At the age of 24, Patsy sent travel money back to Italy so that Anna Tecca, the girl of his memories from Pettorano, could come to the United States to be his bride. ‘He had sent $500 to have her sent over, but when she arrived she didn’t want to marry him,’ said Christina (Ferrelli) Little, daughter of the eventual marriage. ‘He wanted his money back since she didn’t want to get married. But her dad said, ‘We don’t have $500. You’ll marry him.’

So she did, and the marriage lasted 65 years until Patsy’s death in 1984 at the age of 89.”

The Capuanos were one of the “original owners,” as they’re called by their descendants. The original families, the ones who pooled their money and efforts

to build a church in 1921—as listed in another history of the church, from 1968—were named DiVittorio, Ciconi, Castorano, Capuano, Delewese, Lancia, Oddi, Scarpitti, Moro, Bellisari, Valerio, Stachiotti, Lombardi and Stischok. Many were from Pettorano in the Abruzzo region of Italy, known for mining and farming. The very first funeral in the church was for the baby daughter of Guy and Liberata Capuano.

Huge families were the norm even as all the homes quarry workers could afford were modest “quarry houses” along the river under the Trabue Road bridge or cramped boardinghouses.

Little wonder those workers looked at the cheap land between the railroad tracks on Trabue and set their ambition accordingly. “I don’t know how they did it,” Castorano says when asked how guys earning such meager pay for such hard work managed to buy property and build homes to raise their expanding broods. And the work was hard. The limestone cliffs along the Scioto would provide the stone that built the Statehouse, Ohio Stadium and hundreds of other structures in Central Ohio. Before trucks and automation, the work was done by hand. That meant sledgehammers, pickaxes and dynamite to cleave the towering walls and break the rocks, loading mule carts to haul them away. Dangerous work, too.

“The wall of the boiler room adjoining the No. 8 crusher was papered and upon a nail there hung a reflecting lamp,” said a news report about a 1902 fire at the Casparis Stone Co. “This lamp exploded and the burning oil quickly ignited the loosely hung paper upon the wall. Before the watchmen arrived upon the scene the flames had reached the roof of the boiler room and rapidly spread among the timbers of the No. 8 crusher.

Fifteen cars of crushed stone, which was stored in bins in the top of the building, were released and the stone was scattered among the wreckage of the plant.”

That fire occurred before Panfilo Lancia came to work the quarry, with his wife and four children in tow. They lived in one room on the second floor of a boardinghouse at first, says his grandson, Bill Shaffer, who still owns the family homestead on Trabue, though he does not live there. Panfilo and his wife, Contetina, would have seven more kids at a time when he made “7 or 8 cents an hour,” Shaffer says. “’Course, that was pretty good money back then.” So Panfilo took a number of years before he could afford a lot on Trabue. The lot, of course, had no house.

“A lot of the decline was that that older generation died or moved away,” says Joe Lombardi, whose grandfather Dominic opened Johnnie’s Tavern in 1948 and ran it until he died 13 years ago at 94.

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She risked life and limb fleeing an abusive Somali boarding school for wayward Muslim women and girls.

But when Jasmin Osman returned home to Columbus, she did something just as courageous: She told her story.

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She ran to the wall that surrounded the school, which was about twice her height of 5 feet and 9 inches, gathered up her long baati, a Somali dress she was required to wear, and began to climb. The wall was smooth, but there were small divots where she was able to insert her fingers and sandaled feet.

At the top were spikes and coils of barbed wire. As she swung one leg up and struggled to part the coils that were already cutting her, she saw a man in the street. Xaaji Abdo, who lived nearby, could see that she was bleeding. He tried to tell her not to jump; it was dangerous. Then he called a nearby friend, Ibrahimi Qaalib, who quickly arrived.

“Help me,” Jasmin whispered.

Miraculously, they did. Abdo climbed up and used a hat to protect his hands while pulling apart the coils so Jasmin could scramble onto the top. The men helped her jump into the street. Jasmin didn’t think about the wounds on her legs and hands, or notice that her head scarf had snagged on the wire and was left behind. She started to run.

That daring escape ended an ordeal that began in July 2016 with a promise from her parents of a vacation in Uganda. It was a trick. Instead, her mother, a Somali immigrant who lives in Galloway, took her to Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland in the Horn of Africa, and left her at Daarul Rayxaan. There, Jasmin, who grew up in Columbus, Memphis and Denmark, was imprisoned along with about 30 girls aged 13 and up, most of them European- and North American-raised Somalis sent there by parents who thought they had become too Westernized, too wild or too irreligious.

Their days included study of the Quran, but also harsh punishment for every infraction. They were beaten with sticks, ropes and garden hoses and given little to eat. The most rebellious, including Jasmin, were hobbled with chains, made to sleep outside alone in the cold, doused in cold water or confined in a tiny, dark room without windows or space even to stand up.

Jasmin was not the first to get out of Daarul Rayxaan.

One girl escaped by faking wedding plans; another

They were beaten with sticks, ropes and garden hoses and given little to eat. The most rebellious, including Jasmin, were hobbled with chains, made to sleep outside alone in the cold, doused in cold water or confined in a tiny, dark room without windows or space even to stand up.

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riday was the day Jasmin Osman chose for her escape. A Friday would be best, she remembers thinking, because it was the day off for the more agile of the two female guards at Daarul Rayxaan, the abusive “boarding school” in Hargeisa, Somaliland, where Jasmin, then 19, had been imprisoned for more than seven months. The other woman was overweight, and Jasmin figured she could outrun her. Early in the morning, the two male guards would still be sleeping. And on this Friday, unlike so many others, Jasmin was allowed to sleep without her legs chained together.

Jasmin woke before the other girls and slipped outside unseen. She watched from the back of the house as they rose and began their day. “Five minutes pass,” she says. “I’m like, ‘Hmm.’ Another five minutes pass.

I’m like, ‘Wow. They’re really not looking for me.’”

Later, she learned another girl had noticed her absence and stuffed her bed so others wouldn’t become suspicious. Perhaps that’s what made the difference this time, as opposed to all the other times Jasmin had tried to break free.

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fabricated a medical crisis. But Jasmin was the first to look back once she was free and help the girls she’d left behind.

Safe in Central Ohio, Jasmin began searching online for information about the other girls. Her search set off a chain of events that began with a visit from the FBI to her home in Hilliard and culminated in the school’s closure. In May of 2017, Somali police conducted an armed raid on the school and, according to press reports, arrested its director. They freed 18 teenage girls, some as young as 13. The girls were returned to their home countries, which included Denmark, Norway, the U.K., Canada and the U.S. Jasmin’s actions were motivated by a desire to rescue her fellow prisoners and prevent other young women from suffering the same plight. That’s also why she’s now telling her story, which Columbus Monthly confirmed with U.S. law enforcement officials, a British relief worker, her mother and both the men who aided her escape. “Sharing this story may have opened new wounds,” says Jasmin, whose story has attracted the attention of the international press, “but it’s also opening doors. Some more people can get help. You never know.”

Jasmin Osman was born in Vejle, Denmark, in 1997. Her mother, Saadia Liban, came to Denmark alone at 15 from a refugee camp in Kenya. Saadia never knew her father, and her mother died in the camp. In Denmark, she met and married Qays Osman, a Somali Dane, and when she was 18, Jasmin was born.

After a short and troubled marriage, Saadia left Qays. She took Jasmin and a second daughter to Memphis, Tennessee, where her brother was living. She applied for and was awarded asylum, and all three were granted U.S. citizenship. A few years later, they moved to Columbus, where Saadia remarried and had a third child. The younger two embraced their mother’s conservative lifestyle and religion, but Jasmin was rebellious. She disliked the religious school she attended on the weekends; she abandoned the hijab, or head scarf.

Seeking to put the past behind her, Saadia told her children little about her own history. But Jasmin was curious about her father, and when she joined Facebook, he found her. She begged to be allowed to visit him in London, where he operated a car service. The visit was a disaster. Jasmin, then 15, didn’t get along with her father’s new family and butted heads with him over her independent lifestyle. (Qays didn’t respond to messages seeking comment for this story.)

The three years that followed were rocky. Jasmin felt confused: Was she Danish? American? Somali?

Did she belong with her mother or her father? Did anybody care about her? She grew depressed and had a stay at Buckeye Ranch, a residential treatment program for teens.

During that time, Qays unsuccessfully sued to have Jasmin and her sister removed from their mother’s care. Jasmin, who was an honor roll stu-

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Jasmin’s mother told her they were traveling to vacation in Uganda, but after a stop in Dubai they ended their flight in Hargeisa, Somaliland, where her mother left her locked up in an abusive boarding school.

dent at Hilliard Davidson High School during her freshman year, dropped out. She thought maybe she could get a fresh start in Denmark, staying with family members in Vejle. Her mother agreed. “I couldn’t fight Jasmin back and forth,” says Saadia. “It was like breaking this kid in the middle. So I let Jasmin do what she wanted.”

Once in Denmark, Jasmin again struggled against the restrictions placed on her by family. She left them and moved on her own to Copenhagen, where she got a job in a bar. She even got an apartment. Emotionally, however, she was struggling.

In June of 2016, Saadia flew to Copenhagen. She felt Jasmin was drinking too much, mixing alcohol with prescription medications. Jasmin agrees she was in need, although she does not agree that drinking was the root of the problem. “I had a serious attitude,” she says. “I was confused. Nobody was there [for me].

I was acting up.”

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Qays came to town as well, and for once he and Saadia found a point of agreement: Something had to be done about Jasmin. Qays had a plan, Saadia says, and she agreed to it. Today, she says she was at her wit’s end and thought the religious rehabilitation school Qays proposed seemed a good place for Jasmin to wean herself from alcohol. They went to Jasmin together and told her they wanted to take her on a vacation to Uganda. Jasmin would go ahead with her mother, and her father would join them later. Jasmin bought the lie. She was thrilled to see her parents cooperating and excited about the travel, because she’d never been to Africa. “I’m so gullible,” she says, shaking her head.

Jasmin and Saadia spent a few days in Dubai, buying traditional Muslim clothes for Jasmin. She wondered why. She also wondered why the next flight did not go straight to Uganda but touched down for a layover in Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland. The northern portion of Somalia, Somaliland is a self-declared independent state, although it is viewed by most of the world as an autonomous region of Somalia.

They were seated separately, and when they deplaned, Saadia said a woman she’d met on the plane would take them to her house for some refreshments.

“I thought it was weird,” Jasmin says. “You’re going to just meet some random lady in Somalia and then go chill at her house?”

The woman—who turned out to be Yasmin Suleiman, the head of Daarul Rayxaan—joined them in the baggage claim area. (Columbus Monthly was unable to locate Suleiman, but she sent a text message to a Norwegian media outlet claiming Jasmin’s story was fabricated.) The three got into a taxi—and then two uniformed police officers got in as well. They demanded Jasmin’s and Saadia’s passports and other identity cards, as well as Jasmin’s laptop. Describing those moments, Jasmin mainly remembers confusion. Why would they take her laptop when she was leaving the airport? Were they going to the police station? What would they do with her papers?

The car stopped in front of tall gates, which swung partway open. Everyone got out. Then two men emerged from inside the gates and took hold of Jasmin.

“I’m like, what is going on? People are grabbing me inside these double doors,” says Jasmin. “My mom was screaming, ‘This is too aggressive!’” The men dragged Jasmin inside, threatening Saadia with a baton, and closed the gates.

With her mother’s screams fading in the distance, the men dragged Jasmin farther into the walled complex, put a metal chain with a padlock around her legs and forced her into a small, dark, boxlike room that she would later come to know well. She cried and yelled and banged on the walls. Eventually, she fell asleep. continued on Page 194

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A Message to the Community

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A History of Giving

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Foundation Firsts

14 Impact Spotlights 20 Featured Donor Stories and Initiatives 40 2019 Awards 42 Center for Corporate Philanthropy 44 2018 Financial Highlights 45 2019 Governing Committee 46 The Columbus Foundation Staff

SPECIAL COMMUNITY REPORT FOR COLUMBUS MONTHLY READERS

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“CITIES

ARE NOT HIGHWAYS AND SKYSCRAPERS. Cities are not steel and concrete and high-rise apartments, even at low rentals. Cities are not to be measured as good or bad in simple terms, even in percentages of college graduates, health statistics, or the circulation of books, important as these may be.

The quality that makes for greatness in a city is its dynamic. How well and how freely are its people working together, giving of themselves, to make it a still finer city? The test of a city is not so much what it is, as what it is freely striving to become.

There is no such thing as the rebirth of a city which is not accompanied by a rebirth among its people of the spirit of giving—giving of time, giving of imagination and leadership, giving, too, of wealth according to (one’s) ability.”

Harrison M. Sayre, Founder The Columbus Foundation

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A MESSAGE TO THE COMMUNITY

Dear Friends,

I MAGINE COLUMBUS IN 1943.

The lingering effects of the Great Depression challenged a stressed economy. News of World War II consumed the headlines. Food, gas, and clothing rationing tested an already tired community, and our soldiers selflessly defended the nation—many sacrificing their lives for freedom as fighting raged throughout the Atlantic and Pacific.

Yet, there was a group of people who, no matter how distant the prospect of better days ahead, chose to do whatever they could to care for the community they loved.

Thus, 75 years ago, they created The Columbus Foundation.

As we begin our fourth generation as the cornerstone of community progress, we affirm and bolster our work with people like you, throughout our region and beyond, to continue what our founders started.

We are proud to announce that in 2018, the Foundation and its donors gave more than ever to support nonprofits improving central Ohio. Grants paid reached a remarkable all-time high of $224.2 million to benefit more than 4,000

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nonprofits and the hundreds of thousands of individuals they serve.

Since our founding, the Foundation has awarded $2.5 billion in grants to a wide range of causes, including social services, the arts, health, education, and more.

Gifts made to new and existing funds and Supporting Foundations in 2018 totaled $170.5 million. As of December 31, 2018, the assets of the Foundation stood at $2.15 billion held in 2,738 charitable funds and 30 Supporting Foundations.

In this report, you’ll see stories of our work with nonprofit partners and donors who offer innovative, promising ideas to make an impact in our often-changing environment.

You’ll see examples of how organizations in our community are coming together to tackle the statewide opiate crisis. You will also see compelling generosity in action.

By giving, participating in kindness initiatives, and engaging with others through community conversations, you are helping us build a vibrant, flourishing region.

From joining The Big Explore, an event we created to celebrate the

Foundation’s 75th anniversary, when more than 56,000 people received free admission to seven of the area’s most prominent cultural attractions and free transportation via COTA, to facilitating and encouraging conversations at The Big Table, a day of community building where more than 8,000 people came together to strengthen and connect central Ohio through dialogue, your generosity demonstrated your commitment to creating a better tomorrow.

The Foundation matches your commitment and strives to develop collaborative opportunities to provide for central Ohio’s greatest needs through Critical Need Alerts (CNA).

In 2018, the Foundation launched Our Kids, a CNA developed to address two urgent issues related to some of our youngest and most vulnerable residents: supporting quality childhood education and bolstering collaborative efforts to effectively end youth homelessness. Due to an outpouring of extraordinary generosity, Our Kids eclipsed its $1.5 million goal by more than $900,000 in just 44

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days—making it the largest and most successful CNA in the Foundation’s history.

We thank our exceptional Governing Committee for its extraordinary leadership, as well as the efforts of our committee volunteers, professional advisors, and our dedicated staff.

Created by community members 75 years ago, The Columbus Foundation embraces philanthropy as a collaborative practice. Together, we’ll demonstrate that our community possesses the heart, courage, and foresight to create a promising future for generations to come.

MATTHEW D. WALTER Chairman

FROM LEFT: Matthew D. Walter, Chairman, and Douglas F. Kridler, President and CEO.

DOUGLAS F. KRIDLER President and CEO

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A HISTORY OF GIVING DOLLARS INVESTED IN COMMUNITIES (five-year snapshots, except as noted)

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19.0M 1993

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Over the past three quarters of a century, Columbus Foundation donors have strengthened and improved our city through exceptional investments that have been instrumental in moving our community forward. As we have grown, so has this commitment to helping others.

These grants, made to thousands of nonprofit organizations serving central Ohio and beyond, illustrate a spirit of generosity that speaks to the initial goal of the Foundation—to create a better community for the future and a legacy that outlasts us all.

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FOUNDATION FIRSTS

When Harrison Sayre and fellow civic leaders established The Columbus Foundation, they did so with a sense of hope and desire that everyone would feel welcome. Over the past 75 years, we’ve seen donors from all walks of life, regardless of wealth or stature, commit to being part of something bigger than themselves—with a belief, as Sayre said, that “the best way to extend your life is to give to the community.”

We celebrate all those who embraced the idea of a foundation for the community early on, paving the way for current and future generations. We honor those who have invested so selflessly in a future they would never see by giving unrestricted dollars to help us address current community needs no one could predict.

These legacies live on today throughout our city. We see them on the walls of museums, on the faces of young people in our classrooms, and in our nonprofits who transform grant dollars into essential programs and services.

It all happened because of those who believed.

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HARRISON M. SAYRE FOUNDER, THE COLUMBUS FOUNDATION —1943

Harrison Sayre was the visionary who brought The Columbus Foundation to life. He retired as president from the American Education Press and served as the Foundation’s unpaid director for 25 years. Always forwardthinking, his goal was to create a better tomorrow.

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OLGA ANNA JONES FIRST UNSOLICITED GIFT— 1944

A former teacher, editor of the Ohio Woman Voter, and reporter for the Columbus Citizen, Olga Anna Jones was the first woman to serve on the Columbus City Council, from 1923–1928. Her $25 donation was the first unsolicited gift to the young foundation.

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H. RUSSELL CULP FIRST PLANNED GIFT— 1945

H. Russell Culp was a printer, admitted to the International Typographical Union in 1901. He worked for the Pfeifer Printing Company for many years and then was a foreman with the Phillips Printing Company until his retirement in 1955. Mr. Culp established this gift ahead of his death to benefit the Foundation. When he passed away in 1960, his $500 bequest was realized as a gift to the Columbus Public Library.

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FREDERICK B. HILL FIRST DONOR ADVISED FUND ESTABLISHED — 1948

Frederick Hill established the first Donor Advised Fund at The Columbus Foundation, allowing donors to suggest grants to nonprofit organizations at their discretion. Through the ensuing decades, Donor Advised Funds played a major role in the growth of the Foundation.

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COLUMBUS YOUTH FOUNDATION FIRST SUPPORTING FOUNDATION— 1976

The Columbus Youth Foundation (CYF) was formed in 1955 to contribute funds to local youth programs. After the Columbus Jets baseball team dissolved and their stadium was sold, CYF’s trustees moved it to The Columbus Foundation in 1976 as the first Supporting Foundation. Today, as it has for more than six decades, CYF focuses on offering youth from disadvantaged neighborhoods in Columbus opportunities for life lessons through recreation and sports.

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IMPACT SPOTLIGHTS

T GERALD B. FENTON FUND Designated Fund

ESTABLISHED 1954

hroughout his 48-year career at Battelle Memorial Institute, Gerald B. Fenton played a major role in the organization’s growth and development. Mr. Fenton, who passed away in 1973, was a life trustee and officer of Battelle’s board. Active in numerous community and business endeavors, he was a member of the The Columbus Foundation’s Governing Committee and a trustee of the Alfred L. Willson Charitable Foundation.

A longtime supporter and proponent of the Columbus Museum of Art, Mr. Fenton served as a member of the museum’s Board of Trustees for 26 years and as the Board President from 1951–1962.

Through his fund, established in 1954, Mr. Fenton’s legacy lives on more than half a century later, providing ongoing financial support that fuels the opportunity for people of all ages to experience art at the museum.

“Columbus

Museum of Art is deeply grateful for donors whose ongoing support helps us to fulfill our mission to provide great experiences with great art for everyone. Our longtime donors’ commitment to accessibility allows us to continue to offer vital programs and learning experiences, including free general admission each and every Sunday to all members of our community.”

—NANNETTE V. MACIEJUNES, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, COLUMBUS MUSEUM OF ART

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A NEVA J. COLLINS FUND Field of Interest Fund

ESTABLISHED 1963

n artist and former art teacher at West High School, Neva Collins was active during her lifetime in the Big Sisters Association, Columbus Benevolent Society, Columbus Home for the Aged, and Hannah Neil Mission. Her lifelong concern for helping students in need complete their high school education continues to be carried out through her fund, including support for I Know I Can, the only college access program in Columbus, and one of the largest and most successful in the nation. Ms. Collins’ generosity is inspiring a whole new generation of learners and putting them on a path to success.

“Each day, I Know I Can’s (IKIC) motivated staff works hard to inspire, enable, and support the students of Columbus City, South-Western City and WhitehallYearling City schools. Our staff supports deserving students in gaining access to the information and resources they need to succeed on a path to college and career. We cannot understate the impact of the generous funding IKIC receives from The Columbus Foundation, including the Neva J. Collins Fund! These gifts come back to us in the form of increased student enrollment in, and completion of, college. We thank you for your support of our students.”

—K ATINA FULLEN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, I KNOW I CAN

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ESTABLISHED 1990

ldon Ward was a volunteer for more than 60 years with the YMCA of Central Ohio, serving in capacities ranging from swimming instructor to metropolitan YMCA board member. A successful businessman, Mr. Ward was president of the E. E. Ward Moving and Storage Co., founded by his grandfather in 1881. Active in the community, he served as a member of The Columbus Foundation’s Governing Committee from 1981 to 1990, including as Chairman in 1990.

In 1991, the East Side YMCA was renamed the Eldon and Elsie Ward Family YMCA. Mr. Ward and his wife Elsie established their Designated Fund at the Foundation to ensure kids would continue to benefit from the valuable programs and guidance the YMCA provides.

“The YMCA is incredibly grateful for the ongoing financial support of the Eldon and Elsie Ward Family. The fund that they established to provide teen programming at the Ward YMCA helps us to transform lives by providing caring adults to youth who are isolated and vulnerable. The teen summer camp and Teen Leaders programs help teens recognize their talents, and their value and worth, resulting in their school success, as well as in their hopes and dreams for the future.”

—LINDA DAY-MACKESSY, MSW, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, YMCA OF CENTRAL OHIO

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IMPACT SPOTLIGHTS

R. R. ALVIN STEVENSON FUND Field of Interest Fund

Alvin Stevenson established this fund in memory of his parents and sisters to support meaningful organizations serving residents in Fairfield and Hocking counties. A veteran of World War I, Mr. Stevenson operated a small machine repair shop from his family home in Lancaster, Ohio. He also maintained a Donor Advised Fund with the Foundation to support things he cared about during his lifetime.

One of the fund’s recent grants was awarded to support the renovation and expansion of a commercial food service kitchen at the new Meals on Wheels facility in Lancaster. In 2018, Meals on Wheels of Fairfield County provided 190,917 home delivered meals and 46,077 community-site meals, along with other food-related services.

ESTABLISHED 1968

“The support of Mr. Stevenson’s fund has made a tremendous difference for older adults in Fairfield County by enabling Meals on Wheels to complete the kitchen project which currently feeds over 850 clients each day, ensuring vulnerable seniors receive a nutritious meal along with a moment of human connection.

The new kitchen will enable the agency to meet the ever-increasing demand for meals today and into the future.”

—ANNA TOBIN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MEALS ON WHEELS OF FAIRFIELD COUNTY

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R DR. THELMA I. SCHOONOVER FUND Field of Interest Fund

ESTABLISHED 1997

enowned psychologist Dr. Thelma Schoonover’s remarkable career spanned more than 40 years. Born in 1907, Dr. Schoonover grew up in Columbus and graduated from East High School. After graduating from The Ohio State University, she began her career in Upper Arlington schools. Later, she served as Chief Psychologist for Akron public and parochial schools, Director of Guidance and Counseling at Franklin University, and Chairman of Capital University’s Department of Psychology. At age 65, Dr. Schoonover opened her own psychology practice.

Her Field of Interest Fund benefits central Ohio organizations, like Ohio Wildlife Center, that provide services and programs related to health care, the environment, and animal welfare.

“Support

for Ohio Wildlife Center from the Dr. Thelma Schoonover Fund at The Columbus Foundation has been vital in strengthening our capacity building resources to increase fiscal sustainability. These grants have also made it possible to extend our education program reach to nearly 19,000 Ohioans annually and to continue to respond to the rapidly expanding animal rehabilitation needs across central Ohio.”

—CELESTE (DUSTY) LOMBARDI, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, OHIO WILDLIFE CENTER

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B JAMES W. OVERSTREET FUND Unrestricted Fund

ESTABLISHED 1974

orn in 1888 in rural Virginia, James “Red” Overstreet received little formal education and later employed tutors to help him. He started out as a grocery clerk in Bluefield, West Virginia. At the time of his retirement, he was president of the National Electric Coil Division, McGraw-Edison Company in Columbus. The assets of the industrialist’s private foundation were transferred to The Columbus Foundation in 1974.

Over the past 40 years, Mr. Overstreet’s generosity has made a difference in the lives of thousands—his fund has awarded grants to a wide variety of organizations, including a recent grant to Lutheran Social Services (LSS) CHOICES for Victims of Domestic Violence to help support its new shelter. The fund has also provided ground-level support for several of the Foundation’s Critical Need Alerts, shared investment opportunities with donors that address urgent needs in the community.

“Grants

like the one from James W. Overstreet played an integral part in making our new shelter a reality. Our Community’s Campaign for LSS CHOICES was truly community based, with gifts coming from businesses, individuals and their funds, the government, and organizations. Together, these contributions allowed us to build a domestic violence shelter our community can be proud of.”

—REV. LARRY A . CROWELL, PRESIDENT AND CEO, LUTHERAN SOCIAL SERVICES

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“If I lived 10 lifetimes, I could never give back what this country has given us.”

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S ECOND ACT K ATHLEEN THARP GROVÉ AND WILLIAM T. GROVÉ FAMILY FUND

FUND TYPE DONOR ADVISED FUND

ESTABLISHED 2016

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WILLIE GROVÉ first met his wife, Katie, at a party in South Africa in 1976. She was the first American he’d ever encountered.

“I told her some stupid elephant joke,” he laughed of the historic meeting.

A native of South Africa, Willie didn’t have much money growing up, and he recalled his life revolving around music.

It was a love that started early and has continued to play an important role throughout his life. Katie, who grew up in Hilliard and then attended Northwestern University, was working in South Africa for Xerox when they met. The couple married the following year and moved back to the United States when Katie was pregnant with their son, Thomas.

When Willie took a job in Troy, Michigan in January 1979, the couple bought a car with the little savings they had and rolled into town with just $20 in their pockets. It wasn’t enough for a hotel room, and it was too cold to stay in their car, so his new boss took them in until they found a housesitting job and could rent an apartment.

Willie went on to have a very successful business

career, most recently as Managing Director for UBS. While he excelled in financial matters, he also carried a deep love for the stage. A past president of the board and life trustee of Opera Columbus, Willie has performed as an operatic tenor with Opera Columbus, Columbus Light Opera (where he also served as board chair), and other performing arts organizations for more than 30 years. Their daughter, Jessica, inherited her father’s passion, and is a Broadway actress in New York City and across the U.S. As he and Katie begin to consider the next chapter in their lives, they believe that philanthropy will play a big part. As the founding chairman of The Columbus Foundation’s Professional Advisory Committee (now Professional Council), Willie has advised countless clients on how to make a difference with their wealth.

“I realized very early on in my career that if we, as financial planners, don’t talk to our clients about their philanthropic intent, we’re only doing half the job,” he said.

“There are only two things that we can pass to our children, our wealth and our values.

How we plan our estate will be a testimony to the world about our values.”

Willie and Katie established the Kathleen Tharp Grové and William T. Grové Family Fund, a Donor Advised Fund, in 2016 to help facilitate their charitable giving, which will focus on the family’s interest in supporting the arts, conservation efforts, and education.

Their goal is to grow the fund so their children will be able to use it moving forward to support their own charitable interests as well.

“We feel it’s a responsibility of parents to pass the philosophy of giving down to their children,” Katie said.

Willie agrees, and is excited about making a difference not just locally, but globally as well.

“We owe so much for having been given so much.

It’s just been a marvelous journey for the both of us to have really started with nothing in 1979 and to have come to the point where we actually could be supportive of others, not just in this country but in other parts of the world, particularly Africa,” he said.

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“It is so important that we know, no matter what our resource is— whether it’s a gift we have personally, time with someone else, or whether it’s money—that those are vital to keeping society going.”

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THE HEALING P OWER OF ART GROWING UP TOGETHER in

Catholic schools on Columbus’ West Side, Pat Wynn Brown and Steve Brown were taught two valuable lessons they have built their lives around— be kind and serve others.

The couple, married 46 years and longtime residents of Clintonville, have utilized the arts as one way to illustrate both their kindness and desire to help others.

After 17 years in special education, Pat switched gears and became an award-winning humor writer and columnist.

When she was diagnosed with melanoma in 1997, her first thought wasn’t about dying, but rather, what would happen to her hair?

Armed with the knowledge that women often tell hairdressers the nitty gritty details of their lives, Pat created a live performance show that mimicked being in a hair salon. Hair Theater played across the country and over a 15-year period raised more than $300,000 to provide wigs for women in need.

Steve, who retired from Ashland Chemical and also played a role in Hair Theater as “Captain Steve,”

said the couple’s focus on philanthropy is intentional.

“Philanthropy requires compassion, empathy, and intent,” Steve said. “It’s not just charity. It’s a state of mind, and you really need to want to do it.”

Both Pat and Steve are actively involved in Harmony Project, and it’s through that organization that Pat saw an opportunity to share her gifts with incarcerated women at the Ohio Reformatory for Women (ORW). She started working with cosmetology students and then expanded her reach, forming Ladies of Success and the Arts and Letter Society, programs that highlight etiquette, problem solving, communication, the humanities, and more.

Pat runs a tight ship, requiring respect, focus, and discipline; much like the nuns did in her childhood. And the participants at ORW love it.

“They change, right before my eyes,” she said.

The Browns’ desire to help others has extended to their son, Wynn, and grandson, Lucas, as well.

Wynn has raised funds for the Whetsone Library in his

son’s name, because the place holds meaning for both of them.

“This is so important to us,” Pat said. “That our son and grandson carry on what we were taught and what we received. We are all philanthropists who give of ourselves in some way. Giving is a health and beauty aid!”

The couple established a planned gift at the Foundation in 2014 because they love their community, and want to ensure their support of the arts continues after they are gone.

“Our roots are here,” Steve said. “We love the diversity, the sense of community, the kindness we see in our neighborhood. Columbus is inclusive.”

Pat believes supporting the arts is a perfect legacy for them.

“The arts can help someone’s life turn around for the better, with a song, a play, a poem, a painting,” Pat explained. “I’ve seen it with the prisoners I’ve worked with, with the deaf children I’ve taught. It transforms people.

I want that to continue after we’re gone.”

PATRICIA W YNN BROWN AND STEPHEN C. BROWN FUND FOR THE ARTS

FUND TYPE PLANNED GIFT

ESTABLISHED 2014

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“Boundless

is a family of companies committed to building a world that realizes the boundless potential of all people.”

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m ay na r d , ph . d ., pr e si de n t a n d ceo

LOOKING TOWARD THE FUTURE I AM BOUNDLESS GENERAL ENDOWMENT FUND

FUND TYPE ORGANIZATION ENDOWMENT

ESTABLISHED 2007

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FOR NEARLY 40 YEARS,

Boundless, which began operations in 1980 as Franklin County Residential Services (FCRES), has been a champion for individuals with developmental disabilities and/or behavioral health challenges. The organization offers a wide variety of supports and services, ranging from vocational training and summer camp to residential services and family support.

Boundless works with more than 4,000 children, adolescents, adults, and their families across Ohio. The programs, resources, and services they provide help individuals and families lead their best lives.

In recent years, a shift was made to better align with the emerging needs in many Ohio communities for expertise in areas such as managed care, autism, and vocational and employment services.

FCRES wasn’t equipped to take on the expanded role, so the organization strategically began to enter into managed agreements with smaller nonprofits that could help bridge that gap.

In 2017, FCRES became I Am Boundless, Inc.

The name “Boundless” was actually suggested by a staff member and comes from the organization’s nearly 40-year commitment to empowering individuals with the freedom and opportunity to live boundless lives.

“Collaboration has been absolutely critical to both our restructuring and our overall growth,” explained Patrick Maynard, Ph.D., President and CEO. “We have been, and continue to look for, partners who share our organizational vision and can expand our ability to provide full-service care and support to the people we serve.”

In 2007, the organization established what is now the I Am Boundless, Inc. General Endowment Fund and then, in 2013, the I Am Boundless, Inc. Program Endowment Fund. Both were created as endowment funds to take into account the future needs of the organization.

“Having a financial foundation provided by endowments helps us know we’ve got resources beyond our annual budget which we might use to take advantage of opportunities when they present themselves,” Dr. Maynard said.

Dr. Maynard believes the organization will continue to evolve to meet the needs of the people Boundless serves and their families.

“We will continue to grow, geographically and programmatically, where it makes sense and where we are needed. In short, I really do see our future as, well, boundless.”

A Snapshot of Boundless Programs: Family living programs include: Parent-Directed Program Family support services Emergency and planned respite services Child and adolescent autism services Community living programs include: Supported living Licensed homes (ICF/IDD) Multi-system youth programs Inclusion programs include: Community engagement Summer camp Pre-employment training services Vocational exploration and training

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“We’re

not in this business to make money.

We’re here to help the dogs.”

— george

sk e s t o s

SETTING THE GOLD STANDARD AN EXTRAORDINARY, first-

of-its-kind facility outside of Canal Winchester is giving homeless dogs a fresh start and setting new standards for shelter care.

Gigi’s, a 501(c)(3), opened its doors in October 2018 and is already improving the lives of shelter dogs. It does not operate as a traditional shelter. Instead, it considers its 15,000-square-foot dog campus located on three acres as part of a “resource network,” serving as a hub between rural, overcrowded shelters and adoption center partners like Columbus Humane.

The rural shelters, including those in Gallia, Jackson, Scioto, Ross, and Lawrence counties, generally have too many dogs, not enough resources, and a shortage of local adopters.

“I’ve had dogs all my life, ever since I was three years old,” said George Skestos, a successful businessman who founded Gigi’s with his wife, Tina, and named it after their beloved Akita. “I just wanted to do something for them.”

The Gigi’s team travels regularly to five shelter partners throughout southern Ohio to bring dogs back to Gigi’s campus.

Once there, the dogs receive medical care and a behavioral evaluation from its staff veterinarians in a state-of-the-art facility before moving on to one of the adoption center partners to find their permanent home. The building was designed to keep stress levels at a minimum for the animals, from the color on the walls and extra insulation to pare down noise, to the music it plays to soothe anxious dogs.

“Our mission is to take homeless dogs that might spend months in a shelter and get them to healthy, loving, and happy forever homes within just two weeks,” Tina explained.

In addition to its work with dogs on site, Gigi’s provides shelter partners with vaccines, medical supplies, and equipment at their own shelters at no cost. This proactive approach helps fight

disease and increases the overall chances of dogs being successfully adopted.

It’s also a saving grace for the rural shelters, which operate on tight budgets.

The organization now has its sights set on two new specialty areas that will add to the services offered as homeless dogs arrive.

The first, a 9,600-squarefoot behavioral center, will address the specific needs and training of dogs who can’t be adopted due to fear or aggression. The second will be a 400-square-foot Canine Parvovirus unit, specifically designed to treat and ultimately save dogs suffering from the highly contagious and often deadly viral illness.

To George, this is just the beginning of what he hopes will be a dog-saving approach that is modeled throughout the United States.

“We’re hoping it catches on and other people will do it. This is just the start.”

TRINITY FUND

FUND TYPE DONOR ADVISED FUND

ESTABLISHED 2016

PICTURED, LEFT:

Tina and George Skestos, at Gigi’s.

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“Our

hope is the Alliance serves as a catalyst to bring other organizations to the table and ultimately save lives.”

— ch a d

j e s t e r , pr e si de n t, nat ion w i de fou n dat ion

TACKLING A STATEWIDE CRISIS OHIO OPIOID EDUCATION ALLIANCE FUND

FUND TYPE DONOR ADVISED FUND

ESTABLISHED 2018

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WHEN THE NATIONWIDE FOUNDATION was doing

research for a campaign that could help respond to the opioid crisis gripping central Ohio, it found that, although the majority of Americans know we’re in the midst of an opiate crisis, less than 20 percent believe the risk threatens their family.

Opioid abuse and misuse does not discriminate, and no one is immune to the devastation it causes.

“That household accountability is the needle we want to move,” said Chad Jester, President of Nationwide Foundation.

Denial, Ohio, a media campaign that launched in 2018, focuses on education and prevention. The campaign highlights the importance of adults talking to kids about drugs as well as the need to secure medications and dispose of unneeded prescriptions.

“You can reduce a child’s risk of substance abuse by 50 percent by talking to them, but it’s multiple conversations over time,” Chad said. And while most

people know it’s not safe to keep unused prescription medications in their home, few have taken steps to safely discard them.

The creation of Denial, Ohio fulfilled one of the goals of the Franklin County Opiate Action Plan, a dynamic communitywide blueprint developed by the Alcohol Drug and Mental Health Board of Franklin County (ADAMH) at the direction of the Franklin County Board of Commissioners and Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther to address the crisis.

The Nationwide Foundation provided the initial funding for the creative work.

Recognizing this as a community issue, and that more voices could reach more families and individuals, the Ohio Opioid Education Alliance (OOEA) was formed in 2018. A coalition of more than 70 business, education, nonprofit, civic, and government organizations and associations, OOEA’s main goal is working together to prevent the next

generation of young people from misusing and abusing prescription opioids.

“At heart, central Ohio is collaborative by nature. Anything that is this impactful to our community and our state should be done in collaboration. We all have resources and assets to bring to the table.”

—CHAD JESTER

In 2018, the Ohio Opioid Education Alliance Fund was established at The Columbus Foundation to support the work of the alliance as it expands across the state. A growing number of investors are supporting the fund, providing valuable financial resources that will enable the alliance to move this work forward.

“The Columbus Foundation and ADAMH were already working together on opioid initiatives in the community,” Chad explained. “We were able to build on the work that was already taking place.”

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WHAT CAN YOU DO? Opioid abuse and misuse does not discriminate. Don’t live in denial—start taking the steps to protect yourself and your family.

COURTESY OF OOEA

Talk to Your Kids

Safeguard Your Prescriptions

Dispose of Your Medications

Conversations with your kids are one of the most effective ways to prevent drug use. It's not always easy, but it can cut the risk of drug misuse in half.

If you’re prescribed pain medicine, keep it in a secure place that only you can access and monitor the number of pills.

Teens are more likely to get opioids from their family than a drug dealer.

When you have leftover pills, get rid of them properly and immediately.

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2018 FEATURED INITIATIVE

“Our

Community Cares About Us.” COLUMBUS SAW A BIG TURNOUT FOR THE BIG EXPLORE!

The Columbus Foundation’s Big Explore on December 29, 2018, honored its founding on that day 75 years ago by offering free admission to seven of the community’s fantastic cultural attractions, free rides on COTA, and 75 cent scoops at Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams.

THE CITY-WIDE celebration was a testament to the spirit of Columbus, and the turnout proved historic. Nearly 56,000 people attended one or more attractions, and COTA saw a 78 percent increase in ridership over the same day in 2017. Attendance records were broken at COSI, Franklin Park Conservatory, the National Veterans Memorial and Museum, the Ohio History Connection, and the Pizzuti Collection.

In May 2019, The Big Explore was named a winner of one of the annual EXPY Awards by Experience Columbus for providing an extraordinary experience for residents and visitors alike in 2018.

The Big Explore Partners

“The

Columbus Foundation was born at a time of great challenge in the world and in our community. It is the people of this community who, despite the odds, willed this to become one of the leading community philanthropies in the world. What better way to celebrate our anniversary than to give everyone a chance to explore our community together?”

—DOUG KRIDLER, PRESIDENT AND CEO, THE COLUMBUS FOUNDATION

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Here’s what people said about The Big Explore:

“Only

in Columbus!

I keep telling friends that my adopted home is unbelievably and genuinely fantastic!

It was so nice to see so many people out enjoying the treasures in our city like the Museum and Franklin Park Conservatory.

I love this city. Thank you Columbus Foundation!”

“It is soooo wonderful seeing so many families out exploring and making memories. Thank you, The Columbus Foundation, for providing this opportunity to so many who otherwise might not have been able to afford this experience! Cbus ROCKS!”

“As a resident of Columbus for over 45 years, I have seen many acts of kindness and generosity. I think the Columbus Foundation’s donation and gift to the people of Columbus on Saturday, December 29, ranks as one of the best ever. Downtown was alive. Young and old, social and economic backgrounds blended to form a city I was very proud to say I was a part of. Thank you very much.”

“Thank

you! Our family of eight rarely gets to do outings like today.

Visited the Ohio History Museum and was surprised to see how engaged our usually bored and shy 11-yearold was in seeing the artifacts and participating on the tour.”

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2018 FEATURED INITIATIVE

LISTEN. LEARN. LEAD. A Day Of Conversations To Strengthen Our Community

More than 8,000 people gathered around hundreds of tables across the central Ohio region on August 29, 2018 to participate in The Big Table®. Launched in 2016, The Big Table is a way to bring people together to broaden perspectives and strengthen our community.

“The Big Table is a chance for us to communicate beyond stereotypes and preconceived notions that society places on us,” said Donte Woods-Spikes, who hosted six Big Tables in 2018, five in physical locations and one on social media. “The friends you’ll meet from sharing and the information you’ll receive through listening is the perfect example of what community can and should always be.”

Participants of all ages discussed a wide variety of topics, from affordable housing and poverty to education and the environment. Big Tables were held across the city at homes, schools, offices, libraries, churches, and restaurants. Many businesses and nonprofits stepped up to host public conversations, where members of the community could meet new people and hear different points of view.

At the end of each conversation, participants completed commitment cards that captured ways in which they were inspired personally to create a strong and connected community. Commitments were as broad as a promise to “continue the conversation,” and as specific as a pledge to “implement an incentive program at work that encourages volunteerism.”

“I love this event. It’s such a great way to learn and meet new people in the community,” said one Big Table participant. “It’s inspiring to know that so many people care about improving our communities and the world!”

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“The

Big Table benefits the community by creating a space for individuals to see and hear another perspective while having an open honest dialogue.”

—DONTE WOODS-SPIKES

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Big Table Statistics

94%

93%

75%

63%

of participants said they were likely to participate again.

of participants said they met new people at their Big Table.

of participants felt their group developed an idea that has the potential to strengthen our community.

of participants said their main reason for participating was to help create positive change in the community.

Participants represented 67 unique Zip codes—43214 (Clintonville) was the most common

TOP FIVE TOPICS AT BIG TABLE CONVERSATIONS

Education

Economic Issues

Affordable Housing and Homelessness

The Big Table Partners

Poverty

Children’s Needs

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2018 FEATURED INITIATIVE

C ritical Need Alerts Address U rgent Community Needs MORE THAN $9.6 MILLION INVESTED SINCE 2003

Since the first Critical Need Alert (CNA) was issued to Columbus Foundation donors in May 2003, the goal has been to identify an important issue facing our community and provide a way for people to work together to address it. These shared investments, many supported and launched by Unrestricted Funds at the Foundation, have helped with timely issues including access to fresh food, childcare, the arts, the opioid crisis, and opportunities for young adults.

IN 2018, the Critical Need Alert: Our Kids launched

to support two urgent issues in our community related to early childhood education and youth homelessness.

Nearly $2.5 million was raised to support the effort, the largest amount ever received for a CNA. SUPPORTING EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION In 2005, Ohio established Step Up To Quality, a statewide quality rating and improvement system for childcare centers. The state set goals that mandated 100 percent of licensed childcare providers be rated (on a 1 to 5-star accreditation system) by 2020.

According to a Groundwork Ohio report, in 2017, 75 percent of all children eligible for public funding in Franklin County were in unrated centers. If these centers are not able to receive the professional development training and accreditation necessary to increase to at least a one-star rating before the deadline, they will lose their ability to accept public funding.

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“In Columbus, 42 percent of children are Kindergarten ready, and only about 28 percent of disadvantaged children arrive at school ready to learn,” said Eric Karolak, CEO of Action for Children. “If we’re going to improve educational outcomes and meet expectations for a 21st century workforce, we have to start early.”

Organizations receiving support through the CNA include Action for Children, Columbus State Community College, and FutureReady Columbus.

BOLSTERING EFFORTS TO END YOUTH HOMELESSNESS Youth homelessness is a public health crisis in central Ohio. In 2017, more than 1,300 youth ages 14–24 were served in Columbus and Franklin County shelters. Many more do not trust adult caregivers and choose to live on the street rather than seek shelter at an adult facility. This puts them at additional risk for exploitation and violence.

Homeless youth often have little access to the services and support needed to survive independently.

This CNA helps organizations on the front lines, including Community Shelter Board, Huckleberry House, and Star House, as they work to connect with the homeless youth in our community and implement a community-wide response to prevent and end youth homelessness.

“Collaboration around youth homelessness is important because the homeless journey is different for every young person,” said Becky Westerfelt, Executive Director of Huckleberry House. “Someone who is couch surfing and seeking a permanent home needs different services than someone who is sleeping under a bridge night after night. Each organization plays a different role at a different point on the journey; we can’t do it alone.”

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CRITICAL NEED ALERT

DATE

TOTAL

Food for Families

May 2003

$451,355

Child Care Initiative

September 2004

$369,307

Ohio Benefit Bank

May 2006

$214,500

Emergency Hunger Relief for Southeast Ohio

February 2008

$37,207

Southeast Ohio Benefit Bank Expansion

February 2008

$199,143

Safety Net Fund

February 2009

$1,523,706

Arts Challenge Fund

September 2009

Great Needs Challenge

November 2010

$1,915,341

CNA for Hunger

November 2012

$325,013

Essentials for Yearlong School Success

August 2014

$400,771

Pathways Project for Opportunity Youth

February 2016

$634,850

Addressing the Opiate Epidemic

December 2016

$512,579

Our Kids

September 2018

$615,725

$2,431,525

Total Critical Need Alert Impact

9,631,022

$ 

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2018 FEATURED INITIATIVE

CONFRONTING A CRISIS Gifts of Kindness Fund Provides Hope

“When

you first hear your diagnosis, everything just seems surreal, like it’s not really happening.”

—GIFTS OF KINDNESS RECIPIENT ERIK A SILVA

AFTER FINDING A LUMP during a self-exam, Erika Silva

visited her doctor. When she received the call telling her it was cancer, her world turned upside down.

Thankfully, the cancer was found early and had not spread. She started treatment in early 2018 and had a double mastectomy in August that year.

A single mom, Erika lost her job not long after she started treatment. Worried about her health, dealing with a job loss, and with a teenage daughter to take care of, Erika was overwhelmed.

“Now, not only am I dealing with cancer, but I have no income and I had no savings. It was a lot going on at the same time,” she said.

Riverside Methodist Hospital put Erika in touch with Columbus Cancer Clinic (CCC). CCC, which operates as a program out of LifeCare Alliance, provides not only education and screening resources, but support for those who are in treatment, like Erika. Thanks to CCC’s help, Erika was able to get help with her prescriptions, a wig free of cost, and food assistance when she needed it.

CCC also told Erika about The Columbus Foundation’s Gifts of Kindness Fund, which provides one-time grants to people experiencing a hardship.

With their assistance, she applied for a grant to help with past-due bills, including rent, utilities, and car insurance. A grant of $3,828.58 was awarded to help Erika during this challenging time, allowing her to focus on healing and moving forward.

“I was so happy and overjoyed,” Erika said about the Gifts of Kindness grant. “I couldn’t believe that there was something out there to help someone in my situation.

Stuff like that doesn’t happen. You hear about it, but I’ve never seen it close to me. It meant so much. I will never forget this gift of kindness. It gave me a bigger meaning.

It gave me the desire to want to get through everything so that I could help others.”

With her treatment complete as of March 2019, Erika is concentrating on getting back to her active lifestyle and sharing her survival story with others.

Erika recognizes the power in kindness—what it has meant on her journey and how, if we all work together, we can truly move mountains.

“It starts with one little seed that is planted and that little seed grows so much, and it goes a really long way.”

“A cancer diagnosis can devastate a family emotionally, financially, and spiritually. The assistance some of our clients receive through Gifts of Kindness can help to provide some hope at a time when they need it most.”

—CHRISTIN BROWN, DIRECTOR OF COLUMBUS CANCER CLINIC

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The Gifts of Kindness Fund was established in September 2014 with an initial gift of $500,000 from a generous Columbus Foundation donor. In 2018, 253 grants were awarded totaling more than $359,000 to lift up individuals who were experiencing an unforeseen setback.

Four new nonprofit partners were added in 2018, bringing the total to 26 as of December 31, 2018. New nonprofits include Physician’s CareConnection, Community Development for All People, Down Syndrome Association of Central Ohio, and The Center for Healthy Families.

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2019 Awards

THE HARRISON M. SAYRE AWARD

THE COLUMBUS FOUNDATION AWARD

ACORN AWARD

Joseph and Linda Chlapaty

Alvis

Lewisporte Area Flight 15 Scholarship Fund and Shirley Brooks-Jones

The Harrison M. Sayre Award, given in honor of the Foundation’s founder and 25-year volunteer director, recognizes leadership in philanthropy in central Ohio.

As Mr. Sayre so well stated, “The best way to extend your life is to give to the community.”

Created in 1986, this award recognizes organizations that have made a difference in the quality of life in our community.

As the recipient of the 2019 Columbus Foundation Award, the Foundation is proud to present Alvis with a $25,000 grant.

Established in 2019, the Acorn Award shines a spotlight on a Columbus Foundation fund that is doing remarkable things. As the inaugural winner, the Lewisporte Area Flight 15 Scholarship Fund received a $2,500 grant.

Photo by: Rick Buchanan Photography

Photo courtesy of Alvis, Inc.

Photo courtesy of Alicia Szempruch

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THE SPIRIT OF COLUMBUS AWARD

5 NONPROFITS TO WATCH—2019

Individuals who helped the effort to save the Columbus Crew SC

In March, The Columbus Foundation announced its 5 Nonprofits to Watch in 2019, recognizing innovative central Ohio organizations poised for an exceptional year of growth and progress.

The organizations selected for 2019 are:

A Kid Again Columbus Early Learning Centers Human Service Chamber of Franklin County Members of the Save the Crew movement, honored as the 2019 Spirit of Columbus Award recipient, joined by previous award winners and members of The Columbus Foundation Governing Committee during an event in April held at the Foundation.

ProMusica TECH CORPS

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Center for Corporate Philanthropy

The Columbus Foundation’s Center for Corporate Philanthropy is designed to help both established and new businesses make their charitable investments as cost effective and efficient as possible. Tailored to each unique business and offering expert community knowledge, the Center helps businesses develop and implement a custom corporate giving program that reflects the company values. Services include Corporate Donor Advised Funds, Emergency Assistance Programs, Scholarship Programs, matching gift programs, community research, and administrative processing of donations and grants.

ALIGNMENT

RETURN ON INVESTMENT

ENGAGEMENT

SHARED KNOWLEDGE

Create a philanthropic plan that aligns with your company’s values, business strategy, and community goals, and then make high-impact community investments wherever you do business.

Minimize the administrative tasks associated with corporate philanthropy while maximizing benefits for your business, employees, and the community.

Offer an easy and inspiring way for company employees and leadership to give to others, including employees in need.

Enhance your impact through access to community experts with extensive knowledge about nonprofit effectiveness and purpose-aligned giving opportunities.

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Center for Corporate Philanthropy Partners As of 8/31/19

Anonymous (2)

Columbus Eyeworks

HER Realtors

The Ohio Machine

889 Global Solutions

Columbus Radio Group

Homeside Financial

Overmyer Hall Associates

Abercrombie & Fitch

Commonhouse Ales

Huntington Bancshares, Inc.

PDS Planning

AEP Ohio

Compass Financial Group

IGS Energy

PetPeople

Air Force One

Continental Building Systems

IBM iX

PNC

Alliance Data

Cramer & Associates

Installed Building Products

Print Syndicate

Artina Promotional Products

Crane Group

Interim Healthcare

R & L Carriers

Atlas Butler Heating & Cooling

Crow Works

RAMA Consulting

Balanced Yoga

Daimler Group

Integrated Leadership Systems

Barbasol Battelle Benefactor Group Big Lots

Dawson Companies Design Group Diamond Hill Capital Management

The Jeffrey Company Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams JPMorgan Chase Kaufman Development

Rev1 Ventures RG Barry Brands Ringside Companies Rocky Fork Company Rusty Bucket Restaurant and Tavern

Donaldson Plastic Surgery

Kayne Law Group

Easton Town Center

Kegler Brown Hill + Ritter

e-Cycle

KeyBank

Elford, Inc.

Kroger

Budros, Ruhlin & Roe, Inc.

ELK Promotions, Inc.

L Brands

The Candle Lab

Epcon Communities

Lightwell

Capital Asset Management, Inc.

Fast Switch

LIT Love Life + Yoga

Feazel

Medical Mutual of Ohio

Fifth Third Bank

Merion Village Dental

Fishel Company

MES, Inc.

Flexco Fleet Services

MGF Sourcing

Waller Financial Planning Group

Geotechnical Consultants, Inc.

Nationwide Insurance

WesBanco Bank, Inc.

City Barbeque

Gideon Development Partners

NetJets

Westwater Company

The Champion Companies

Grange Insurance

Nina West LLC

White Castle System, Inc.

CMAX Advisors

GREENCREST

NorthSteppe Realty

Worthington Industries

Columbus Board of Realtors

Happy Chicken Farms

ODW Logistics, Inc.

Yoga on High

Big Walnut Grill Bob Evans Farms Bopp-Busch Manufacturing Company

CD102.5 Central Ohio Primary Care Physicians Central Ohio Urology Group, Inc.

Schoedinger Funeral and Cremation Services Scotts Miracle-Gro Company Smart Business Network Suburban Steel Supply Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP Thirty-One Gifts Tri-W Group, Inc. Tween Brands, Inc.

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2018 Financial Highlights

3.2

2.5

$

$

Billion

Billion

Total Gifts Received Since 1944

Total Grants Awarded Since 1944

224,158,854

$

170,538,438

$

Total Grants Paid to 4,018 Nonprofit Organizations in 2018

96,856,179

$

Planned Gifts Communicated in 2018

182 New Funds Established in 2018

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Total Gifts Made to New and Existing Funds and Supporting Foundations in 2018

997,643,141

$

Total of Future Planned Gifts Documented to Date

Tenth Asset Ranking Among More Than 750 Community Foundations in the United States

2.15B

$

Total Assets Held in 2,738 Funds and 30 Supporting Foundations

2.7M+

$

Total of Scholarship Grants Awarded in 2018

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2019 Governing Committee

A Governing Committee of nine volunteers provides stewardship for The Columbus Foundation and its charitable activities.

Matthew D. Walter

Nancy Kramer

CHAIRMAN

VICE CHAIRMAN

George S. Barrett

Joseph A. Chlapaty

Jeffrey W. Edwards

Michael P. Glimcher

Lisa A. Hinson

Katie Wolfe Lloyd

Dwight E. Smith

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The Columbus Foundation Staff As of 8/31/19

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

Douglas F. Kridler President and CEO Renilda Marshall Executive Secretary to the President and CEO Barbara Fant Manager, Kindness Initiatives Pamela S. Straker Director of Human Resources

COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING

Natalie Parscher Vice President for Communications and Marketing Lynsey Pipino Content and Digital Engagement Manager Amy K. Vick Director of Communications and Marketing

COMMUNITY RESEARCH AND GRANTS MANAGEMENT

DONOR SERVICES AND DEVELOPMENT

FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION

Dan A. Sharpe Vice President for Community Research and Grants Management

Angela Parsons, J.D., CAP® Vice President for Donor Services and Development

Scott G. Heitkamp, CPA Vice President and CFO

Nancy Fisher Senior Grants Manager

J. Bradley Britton, J.D., LL.M. Director of Planned Giving and General Counsel

Mark Lomax, II, D.M.A. Community Research and Grants Management Officer

Jeffrey Byars, CAP® Associate Director for Donor Services and Development

Matthew Martin Community Research and Grants Management Officer

Carrie Carmody Donor Services Gifts Assistant

Melissa McCool Associate Grants Manager Lee Pepper Community Research and Grants Management Administrator Emily Savors Director of Grants Management Hailey Stroup Community Research and Grants Management Associate Officer

SUPPORTING FOUNDATIONS

Tamera Durrence Vice President for Supporting Foundations Michelle Bennett Supporting Foundations Grants Management and Outreach Coordinator Tracey De Feyter Supporting Foundations Administrator Stacey Morris, CAP® Associate Director, Supporting Foundations and Information Management

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Gregg Oosterbaan Vice President of Information Technology

Lisa M. Jolley, J.D., CAP® Director of Donor Services and Development Donna Jordan Donor Services Assistant Chris Kloss Executive Assistant for Donor Services and Development

Diana DaPore Receptionist/Secretary Amber J. Erickson Senior Accountant Dee Gooch Senior Finance Specialist Susan C. Hazelton Events and Facility Manager Donald P. Ludwig Senior Accountant Kelly Schleppi Senior Financial Reporting Accountant Kristen Wood, CPA Controller

Jane Landwehr Emergency Assistance Program Coordinator Lisa J. Lynch, CAP® Associate Director for Donor Services and Development Trish Mayhorn Donor Services Fund Assistant

Carey E. Dailey Director of Network Services

Steven S. Moore Director for Donor Services and Development

Joyce A. Ray Associate Director, Technology Product Manager

Tracy Potter Donor Services Grants Assistant

Brenda Watts Technology Product Manager

Hilary Stone Manager of Donor Stewardship, Research, and Analytics

Robin Wolff Supporting Foundations Grants Manager

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Rachelle Gorland Scholarship Assistant

Amy T. Cintron Support Services Coordinator

Alicia Szempruch Scholarships Officer, and Manager of The Big Table

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We are a community foundation that—while honoring the past—celebrates the possibilities of the future.

We recognize those who consistently go above and beyond to ensure our community is prospering and flourishing not only today, but also will be well equipped to handle the uncertainties of tomorrow.

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The Giving Store’s directory makes it easy for you to find and give directly to nonprofit organizations that serve the causes you care about.

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Charitable Gift Cards Spread your love for the community by giving the gift of good with Charitable Gift Cards, and support any one of the 1,000+ area nonprofits featured in The Giving Store.

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To inquire about availability, email eventsales@cosi.org or call to speak with one of COSI’s Event Managers at 614-629-3135.

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ift your team a holiday party they’ll be talking about for years to come!

COSI, Columbus’ hands-on science center, is not just a place to take the kids on the weekend—it’s an exciting, educational venue that everyone from your interns to your CEO will love. Located just steps from the Scioto River and across the bridge from Downtown Columbus, COSI also is a convenient, central location for your gathering.

COSI partners with Columbus’ top talent in décor, floral, lighting and stage design.

It doesn’t matter if it’s a casual party for a small team of 20, a plated dinner for 500, or a cocktail reception for 6,000—COSI has spaces for groups of all shapes and sizes and an events team that can bring your holiday vision to life.

There are four unique holiday packages with various pricing to fit any budget, including a customizable cocktail hour in a classic exhibit—Life, Ocean, Gadgets, Energy, Space, Honda, WOSU or Progress. COSI also offers receptions in the Atrium and the Gallery space—and you can even rent the entire museum!

Pick and choose up to three passed hors d’oeuvres, two entrées for your dinner buffet, a dessert station, and water and iced tea.

From bacon-wrapped shrimp and herb-roasted redskin potatoes to kale-arugula salads and Kentucky bourbon pecan pies, you can select a holiday menu that accommodates both your most adventurous eaters and your pickiest eaters. Menus feature local and seasonal ingredients with vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options available.

Top your celebration off and add special holiday-themed enhancements, such as a cookie decorating station, a hot chocolate bar with assorted toppings, “Santa’s Candy Shop” or a popcorn station. Further captivate your guests with the addition of science carts for your event!

Are you interested in booking COSI for event space before or after the holidays?

At COSI, business events are the epitome of the most productive meeting—successful, memorable and well-organized. COSI has the most exclusive, flexible meeting and event space in Columbus. From board

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But Is it Safe?

Safety is the No. 1 priority. To date, Dueling Axes has zero injuries in its facility—and that’s par for the course for axe-throwing in general. Professional safety training and technique coaching is provided to all throwers, and each throwing lane is individually fenced from floor to ceiling. Additionally, the axes provided are about the size of a hammer (similar to a hatchet), only one axe is permitted per lane and the staff monitors all groups for the duration of their event.

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Limitless Food and Drink Options While Dueling Axes doesn’t serve food or drinks, all guests are welcome to bring in or order in their beverage and food of choice (excluding liquor). Do-it-yourselfers can go picnic-style and bring a cooler full of brews and sandwiches, and the home chefs are welcome to bake that themed cake and whip up that homemade sevenlayer dip.

Maybe your group just wants to show up and let someone else do the prep work?

Dueling Axes has partnered with the area’s best food options to offer free delivery of their full menu and canned or bottled beverages. Pizza, American fare, barbecue, Spanish tapas—it’s all less than a block away.

Order just enough for date night or cater in for your group of up to 110 people.

When making plans for that bigger group, the devil is in the details, so be sure to touch base with the Dueling Axes event coordinator. With close relationships with the area’s catering and bartending service

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An Unforgettable Event Located in the heart of Downtown Columbus, the Dueling Axes event venue boasts a one-of-a-kind activity with the rare perk of being BYOB and outside-food-friendly.

Newly renovated in early 2018, Dueling Axes features a warm, rustic-modern interior that takes full advantage of the original 120-yearold wood beams and exposed brick walls of the historic Mercantile building on South Fourth Street.

Dueling Axes provides the space, the axes, the targets, expert training and an expertly curated playlist to create an unforgettable experience. Excitement, competition, camaraderie, atmosphere and some of Downtown Columbus’ best food and drink options right around the corner makes this venue perfect for your next group event.

What better place to host an upcoming birthday party, bachelor/ette party, client appreciation event, holiday party or corporate outing? With full facility rental options, special group rates and expanded hours of operation for large groups, Dueling Axes is the full package.

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The GCCC features the largest contemporary collection of Central Ohio art, including the interactive sculpture “As We Are” by Matthew Mohr. The sculpture is a popular destination for selfie photos of guests posing with their 14-foot portraits produced in LED lights.

Located in a vibrant entertainment area, the GCCC is connected to multiple hotels by enclosed walkway, including the Hilton Columbus Downtown, which will become the largest hotel in Ohio when it increases to 1,000 rooms in 2022.

We invite you to book your next special event with the GCCC by calling 614-8272500 today!

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he SMG-managed Greater Columbus Convention Center (GCCC)—host of this year’s hugely successful “Super Bowl of meetings”—is ready to welcome your event, from corporate meetings to lavish weddings! Host of the coveted 2019 American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) Annual Meeting & Exposition, the award-winning GCCC continues to receive accolades for the $140 million renovation and expansion completed in 2017.

One of the busiest convention centers in North America, the GCCC features 373,000 square feet of contiguous exhibit space and 75 meeting rooms. Three ballrooms comprise 114,000 square feet of space, including 74,000-square-foot Battelle Grand—the largest multipurpose ballroom in Ohio—and the 15,000-squarefoot Short North and 25,000-square-foot Union Station ballrooms. All feature LED ceiling lights with a variety of color combinations and effects, upscale carpeting, wall coverings and finishes, and retractable walls to divide the rooms into sections.

The GCCC features the city’s largest contingent of Certified Tourism Ambassadors and is the first convention center in the world to become Certified Sensory Inclusive by KultureCity to welcome all guests.

Upper-level show offices enable show managers to enjoy a bird’s-eye view of the exhibit hall floor below. Node walls in the main concourse can display colorful lighting of the event planner’s choice.

The South Café & Marketplace offers a visitor center, shops, quick-service restaurants, florist designing displays to meet guest requests, barber and beauty boutique, shoe shiner and Segway tours. Premier service partners located on Level 1 include Mills James, the production services company, and Fern, the general services provider, conveniently accessible to expertly fulfill your event specifications.

Levy, the exclusive food-service provider, is known for being where cravings and innovation meet to make the culinary portion of your event customized and memorable. Levy also operates Discovery Café, featuring the Smartfarm, which provides 2.5 tons of herbs and vegetables annually for culinary use that can be grown in advance for specific event menus.

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they take care of you during the planning leading up to your event. From parking attendants and golf cart shuttles for guests in need to continuous support throughout the event and post-celebration cleanup, you are left with nothing to worry about as you watch your dream event unfold.

Let the picturesque event space draw you in, but let the Jorgensen Farms staff and experience take your breath away. Reach out to Jorgensen, visit the farm to tour the spaces and experience what it truly means to be cared for at Jorgensen Farms.

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orgensen Farms, founded by a humble leader who simply wanted to teach her sons the value in caring for land, has evolved over the years into a premier spot for hosting special events. What hasn’t changed is the underlying drive and compassion that goes into caring for land and people. The breathtaking landscape and infrastructure may pique your interest, but the experience provided by Jorgensen staff will leave you even more impressed.

Whether it be a wedding, corporate event or holiday party, you can pass the stress of logistics over to our experienced coordinators and staff and host an event that is memorable for its unmatched atmosphere and seamless execution.

Two unique venues, the Historic Barn and Oak Grove, sit on 100 acres of land in the outskirts of Columbus. Separating the venues is an agricultural area that has long been the heart of Jorgensen Farms.

Oak Grove sits behind ancient oak trees at the end of a long driveway, offering a serene escape that is sure to make even corporate meetings or events feel more like a luxury retreat. While the elegant cottage and main hall offer spacious areas for entertaining, guests also are able to escape to a courtyard and open-air patio to experience the tranquility that is Jorgensen Farms.

The Historic Barn venue offers modern amenities and contemporary accents, while keeping its historic charm. It may be a tough decision between the two, but your one-day event will encompass the behindthe-scenes work that goes on at Jorgensen Farms, offering breathtaking views and a tantalizing atmosphere.

Both event spaces can accommodate up to 250 guests, with many areas to mingle and explore, and feature pristine indoor bathrooms, Wi-Fi, heating and cooling.

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Golf Outings The manicured, 18-hole championship golf course offers scenic views, rolling hills and enough challenge for even the best golfer.

When planning a golf outing with Scioto Reserve, the club works closely with clients to help them find new opportunities for sponsorship and provide new, fun experiences for their group. We will handle all of your setup and scoring, so you are able to focus on entertaining your guests and creating a memorable event.

Fundraisers, Parties & Galas Whether you are planning a small event for 20 or a large event for 300, Scioto Reserve is able to accommodate your group and event needs. We have worked with many different groups, so our event coordinators are able to offer guided assistance to make it an event everyone will be talking about for months to come.

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The main event room provides ample natural light and amazing views to keep you and your employees energized throughout the day. There are several break-out areas for smaller groups or if you need to slip away for a quick conference call.

Weddings Being awarded Best of Weddings by The Knot since 2013 proves that Scioto Reserve loves assisting couples on their wedding day. To ensure the utmost attention to the bride and groom, couples have the entire wedding facility for their day with the ability to primp and prepare for their event on-site in our private bridal suite and groom’s quarters. We provide many different packages, offering an all-inclusive experience throughout the planning process—we even include a cake from The Cake Studio!

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From baby showers to bridal showers, high school graduations to retirement parties, birthday celebrations to wedding receptions, high school reunions to family reunions, intimate dinner parties to large galas, golf outings, fundraisers, garden parties and more, Scioto Reserve Country Club is the perfect location for your next special occasion.

Located in Powell, Ohio, Scioto Reserve Country Club has been a Central Ohio favorite for hosting special occasions for over 15 years. The spacious ballroom offers a one-of-a-kind view overlooking a wellmanicured garden and championship golf course, the perfect setting for any event.

Scioto Reserve offers complimentary audio / visual options included in all event packages; break-out rooms for smaller groups; several meeting, event and golf outing packages to choose from; and exceptional on-site catering.

Dedication, creativity, attention to detail, personal touches, passion and a team that feels like family—this is just some of what you will experience when you host your next special occasion with Scioto Reserve Country Club.

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Perfect for Every Occasion ~ Scioto Reserve Country Club Whether you are planning an intimate party or a large event for 300, Scioto Reserve Country Club is the perfect location.

Offering complimentary audio visual, amazing on-site catering, customized packages for any event, private suites, break-out rooms and ample parking.

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The brewery’s award-winning craft beer takes center stage in The Hickory Room, which features up to 20 specialty house drafts on tap. Rotating seasonal wines and the option for a custom craft cocktail menu also are available to round out the full bar offerings.

No matter the type of gathering, Wolf’s Ridge Brewing’s on-site event coordinators are dedicated to working closely with each guest to ensure every event is designed to meet their specific needs.

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olf’s Ridge Brewing is an independent, family-owned and -operated craft brewery, restaurant, taproom and events space located in the heart of bustling Downtown Columbus.

It was named Best New Restaurant in 2013, and more recently crowned 2018’s Best Restaurant by Columbus Monthly. In August 2018, it debuted a third space in its 17,000-square-foot building dedicated to hosting special gatherings and private events. This new space, The Hickory Room, is an extension of Wolf’s Ridge staff’s passion for how innovative craft beer, food and excellent service can curate memorable experiences.

Wolf’s Ridge Brewing’s building at 215 N. Fourth St. has roots tracing back to the early 1900s, and The Hickory Room was renovated to maintain the historic integrity of the space while also presenting more modern, casually elegant aesthetics. It offers 1,350 square feet of space capable of hosting standing room parties for up to 120 guests and seated dinners for 72. High vaulted ceilings with original pressed tin and white brick walls are among its many striking, industrialstyle features. The space also is fitted with six custom bourbon barrel chandeliers that can be raised or lowered on request. Its entire front façade showcases floor to ceiling windows, allowing an abundance of natural light to flood the space. Sheer drapes may be drawn to allow for more intimacy during formal gatherings.

The Hickory Room event staff prides itself on offering customizable experiences depending on the type of event and guests’ needs. Since opening, the space has hosted events ranging from wedding receptions, rehearsal dinners and full ceremonies to fundraisers, holiday parties, birthday celebrations and company happy hours.

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FIVE STAR AWARD WINNERS These days, it takes a village to manage your financial world. Whether it is managing your assets with a wealth manager, navigating the ever-changing tax landscape, sorting out your estate and succession planning or picking the right life insurance, finding the right team can be a daunting task. In fact, many consumers have a hard time figuring out where to even begin.

Sometimes, a few simple questions can put you off on the right path. Asking a professional what makes working with them a unique experience can help you understand how they work and if their style meshes with your own.

This is a great place to start! Five Star Professional uses its own proprietary research methodology to name outstanding professionals, then works with publications such as Columbus Monthly to spread the word about award winners. Each award candidate undergoes a thorough research process (detailed here) before being considered for the final list of award winners. For the complete list of winners, go to www.fivestarprofessional.com.

RESEARCH DISCLOSURES In order to consider a broad population of high-quality wealth managers and investment professionals, award candidates are identified by one of three sources: firm nomination, peer nomination or prequalification based on industry standing. Self-nominations are not accepted. Columbus award candidates were identified using internal and external research data. Candidates do not pay a fee to be considered or placed on the final lists of Five Star Wealth Managers.

• The Five Star award is not indicative of a professional’s future performance.

• Wealth managers may or may not use discretion in their practice and therefore may not manage their clients’ assets.

FIVE STAR PROFESSIONAL Proprietary Research Process Nomination of Candidates Three sources of nominations: – Pre-qualification based – Firm nominations on industry credentials – Peer nominations

Regulatory Consumer Complaint Review All candidates must demonstrate a favorable regulatory history.

Candidate Submission of Practice Information Candidates must complete either an online or over-the-phone interview.

• The inclusion of a professional on the Five Star Wealth Manager list should not be construed as an endorsement of the professional by Five Star Professional or Columbus Monthly.

• Working with a Five Star Wealth Manager or any professional is no guarantee as to future investment success, nor is there any guarantee that the selected professionals will be awarded this accomplishment by Five Star Professional in the future.

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• Five Star Professional is not an advisory firm and the content of this article should not be considered financial advice. For more information on the Five Star Wealth Manager award program, research and selection criteria, go to fivestarprofessional.com/research.

Candidates are evaluated on 10 objective evaluation and eligibility criteria.

FIVE STAR WEALTH MANAGER CRITERIA DETERMINATION OF AWARD WINNERS

Award candidates who satisfied 10 objective eligibility and evaluation criteria were named 2019 Five Star Wealth Managers. Eligibility Criteria – Required: 1. Credentialed as a registered investment adviser or a registered investment adviser representative. 2. Actively employed as a credentialed professional in the financial services industry for a minimum of five years. 3. Favorable regulatory and complaint history review.

4. Fulfilled their firm review based on internal firm standards. 5. Accepting new clients. Evaluation Criteria – Considered: 6. One-year client retention rate. 7. Five-year client retention rate. 8. Non-institutional discretionary and/or non-discretionary client assets administered. 9. Number of client households served.

10. Education and professional designations. 1,061 award candidates in the Columbus area were considered for the Five Star Wealth Manager award. 79 (approximately 7% of the award candidates) were named 2019 Five Star Wealth Managers.

Regulatory Review: As defined by Five Star Professional, the wealth manager has not: been subject to a regulatory action that resulted in a license being suspended or revoked, or payment of a fine; individually contributed to a financial settlement of a customer complaint; been convicted of a felony. Within the past 11 years the wealth manager has not: been terminated from a wealth management or financial services firm; filed for personal bankruptcy; had more than a total of three settled or pending complaints filed against them (and no more than five total pending, dismissed or denied) with any regulatory authority.

Five Star Professional conducts a regulatory review of each nominated wealth manager using the Investment Adviser Public Disclosure (IAPD) website. Five Star Professional also uses multiple supporting processes to help ensure that a favorable regulatory and complaint history exists. Data submitted through these processes was applied per the above criteria; each wealth manager who passes the Five Star Professional regulatory review must attest that they meet the definition of favorable regulatory history based upon the criteria listed above.

Five Star Professional promotes via local advertising the opportunity for consumers to confidentially submit complaints regarding a wealth manager.

Firm Review of Award Candidate List All candidates are reviewed by a representative of their firm before final selection.

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Waller Financial Planning Group partners with clients to assist them in the pursuit of their desired lifestyle and legacy goals by serving as trustworthy advocates of their financial futures. We believe effective financial planning begins by taking a team-based, comprehensive view of each client’s financial status and combining it with a long-term vision. ©2019 Waller Financial Planning Group.

The Five Star Wealth Manager award, administered by Crescendo Business Services, LLC (dba Five Star Professional), is based on 10 objective criteria. Eligibility criteria – required: 1. Credentialed as a registered investment adviser or a registered investment adviser representative; 2. Actively licensed as a registered investment adviser or as a principal of a registered investment adviser firm for a minimum of 5 years; 3. Favorable regulatory and complaint history review (As defined by Five Star Professional, the wealth manager has not; A. Been subject to a regulatory action that resulted in a license being suspended or revoked, or payment of a fine; B. Had more than a total of three settled or pending complaints filed against them and/or a total of five settled, pending, dismissed or denied complaints with any regulatory authority or Five Star Professional’s consumer complaint process. Unfavorable feedback may have been discovered through a check of complaints registered with a regulatory authority or complaints registered through Five Star Professional’s consumer complaint process; feedback may not be representative of any one clients’ experience; C. Individually contributed to a financial settlement of a customer complaint; D. Filed for personal bankruptcy within the past 11 years; E. Been terminated from a financial services firm within the past 11 years; F. Been convicted of a felony); 4. Fulfilled their firm review based on internal standards; 5. Accepting new clients. Evaluation criteria – considered: 6. One-year client retention rate; 7. Five-year client retention rate; 8. Non-institutional discretionary and/or non-discretionary client assets administered; 9. Number of client households served; 10. Education and professional designations. Wealth managers do not pay a fee to be considered or placed on the final list of Five Star Wealth Managers. Award does not evaluate quality of services provided to clients. Once awarded, wealth managers may purchase additional profile ad space or promotional products. The Five Star award is not indicative of the wealth manager’s future performance. Wealth managers may or may not use discretion in their practice and therefore may not manage their clients’ assets. The inclusion of a wealth manager on the Five Star Wealth Manager list should not be construed as an endorsement of the wealth manager by Five Star Professional or this publication. Working with a Five Star Wealth Manager or any wealth manager is no guarantee as to future investment success, nor is there any guarantee that the selected wealth managers will be awarded this accomplishment by Five Star Professional in the future. For more information on the Five Star award and the research/selection methodology, go to fivestarprofessional.com. 1,061 Columbus-area wealth managers were considered for the award; 79 (7% of candidates) were named 2019 Five Star Wealth Managers. 2018: 1,165 considered, 67 winners; 2017: 828 considered, 71 winners; 2016: 712 considered, 112 winners; 2015: 1,257 considered, 107 winners; 2014: 1,333 considered, 133 winners; 2013: 968 considered, 97 winners.

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WEALTH MANAGERS All award winners are listed in this publication.

Financial Planning Mark Beaver ∙ Keeler & Nadler James Bishop ∙ Morgan Stanley Sean Buckley ∙ Buckley Financial Planning, LLC Jason Farris ∙ Waller Financial Planning Group Page 3 Russell J. Fish ∙ Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. Page 10

Kevin Fix ∙ Fullen Financial Group, Inc. Page 8

Christopher H. Rohan ∙ Lifetime Financial Growth, LLC Page 9

Vincent Warren Finney ∙ Wells Fargo Advisors

Milton E. Fullen ∙ Fullen Financial Group, Inc. Page 8

Thomas D. Wyatt ∙ Lifetime Financial Growth, LLC Page 9

Robert H. Johnson III ∙ Lifetime Financial Growth, LLC Page 9

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Margaret Elizabeth McLurg ∙ Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. Page 11

Michael Kline ∙ Budros, Ruhlin & Roe, Inc. Pages 5 & 6 Richard L. Pierce ∙ ClearCourse Financial Group/Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. Page 10

David Alspach ∙ FPL Financial Strategies, LLC Ryan Bibler ∙ Wells Fargo Advisors

Joseph Panfil ∙ Wells Fargo Advisors Joshua C. Woodby ∙ Wells Fargo Advisors Page 10

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Top five questions that wealth managers want clients to answer: 1. What are your goals and objectives with your finances?

2. What is your most pressing need right now?

3. Where do you see yourself in 5, 10 and 15 years?

4. Where are all of your assets invested now?

5. What is important about money to you?

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Budros, Ruhlin & Roe, Inc. is an SEC registered investment advisor located in Columbus, Ohio.

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The Five Star Wealth Manager award, administered by Crescendo Business Services, LLC (dba Five Star Professional), is based on 10 objective criteria. Eligibility criteria – required: 1. Credentialed as a registered investment adviser or a registered investment adviser representative; 2. Actively licensed as a registered investment adviser or as a principal of a registered investment adviser firm for a minimum of 5 years; 3. Favorable regulatory and complaint history review (As defined by Five Star Professional, the wealth manager has not; A. Been subject to a regulatory action that resulted in a license being suspended or revoked, or payment of a fine; B. Had more than a total of three settled or pending complaints filed against them and/or a total of five settled, pending, dismissed or denied complaints with any regulatory authority or Five Star Professional’s consumer complaint process. Unfavorable feedback may have been discovered through a check of complaints registered with a regulatory authority or complaints registered through Five Star Professional’s consumer complaint process; feedback may not be representative of any one clients’ experience; C. Individually contributed to a financial settlement of a customer complaint; D. Filed for personal bankruptcy within the past 11 years; E. Been terminated from a financial services firm within the past 11 years; F. Been convicted of a felony); 4. Fulfilled their firm review based on internal standards; 5. Accepting new clients. Evaluation criteria – considered: 6. One-year client retention rate; 7. Five-year client retention rate; 8. Non-institutional discretionary and/or non-discretionary client assets administered; 9. Number of client households served; 10. Education and professional designations. Wealth managers do not pay a fee to be considered or placed on the final list of Five Star Wealth Managers. Award does not evaluate quality of services provided to clients. Once awarded, wealth managers may purchase additional profile ad space or promotional products. The Five Star award is not indicative of the wealth manager’s future performance. Wealth managers may or may not use discretion in their practice and therefore may not manage their clients’ assets. The inclusion of a wealth manager on the Five Star Wealth Manager list should not be construed as an endorsement of the wealth manager by Five Star Professional or this publication. Working with a Five Star Wealth Manager or any wealth manager is no guarantee as to future investment success, nor is there any guarantee that the selected wealth managers will be awarded this accomplishment by Five Star Professional in the future. For more information on the Five Star award and the research/selection methodology, go to fivestarprofessional.com. 1,061 Columbus-area wealth managers were considered for the award; 79 (7% of candidates) were named 2019 Five Star Wealth Managers. 2018: 1,165 considered, 67 winners; 2017: 828 considered, 71 winners; 2016: 712 considered, 112 winners; 2015: 1,257 considered, 107 winners; 2014: 1,333 considered, 133 winners; 2013: 968 considered, 97 winners.

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Building Money Towards Meaning Budros, Ruhlin & Roe (BRR) has measured success over the past 40 years by the level of our clients’ peace of mind. Our work is driven by coaching clients towards reaching goals such as having children graduate from college debt-free, continuing to enjoy the lifestyle they have grown accustomed to while in retirement, supporting future families and generations with the right trust and estate documents in place and having the ability to endow charitable passions.

Investors have complex needs, and our teams work diligently at developing deep, trusting relationships in order to truly understand individual and family goals and speak candidly about needs in every stage of life.

The BRR wealth management rigor results in financial plans that are living, breathing documents and evolve as goals, lifestyles, outcomes and markets change. Our teams are collaborative, bringing the best thinking of the firm to each client. Wealth management clients can benefit from advice on every aspect of their financial lives, including retirement planning, cash flow planning, debt management, insurance planning, investment management, tax and estate planning and generational education planning.

Our investment management team partners with each client to build a personalized solution and then follows a disciplined approach to guide portfolios through changing market conditions. Ongoing monitoring and communication about each portfolio’s strategy and performance over time are at the core of our approach.

Business owners and plan sponsors look to our retirement plan services team for corporate retirement plan design, investment menu selections, participant education and ongoing plan monitoring.

Our advisory team works alongside corporate benefits departments to assist in developing a clear road map for implementation, so employees’ plans for retirement savings can be met.

BRR is a fee-only, SEC registered investment advisor that has honored our clients’ best interests for decades. Please call if you’d like to learn more about our collaborative, personalized approach.

Budros, Ruhlin & Roe, Inc.

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1801 Watermark Drive, Suite 300 • Columbus, OH 43215 Phone: 614-481-6900 • info@b-r-r.com • www.b-r-r.com

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Left to right: 2019 winners Jeff Suchy, Isaiah Stidham, Samantha Anderson, Kevin Wuebker, Sonia Brinkman WealthManager ManagerAward AwardWinner Winner Wealth

The Five Star Wealth Manager award, administered by Crescendo Business Services, LLC (dba Five Star Professional), is based on 10 objective criteria. Eligibility criteria – required: 1. Credentialed as a registered investment adviser or a registered investment adviser representative; 2. Actively licensed as a registered investment adviser or as a principal of a registered investment adviser firm for a minimum of 5 years; 3. Favorable regulatory and complaint history review (As defined by Five Star Professional, the wealth manager has not; A. Been subject to a regulatory action that resulted in a license being suspended or revoked, or payment of a fine; B. Had more than a total of three settled or pending complaints filed against them and/or a total of five settled, pending, dismissed or denied complaints with any regulatory authority or Five Star Professional’s consumer complaint process. Unfavorable feedback may have been discovered through a check of complaints registered with a regulatory authority or complaints registered through Five Star Professional’s consumer complaint process; feedback may not be representative of any one clients’ experience; C. Individually contributed to a financial settlement of a customer complaint; D. Filed for personal bankruptcy within the past 11 years; E. Been terminated from a financial services firm within the past 11 years; F. Been convicted of a felony); 4. Fulfilled their firm review based on internal standards; 5. Accepting new clients. Evaluation criteria – considered: 6. One-year client retention rate; 7. Five-year client retention rate; 8. Non-institutional discretionary and/or non-discretionary client assets administered; 9. Number of client households served; 10. Education and professional designations. Wealth managers do not pay a fee to be considered or placed on the final list of Five Star Wealth Managers. Award does not evaluate quality of services provided to clients. Once awarded, wealth managers may purchase additional profile ad space or promotional products. The Five Star award is not indicative of the wealth manager’s future performance. Wealth managers may or may not use discretion in their practice and therefore may not manage their clients’ assets. The inclusion of a wealth manager on the Five Star Wealth Manager list should not be construed as an endorsement of the wealth manager by Five Star Professional or this publication. Working with a Five Star Wealth Manager or any wealth manager is no guarantee as to future investment success, nor is there any guarantee that the selected wealth managers will be awarded this accomplishment by Five Star Professional in the future. For more information on the Five Star award and the research/selection methodology, go to fivestarprofessional.com. 1,061 Columbus-area wealth managers were considered for the award; 79 (7% of candidates) were named 2019 Five Star Wealth Managers. 2018: 1,165 considered, 67 winners; 2017: 828 considered, 71 winners; 2016: 712 considered, 112 winners; 2015: 1,257 considered, 107 winners; 2014: 1,333 considered, 133 winners; 2013: 968 considered, 97 winners.

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WEALTH MANAGERS

Trinity Financial Advisors, LLC

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YEAR WINNER Left to right: Clay Acer; Jennifer Metz; Benjamin Hartings, CFP®; 2016 – 2019 winner Geoffrey Biehn, CPA, CFP®

Helping Clients Invest in What Matters Wealth management services, helping individuals and families grow and protect their wealth Comprehensive investment and portfolio management 760 Communications Parkway, Suite 200 • Columbus, OH 43214 Phone: 614-848-7667 • gbiehn@tfadvisors.com www.tfadvisors.com • www.linkedin.com/in/geoffreybiehn

Business owner planning and advisory strategies

At Trinity Financial Advisors, we work hard to earn the trust of clients by adhering to what we and our clients value: integrity in our relationships and across all situations, discipline in our methodology and excellence in all aspects of our work. As a fee-only firm, we act in our clients’ best interests at all times.

Our focus is to help clients achieve their financial goals by helping them invest in what matters. True wealth management involves more than a financial plan or an investment portfolio — it requires coordinating all aspects of one’s financial life.

We assist clients in preserving and growing their wealth through disciplined, globally diversified, low-cost and flexible investment portfolios.

We derive great satisfaction in helping our clients incorporate tax-efficient charitable giving into their plans — helping clients to invest in what matters most to them.

Rankings and/or recognition by unaffiliated rating services and/or publications should not be construed by a client or prospective client as a guarantee that he/she will experience a certain level of results if Trinity Financial Advisors, LLC is engaged, or continues to be engaged, to provide investment advisory services, nor should it be construed as a current or past endorsement of Trinity Financial Advisors, LLC by any of its clients.

Rankings published by magazines, and others, generally base their selections exclusively on information prepared and/or submitted by the recognized advisor. Rankings are generally limited to participating advisors.

Wealth Manager Award Winner

The Five Star Wealth Manager award, administered by Crescendo Business Services, LLC (dba Five Star Professional), is based on 10 objective criteria. Eligibility criteria – required: 1. Credentialed as a registered investment adviser or a registered investment adviser representative; 2. Actively licensed as a registered investment adviser or as a principal of a registered investment adviser firm for a minimum of 5 years; 3. Favorable regulatory and complaint history review (As defined by Five Star Professional, the wealth manager has not; A. Been subject to a regulatory action that resulted in a license being suspended or revoked, or payment of a fine; B. Had more than a total of three settled or pending complaints filed against them and/or a total of five settled, pending, dismissed or denied complaints with any regulatory authority or Five Star Professional’s consumer complaint process. Unfavorable feedback may have been discovered through a check of complaints registered with a regulatory authority or complaints registered through Five Star Professional’s consumer complaint process; feedback may not be representative of any one clients’ experience; C. Individually contributed to a financial settlement of a customer complaint; D. Filed for personal bankruptcy within the past 11 years; E. Been terminated from a financial services firm within the past 11 years; F. Been convicted of a felony); 4. Fulfilled their firm review based on internal standards; 5. Accepting new clients. Evaluation criteria – considered: 6. One-year client retention rate; 7. Five-year client retention rate; 8. Non-institutional discretionary and/or non-discretionary client assets administered; 9. Number of client households served; 10. Education and professional designations. Wealth managers do not pay a fee to be considered or placed on the final list of Five Star Wealth Managers. Award does not evaluate quality of services provided to clients. Once awarded, wealth managers may purchase additional profile ad space or promotional products. The Five Star award is not indicative of the wealth manager’s future performance. Wealth managers may or may not use discretion in their practice and therefore may not manage their clients’ assets. The inclusion of a wealth manager on the Five Star Wealth Manager list should not be construed as an endorsement of the wealth manager by Five Star Professional or this publication. Working with a Five Star Wealth Manager or any wealth manager is no guarantee as to future investment success, nor is there any guarantee that the selected wealth managers will be awarded this accomplishment by Five Star Professional in the future. For more information on the Five Star award and the research/selection methodology, go to fivestarprofessional.com. 1,061 Columbus-area wealth managers were considered for the award; 79 (7% of candidates) were named 2019 Five Star Wealth Managers. 2018: 1,165 considered, 67 winners; 2017: 828 considered, 71 winners; 2016: 712 considered, 112 winners; 2015: 1,257 considered, 107 winners; 2014: 1,333 considered, 133 winners; 2013: 968 considered, 97 winners.

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Fullen Financial Group, Inc.

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YEAR WINNER Left to right: Back row: Four-year winner Milt Fullen, CPA, CFP®, ChFC®, CLU®, CASL® Middle row: 2019 winner Kevin Fix, CPA, PFS; Paula Miller; Justin Seidenwand Front row: Breanna Stein; Lisa Bushman; Shelley Harman

When Only a Fiduciary Will Do Partnering with clients to prepare for what lies ahead, while considering all facets of life to help them be thoughtful and proactive about their finances Delivering security and peace of mind with our combined years of financial expertise, our credentials and our own life, corporate and entrepreneurial experiences Fullen Financial is an independent, fee-only registered investment advisory firm. We embrace the fiduciary standard by putting our clients’ needs first in everything we do. With our CFP® certifications and CPA backgrounds, we recognize the value of comprehensive financial plans and effective tax strategies when managing investments on behalf of our clients. Our holistic approach and competitive fees are designed for the needs of company executives, public sector employees, business owners and professionals, wherever life may take them.

3720 North High Street • Columbus, OH 43214 • Office: 614-372-5430 • milt@fullenfinancial.com • www.fullenfinancial.com Wealth Manager Award Winner

The Five Star Wealth Manager award, administered by Crescendo Business Services, LLC (dba Five Star Professional), is based on 10 objective criteria. Eligibility criteria – required: 1. Credentialed as a registered investment adviser or a registered investment adviser representative; 2. Actively licensed as a registered investment adviser or as a principal of a registered investment adviser firm for a minimum of 5 years; 3. Favorable regulatory and complaint history review (As defined by Five Star Professional, the wealth manager has not; A. Been subject to a regulatory action that resulted in a license being suspended or revoked, or payment of a fine; B. Had more than a total of three settled or pending complaints filed against them and/or a total of five settled, pending, dismissed or denied complaints with any regulatory authority or Five Star Professional’s consumer complaint process. Unfavorable feedback may have been discovered through a check of complaints registered with a regulatory authority or complaints registered through Five Star Professional’s consumer complaint process; feedback may not be representative of any one clients’ experience; C. Individually contributed to a financial settlement of a customer complaint; D. Filed for personal bankruptcy within the past 11 years; E. Been terminated from a financial services firm within the past 11 years; F. Been convicted of a felony); 4. Fulfilled their firm review based on internal standards; 5. Accepting new clients. Evaluation criteria – considered: 6. One-year client retention rate; 7. Five-year client retention rate; 8. Non-institutional discretionary and/or non-discretionary client assets administered; 9. Number of client households served; 10. Education and professional designations. Wealth managers do not pay a fee to be considered or placed on the final list of Five Star Wealth Managers. Award does not evaluate quality of services provided to clients. Once awarded, wealth managers may purchase additional profile ad space or promotional products. The Five Star award is not indicative of the wealth manager’s future performance. Wealth managers may or may not use discretion in their practice and therefore may not manage their clients’ assets. The inclusion of a wealth manager on the Five Star Wealth Manager list should not be construed as an endorsement of the wealth manager by Five Star Professional or this publication. Working with a Five Star Wealth Manager or any wealth manager is no guarantee as to future investment success, nor is there any guarantee that the selected wealth managers will be awarded this accomplishment by Five Star Professional in the future. For more information on the Five Star award and the research/selection methodology, go to fivestarprofessional.com. 1,061 Columbus-area wealth managers were considered for the award; 79 (7% of candidates) were named 2019 Five Star Wealth Managers. 2018: 1,165 considered, 67 winners; 2017: 828 considered, 71 winners; 2016: 712 considered, 112 winners; 2015: 1,257 considered, 107 winners; 2014: 1,333 considered, 133 winners; 2013: 968 considered, 97 winners.

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WEALTH MANAGERS

Lifetime Financial Growth

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YEAR WINNER Left to right: 2019 winner Robert H. Johnson, CLU®, ChFC®; Six-year winner Thomas D. Wyatt, J.D., CFP®; Five-year winner Christopher Rohan, CLU®, ChFC®, CFP®

Lifetime Financial Growth, LLC — Protect. Invest. Achieve.

Helping individuals, families and businesses maximize and protect their wealth Risk management and advanced tax strategies to minimize major exposures

8425 Pulsar Place, Suite 450 • Columbus, OH 43240 Phone: 614-785-5100 • Fax: 614-785-4255 • www.lifetimefinancialgrowth.com

Lifetime Financial Growth is a privately owned wealth management firm with offices in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan and West Virginia. The firm has more than 35 local representatives in central Ohio and 200 across the region.

The focus of LFG is to provide excellence in service and innovative product design to help our clients reach their financial objectives in the creation, maximization, protection and enjoyment of wealth.

We do this by advocating for them to make informed financial decisions which reflect their value system, love of family and commitment to the community.

Thomas Wyatt, Christopher Rohan and Robert Johnson are Financial Representatives of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America® (Guardian), New York, NY. Registered Representatives and Financial Advisors of Park Avenue Securities LLC (PAS). Securities products and advisory services offered through Park Avenue Securities LLC (PAS), member FINRA, SIPC. PAS is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Guardian. Lifetime Financial Growth of Central Ohio, LLC is not an affiliate or subsidiary of PAS or Guardian. This award is not issued or endorsed by Guardian or its subsidiaries. Guardian, its subsidiaries, agents and employees do not provide tax, legal or accounting advice. Consult your tax, legal or accounting professional regarding your individual situation. The Living Balance Sheet® (LBS) and the LBS Logo are registered service marks of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (Guardian), New York, NY. ©Copyright 2005-2019 Guardian. Robert CA Insurance License 0I47641, Thomas CA Insurance License 0E84981. Lifetime Financial Growth is not registered in any state or with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as a Registered Investment Advisor. 2019-82691 EXP. 07/2021.

Wealth Manager Award Winner

The Five Star Wealth Manager award, administered by Crescendo Business Services, LLC (dba Five Star Professional), is based on 10 objective criteria. Eligibility criteria – required: 1. Credentialed as a registered investment adviser or a registered investment adviser representative; 2. Actively licensed as a registered investment adviser or as a principal of a registered investment adviser firm for a minimum of 5 years; 3. Favorable regulatory and complaint history review (As defined by Five Star Professional, the wealth manager has not; A. Been subject to a regulatory action that resulted in a license being suspended or revoked, or payment of a fine; B. Had more than a total of three settled or pending complaints filed against them and/or a total of five settled, pending, dismissed or denied complaints with any regulatory authority or Five Star Professional’s consumer complaint process. Unfavorable feedback may have been discovered through a check of complaints registered with a regulatory authority or complaints registered through Five Star Professional’s consumer complaint process; feedback may not be representative of any one clients’ experience; C. Individually contributed to a financial settlement of a customer complaint; D. Filed for personal bankruptcy within the past 11 years; E. Been terminated from a financial services firm within the past 11 years; F. Been convicted of a felony); 4. Fulfilled their firm review based on internal standards; 5. Accepting new clients. Evaluation criteria – considered: 6. One-year client retention rate; 7. Five-year client retention rate; 8. Non-institutional discretionary and/or non-discretionary client assets administered; 9. Number of client households served; 10. Education and professional designations. Wealth managers do not pay a fee to be considered or placed on the final list of Five Star Wealth Managers. Award does not evaluate quality of services provided to clients. Once awarded, wealth managers may purchase additional profile ad space or promotional products. The Five Star award is not indicative of the wealth manager’s future performance. Wealth managers may or may not use discretion in their practice and therefore may not manage their clients’ assets. The inclusion of a wealth manager on the Five Star Wealth Manager list should not be construed as an endorsement of the wealth manager by Five Star Professional or this publication. Working with a Five Star Wealth Manager or any wealth manager is no guarantee as to future investment success, nor is there any guarantee that the selected wealth managers will be awarded this accomplishment by Five Star Professional in the future. For more information on the Five Star award and the research/selection methodology, go to fivestarprofessional.com. 1,061 Columbus-area wealth managers were considered for the award; 79 (7% of candidates) were named 2019 Five Star Wealth Managers. 2018: 1,165 considered, 67 winners; 2017: 828 considered, 71 winners; 2016: 712 considered, 112 winners; 2015: 1,257 considered, 107 winners; 2014: 1,333 considered, 133 winners; 2013: 968 considered, 97 winners.

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Richard L. Pierce CRPC®, APMA®, Financial Advisor

ClearCourse Financial Group Wealth management strategies Retirement plan strategies Estate planning strategies

6 YEAR

Small-business strategies

WINNER

Helping you reach your financial goals is my priority. Today’s financial environment is complicated. We will work together to help you gain the confidence to navigate through what happens today, so that you can reach your dreams tomorrow.

2014 – 2019 winner Richard L. Pierce, CRPC®, APMA®, Financial Advisor

ClearCourse Financial Group, a financial advisory practice of Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. Investors should conduct their own evaluation of a financial professional as working with a financial advisor is not a guarantee of future financial success. Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc., Member FINRA and SIPC. Ameriprise Financial, Inc. does not offer tax or legal advice. Consult with a tax advisor or attorney.Investment advisory products and services are made available through Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc., a registered investment adviser.

An Ameriprise Platinum Financial Services® Practice 445 Hutchinson Avenue, Suite 500 • Columbus, OH 43235 • Office: 614-987-0087 richard.l.pierce@ampf.com • ameripriseadvisors.com/richard.l.pierce Wealth Manager Award Winner

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Russell J. Fish

Joshua Woodby

CRPC®, Private Wealth Advisor

Senior Vice President – Investments, CFP®

8425 Pulsar Place, Suite 420 Columbus, OH 43240 Office: 614-846-7193 russell.j.fish@ampf.com ameripriseadvisors.com/russell.j.fish

6515 Longshore Loop, Suite 200 Dublin, OH 43017 Cell: 330-265-4985 Office: 614-764-7547 joshua.woodby@wellsfargoadvisors.com wfadvisors.com/joshua.woodby

Over 15 Years of Experience

2019 Five Star Wealth Manager

∙ Five Star Wealth Manager, 2013 – 2019 ∙ Estate planning strategies ∙ Saving for education ∙ Retirement planning and income strategies I am passionate about working with clients to help them meet their financial needs and plan for the future. I will look at your entire financial picture, including cash reserves and debt management, investments, protection and taxes. I also ask the right questions and listen closely to your answers. That way, you can feel confident that the advice I provide reflects your personal dreams and goals.

Sandstone Financial Group; a private wealth advisory practice of Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. Investors should conduct their own evaluation of a financial professional as working with a financial advisor is not a guarantee of future financial success. Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc., Member FINRA and SIPC. Wealth Manager Award Winner

∙ CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ certificant ∙ Began working in financial services in 2001 I am dedicated to helping my clients meet their financial needs. Whether you are planning your retirement, saving for your children’s education, seeking greater investment solutions or looking to preserve your wealth and maximize estate planning strategies, I can help. My mission is to help each one of my clients plan for a financial future in a way that best meets his or her goals. I look forward to extending my services to you and your family. Together, we can discuss financial strategies designed to fit your unique situation.

Wells Fargo Advisors is a trade name used by Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC, Member SIPC. [CAR 0719-03562].

Wealth Manager Award Winner

The Five Star Wealth Manager award, administered by Crescendo Business Services, LLC (dba Five Star Professional), is based on 10 objective criteria. Eligibility criteria – required: 1. Credentialed as a registered investment adviser or a registered investment adviser representative; 2. Actively licensed as a registered investment adviser or as a principal of a registered investment adviser firm for a minimum of 5 years; 3. Favorable regulatory and complaint history review (As defined by Five Star Professional, the wealth manager has not; A. Been subject to a regulatory action that resulted in a license being suspended or revoked, or payment of a fine; B. Had more than a total of three settled or pending complaints filed against them and/or a total of five settled, pending, dismissed or denied complaints with any regulatory authority or Five Star Professional’s consumer complaint process. Unfavorable feedback may have been discovered through a check of complaints registered with a regulatory authority or complaints registered through Five Star Professional’s consumer complaint process; feedback may not be representative of any one clients’ experience; C. Individually contributed to a financial settlement of a customer complaint; D. Filed for personal bankruptcy within the past 11 years; E. Been terminated from a financial services firm within the past 11 years; F. Been convicted of a felony); 4. Fulfilled their firm review based on internal standards; 5. Accepting new clients. Evaluation criteria – considered: 6. One-year client retention rate; 7. Five-year client retention rate; 8. Non-institutional discretionary and/or non-discretionary client assets administered; 9. Number of client households served; 10. Education and professional designations. Wealth managers do not pay a fee to be considered or placed on the final list of Five Star Wealth Managers. Award does not evaluate quality of services provided to clients. Once awarded, wealth managers may purchase additional profile ad space or promotional products. The Five Star award is not indicative of the wealth manager’s future performance. Wealth managers may or may not use discretion in their practice and therefore may not manage their clients’ assets. The inclusion of a wealth manager on the Five Star Wealth Manager list should not be construed as an endorsement of the wealth manager by Five Star Professional or this publication. Working with a Five Star Wealth Manager or any wealth manager is no guarantee as to future investment success, nor is there any guarantee that the selected wealth managers will be awarded this accomplishment by Five Star Professional in the future. For more information on the Five Star award and the research/selection methodology, go to fivestarprofessional.com. 1,061 Columbus-area wealth managers were considered for the award; 79 (7% of candidates) were named 2019 Five Star Wealth Managers. 2018: 1,165 considered, 67 winners; 2017: 828 considered, 71 winners; 2016: 712 considered, 112 winners; 2015: 1,257 considered, 107 winners; 2014: 1,333 considered, 133 winners; 2013: 968 considered, 97 winners.

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WEALTH MANAGERS Margaret Elizabeth McLurg

CRPC®, APMA®, Financial Advisor, Business Financial Advisor

6265 Emerald Parkway, Suite 150 Dublin, OH 43016 Office: 614-389-5017 margaret.e.mclurg@ampf.com ameripriseadvisors.com/ margaret.e.mclurg

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“Financial planning is a holistic

approach to financial well-being.”

Our goal is to help preserve and build our clients’ wealth over time with integrity, clarity and personal attention. Five Star Wealth Manager award winner, 2013 – 2019.

— Five Star award winner

Investors should conduct their own evaluation of a financial professional as working with a financial advisor is not a guarantee of future financial success. Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc., Member FINRA and SIPC. Investment advisory products and services are made available through Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc., a registered investment adviser.

Wealth Manager Award Winner

All award winners are listed in this publication.

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Christopher Edward Adkins ∙ Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.

Kevin R. Clark ∙ Comprehensive Wealth Partners

Michael Aljancic∙ Morgan Stanley

Mark Coffey ∙ Summit Financial Strategies

Samantha Anderson ∙ Budros, Ruhlin & Roe, Inc.

Karen Cookston ∙ Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.

Aaron Armstrong ∙ Budros, Ruhlin & Roe, Inc.

Daniel L. Due ∙ Budros, Ruhlin & Roe, Inc.

Chris Philip Bardos ∙ Wells Fargo Advisors

Brian Edwards ∙ Morgan Stanley

Gary S. Beckman ∙ Morgan Stanley

Jason Eliason ∙ Waller Financial Planning Group

Michael Beers ∙ Morgan Stanley

Andrea Ellis ∙ Budros, Ruhlin & Roe, Inc.

Cort Bradbury ∙ Heritage Wealth Partners

Eric Friedman ∙ Wells Fargo Advisors

Sonia Brinkman ∙ Budros, Ruhlin & Roe, Inc.

Rodney Miles Friedman ∙ FPL Financial Strategies, LLC

James Cain ∙ Robert W. Baird & Co.

Jason Gilbert ∙ Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.

Jeffrey Gomez ∙ G2 Capital Management

William C. Kay ∙ Edward Jones

Lis McNealey Spaine ∙ Wells Fargo Advisors

Daniel B. Roe ∙ Budros, Ruhlin & Roe, Inc.

Debra Gordon ∙ Wesbanco Securities

Scott Kidwell ∙ Budros, Ruhlin & Roe, Inc.

Gregory Munster ∙ Munster Financial, LLC

John W. Schatz ∙ Lincoln Financial Advisors

Greg R. Grabovac ∙ G2 Capital Management

Katherine E. Kincaid ∙ Waller Financial Planning Group

Richard Donald Nadler ∙ Keeler & Nadler

John Schuman ∙ Budros, Ruhlin & Roe, Inc.

Chris O. Olsgard ∙ Waller Financial Planning Group

Gary Shawn Sentz ∙ Sentz Financial Services

Jessica A. Lee ∙ Budros, Ruhlin & Roe, Inc.

Shaun D. Patterson ∙ Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.

Isaiah Stidham ∙ Budros, Ruhlin & Roe, Inc.

Timothy Mardas ∙ Wells Fargo Advisors

Christina Povenmire ∙ CMP Financial Planning

Richard John Martin ∙ Blue Stone Wealth Partners

Mark Randall ∙ Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.

Jeramy May ∙ Janney Montgomery Scott

Joseph Thomas Reilly ∙ Thrivent Financial

John McHugh ∙ Budros, Ruhlin & Roe, Inc.

Scott Rendle ∙ Waller Financial Planning Group

Mark Mckimmins ∙ H. Beck, Inc.

Thomas Robertson ∙ Morgan Stanley

James H. Graver ∙ G2 Capital Management William Trevor Greear ∙ Private Advisor Group Jonathan Peter Aaron Groleau ∙ Thrivent Financial William T. Grove ∙ UBS Terrence John Hoppmann ∙ Edward Jones Christina Horan ∙ Richwood Financial Ted Inbusch ∙ The Schumacher Group/ Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.

Bruce Lancia ∙ B. Anthony Company, LLC

Richard Allen Stocker ∙ Patriot Asset Advisors, LLC Mark Stoneburner ∙ Stoneburner Wealth Management, LLC Jeffrey E. Suchy ∙ Budros, Ruhlin & Roe, Inc. Gary L. Vawter ∙ Vawter Financial, Ltd. Kevin Wuebker ∙ Budros, Ruhlin & Roe, Inc.

“Work with a professional who takes the time to understand your unique situation.”

— Five Star award winner

The Five Star Wealth Manager award, administered by Crescendo Business Services, LLC (dba Five Star Professional), is based on 10 objective criteria. Eligibility criteria – required: 1. Credentialed as a registered investment adviser or a registered investment adviser representative; 2. Actively licensed as a registered investment adviser or as a principal of a registered investment adviser firm for a minimum of 5 years; 3. Favorable regulatory and complaint history review (As defined by Five Star Professional, the wealth manager has not; A. Been subject to a regulatory action that resulted in a license being suspended or revoked, or payment of a fine; B. Had more than a total of three settled or pending complaints filed against them and/or a total of five settled, pending, dismissed or denied complaints with any regulatory authority or Five Star Professional’s consumer complaint process. Unfavorable feedback may have been discovered through a check of complaints registered with a regulatory authority or complaints registered through Five Star Professional’s consumer complaint process; feedback may not be representative of any one clients’ experience; C. Individually contributed to a financial settlement of a customer complaint; D. Filed for personal bankruptcy within the past 11 years; E. Been terminated from a financial services firm within the past 11 years; F. Been convicted of a felony); 4. Fulfilled their firm review based on internal standards; 5. Accepting new clients. Evaluation criteria – considered: 6. One-year client retention rate; 7. Five-year client retention rate; 8. Non-institutional discretionary and/or non-discretionary client assets administered; 9. Number of client households served; 10. Education and professional designations. Wealth managers do not pay a fee to be considered or placed on the final list of Five Star Wealth Managers. Award does not evaluate quality of services provided to clients. Once awarded, wealth managers may purchase additional profile ad space or promotional products. The Five Star award is not indicative of the wealth manager’s future performance. Wealth managers may or may not use discretion in their practice and therefore may not manage their clients’ assets. The inclusion of a wealth manager on the Five Star Wealth Manager list should not be construed as an endorsement of the wealth manager by Five Star Professional or this publication. Working with a Five Star Wealth Manager or any wealth manager is no guarantee as to future investment success, nor is there any guarantee that the selected wealth managers will be awarded this accomplishment by Five Star Professional in the future. For more information on the Five Star award and the research/selection methodology, go to fivestarprofessional.com. 1,061 Columbus-area wealth managers were considered for the award; 79 (7% of candidates) were named 2019 Five Star Wealth Managers. 2018: 1,165 considered, 67 winners; 2017: 828 considered, 71 winners; 2016: 712 considered, 112 winners; 2015: 1,257 considered, 107 winners; 2014: 1,333 considered, 133 winners; 2013: 968 considered, 97 winners.

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Choosing W Teams Who you select to help you navigate your breast cancer treatment can make all the difference.

hen Wendy Lybarger, 58, was diagnosed with breast cancer during the summer of 2018 after a routine mammogram, the Dayton resident met with an oncology team in her area to discuss her diagnosis and treatment options.

“We quickly got to the ‘This is sounding pretty severe and urgent and scary’ phase,” explains Lybarger. “This was worth a second opinion. I really had not had much interaction with or had learned much about breast cancer before that.”

Having previously spent time living in Central Ohio, she was familiar with the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – James Cancer Hospital & Solove Research Institute. Lybarger decided to call the James, thus beginning her journey of creating her care team and planning her treatment.

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“Each step of the way, there were multiple levels of interaction and care,” Lybarger says. “I had a lot of questions. I was cautious about what internet research I did. I was trying to learn myself, so that I could understand and ask relevant questions. It was great to have that level of support.”

For patients like Lybarger, a breast cancer diagnosis is full of uncertainty—and that’s why assembling and working with a care team that can help you take control of your care is imperative.

So where should you begin? Many oncology groups in Columbus take a comprehensive approach.

“Breast cancer is a good model for the comprehensive care that cancer patients require,” says Dr. William Farrar, CEO of the James and director of its Stefanie Spielman Comprehensive Breast Center. “It‘s important for patients to realize that, as it is becoming more and more complicated to put together a treatment plan, you need to have doctors that are treating one or possibly two cancers, because the information, clinical trials and research makes treatment changes more frequent. It‘s important to seek out someone who really specializes in breast cancer care.”

A breast cancer patient often will work with several different types of oncologists: a medical oncologist, who helps plan overall

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treatment; a surgical oncologist, who can remove cancerous tumors; and sometimes a radiation oncologist, who specializes in radiation therapy.

“If I see a patient today in surgical oncology, we have an algorithm,” says Farrar.

“They may see three or sometimes four doctors in different specialties to answer all of their questions and help them make a decision. I may see a patient today with early stage breast cancer, then they may talk to a radiation oncologist and plastic surgeon, and then at the end of the day, I’ll see them back in my office to discuss everything they learned and come to some decision on how they would like to be treated. Some people like to think for a few days, and then they can come back to make a decision.”

But the James isn’t the only cancer care center in town.

The Zangmeister Cancer Center, located near John Glenn Columbus International Airport, offers both cancer and hematology services. It also aims to provide all the key players a patient needs.

“We have an interdisciplinary team working to take care of cancer patients,” says Christine Pfaff, associate practice director at the center. “Our goal is to have all the services a patient needs under one roof.”

Along with 12 medical oncologists on staff, the Zangmeister Cancer Center con-

nects its patients with other potential key members of a care team.

“We have nurse practitioners who run an acute care clinic,” says Pfaff. “If a patient calls in after they had chemo three days ago and they aren‘t feeling right, we can get them in the same day. Those nurse practitioners are great. They take care of all the immediate needs of the patient, instead of [having the patient go] to an emergency room.”

Similarly, Lybarger relied heavily on the physician assistants who were accessible during her treatments at the James.

“As I dealt with both medical and radiation oncology, there was this physician assistant level of care,” she says. “In particular with medical oncology, that person was my lifeline as I was moving into this. There were still questions about the diagnosis. They were always accessible to me. I could call in and ask a question, and she [the physician assistant] would get back to me. I knew by the end of the day I would get a call back.

That was an extremely important area of care in those early stages.”

A pathologist also may be involved, says Farrar, and although they are not present at the Stefanie Spielman Comprehensive Breast Center, the team will bring in their knowledge when needed.

“If someone has a biopsy at an outside institution, it’s important to review the slides

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Breast cancer is never logical or straightforward or routine. That’s why fighting breast cancer with routine treatment just isn’t enough. At The James, you get the expertise of a multidisciplinary team that specializes not just in cancer but breast cancer.

They apply their collective thinking toward discovering the most effective therapies, and delivering them at exactly the right time, for you — which means you can count on comprehensive breast cancer care that’s far beyond routine.

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that were obtained,” Farrar says. “We do that on all our breast cancer patients to make sure the diagnosis is correct. That’s key to our multidisciplinary approach.”

A breast cancer patient also might rely on the help and expertise of a social worker.

Pfaff explains social workers are not always common in the outpatient setting, but they can help navigate any psychosocial issues.

“If a woman is losing her hair, a social worker can help her get a wig,” Pfaff says.

“They can help get transportation. There’s lots of counseling in the office. If a patient has children, what can we do to help with that?”

Columbus Oncology and Hematology Associates, another Central Ohio cancer clinic, has a relationship with OhioHealth to connect its patients to even more resources.

“Some patients who undergo surgery will do reconstruction,” says Dr. Nse Ntukidem of Columbus Oncology and Hematology Associates. “At the time of surgery, our oncologists can refer patients to those surgeons.”

Ntukidem shares that his group typically has a patient talk to a dietitian through OhioHealth as well. OhioHealth has a wellness program in which patients have structured physical activity in a group class.

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They are exposed to nutritional information and other resources.

Breast cancer patients also may elect to try complementary care. Ntukidem says that acupuncture or massage therapy can help with the stressful process, as can talking to a therapist or counselor.

There’s an additional member of your care team you might heavily rely on who does not have a medical degree: a financial counselor.

“The financial impact [of breast cancer] is a huge deal,” Pfaff says. “A financial counselor meets with patients to talk about insurance coverage and what to do if you can’t afford your medicine, among other things. The question is always, ‘How am I going to pay for this?’ The counselors can help navigate that for the patient.”

Pfaff recommends that if a patient chooses a center without a financial counselor, they should ask if there is a foundation or other resources available to help financially.

The Zangmeister Cancer Center works with a Mount Carmel foundation called Haven of Hope, which promotes financial, emotional, physical and spiritual support for patients.

From a patient perspective, Lybarger wants other breast cancer patients to know that as they are assembling their care team, the patients can be their own best advocates.

“It‘s OK to ask questions,” Lybarger says. “I’m sure I asked questions two, three, 10 times. Sometimes I forgot I asked that question, and other times it was because I didn‘t understand. Be that advocate for yourself, and have that person for you who can come and be your other set of ears. My anxiety was reduced the more I knew.”

Organization also was imperative for Lybarger, especially since she was commuting from Dayton for her treatments.

“I got a folder and I had a bag that that folder went in, along with anything related to my appointments and test results,” she says.

“My bills went in there. Everything went in that, so I knew where everything was and I could grab it and take it with me and update it with the next set of information that came in. That’s my way of control over what felt like a very out-of-control situation.”

And when in doubt, a second opinion can help a patient feel more comfortable.

“If patients are empowered, they should ask [for a second opinion],” says Pfaff. “If there is ever a point where a patient feels they are not sure, they should ask for a second opinion.”

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Selecting Senior Living

Choosing the ideal senior living community can be hard.

Here’s a guide on what to look for.

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By Rylan Lee

The decision to move into a senior living community looks different for every person.

Some may make the decision for themselves; others will make the decision for a family member or loved one. Some will want to retain their independence, while others will need a facility that can accommodate an ongoing progression of care.

As Kim Yoder, senior programs and service coordinator at Avondale Senior Village, puts it: “It really is individualized, based on needs.”

With a plethora of options, picking one place can be a daunting choice. To make the process a little easier, here are the core questions to ask.

What Types of Care Are Offered?

In many ways, moving into a senior living community is like any other move—an arduous process of choosing a good location, an interior that suits you and so on. But unlike other moves, the decision often has to factor in a need for assistance or medical care.

According to Kristel Smith, director of marketing and sales at Parkside Senior Living, the types of care offered at a facility should be your first consideration.

Generally speaking, there are four main categories of senior living accommodations: independent living, assisted living, memory care and skilled nursing.

Independent and assisted living are exactly what they sound like; memory care programs are for those diagnosed with Alzheimer’s or dementia, and skilled nursing care is a type of assisted living that utilizes help from a registered nurse.

Smith also cautions against the temptation to pick a place solely based on current needs.

“It’s very important to look at a place that would accommodate all types of levels of care,” Smith explains. “It may not be important to them now, but down the road, that could be something that makes the difference as to whether or not they would stay in the community or have to find another place because their needs have progressed.”

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Looking at a facility’s calendar can be an easy way to see if programming consists of “things that are going to draw them out to meet their neighbors and the other people in the community,” Yoder says. Smith adds that asking the admissions director about participation rates can shed some light on how active the community is as a whole.

And for memory care programs, it’s also important to look at cognitive enrichment programs. “Just because someone has dementia doesn’t mean they can’t learn and engage,” says Greg Cini, culture curator and cofounder of Kemper House Worthington.

This may take different shapes at different facilities. At Cini’s facility, life skill stations allow residents to engage with the skills they’ve spent their life honing—such as office skills, cooking or gardening.

What Is the Staff Turnover Rate?

Get an indirect sense of the facility’s expanded community by looking at staff statistics.

Specifically, note the staff turnover rate and the longevity of management.

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“That’ll tell you a lot about kind of the culture of the community, [if] you’re finding that there’s a high turnover rate or the management staff hasn’t been there very long,” Smith explains. High turnover could indicate poor management or low morale, while an inexperienced management team could mean more issues down the road.

Where Is the Facility?

Yoder also recommends looking beyond the facility’s property lines, to the larger community that it’s a part of.

When looking at the area, consider how close the senior living community is to retail, dining and entertainment options—especially grocery or convenience stores. And although most communities will offer transportation to programmed events, and programs like Senior Options or Passport offer transportation, it’s worth considering what public transport looks like in the community as well.

Yoder, for example, spent 18 months working with the city planner in Dublin, where Avondale is located, to improve the residents’ access to public transit. “I contacted their city planner and was just like, ‘Hey, we don’t have a bus route, the closest COTA stop is over a mile

away,’ ” she explains. “Now we have free transportation daily … all within the city of Dublin.”

What Amenities Are Available?

Finally, it’s important to consider what amenities are most important. It’s a good reminder that picking a senior living community isn’t about simply settling for whatever place will provide the care you need. You can be picky.

“Do they prefer more of a quiet, serene setting, or do they like the hustle and bustle of the city?” Smith asks. “Some places are pet–friendly; others are not. Some people don’t want a full kitchen and a kitchenette is fine; some folks still want to be able to cook.”

Amenities also help counteract the stigma about senior living being a loss of independence. As Yoder reminds, the move instead means taking things off your to-do list: “Somebody’s doing the landscaping and cutting the grass and shoveling the snow. … Perks that you may have with a condo association, except you’re not paying a per-condo fee.”

And so, no matter what your next home looks like, it’s safe to assume—from picking the location, interior floor plan, social activities and the like—it will still be home, with more community and less hassle.

Compiled by Rylan Lee

Finding the right senior community can be daunting. We’ve gathered details on some local facilities to help.

Abbington Assisted Living abbingtononline.com Abbington of Arlington 1320 Old Henderson Rd., Upper Arlington; 614-451-4575; 44 AL Abbington of Pickerington 9480 Blacklick-Eastern Rd., Pickerington; 614-577-0822; 48 AL Abbington of Powell 3971 Bradford Ct., Powell; 614-7899868; 48 AL Arrow Senior Living arrowseniorliving.com Carriage Court Senior Living 3570 Heritage Club Dr., Hilliard; 614529-7470; 86 AL, 16 MC Chestnut Hill Senior Living 5055 Thompson Rd., Columbus; 614855-3700; 105 AL, 25 MC Bickford Senior Living bickfordseniorliving.com Bickford of Bexley 2600 E. Main St., Bexley; 614-2353900; 33 AL, 20 MC

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KEY IL – independent living units AL – assisted living units MC – memory care units SN – skilled nursing units

Bickford of Scioto 3500 Riverside Dr., Columbus; 614457-3500; 53 AL/MC Bickford of Worthington 6525 N. High St., Worthington; 614-8466500; 54 AL, 27 MC Brookdale Senior Living Solutions 844-440-1626; brookdale.com Brookdale Lakeview Crossing 4000 Lakeview Crossing, Groveport; 74 AL, 15 MC Brookdale Muirfield 7220 Muirfield Dr., Dublin; 54 AL, 30 MC Brookdale Pinnacle 1305 Lamplighter Dr., Grove City; 83 AL, 23 MC

Brookdale Trillium Crossing 3500 Trillium Crossing, Columbus; 157 IL, 56 AL Brookdale Westerville 6377 Cooper Rd., Columbus; 31 AL, 12 MC Captial Senior Living The Woodlands of Columbus 5380 E. Broad St., Columbus; 614-7557591, capitalsenior.com; 93 AL, 17 MC Century Park Mayfair Village 3011 Hayden Rd., Columbus; 614-8896202, centurypa.com; 85 AL Danbury Senior Living danburyseniorliving.com Columbus Danbury 2870 Snouffer Rd., Columbus; 614-3390459; 74 IL/AL, 27 MC Parkside Village 730 N. Spring Rd., Westerville; 614-7949300; 167 IL/AL, 37 MC

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Independent Living • Assisted Living • Memory Care • Movement Specialty Program With our expansion project, Parkside Village has recently opened additional Independent Living, Assisted Living, and Memory Care apartments along with a new state-of-the-art Movement Specialty Program. This new program is the first of its kind in Ohio and will feature highly trained staff and programming to benefit residents with Parkinson’s Disease and other movement disorders. Parkside Village is the next best thing to being at home.

Call 614-794-9300 to schedule a tour and see the exciting new changes to our building!

730 N. Spring Road, Westerville, Ohio 43082

Experience the Danbury Difference!

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Residents and their families agree that Danbury Senior Living IS the best kept secret in senior living! Stop in and see the difference in our clean and bright community, feel the difference in our warm and caring atmosphere, and taste the difference of our exceptional dining menu. Call today to learn how you can Experience the Danbury Difference!

Call 614-339-0459 to schedule a tour and Experience the Danbury Difference!

2870 Snouffer Road, Columbus, Ohio 43235

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special advertising section Feridean Commons 6885 Freeman Rd., Westerville; 614-8987488, feridean.com; 40 IL, 58 AL First & Main firstandmain.us First & Main of Lewis Center 8875 Green Meadows Dr. N, Lewis Center; 740-513-2270; 60 IL/AL, 44 MC First & Main of New Albany 245 E. Main St., New Albany; 740-5133044; 60 IL/AL, 44 MC Five Star Senior Living The Forum at Knightsbridge 4590 Knightsbridge Blvd., Columbus; 614-451-6793, fivestarseniorliving.com; 143 IL, 90 AL, 25 MC, 57 SN Friendship Village Columbus 5800 Forest Hills Blvd., Columbus; 614890-8282, fvcolumbus.org; 201 IL, 63 AL, 17 MC, 75 SN Friendship Village of Dublin 6000 Riverside Dr., Dublin; 614-764-1600, fvdublin.org; 304 IL, 23 AL, 23 MC, 50 SN

Hawthorn Retirement Group Amber Park Pickerington 401 Hill Rd. N, Pickerington; 614-8343113, seniorlivinginstyle.com; 86 AL Holiday Retirement The Worthington 1201 Riva Ridge Ct., Gahanna; 614933-8640, holidaytouch.com; 117 IL Ganzhorn Suites 10272 Sawmill Pkwy., Powell; 614-3569810, ganzhorn.com; 64 MC Kemper House Kemper House Worthington 800 Proprietors Rd., Worthington; 614681-8330, kemperhouseworthington. com; 55 MC Lutheran Social Services LSS Kensington Place 1001 Parkview Blvd., Columbus; 614252-5276, lssnetworkofhope.org; 117 IL/AL, 11 MC The Macintosh Company macintoshcompany.com Canal Winchester Rehabilitation Center,

Skilled Nursing & Assisted Living 6800 Gender Rd., Canal Winchester; 614-834-6800; 35 AL, 75 SN Mill Run Rehabilitation Center, Skilled Nursing & Assisted Living 3399 Mill Run Dr., Hilliard; 614-5273000; 35 AL, 66 SN Monterey Rehabilitation Center, Skilled Nursing & Memory Care 3929 Hoover Rd., Grove City; 614-8757700; 41 MC, 114 SN New Albany Rehabilitation Center, Skilled Nursing & Assisted Living 5691 Thompson Rd., Columbus; 614855-8866; 36 AL, 67 SN West Park Rehabilitation Center, Skilled Nursing & Memory Care 1700 Heinzerling Dr., Columbus; 614274-4222; 28 MC, 71 SN Whetstone Rehabilitation Center, Skilled Nursing & Assisted Living 3710 Olentangy River Rd., Columbus; 614-457-1100; 60 AL, 145 SN National Church Residences nationalchurchresidences.org Avondale 5251 Avery Rd., Dublin; 888-875-0465; IL (number not available)

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INDEPENDENT LIVING AT FVC Leave home maintenance behind so you have more time for your life’s passions. Call us today at (614) 245-3931 to learn how you can enjoy carefree living and numerous amenities all under one roof at Friendship Village Columbus.

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special advertising section Chimes Terrace 65 S. Williams St., Johnstown; 740-9670707; 36 IL, 24 AL First Community Village 1800 Riverside Dr., Columbus; 614-3244455; 152 IL, 38 AL, 36 MC, 138 SN Inniswood Village 1195 North St., Westerville; 614-8396300; 120 IL, 52 AL, 20 MC National Church Residences Mill Run 3550 Fishinger Blvd., Hilliard; 614-7710100; 46 AL, 35 MC Stygler Commons Assisted Living 165 N. Stygler Rd., Gahanna; 614-3424588; 32 AL

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Ohio Living ohioliving.org Ohio Living Sarah Moore 26 N. Union St., Delaware; 740-3629641; 38 AL, 47 SN Ohio Living Westminster-Thurber 717 Neil Ave., Columbus; 614-2288888; 199 IL, 50 AL, 21 MC, 128 SN Paramount Senior Living paramountseniorliving.com Paramount Senior Living at Westerville 690 Cooper Rd., Westerville; 614-7942499; 75 AL, 20 MC

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Peregrine Health Services Columbus Alzheimer Care Center 700 Jasonway Ave., Columbus; 614-4597050, columbusalzheimercenter.com; 99 MC/SN The Convalarium of Dublin 6430 Post Rd., Dublin; 614-761-1188, the convalarium.com; SN (number not available) Summit’s Trace Healthcare Center 935 N. Cassady Ave., Columbus; 614252-4987, summitstrace.com; AL, MC, SN (numbers not available) Senior Lifestyle Family-Owned Communities seniorlifestyle.com Carriage Court of Grove City 2320 Sonora Dr., Grove City; 614-8718000; 45 AL, 17 MC Carriage Court of Lancaster 800 Becks Knobb Rd., Lancaster; 740654-4422; 36 AL, 19 MC Chestnut House 1065 Johnson Ave., Newark; 740-3665271; 40 AL Senior Star seniorstar.com Senior Star at Dublin Retirement Village 6470-6480 Post Rd., Dublin; 614-764OCTOBER 2019 Columbus Monthly

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MEMORY CARE THAT INSPIRES

Respite Care Available The Ganzhorn Suites is a Specialized Memory Care community with a focus on innovative design, technology and advanced dementia care.

• Dr. Douglas Scharre, a nationally renowned neurologist with Ohio State University, is our Medical Director •

• • Advanced safety and monitoring technologies • A purpose-built design with four distinct households

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2800 (IL), 614-389-0308 (AL/MC); 134 IL, 60 AL, 39 MC Storypoint storypoint.com StoryPoint Grove City 3717 Orders Rd., Grove City; 614-8756200; 116 IL, 35 AL, 48 MC Sunrise Senior Living sunriseseniorliving.com Sunrise of Dublin 4175 Stoneridge Ln., Dublin; 614-7182062; 56 AL, 34 MC Sunrise of Gahanna 775 E. Johnstown Rd., Gahanna; 614418-9775; 60 AL/MC Village at Westerville Retirement Center 215 Huber Village Blvd., Westerville; 614-8823782, villageatwesterville.com; 77 IL, 48 AL Wallick Communities wallickcommunities.com Ashford on Broad 4801 E. Broad St., Columbus; 614-6412995; 131 AL Ashford at Sturbridge 3700 Sturbridge Ct., Hilliard; 614-3043653; 124 AL The Grove Columbus 5546 Karl Rd., Columbus; 614-4611739; 56 MC Oakleaf Village of Columbus 5500 Karl Rd., Columbus; 614-4611739; 121 IL/AL The Wesley Communities thewesleycommunities.com Wesley Glen Retirement Community 5155 N. High St., Columbus; 614-8887492; 152 IL, 74 AL, 21 MC, 65 SN Wesley Ridge Retirement Community 2225 Taylor Park Dr., Reynoldsburg; 614759-0023; 105 IL, 61 AL, 38 MC, 25 SN Wesley Woods at New Albany 4588 Wesley Woods Blvd., New Albany; 614-656-4100; 72 IL, 15 AL, 20 MC, 16 SN Wexner Heritage Village 614-231-4900, whv.org Creekside at the Village 2200 Welcome Pl., Columbus; 83 IL/AL Geraldine Schottenstein Cottage 1149 College Ave., Columbus; 18 AL/MC Wexner Heritage House 1151 College Ave., Columbus; 99 SN Worthington Christian Village 165 Highbluffs Blvd., Columbus; 614-8466076, wcv.org; 107 IL, 38 AL, 50 SN

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A new shower in a house built in Clintonville by a community native who has returned.

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A MotherDaughter Team Easton store is a collaborative and humanitarian effort.

By Sherry Beck Paprocki

Mom and daughter team Angie and Amanda Ashbaugh opened a franchise of Fab’rik, an Atlanta-based clothing boutique, at Easton Gateway in 2016. Last November, the duo moved their shop to Easton Town Center, a more visible location for those who stroll the shopping area. Below, mom Angie has responded to some questions about their business.

Why did you decide to buy into the Fab’rik brand, specifically? We started researching boutique franchises. Fab’rik was the third one we read about. This franchise stood out because of its mission. Not only did they have trendy, affordable clothes, but they also gave back to the community in different ways.

Tell us about yourself and your love of fashion. I was a stay-at-home mom with three kids. Dressing comfortable made sense. I chose leggings and sweatshirts over jeans and a sweater. I think this is a pattern many moms fall into. I wanted to look nice, but I felt like it was a waste of time when some days I wouldn’t even leave the house.

As the kids got older, I gradually started changing what I wore. Even though I was dressing nicer, there wasn’t anything unique about the clothes. I looked like everyone else. When Amanda and I started to pursue this dream, we went into a Fab’rik store in Savannah, Georgia. When I started wearing 154

their clothes, I got compliing. In my eyes, she always ments and I felt great. I felt stood out—she didn’t dress Fab’rik’s mission is partly to like a woman and not just a like everyone else in high help women who escaped mom. It wasn’t until then that school. She was confident sex trafficking and domestic I realized clothes could affect with her style. She went to colviolence. In Columbus, store owners Angie (right) and how you feel and that is when lege undecided and struggled Amanda Ashbaugh partner with fashion became part of my picking a major. Her dad and Out of Darkness, an organization world. Since owning Fab’rik, that helps local victims of human I told her if she listed all the I have gone out of my comthings she loved to do, then trafficking. Some proceeds fort zone and I love it. from the store’s Asher line also she would find the answer. help support abandoned babies Fashion has always been She said, “I love clothes, in Kenya and other African a part of Amanda. She loved shopping and styling.” It was countries. Each Fab’rik store has playing dress up. In pre- a baby it sponsors until that baby at this point that she decided school she was picky about to pursue fashion as a career. is placed in a home. Read more at columbusmonthly.com. her clothes. She knew exactly what she liked. She was going Did you consider opening to wear what she wanted to your own brand? Yes, but with wear. As she got older, her sense of style really fashion being so competitive, we decided to developed. She paired things together that go with an established brand that would help I would never think of and it looked amazus build awareness in our community. ◆

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Do you have a background in fashion or retail? My degree is in human resources.

I worked retail in high school. Amanda, growing up, loved fashion. She always had a great sense of style. Amazingly, she never worked in retail. She started to pursue fashion in college, but after two years, she told us she didn’t want to go back. She said her dream was to own a boutique and that she was ready to go after her dream. We had saved for her college, so we decided to take her college fund and put it towards her dream. In a sense, running a business would be her college.

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Who are the folks behind Worthington Jewelers? Owners Bob and Theresa Capace employ a passionate team of more than a dozen non-commissioned jewelry professionals, goldsmiths and administrators. We partner with some of the best designers, diamond brokers and manufacturers in the jewelry industry to deliver one-of-a-kind jewelry that lasts a lifetime.

Why should I consider an independent jeweler over a chain? Independent jewelers focus on quality, service and long-term relationships, rather than a quick sale. We want to be your trusted local jeweler. Our team takes time to learn what you really want and then delivers it. We buy gems and jewelry from reputable sources and hand-pick individual pieces that will provide a lifetime of enjoyment, while chain stores tend to buy in bulk, focusing on the latest flash-in-the-pan fads, and sell what they have in their cases using high-pressure tactics.

What do you offer that a big-box chain can’t?

Our personalized service and custom design capabilities can’t be duplicated in a big-box setting. We also offer free appraisals with purchase and a lifetime transferable warranty from Preferred Jewelers International; many chains charge extra for these services.

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How is Worthington Jewelers involved in the community? Giving back to our community is a top priority. We support Worthington Schools, the McConnell Arts Center, the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, the American Cancer Society, A Christmas to Cure Cancer, Nationwide Children’s Hospital’s Kinder Key, the Mount Carmel Foundation and many others. On any given weekend, you might encounter Bob and Theresa helping others and raising funds. Our team also plays an active role in such Central Ohio organizations as the Columbus Italian Club, Worthington AM Rotary, the GETDOT networking group, the Worthington Chamber of Commerce and the Old Worthington Partnership.

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Warm It Up Fall is a time for rich hues and luxurious fabrics.

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A Clintonville man builds his dream home on the land of his childhood house.

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Duke Dickerson decided to replace his childhood home with an efficient new build that can be passed down to his children. The kitchen window is in the same location where his mother would watch for him to return from school.

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Duke Dickerson was born and raised in a mid-century Clintonville home on the former Indian Springs Golf Club. Years ago, his career took him to the East Coast where he settled with his wife, Pearl, and their two children.

When Dickerson’s mother passed away in 2014, she left the family’s home to him and his brother. “We were prepared to sell it,” he says, adding that the original home needed a lot of improvements. After a change of heart, the decision was made to tear down the original house and rebuild on the same land.

Although it is new, Dickerson wanted to keep a part of the original home. The entire blueprint was built around the existing kitchen window, where his mother would watch and wait for her children to return home from school. “The house began in her eyes and through her vision,” he says.

When visitors approach the house, it feels like a country retreat in the city, thanks to a long driveway winding through trees to the house at the rear of the lot. Dickerson did not want a lot of yard space to maintain, so the driveway was made wider to help achieve this goal.

The home’s design lends itself well to entertaining guests and family gatherings. The first floor is an open space, featuring a large kitchen and a family room. Built-in bookshelves showcase family photos and mementos. The design aesthetic is nautical chic, creating a crisp look and feel for the room.

The master suite has two large walk-in closets, one of which Dickerson turned into an office for himself. A walk-in shower features a large bench, as well as a window that

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The home is set back on a lot surrounded by mature trees, providing a sense of peacefulness near the heart of the city. The new house was designed with a modern aesthetic, focused on an open floor plan.

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A music corner was established in a part of the home’s lower level, where Dickerson keeps his collection of guitars and a refurbished piano.

A second seating area and a fully stocked bar makes this part of the house perfect for entertaining.

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filters in natural light, creating a peaceful, retreat aesthetic. A full-size laundry room is just outside the master suite.

The lower level was also designed with entertainment in mind. There is a fully stocked wet bar and plenty of seating, creating the perfect setting for Ohio State football game days. Two conversation spots in the large space feature plush sofas. One of the spaces doubles as Dickerson’s music corner, where he showcases several guitars and a restored piano.

Dickerson says it took a village to build this home, especially after his wife passed away last year. “My wife started the project, and my family and friends helped finish it,” he says. “There is a lot of strength in that.”

The home was built with family in mind, especially since Dickerson plans to eventually pass the house down to his children.

When standing in the open space where

the kitchen and family room are located, the home has a treehouse feel, due to the natural light that floods it and an abundance of trees located directly behind it.

Alexis Michalovich, founder and owner of G. Everett Interior Design and Project Services, was brought on board by Dickerson’s wife, Pearl. Later, it became important to add a few special touches in honor of Pearl’s life. Today, when visitors walk in the front door, they can see a powder room with a mother of pearl tile backsplash.

Michalovich worked closely with Dickerson’s daughter and builder Steve Heinlen (of Heinlen Follmer). The homeowner’s vision, for example, included a formal dining room—an exact replica, in size and design, of the dining room in the family’s former home in Connecticut.

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ness travel. He often stays at the same hotel in London, so he recreated a replica of a typical room there, from the floor plan to the design aesthetic.

Dickerson wanted comfortable outdoor spaces to entertain family and friends.

Recent construction projects involve a patio that features a traditional German beer garden and a fire pit.

Local vendors involved in this project including Lou Bando Concrete, Wells Landscaping and Jacob Sauer Tree Care.

Tile and floors were installed by Roger Dean of Rye Ridge Tile. Dean is a family friend based in New York.

“My family has always been a welcoming and inclusive family, so we took it upon ourselves to have as many people as possible have their fingerprints in the house,” says Dickerson. “It was a collective effort.” ◆ OCTOBER 2019 Columbus Monthly

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A house for sale in Westgate

Westgate: A First-Time Buyer’s Oasis Westgate, a pocket neighborhood less than 6 miles west of Downtown, is becoming a destination for first-time buyers and investors.

Real estate agents often compare Westgate to Grandview and Clintonville. But the smaller homes in the West Side community—averaging slightly more than 1,400 square feet—are more affordable. While homes in the other two neighborhoods average in the $300,000–$400,000 range, the average sale price of homes in Westgate has risen from about $98,000 in 2009 to about $172,000 this year.

Lower prices are especially attractive to young, first-time homebuyers who appreciate the simple, cottage-style houses that include two or three bedrooms.

Zillow listings at summer’s end revealed a handful of Westgate homes in the $185,000 to $250,000 range. A decade ago, those homes spent around 115 days on the market. Today they are selling within a month, or so.

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“For homebuyers who can’t afford Grandview or Clintonville, Westgate has become a destination neighborhood,” says Lisanne Ludwig, of the Faulkner Realty Group. “It’s a similar vibe and is built around a park, has a farmers market and a great community network.”

Ludwig understands firsthand the value of Westgate, which was built on land once home to the Union Army’s Camp Chase, which was also used as a Confederate prison camp during the Civil War. About three years ago, she purchased a property there, rehabbed it and flipped it. It sold the same day it went on the market. She has since updated and sold five other properties in the neighborhood.

“It is convenient to everything in Columbus,” says Ludwig, acknowledging that Westgate lacks the walkability to businesses that might attract people to Clintonville or Grandview. But she predicts that will change.

“There are some restaurants nearby, but there is no real commercial development yet,” she says. But with it being close to the Hollywood Casino Columbus and west of Franklinton, she believes Westgate’s popularity will create more investments.

Part of the attraction for homebuyers is the architecture dating from the 1920s, treelined streets, local schools and a 46-acre park, says John Myers, president of the Columbus Board of Realtors. The neighborhood is bounded by West Broad Street to the north, Sullivant Avenue to the south, Hague Avenue on the west and Demorest Road to the east. The neighborhood is ranked in the top 10 for diversity in Columbus.

“The houses are being maintained well with a lot of rehab going on,” Myers says. “That creates a good situation and helps create a demand because people want to live there.”

Myers reports that over 90 homes were sold in the past year in Westgate, which has about 7,700 total residents. ◆

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Top 25

real estate transactions

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BUYER/SELLER

$2,010,094

2081 Tremont Rd., Upper Arlington

Haupt Erica L., trustee, from Michael Edwards Building & Design Inc.

$1,875,000

2501 Onandaga Dr., Upper Arlington

Michael Edwards Building & Design Inc. from Falkenberg, Barth & Barbara

$1,487,500

4844 Bellann Rd., Columbus

Kruppa, Adina J., trustee, from Albanese, Peter A. & Boyer, Rebecca L.

$1,467,100

1662 Jewett Rd., Powell

N A 1662 LLC from Beal, Andrew & Joann

$1,465,000

250 W. Spring St., Unit 921, Columbus

Sa, Daniel from Jacobson, Jeff M., trustee

$1,425,000

5316 Lake Shore Ave., Westerville

Youssef, George & Jocelyne from Humphrey, Gene S. & Audri J.

$1,315,000

585 Lazelle St., Columbus

585 South Lazelle LLC from Glimcher, Ellen R.

$1,275,000

7590 Bellaire Ave., Dublin

Gable, Brad D. & Sarah J. from Murphy, Brian T., trustee

$1,250,000

845 N. High St., Units 501 and 502, Columbus

Nanda, Rakesh from Riggle, Clyde M.

$1,200,000

5410 Muirfield Ct., Dublin

Infante, Bradley J., trustee, from Weihe, Thomas B. & Gwen E.

$1,200,000

7045 Bordeaux Ct., Dublin

Phan, Kinh Luan & Clipp, Megan from Aepli, Lorraine C.

$1,175,000

4987 Ravines Edge Ct., Powell

Waheed, Feroze A. & Trahan, Dianna M. from Rodriguez, Carlos V. & Patricia F.

$1,174,200

71 N. Sixth St., Columbus

Segal, Benjamin & Schmid, Michael M. from Gay Street Mews LLC

$1,150,000

5000 Squirrel Bend Rd., Upper Arlington

Carson, Kevin & Caskey, Daniel from Four Squirrels LLC

$1,125,000

10788 Winchcombe Dr., Dublin

Wright, Chad & Lindsay from Leess, Sandra H., trustee

$1,100,000

2823 Sunbury Rd., Galena

Gibson, J. Bradley & Ginger, S., trustees, from Mastroianni, Rebecca K. & Michael J.

$1,095,000

150 Beck St., Columbus

Langdale, Paige & Richard S. from Smith, David W.

$1,065,465

250 W. Spring St., Unit 1011, Columbus

Zupan, Josephine from 245 Parks Edge Place LLC

$1,050,000

9890 Olentangy River Rd., Powell

Rush, Mark A. & Deanna D. from Owens, Betsy E.

$1,050,000

6112 Karrer Pl., Dublin

Duvall, David L. Jr. & Amy B. from Albright, Bryan J. & Carol S.

$999,000

5038 Ravines Edge Ct., Powell

Ashley, Melissa A. & Curtiss L. from Blind, Jeffrey T.

$994,900

2596 Andover Rd., Upper Arlington

Butts, Kyle D. from Rudzinski, Jeremy M. & Marcia L.

$987,078

250 W Spring St., Unit 611, Columbus

Ibba, Mette from 245 Parks Edge Place LLC

$969,900

5474 Dublin Rd., Dublin

Brigado Investments VI LLC from Coughlin, Albert L. Jr. & Debbie N.

$962,500

2366 Club Rd., Upper Arlington

Maurer, Justin & Nancy from Finn, Matthew J. & Stacey A.

7130 Greensward $2,295,000

7518 Ogden Woods Blvd $988,800

7215 Waterston $975,000

As provided by The Columbus Dispatch researcher Julie Fulton. Statistics are gathered from the greater Columbus area, including Franklin and parts of other surrounding counties.

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ELEGANT, QUALITY HOME IN OLENTANGY SCHOOLS

1 BOTTOMLEY CRESCENT, NEW ALBANY

This is one of New Albany’s finest located across from the NACC golf course. Classic and modern updates are featured throughout this 5 BR, 5 full baths home including owner’s suite and bathroom, carriage suite, library, finished LL w/billiards, fitness, and wine room. A Chef’s kitchen w/ Carrara marble counters/back splash, high end appliances, and limestone flooring.

Brazilian cherry hardwood floors, marble entry with recessed staircase and domed cupola. The cozy and intimate dining room captures the private patio and expansive yard. $1,675,000

Custom Romanelli and Hughes quality home -4200 sq. ft + 1590 sq ft of living space in lower level. Likenew condition, huge gourmet kitchen with Wolf and Sub Zero appls, 2-story great room overlooking two-tier paver patio and exquisite, landscaped private backyard.

4/5 BR, 4.5 baths. $729,900.

Janbenadum@gmail.com • 614.206.3373

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REALTY EXECUTIVES DECISION 5590 WATERLOO ROAD

7255 KILE ROAD

The 16 acres has privacy and beautiful views just 10 mins from downtown Dublin. The rich open floor plan is warm and welcoming. Finished wide plank flooring with on-site finish throughout the entire first floor.

Palladian window over the staircase, wine room with glass walls, coffered ceilings, and the family room has a gorgeous stacked stone electric fireplace that creates charm and ambiance. Kitchen w/ enormous island with incredible granite selection, large walk-in pantry and a butler pass through. Private family getaway area in upstairs loft leads to the deck with amazing views of the vast acreage. $710,000

JAN BENADUM

JILL BECKETT-HILL

jill@becketteam.com • 614.563.9819

BERRIEN-FAUST & ASSOCIATES

26 Acre Country Estate– Custom Built Brick Home–6 BRs–4 ½ Baths–8,266 SqFt–Open Floor Plan–3 Possible Living Quarters–3 Kitchens–Separate In-Law Suite–Abundant Greenspace, Pond, Creek, Woods– Phenomenal Views–Large Tiered Deck w/ Fire Pit–3 Car Attached Side Load Garage–Mint Condition– Equestrian Potential! $1,133,000

mike.carruthers@kingthompson.com • 614.620.2640

KELLER WILLIAMS CONSULTANTS

COLDWELL BANKER KING THOMPSON 5410 DUNNIKER PARK DR, DUBLIN

RIVER VIEWS!

Contemporary design and stunning views to wake up to every morning. This home was built to enjoy all that nature has to offer! In addition to the large owner suite, there is a light and bright artists studio or exercise room with a private entrance! The finished lower level walks out and has 10 foot ceilings. 4 car garage! Must see to appreciate! $695,000

Located on the 2nd hole of Murifield Village Golf Club offers tremendous views from many of the oversized windows. Recently renovated kitchen & master bath. The interior is fresh with white woodwork and grey accents.

4 bedrooms, four full baths and two half baths 6419 sqft. $1,050,000

CONLEY & PARTNERS

ALLI CLOSE

amy@conleyandpartners.com • 614.792.7500

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KELLER WILLIAMS CONSULTANTS 6755 MERCHANT RD, DELAWARE

NEW PRICE!!

Secluded at the Northern edge of Dublin on 27 acres sits a custom built four bedroom 3 1/2 bath cape cod with views of mature trees, pond and acres of green space. Idyllic for pets, 10 of the 27 acres are fenced. $1,795,000.

CONLEY & PARTNERS

amy@conleyandpartners.com • 614.792.7500

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MIKE CARRUTHERS

todd@fausts.com • 614.477.3077

$50K price reduction! Fantastic Victorian Village home close to Goodale Park & Short North amenities. Meticulously restored w/ character throughout. Lush landscaping, newer, extra deep front porch, elevated deck in back & patio off the kitchen, rare attached 2 car garage.

Wide center hall w/ 2 front parlors w/ wide moldings & ornate mantles. Spacious kitchen has tall cabinetry, SS appls, 2 sinks & granite counters. 3 lg BRs & 2 full BAs on 2nd fl. Vaulted ceiling on 3rd fl w/ exposed beams, bar & full bath. Now $748K

BRUCE DOOLEY

bruce@dooleyco.com • 614.297.8600

KELLER WILLIAMS CLASSIC PROPERTIES

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5738 ENNNISHANNON PLACE

NEW BUILD IN UA

Stunning 2016 Romanelli & Hughes built home with stylish upgrades, bright open floor plan and spacious interiors.

Chef’s dream Kitchen! 4 Bedrooms 4.5+ Baths. Huge Rec-Room with high ceilings.

Outdoor Family Room with fireplace. Deep private backyard! $1,499,000

SARAH EAGLESON

Seagleson@kw.com • 614.804.8470

KW CLASSIC PROPERTIES REALTY 200 GREENBRIER CT. WORTHINGTON

Stunning brick Colonial in the heart of it all. 3BR, 3BA, plus 1st Flr guest rm., Great kitchen w/SS Subzero DD, Viking gas range, granite, ceramic, stone, hdwd., Owner’s Ste. w/great BA & huge custom closet w/ large island, Spacious Loft/Library/ Office w/many built-ins & access off Owner’s Ste., or 2nd stair case, Walkable to shops, dining, parks, schools and activities. LANDSCAPING +++. ONE OF A KIND.

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2865 LEITNAKER ROAD NE, PLEASANTVILLE

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KELLER WILLIAMS CONSULTANTS

Your home is your castle or in this case your 5 Star Luxury Resort! Enjoy resort living every day in your beautiful home on Onandaga Dr. in Upper Arlington where you and your family and friends will enjoy a sparkling pool and hot tub, putting green, outdoor kitchen, and cozy covered patio with fireplace! When it’s cold outside, enjoy sports or movies in your lower level theatre room, work on your golf game at the golf simulator, exercise in your gym or just relax at the bar in your great room.

Custom built by Betley Vistain in 2004, this gorgeous limestone home with 7 BRs and 8 baths on .7 acres is one of a kind and spectacular!

CHERYL GODARD

cherylgodard@kw.com • 614.353.8711

KELLER WILLIAMS CLASSIC PROPERTIES

RESORT STYLE PROPERTY

7839 STRAITS LANE

Private country estate featuring a stunning historic Virginia-style farmhouse, built in 1827, during an era of quality workmanship and refined tastes. 4 BRs, 4 full baths, and 4 fireplaces with 11’ ceilings on first floor.

Expertly updated to accommodate modern amenities, while maintaining architectural integrity of home with features that remain unchanged, i.e., custom woodwork, exposed brick floors & walls, interior transom windows and French hand-painted silk wallpaper in foyer. Stone patio with fountain. Pole Barn and unique 1820’s bank barn on property. 3 car det. garage. Gorgeous rolling countryside, creeks, orchards, strolling gardens and relaxation decks in the woods. 2 additional parcels available for purchase.

BERRIEN-FAUST & ASSOCIATES

2321 ONANDAGA DRIVE

CAM TAYLOR CO. RELOCATION You will be amazed by the open floor plan this home offers, as well as the modern style & high end finishes! Built less than three years ago, this home boasts state of the art electronics: Great Room & Master Bath ceiling for Sony’s surround. Technology abounds with Ring security system & video doorbell, Smartphone enabled thermostat, garage door opener & much more, all Alexa enabled. Unique floor plan offers an oversized master suite & an additional bedroom with ensuite on the main floor.

Two additional BR’s & a shared bath on the second floor allow privacy for guests.

Chef’s kitchen is highlighted by a complete suite of GE Monogram Series of appliances. $689,900

Beautifully maintained freestanding condo -enjoy the ease of low maintenance and outstanding amenities; including the screened porch, large private, tree shaded patio, and relax in your own jacuzzi with private entrance to the owner’s suite. The interior has beautiful hardwood floors, generous rooms, includes large, vaulted, light great room open to views of private back yard and entrance to screened porch.

Finished lower level includes kitchenette/bar, 1/2 bath, and dance floor/childrens play area.

Oversized 2.5-car garage

Impressive custom home on almost a ½ acre overlooking a private, wooded nature preserve with water views. Located in a golf community just steps from the clubhouse, pool & tennis!

Unique design offering over 5,200 square feet including finished lower level featuring a full kitchen, media and workout area, flex room, half bath and a separate walk up egress to the garage. Two owner suites plus two en suites, gorgeous kitchen, two story great room, den/flex room and dining room.

KATHY GREENWELL

www.greenwellgroup.com • 614.818.7210

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8570 TARTAN FIELDS DRIVE

On the 2nd hole of the Tartan Fields Golf Club with panoramic views and great outdoor entertaining space. This home has been meticulously maintained and updated with three levels of great family space.

Move right in and enjoy. $1,250,000

KEMP GROUP

JON & PAM KIRK

office@relocatecolumbus.com • 614.450.0082

www.callthekirks.com • 614.791.2011

KELLER WILLIAMS CAPITAL PARTNERS

RE/MAX PREMIER CHOICE

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19 NEW ALBANY FARMS

Stately Georgian Estate sited on 11 private acres in prestigious New Albany Farms. Grand formal rooms compliment more casual living spaces. This 13,687sqft hm consists of 9BR,7full&3half BA. Magnificent owner’s retreat offers 2 luxurious BAs & separate walkin closets. Impeccably designed, rooms are oversized & elegant.

Renovated in 2012, the chef’s kit opens to both casual dining & family gathering rm.Elevator, movie theater, exquisite terraces, logia, pool & 6-car gar create an idyllic retreat. $3,999,000

SPECTACULAR WEDGEWOOD HOME

JANE KESSLER LENNOX

janel@newalbanyrealty.com • 614.939.8938

NEW ALBANY REALTY

PENNY SMITH

JILL RUDLER

pnnysmt@aol.com • 614.805.9162

www.allaboutcolumbusohio.com • 614.939.7400

NEXT HOME EXPERIENCE

KELLER WILLAMS EXCEL REALTY 2460 STONEHAVEN COURT N, UPPER ARLINGTON

MARILYN VUTECH AND JEFF RUFF

This 4-bed, 3 ½ bath custom built quality home sits on an incredible parklike setting with a tumbling water feature at the entrance. Living spaces include two stone wood burning fireplaces, a lofted great room, entertainment kitchen with private wet bar area, spacious bedrooms and a well-appointed finished LL. $1,000,000

MARILYN VUTECH AND JEFF RUFF realtors@vutech-ruff.com • 614.255.0600

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HER REALTORS 86 PRESTON ROAD

112 ASHBOURNE RD.

Stately Stone 2 Story–4 BRs–3 Full Baths & 2 Half Baths-6,044 Sq Ft– Architectural Integrity & High Quality FinishesNewer Chef’s Kitchen w/ Sitting Area–Lg MBR w/ Huge Walk-In Closet– Attached Two Car Side Load Heated Garage & Additional Attached Rear Load Heated Garage– Excellent Condition–A 10+ $849,000

MIKE CARRUTHERS

mike.carruthers@kingthompson.com • 614.620.2640

COLDWELL BANKER KING THOMPSON

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stacymcvey@kw.com • 614.206.3003

KELLER WILLIAMS CLASSIC PROPERTIES

New Albany Country Club’s finest overlooking the 3rd fairway and steps to the club! Three story home with over 6607 square feet of luxury living. Amazing finished lower level with wine cellar and more. Priced at $1,049,000.

8 E. BROAD STREET #1101, DOWNTOWN

Stunning 3-bed, 2 ½ bath 8 On The Square penthouse unit with top of the line finishes for high quality living. Spacious kitchen is appointment with commercial grade SS appliances and tons of bar/ cabinet space. Unobstructed views of Downtown Columbus from the two private balconies include views of the Statehouse.

Add’t amenities include 2-car garage spaces and a storage unit. $845,000

STACY MCVEY / THE MCVEY TEAM

4895 YANTIS DRIVE

MEDALLION ESTATES

Gorgeous golf course/ waterfront home on a quiet cul-de-sac. One of the prettiest sites in the coveted Medallion Estates with over 6000 SF of living space. Stunning two-story entry opens into huge family room with views of the golf course/nature preserve. First floor master with hidden closet, private bath w/Dbl vanity, over-sized shower and soaking tub! Outstanding kitchen is ideal for entertaining. Great finished basement with a NEW full bath, possible 6th bedroom, exercise room/office, spacious Rec room. $699,900

features 5 bedrooms, 6 full and 1 half baths. Owner’s suite is on the first floor with access to handsome den. Beautiful woodwork in the two story great room and recently refinished hardwood floors throughout first floor. The walk-out lower level features amazing finished spaces! A true “speakeasy” with full wet bar, ample seating at the bar, fireplace and spaces for pool table and poker table. Also includes office, work-out room and space that would make a great wine room! Over 9100 square ft of living space. $995,000

Prestigious Preston Road Stately Stone & Cedar Shake 2 Story – 4 to 5 Bedrooms – 3 ½ Baths – 3,377 Sq Ft – Architectural Integrity – Refinished Hdwd Flrs – Leaded Glass Windows – Detailed Moldings – Formal Entry w/ Open Curved Stairway – Formal LR & DR w/Wood Burning FP – Large Spacious Kit w/ Breakfast Bay Overlooking Private Yard – Sun Rm – Family Rm Addition – Newer Roof – 2 Car Attached Garage – Private Fenced Yard – Separate Rear Cottage – Excellent Value $849,000

MIKE CARRUTHERS

mike.carruthers@kingthompson.com • 614.620.2640

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RIVERFRONT!

10 N DREXEL AVE

Prestigious Drexel Circle!

Stately Georgian 3 Story – 6 BRs, 5 ½ Baths – Approx.

7,615 SqFt Plus Apartment over Garage - 10’ 6”+ Ceilings – Hardwood Flrs – Detailed Moldings – 40’ Hallway – Great Room w/ Mahogany Wood Paneling – Large Master – Finished 3rd Flr– Inground Pool w/ Pool House – 2 Car Garage Plus 5 Spaces – Huge Screened Porch –Private 1.2 Acre Lot – Extensively Landscaped Mint Condition! $1,175,000

MIKE CARRUTHERS

mike.carruthers@kingthompson.com • 614.620.2640

COLDWELL BANKER KING THOMPSON

TARTAN FIELDS Stunning New England style beauty on the 7th fairway of Tartan Fields golf club! New roof just installed!

Hardwood floors carry throughout most of the first floor. The first floor owner suite has beautiful golf course views along with a spa like retreat and large closet. The best room in the home rests off the island kitchen and hearth room. The octagon shaped morning room has a floor to ceiling stone fireplace and views from every direction. It’s your slice of heaven any day of the week!

Need more space? Relax in the lower level bar with daylight windows-or get away to one of the 3 upstairs bedroom suites. $1,099,000

ALLI CLOSE

thecloseconnection.com • 614.726.9070

KELLER WILLIAMS CONSULTANTS

KELLER WILLIAMS CONSULTANTS

Charming 4 BR 2.5 bath, 3400 SF home on Abington Road in UA! First floor features spacious LR with WBFP, DR, and office with built-in bookshelves.

Kitchen, centered in heart of the home, features large island perfect for cooking or gathering around with family and friends. Breakfast room and family room are off kitchen as is attached 2+ car garage (so hard to find in UA).

Spacious bedrooms up include lg owners’ suite w/fireplace and new spa bath (‘17). Finished rec. room, cozy screen porch and shaded paver patio with fire pit will check every box on your list! Steps to schools, parks, library, shops and restaurants. Minutes to airport and freeways!

CHERYL GODARD

cherylgodard@kw.com • 614.353.8711

KELLER WILLIAMS CLASSIC PROPERTIES

30 KESWICK DRIVE, NEW ALBANY, $659,000

JANE KESSLER LENNOX

janel@newalbanyrealty.com • 614.939.8938

NEW ALBANY REALTY

3757 N. COUNTY LINE ROAD, CROTON

Stunning New Albany Luxury Townhome. 2 BR/3.5 BA Condo is Loaded w/ Amenities & Upgrades. Over 4200sqft on 3 levels! Open Floor Plan, Hardwood Floors, Chef’s Kitchen, Study, 1st Flr Laundry, Lrg Owner’s Suite w/Fireplace. Finished LL has a Rec Rm w/Fireplace & Wetbar, Full BA + Extra Rm for Office or Workout Room. 2-Car Gar. Desirable location-impeccable condition.

JANE KESSLER LENNOX

janel@newalbanyrealty.com • 614.939.8938

NEW ALBANY REALTY

150 E. MAIN ST. #609, THE HARTMAN DOWNTOWN

This fabulous country estate sits on just under 10 acres and was recently renovated with custom gated entry, rich finishes, open living spaces, gorgeous woodwork, huge island with granite countertops, vaulted living room and a custom built Amish barn. Windows are everywhere and overlook the private grounds with fenced pastures. $995,000

MARILYN VUTECH AND JEFF RUFF realtors@vutech-ruff.com • 614.255.0600

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ALLI CLOSE

thecloseconnection.com • 614.726.9070

2404 ABBINGTON

300 W SPRING STREET 507, COLUMBUS, OH

1-Story, Top Floor Urban Loft in Exclusive North Bank/A&P Warehouse Blding Original Exposed Brick, High Ceilings, Ceiling Pipes & Beautiful Hrdwd Flrs! Open Floor Plan w/Floor-to-Ceiling Windows in Front & Back. 2BR & 2BA. Kit w/Oversized Island, Granite, SS Viking Appls & plenty of Cabinet Space. Large Master En-Suite w/Wall of Windows overlooking Generous Balcony.

Tax Abated. Northbank has 24/7 concierge, fitness rm, theater, onsite guest suite & conf rm. $575,000.

Drive through the gates to one of the prettiest riverfront lots in Southern Delaware! Over 8 acres of sloping land gradually leads to the river. Seller has added over 100 trees along the border for maximum privacy. Also included is a pole barn with 15’ doors and room for additional storage plus a workout room/pool house. Seller has updated the entire house adding white trim, new flooring, gorgeous new bathrooms, new stainless steel appliances, white cabinets, new pool heater and pump. Relax in the 3 season room overlooking the spacious yard, pool and river. $725,000

Extraordinary 3-bed, 3 ½ bath penthouse at the Hartman building in Downtown Columbus combining three regular condos featuring open living spaces with exposed brick, tons of windows, high ceilings and a custom kitchen with tall cabinets. Beautifully appointed bedrooms, a real walk-in laundry room, two carport spots and three storage units. $625,000

MARILYN VUTECH AND JEFF RUFF realtors@vutech-ruff.com • 614.255.0600

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Dining

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Cucumber carpaccio at Ambrose and Eve

Photo by tim johnson

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Invited for Supper With an eclectic, chef-driven menu, year-old Ambrose and Eve is making a home on South High Street.

By Bailey Trask Photos by Tim Johnson

When Catie Randazzo and Matthew Heaggans announced they were opening a restaurant together, it came with great fanfare.

Finally, the two nomadic chefs and friends— each owned their own food trucks at one point—had landed a permanent home. And it’s apropos that Ambrose and Eve looks like—feels like—home. Specifically the Midwestern home of an older relative, with its cross-stitch, floral plates, framed family photos and all the delights (and imperfections) found in a place familiar and quaint.

The Brewery District restaurant, which is named after Randazzo’s grandparents, opened in late 2018 and has a multilevel front porch, complete with white picket fencing. The porch is inviting but not exactly serene; guests are treated to the sounds of heavy traffic and happy hour at Local Cantina across the street.

Inside, the former antique shop features details like floral patterns on the walls, exposed brick, a bar with comfortable seating and ambient music that lends a homey, welcoming feel. Also homey, but not great: a taxed HVAC system, which on hot days has trouble handling the open garage door that makes the dining room and porch seem like one. On one of my visits, certain tables had the unfortunate experience of having condensation drip directly onto food and drinks.

The service at Ambrose and Eve is as eclectic as its style. In some cases, servers expertly read the table, only showing up when necessary and anticipating every need. In others, the style is what I’d call aggressively Midwestern. One staffer hovered around the table too much, reminding me of a buttonclad TGI Fridays associate while awkwardly crouching at our table to explain the menu.

In another case, the server seemed so ready to leave, she didn’t offer dessert.

While food is at the forefront of the Ambrose and Eve experience, the libations are not far behind. And if an atmosphere that 172

Fried chicken supper with biscuits and mac ’n’ cheese

reminds one of family begets thirst, no worries: Half-price bottles of wine are available on Wednesdays. So you and Aunt Margaret can each have your own. The cocktails are worth a tour, as well. I enjoyed the Dexter’s Never Been to Mexico ($11), a mezcal-heavy concoction with grapefruit, a milky color, gritty texture and that grown-up buzz that mezcal provides its fans.

The restaurant’s menu—which riffs on childhood memories (hello, ants on a log) while incorporating flavors from around the world—invites diners to share, like they would at, say, Buca di Beppo. But instead of giant bowls of mediocre pasta and platters of chicken saltimbocca, Ambrose and Eve treats diners to an experience where quality, creativity and ingredients are valued. The

dinner menu is divided into snacks, vegetable dishes, a section called “Make Friends” (ostensibly main entrées for sharing) and large-format suppers. (There’s also brunch service on weekends.) The general recommendation is to order one of each from the first three sections for two people to share, or one of the suppers for two to four people.

At first glance, the communal menu sounds fantastic and wide-ranging—cucumber carpaccio, red oil beef tartare, fried chicken and biscuits. But ordering can be a challenge, as the indicators of size and value don’t always match up with reality. On one hand, a meal that costs less than $40 can feed four. Something labeled as a “snack” at $14 is truly an appetizer in size. On the other hand, something with the price point of a main

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dish leaves you wondering where the other half went. In short, one can leave the restaurant with a $50 bill and leftovers for days or a $100 bill and a growling stomach. But while the sizing and pricing seem inconsistent, the food itself is creative and solidly good.

The Vietnamese-inspired pork ribs ($14) are sizeable for being on the snack menu. Crushed cashews top four large ribs and a slaw made of celery root. A dense ginger marinade and a fish sauce caramel coat the tender pork, which was perfectly cooked and falling off the bone.

Meanwhile, the crispy Brussels sprouts ($9) are not to be missed. The honey-sweetened vegetables have crispy exterior leaves that resemble chips, all under a delightful pile of snowlike pecorino.

Ambrose and Eve’s take on the watermelon salad ($13) is straightforward, demonstrating that the chefs know when to let classics just be classics. A bed of 1-inch, cubed watermelon is served with microgreens, chiffonade of mint, fine crumbles of feta and sunflower seeds. All the textures and flavors play nicely together in this quintessential summer salad.

One of the main dishes that feels more like a starter is the calamari ($14). This beautifully plated ensemble resembles thick spaghetti over greens with an abstract, expressionist splash of what looks like squid ink—it’s actually lemon aioli transformed by activated charcoal—and crispy radish slivers. The noodles, of course, are poached (not fried) tendrils of warm squid that are wonderfully balanced by the spicy greens, citrus and microgreens.

While the flavors in the chicken and dumplings ($18) work well together, the dish itself is a disappointment. Two tiny, cheese-filled pierogies are served atop fresh and fragrant warm tomatoes, roughly chopped basil and The restaurant’s namesakes

a crusty, fat-fried chicken thigh in a citruskissed broth. (For a dish meant to be shared, it is difficult to cut the thigh.) Here in Der Dutchman country, “chicken and dumplings” provided expectations of something entirely different. This version didn’t quite deliver.

The fried chicken meal ($33 for two; $60 for four), however, is not only a fun experience, but a great value. In the smaller portion, four enormous pieces of crispy (but quite salty) chicken are served KFC-style in a paper bucket along with a jar of house-made hot sauce and four excellent, buttery biscuits (Heaggans spent years perfecting the recipe).

The sides that accompany the fried chicken are classics: green beans, dill potato salad and macaroni and cheese. The green beans are possibly the best part of the collection, with just enough salt and a kiss of butter. The mayoladen, rough-cut potato salad lacks vinegar, but grains of whole mustard help to make up for it. And the generous portion of macaroni and cheese is pulled straight from the oven and served in a tiny skillet on a grandmotherly trivet. While the entire ensemble—which could easily feed four people—could use a little less salt, the price can’t be beat.

Ambrose and Eve is a catch for Columbus, and brings homegrown authenticity to a neighborhood overrun by chains (and still mourning the loss of The Clarmont and Round Bar). The restaurant’s playful take on food—and what “home” means, both on the plate and as a sense of place—adds an element of emotion that isn’t always present while dining out. As the service becomes more sophisticated and chefs Heaggans and Randazzo settle into the permanence of South High Street, I suspect that Ambrose and Eve may become a household name. ◆

Red oil tartare

Ambrose and Eve

716 S. High St., Brewery District, 614-725-2080, ambroseandevecolumbus.com Hours: 4–10 p.m. Tue–Thu, 4– 11 p.m. Fri, 11 a.m.–11 p.m. Sat, 11 a.m–3 p.m. Sun Price Range: $9–$16 for appetizers, $14–$22 for entrées, $33–$60 for large-format dinners Reservations: Accepted In Short: In Ambrose and Eve, local chefs Catie Randazzo and Matthew Heaggans have created a homey yet modern restaurant that’s equal parts traditional and risk-taking.

The menu’s organization and pricing may trip up some diners, but the beverages and playful dishes are a welcome addition to the Brewery District. Go for the sizable fried chicken dinner with fixins or order a bunch of shareable plates such as crispy Brussels sprouts, an Asian-inspired beef tartare and poached calamari.

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Dining SHORT ORDER Legacy Smokehouse brisket, pulled pork, turkey and ribs

Legacy Smokehouse 3987 Main St., Hilliard, 614-541-9022, legacysmokehouse.com

Central Ohio, Meet Central Texas Barbecue Wood-fired smoked meat is the highlight of a menu imported from the Lone Star State.

At Legacy Smokehouse in Old Hilliard, the enticing aroma of slow-cooked meat bounces off tidy rooms in a renovated 19th-century home on the suburb’s bustling Main Street. Owners and Ohio natives Chad Smock, Brian Jordan and Ty Sells, friends dating back decades, launched the Hilliard location nearly a year ago after opening a food truck and Greenlawn Avenue restaurant by the same name in 2017.

Legacy focuses on Central Texas-style barbecue, influenced by Jordan’s long stint living in the region. Various cuts of beef, pork and turkey are seasoned simply then cooked low and slow over indirect heat in a wood-fired smoker on the premises—gas is sacrilege to the style.

Smock says the operation’s beef cuts— brisket and the Saturday beef rib special— are rubbed only with salt and pepper prior to cooking. One secret to the terrific end product, he says, is the restaurant’s use of only high-quality meat. After the col174

lagen in the protein renders during the hourslong smoke—for beef, the process can take 14 hours; for pork, the norm is 16—the result is flavorful and tender, but not soggy barbecue.

With Texas’ long history in cattle production, beef dominates barbecue in the state. The same applies at Legacy, where the chest-cut brisket ($10 sandwich, $19 per pound) is a staple at the top of the menu and at the heart of the restaurant’s sample platters. Succulent with a mild smoky flavor, the brisket is a worthy indulgence on its own, as a sandwich or layered with Fritos and mac ’n’ cheese in the restaurant’s signature Haystack entrée ($10). House-made sauces range from spicy to vinegar- and mustard-based.

Also offered at Legacy—and a telltale sign you’re in a Central Texas-style joint— are all-beef sausages ($5 per link). Available in jalapeño cheddar or mild, the sausages have origins in the state’s immigrant

meat markets that sprouted in the 19th century and helped to birth the barbecue style known and loved today. At Legacy, guests order their meals—or pounds of meat for carryout—from a counter, another Texas tradition.

Sides ($2–$5) include coleslaw, mac ’n’ cheese, baked beans and corn salad. A favorite is the chipotle-cilantro coleslaw, which pairs chilled cabbage with a richly seasoned sauce featuring bold notes of cilantro and spice. If available, opt for the exceptionally moist and sweet cornbread with whole kernels of corn dotting the interior.

With a healthy heap of pretzel bread doused with caramel, candied bacon and maple whipped cream, the bread pudding dessert ($5) doesn’t disappoint. In the beverage category, the operation skews to the owners’ Ohio roots, with beer offerings that include ice-cold local favorites from Seventh Son Brewing Co. and North High Brewing. ◆

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After hours with Tom Giusti Tom Giusti knows his way around the restaurant world, having spent more than a decade working in food and beverage establishments in Columbus. The Short North resident got his start bussing tables at bygone 55 Grille and has been bartending at the Short North Tavern for six years. —Jill Moorhead Filipino: “Bonifacio does this thing on Thursdays where they put out banana leaves and take up the silverware and serve everything in [a] traditional style. The food is great, and it’s always fun to try something out of the ordinary.”

Special occasion: “The Top [Steak House] is one of the coolest spots in town. I love the atmosphere there, and they have a great staff that gives the classic steakhouse feel.”

Whiskey bar: “You can’t beat the selection at Wing’s [Restaurant] in Bexley. They have undoubtedly the best whiskey selection in the city.”

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Dive bar: “It has to be Mike’s [Grill].

When you get done working super late, it can be fun to meet up with other people who work all night when they open at sunrise.”

Breakfast: Tommy’s Diner. “They have great food at a great price.

The Pappas family does a great job running that place. It maintains a strong family feel.”

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Dining copy & Taste Shake Shack

THE SCOOP:

Openings, Closings and other LOCAL food news OPENINGS & Announcements Matt and Tony’s Wood Fired Kitchen, a new restaurant venture from the owners of Pat and Gracie’s, debuted in mid-September at 525 Short St., once home to Columbus Brewing Co. and CBC Restaurant. The American-style restaurant is open daily for lunch and dinner.

Jonys Sushi opened last month at 195 Thurman Ave. in German Village. The carryout sushi joint is a sister restaurant of South Village Grille, located just next door. Jonys’ menu features a variety of sushi rolls, sashimi, poke bowls and more.

Urban Meyer’s Pint House is scheduled to join Dublin’s Bridge Park in late September.

Corso Ventures, owners of Short North Pint House, partnered with the retired Ohio State football coach on the new taproom, which replaces RAM Restaurant & Brewery at 6632 Longshore St. The modern “roadside” burger stand Shake Shack opened its newest Central Ohio location last month at 740 N. High St. in the Short North. The popular burger chain is part of the forthcoming Graduate Columbus, a college-themed boutique hotel.

Stauf’s Coffee Roasters opened it sixth coffeehouse last month. The new café at 1334 Neil Ave. is located inside a historic church building just north of Victorian Village.

Fireproof opened last month at 1026 N. High St., formerly Pies & Pints. Featuring handcrafted cocktails and globally inspired tapas by chef Michael Koenig, the new restaurant and bar takes its name from its historic Short North building.

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at 4416 N. High St. in Clintonville. The local chain owned by Mike Purdum replaces Westies Gastropub, which closed last fall.

A new spot serving American-style tapas, Nosh on High, opened last month at 149 S. High St., previously home to Cup O Joe Downtown.

Closings The Warehouse Café has closed temporarily after a flood in the building at 243 N.

Fifth St. The 20-year-old business plans to rebuild and reopen in the same location.

Trillium Kitchen & Patio closed in late August after a two-year run at 2333 N. High St., previously home to Alana’s Food & Wine.

The locally owned Irish pub The ThreeLegged Mare has closed at 401 N. Front St. in the Arena District. The owners announced on Facebook that they plan to focus on their hockey bar, R Bar at 415 N. Front St.

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The Light of Seven Matchsticks Breakfast Can Wait The Light of Seven Matchsticks takes its name from a fictitious book in Wes Anderson’s “Moonrise Kingdom,” which says all you need to know about the kitschy and playful cocktail bar beneath Natalie’s Coal-Fired Pizza and Live Music in Worthington. The Breakfast Can Wait cocktail is delightfully smooth and lightly sweet, with a touch of smoke and bittersweet chocolate. It’s crafted from peated Scotch, cold brew coffee, Averna, dry Curaçao and topped with a cream float. —Nicholas Dekker

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Spagio, the longtime Grandview restaurant founded by chef Hubert Seifert and his wife, Helga, is under new ownership. In September, the restaurant and Spagio Wine Lounge were sold to the Ohio-based restaurant group Wine|Dine Holdings and CityBrands, owners of The Wine Bistro, Napa Kitchen & Bar and Katzinger’s Delicatessen.

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Tasty brews await Columbus beer lovers willing to make the drive.

By Nicholas Dekker

If you look at a map of breweries around Columbus, you’ll notice an increasing concentration beyond the city’s borders. Given the rapidly growing market for beer everywhere, it should come as no surprise that so many small towns and suburbs are supporting a brewery—or even multiple. The result: Beer is becoming a destination, a chance to hop in the car and discover something different than Columbus’ sudsy standard-bearers.

Here are eight brewery taprooms, all within an hour’s drive from Downtown Columbus.

Liz and Donald Staas with their daugther, Jacqueline, at Staas Brewing Co.

Atmosphere: The Cheers Staas Brewing Co. The taproom is open only 31 W. Winter St., Delaware, 740- of Delaware, Staas is a cozy on Thursday, Friday and Satand convivial corner pub 417-4690, staasbrewing.com urday evenings. On Saturdays, Liz and Donald Staas’s brew- featuring a rotating selection they see more out-of-town pub recently celebrated six of all-grain beers (meaning visitors, including beer afino extracts). years in business. Located Signature beer: The cionados collecting stamps on a block off Delaware’s main Evangelist Belgian Quadrupel their Columbus Ale Trail passstreet, the corner brewery (10.5% ABV) ports, but familiar faces tend was quickly embraced as Miles from Downtown: 28 to fill the space on Thursdays a neighborhood watering and Fridays. “I can honestly hole when it opened. Two years ago, the expect to know the name of every single percouple welcomed their daughter to their son who comes in for the first four hours,” family, and last year they upgraded to a Donald says. Like the Staases, many reguone-barrel brewing system. Other than lars live within walking distance of the pub. that? Not much has changed. The duo While the Staases are always experimenthave brewed more than 1,000 batches of ing with new beers, they have no plans to all-grain beer, creating roughly 100 diforder a massive system and start distribuferent styles. While their menu runs the tion. “We try and keep it fresh,” Liz says. gamut from IPAs to porters to saisons, “We are still finding new beers to brew.

English and Belgian styles are the house Every now and then we’ll kick around bigspecialties, such as the ESB, golden ale and ger ideas. But no, we like what we’re doing Belgian quad. already, and we really enjoy it.”

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Seven More Taprooms Worth the Drive Nocterra Brewing Co. 41 Depot St., Powell, 614-896-8000, nocterrabrewing.com Atmosphere: Within months of opening, Nocterra Brewing transformed an old railroad depot building, hidden down a side street in Powell, into a lively and family-friendly hangout.

The spacious grounds include taproom seating on old French school chairs, a raised platform with a chalkboard wall for the kids, covered porches and a beer garden with picnic tables, fire pits and cornhole. Food trucks park behind the taproom, and the occasional freight train rolls by, to the excitement of kids of all ages.

Signature beer: Beta Flash New England IPA (6.7% ABV) Miles from Downtown: 18 Outerbelt Brewing 3560 Dolson Court, Carroll, 740-993-0448, outerbeltbrewing.com Atmosphere: One of Central Ohio’s newest breweries, Outerbelt Brewing set up shop in an old Lowe’s store in June 2019.

The taproom and production line inhabit half of the 25,000-square-foot building.

Compared to many of the neighborhood breweries opening these days, Outerbelt was designed for scale. Ten house beers are on tap at any given time, and many are being canned already. Owners Dan Griffin, Davey Landis and Robert Landis hope to start kegging and distributing their beers soon.

Signature beer: Outerbelt IPA (7% ABV) Miles from Downtown: 24 Three Tigers Brewing Co. 140 N. Prospect St., Granville, 740-920-4680, threetigersbrewing.com Atmosphere: Located a block off Granville’s picturesque main drag, Three Tigers combines the expertise of housebrewed beers with Vietnamese-inspired street food at Mai Chau on Prospect. The taproom is split in half: The bar side features full service, while guests on the kitchen side order at the counter. Visitors can sip a kolsch or hazy IPA while noshing on steamed buns, wings and banh mi. Three Tigers recently became a community rallying point when head brewer Patrick Gangwer died; brewer-

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Taprooms Outside the Outerbelt

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Eldridge & Fiske Brewing Co.

Atmosphere: Even though Eldridge & Fiske opened this year, the space and design have the feel of a beloved old neighborhood pub.

The establishment takes its name from its two founders—Dave Eldridge and Tim Fiske—and inhabits a century-old building that once housed a hardware store. The exposed brick walls and wood accents are the cozy backdrop for sipping light pub ales: ciders, kolsches, English milds, hefeweizens and Vienna lagers.

Signature beer: Raspberry Pomegranate Kolsch (4.2% ABV) Miles from Downtown: 17

ies across the region stepped in to support Three Tigers and Gangwer’s family.

Signature beer: My Two Cents IPA (7.5% ABV) Miles from Downtown: 32

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Buckeye Lake Brewery 5176 Walnut Road, Buckeye Lake, 740-535-6225, buckeyelakebrewery.com Atmosphere: Buckeye Lake Brewery sits a block away from its namesake and has become a signature part of any visit to the waterfront. Many of its beers nod to the easy-going nature of lake life: low alcohol but flavorful brews like the Blue Goose cream ale, Buckeye Lake blonde, Hennosy’s Irish red and Pontoon pale ale. The brewery features an umbrella-covered patio strung with lights and hop vines growing up strings.

The adjoining Chef Shack serves tacos, sandwiches, fish and chips, and jambalaya.

Signature beer: Blue Goose Cream Ale (5.1% ABV) Miles from Downtown: 32 Yellow Springs Brewery 305 Walnut St., Yellow Springs, 937-767-0222, yellowspringsbrewery.com Atmosphere: Almost exactly an hour from Columbus, Yellow Springs Brewery sits conveniently next to the Little Miami Scenic Trail, making it a popular stop for cyclists.

While the taproom sports a standard lightindustry-turned-brewery vibe, the multi-

level back patio features games, bike racks and a view of the trail. Inside, employees’ artwork adorns the walls. Locally made snacks, food trucks, board games and a wellexecuted roster of pale ales, saisons, brown ales and IPAs round out the experience.

Signature beer: Zoetic American Pale Ale (5.2% ABV) Miles from Downtown: 59 Eldridge & Fiske Brewing Co. 9 E. Columbus St., Lithopolis, 614-829-3186, eldridgefiske.com

DankHouse Brewing Co. 161 Forry St., Newark, 740-915-6413, dankhousebrewing.com Atmosphere: The word “dank”—meaning funky, earthy, rich—has long been popular with potheads, but it’s also catching on with beer lovers. Owned by Josh and Heather Lange, DankHouse Brewing’s taproom and production facility sit on 8 acres of land in Newark. Guests have the choice of enjoying a dank IPA or two on the spacious patio, or inside the gray and white taproom that’s tinged with green light. Add in live music, local food trucks and something called “Angry Yoga,” and DankHouse quickly becomes a destination.

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Dining global

Bandeja paisa at Andes Bar & Grill

A Protein Platter The hefty Colombian dish hits the table like a promise, a challenge and a threat. Though there are variations aplenty, bandeja paisa generally is composed of (deep breath): fried pork belly (chicharrónes), beef (usually steak cooked carne asada style), sausage (typically chorizo), a fried egg, pinto or other beans, rice, sweet plantains, avocado and arepas (South American corn cakes).

To say that it’s a lot of very rich food is an understatement, and a quick internet search suggests that Colombia’s tourism machine has seized on the dish’s eye-popping, excessive appearance to promote its national culinary traditions.

The dish originated as a fuel-up for farmhands in Colombia’s Antioquia region— bandeja means platter in Spanish, and paisa refers to people from northwest Colombia.

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most popular item, our server told us. variations of enjoyment mixed with overNestled among the bandeja paisa spread, indulgence-related regret. the chicharrónes stand out for their Los Galapagos is an affordable little Ecuacrispy richness, ample seasoning and doran eatery in a residential neighborpure, compulsive deliciousness. Unique hood on the West Side. Though its menu to Andes’ preparation of bandeja are the is wide-ranging—from a diverse array of cheese empanadas (instead South American favorites to of arepas) and the two varietPuerto Rican staples such as ies of plantains (sweet madumofongo—a quick survey of Three Spots for Bandeja Paisa ros and savory tostones) that surrounding tables during a come with the dish. recent visit made it clear that Andes Bar & Grill 79 S. Fourth St., The Brewery District’s Arebandeja paisa is a customer Downtown, 614-817-1717 pazo Tapas Bar Grille one-ups favorite. Particularly flavorArepazo Tapas everyone else’s meat quoful beans and a delicious link Bar Grille tient with an astonishingly of sausage are high points, as 515 S. High St., Brewery large slab of fried pork belly is the engaging service.

District, 614-914-8878 and the thickest (and tastiest) At Andes Bar & Grill, a Los Galapagos steak of the trio. The venercharmingly quirky Down378 S. Grener Ave., West able Venezuelan restaurant’s Side, 614-878-7770 town eatery with Pan-South namesake arepas are easily American aspirations, it is the best of the bunch, and all about the chicharrónes. its famous cilantro sauce accompanies the When served as a standalone dish known components in the dish. ◆ as chicharrónes criollo, they are Andes’

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On the hunt for Colombia’s national dish, bandeja paisa

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Dining product

Move Over, Quaker Oats Our search for great granolas took us beyond the grocery.

By Renee Casteel Cook

Humble granola—a deceivingly simple combination of oats, nuts, seeds and dried fruit—can range from grocery store-dull to gourmet in terms of preparation and presentation. For true connoisseurs, below are four of our favorite locally made granolas, whether you’re eating out, bringing a bag home or both.

Dough Mama

In describing her bakeshop’s Salty & Sweet Granola, owner Perrie Wilkof freely admits, “I love salt.” Inspired by the Brooklyn-based Early Bird brand, Wilkof tested her own recipe, initially experimenting with olive oil and coconut flakes before choosing coconut oil to give her granola flavor without weighing it down. Wilkof uses high-end ingredients, including maple syrup as the primary sweetener combined with brown sugar, pecans, almonds and sunflower seeds. The result is a brilliantly salty, nutty, crunchy and caramelized blend that’s featured in the café’s House Granola ($7), a fall favorite paired with Greek yogurt, oat milk or whole milk. Dough Mama’s granola also comes in 12-ounce bags ($10), which you can find at the Clintonville café (3335 N. High St.) and the North Market’s Mini-Super grocery stand. dough-mama.com

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The Little Kitchen Food Truck For those with dietary restrictions, Chloe Graffeo’s food truck offers an entirely plant-based menu as well as many glutenfree items. Graffeo’s vegan granola, for example, leaves out honey and nuts in favor of chia seeds, hemp seeds and coconut. Layers of this unique blend combine with vanilla-coconut yogurt, fresh berries and cacao nibs in her Superfood Yogurt Parfait ($9), available during farmers markets and breakfast events, plus the occasional lunch menu. Seasonal variations, including pumpkin spice and gingerbread, occasionally top the trucks’ standout smoothie bowls. thelittlekitchentruck.com

Ingram Acres

Kittie’s Café

Having baked granola for friends and houseguests for many years, Eliza Ingram recalls reading the labels on grocery store varieties and deciding “to create a line that contained a fraction of the sugar and was loaded with all the extra good things … like ample seeds, nuts and fruit.” Premium local and organic ingredients are featured in Ingram Acres’ five granola flavors: Cranberry Almond, Blueberry Muffin, Rise & Shine, Cocoa-Nut and Cherry Pistachio. You can find 11-ounce bags ($8.50) at Fantasy Cupcake in Canal Winchester (Ingram’s home base) as well as Speckled Hen Market in Worthington and at the Clintonville, Gahanna, Groveport and Franklin Park Conservatory farmers markets. facebook.com/ingramacresllc

When Mollie and Kelly Fankhauser opened their Bexley café (2424 E. Main St.) in 2016, they wanted a menu option for those able to peer past the tempting bakery case. The pair recalled a favorite New York-based café called Bluestone Lane, where they enjoyed a granola and yogurt with lemon curd that distinctly “offset the yogurt with citrus and helped smooth it out,” Mollie says. Using the same curd recipe found in their seasonal Lemon Meringue cupcakes, Kittie’s Yogi & Granola ($8) combines Hartzler Family Dairy plain yogurt with a “more is more” approach to the granola itself, a mixture of almonds, pecans, coconut and dried cherries.

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let’s eat our guide to the best restaurants in columbus

3 Brothers Diner Diner | 3090 Southwest Blvd., Grove City, 614-3177798. Owned by three brothers from Oaxaca, Mexico, this family-friendly spot combines American, Mexican and Cuban diner fare on one menu. You’ll find a variety of omelets, egg scrambles, breakfast burritos, French toast and pancakes, plus entrées like Cuban roasted chicken, Cajun pasta, jambalaya and more. BLD $ 6-1-Pho Vietnamese | 4386 N. High St., Clintonville, 614-7064903. A fast-casual restaurant where diners can build their own noodle soups, sandwiches and noodle salads—all of which pull flavors from classic Vietnamese cuisine. LD $ 101 Beer Kitchen Gastropub | 7509 Sawmill Rd., Dublin, 614-2101010; 397 Stoneridge Ln., Gahanna, 614-934-5501; 817 Polaris Pkwy., Westerville, 614-776-4775. At this expertly executed gastropub (its owners could school others in the art of developing a restaurant), craft brews are paired with made-from-scratch, seasonal dishes. BRLD $$ 1808 American Bistro American | 29 E. Winter St., Delaware, 740-417-4373.

Josh Dalton’s bistro uses both contemporary and classic elements in décor and cooking. The cocktails, brunch and main entrées are highlights. BRLD $$$ Aab India Indian | 1470 Grandview Ave., Grandview, 614-4862800; 2400 E. Main St., Bexley, 614-237-5500. Aab India boasts a large menu of authentic Northern Indian-style curry offerings, plus papadi chaat, chicken tandoori and shrimp bhuna. LD $$ Addis Restaurant Ethiopian | 3750 Cleveland Ave., North Side, 614-2698680. Addis Restaurant brings Ethiopian to a part of town otherwise dominated by Somali restaurants. The injera here is about as good as it gets with traditional dishes like tibs, kitfo and doro wot. LD $$ Akai Hana Japanese | 1173 Old Henderson Rd., Northwest Side, 614-451-5411. This entertaining Japanese bento shop boasts some of the city’s best sushi and a wide range of Japanese and Korean entrées. LD $$ Alchemy Café Juicery | 625 Parsons Ave., Schumacher Place, 614305-7551. This café is no protein shake shack. It’s

simple, healthy food that’s familiar and whole, with recipes created by a registered dietitian. The menu is vegetarian-friendly and includes smoothies, toast, acai bowls, sandwiches, juice and grab-and-go salads and snacks. BLD $ Alqueria Farmhouse Kitchen Contemporary American | 247 King Ave., Campus, 614-824-5579. This rustic yet refined neighborhood restaurant is the work of two veteran chefs. Expect fine cheeses and charcuterie to start, plus entrées like cassoulet and crispy pork shank. The bar offers several cocktails and takes care in selecting its craft beers and wines. LD $$$ Ambrose and Eve Contemporary American | 716 S. High St., Brewery District, 614-725-2080. Chefs Catie Randazzo and Matthew Heaggans have teamed up to open this dinner party-inspired restaurant inside a former antique shop. The menu elevates comfort foods like liver and onions, chicken and dumplings and fried chicken. BRD $$$ Amul India Restaurant Indian | 5871 Sawmill Rd., Dublin, 614-734-1600. One of Central Ohio’s most elegantly decorated Indian restaurants serves a full menu of Northern Indian dishes from tikka masala to chicken sabaji, a favorite among Indian patrons. LD $$ Ampersand Asian Supper Club Asian | 940 N. High St., Short North, 614-928-3333.

Megan Ada’s Ampersand serves ramen, donburi rice bowls and more in new Short North digs. This sister restaurant to Westerville’s Asterisk Supper Club also offers craft cocktails and a variety of sakes. LD $$ Apna Bazaar Indian/Pakistani | 810 Bethel Rd., Northwest Side, 614326-2762. This market and takeout counter shares a kitchen and tandoor ovens with its sister restaurant Tandoori Grill. Both turn out quality Indian dishes with a Pakistani spin. LD $ Arepazo Tapas & Wine Latin American | 93 N. High St., Gahanna, 614-4717296. Owners Carlos and Carolina Gutierrez serve tapas and entrées in a chic and casual atmosphere with a focus on Venezuelan and Colombian fare. LD $$ Asterisk Supper Club American | 14 N. State St., Westerville, 614-776-4633.

Owner Megan Ada offers teatime and suppertime in a bibliophile’s dream atmosphere. Craft cocktails are

served at a handsome bar, while the eclectic menu leans on comfort foods like grilled PB&Js, meatloaf and chicken and Amish noodles. BRLD $$ Barcelona Restaurant & Bar Spanish | 263 E. Whittier St., German Village, 614-4433699. Longstanding Barcelona is a classic for approachable Spanish tapas and other palate-expanding fare with an American influence. The patio is one of the most charming in the city. LD $$$ Blunch American | 2973 N. High St., Clintonville, 614-6417501. This bright and friendly eatery covered in murals from Columbus artists offers creative breakfast dishes until mid-afternoon. You’ll find brunch cocktails, a massive Breakfast Club sandwich and a variety of pancakes and eggs Benedicts. BBRL $ Bonifacio Filipino | 1577 King Ave., Fifth by Northwest, 614-9148115. This modern take on Filipino home cooking from the owner of Red Velvet Café, Krizzia Yanga, features traditional brunch and dinner dishes, fastcasual lunches and occasional kamayan-style dinners. Try the fried chicken and ube waffles at brunch; chicken adobo, the staple dish of the Philippines; and halo-halo, a shaved ice sundae. BRLD $$ Borgata Pizza Café Italian | 5701 Parkville St., Northeast Side, 614-8912345; 2285 W. Dublin-Granville Rd., Northwest Side, 614-396-8758. A neighborhood Italian eatery specializing in New York-style pizza, scratch-made pastas, calzones and panini. Try the ricotta cavatelli with marinara or spicy stuffed peppers—tender Cubanelle peppers with marinara and gooey mozzarella cheese.

LD $$ Bowzers American | 2936 Brice Rd., Brice, 614-398-0364.

Housed in a concrete igloo, you can’t miss Shawn Mulligan’s delightful hot dog stand. Angus beef hot dogs come in two sizes: “dog” and “pup.” Go for the Junkyard Dog, Hangover Dog and a variety of limited/seasonal hot dogs. LD $ Brassica Mediterranean/Middle Eastern | 2212 E. Main St., Bexley, 614-929-9990; 680 N. High St., Short North, 614-867-5885; 1442 W. Lane Ave., Upper Arlington, 614-929-9997. From the owners of Northstar Café comes this build-it-yourself eatery with a focus on fresh vegetables and proteins spiked with bold Middle Eastern and Mediterranean spices. LD $$

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Brekkie Shack American | 1060 Yard St., Grandview, 614-208-7766.

Staying true to its name, this cheerful Grandview Yard spot focuses on breakfast, with scratch-baked goods, savory breakfast sandwiches, pancakes and coffee from Crimson Cup. Beer and cocktails are also available. BBRL $ Brown Bag Deli Deli | 898 Mohawk St., German Village, 614-443-4214.

The longtime German Village sandwich shop keeps it simple yet tasty with crave-worthy sandwiches like the turkey-and-cranberry-mayo-topped Village Addiction, plus daily soups, salads and sides on display under the counter. LD $ Buckeye Donuts Bakery | 1998 N. High St., Campus, 614-291-3923.

A Campus legend since 1969, Buckeye Donuts is open 24 hours to satisfy cravings for classic doughnuts and diner-style cuisine at all hours of the day. BLD $ Buckeye Pho Vietnamese | 761 Bethel Rd., Northwest Side, 614-4512828. Venture to this strip mall eatery for high-quality Vietnamese fare with modern décor. LD $ Cap City Fine Diner & Bar American | 6644 Riverside Dr., Dublin, 614-8897865; 1301 Stoneridge Dr., Gahanna, 614-478-9999; 1299 Olentangy River Rd., Fifth by Northwest, 614-2913663. Cameron Mitchell’s popular, stylish diner serves retro fare with an upscale twist. Think American cuisine, like meatloaf, Knife and Fork Chili Dog, pork chops and homemade pies and desserts. BRLD $$ Cherbourg Bakery Bakery | 541 S. Drexel Ave., Bexley, 614-725-4560.

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Comune Contemporary American | 677 Parsons Ave., Schumacher Place, 614-947-1012. Joe Galati and Brook Maikut’s restaurant and bar fills a void in Columbus with a plant-based approach to upscale dining. The seasonal and globally inspired menu includes shareable dishes like house-made pita, dan dan noodles, tempura cauliflower and sesame ice cream. LD $$ Coppa Gelato Coffee & Desserts | 925 N. State St., Westerville, 614776-4092. This gelato shop is family-owned, and it shows, from welcoming service to more than a dozen flavors of gelato and sorbetto made daily from locally sourced milk. You’ll also find house-made pastries, coffee, espresso and pints of gelato to go. LD $ Cosecha Cocina Mexican | 987 N. Fourth St., Italian Village, 614-369-1129.

At Cosecha, diners will find a contemporary twist on regional Mexican cuisine, with tacos, tortas and enchiladas, but this is not El Vaquero, folks. The rustic restaurant design and front patio are highlights, and don’t miss the agave-based cocktails. BRLD $$ The Crafty Pint Gastropub | 2234 W. Dublin-Granville Rd., Northwest Side, 614-468-1675. The Crafty Pint is a gastropub offering rustic American food, craft beers (with a heavy emphasis on local brews), creative cocktails and a large outdoor patio. It’s all wrapped in a playful setting where beer samplers are built from old license plates and checks are delivered inside Dr. Seuss books. LD $$ OCTOBER 2019 Columbus Monthly

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Diamonds Ice Cream Mexican | 5461 Bethel Sawmill Ctr., Northwest Side, 614-718-2980. This ice cream shop serves a dizzying array of Mexican desserts, juices and snacks. Go for the excellent paletas (popsicles) with flavors that range from the basic to the bizarre. Fruit lovers should try the locas, eye-catching towers of fresh fruit spiked with spicy and sweet toppings. LD $ Figlio Wood Fired Pizza Italian | 1369 Grandview Ave., Fifth by Northwest, 614481-8850; 3712 Riverside Dr., Upper Arlington, 614-4596575. The vibe is simple and relaxed at both locations of this contemporary neighborhood restaurant with Italian dishes, wood-fired pizzas and a hearty wine list inspired by the travels of owners Peter and Laurie Danis. D $$ NEW! Fireproof Contemporary American | 1026 N. High St., Short North, 614-706-4425. Featuring a chic atmosphere, hand-crafted cocktails and globally inspired tapas by chef Michael Koenig, Fireproof takes its name from its historic building on High Street. D $$$ G. Michael’s Bistro & Bar Low Country | 595 S. Third St., German Village, 614-464-0575. This historic German Village eatery promises fine dining with a low country influence.

Expect bold flavors in dishes layered with components and exceptional sauces. Preparations and ingredients change with the seasons. D $$$ Gallerie Bar & Bistro Contemporary American | 401 N. High St., Short North, 614-484-5287. Chef Bill Glover looks to break the city’s resistance to hotel dining. In this airy yet refined space, inside the Hilton Downtown, Glover crafts a farm-to-plate menu with emphasis on Ohio meats, produce and cheeses. BLD $$$ Gallo’s Kitchen & Bar Cajun & Creole/Italian | 2820 Nottingham Rd., Upper Arlington, 614-754-8176. Expanding on the menu at the Tap Room location, Gallo’s Kitchen is more upscale, serving Walleye with Louisiana Crawfish Sauce, chicken étouffée and Pasta Russo. D $$ Gallo’s Tap Room Pub Grub | 5019 Olentangy River Rd., Northwest Side, 614-457-2394; 240 N. Liberty St., Powell, 614-396-7309.

A dark, modern sports bar brimming with top-notch beers and an updated pub grub menu featuring burgers, wings and pizza. LD $ Giuseppe’s Ritrovo Italian | 2268 E. Main St., Bexley, 614-235-4300.This unfussy Bexley restaurant is the place to go for fantastic, classic Italian pasta dishes, such as Gamberi Diavola and Fettucine Calabrese. Italy plays just as big a role behind the bar with a lengthy wine list, a solid amaro selection and outstanding craft cocktails. LD $$ Gogi Korean BBQ Korean | 1138 Bethel Rd., Northwest Side, 614-6704790. Gogi means “meat” in Korean, and that’s what you can expect (and lots of it) at this restaurant where diners can grill their own meat at the table.

The expansive menu also includes bibimbap, grilled fish platters, soups and rice pancakes, plus Korean beers and liquors like makgeolli and soju. LD $$ Gokul Café Indian | 2685 Federated Blvd., Dublin, 614-766-2233.

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Chef-owner Santosh Sheregar has a reputation for crafting vibrant Southern Indian fare—a cuisine that relies on rice, lentils and aromatic spices. His Gokul Café continues to set the bar high, offering spicy and enticing Indian dishes in a sparse but clean setting. LD $$ GoreMade Pizza Pizza | 936 N. Fourth St., Italian Village, 614-725-2115.

It’s all about the pizza here at Nick Gore’s modest spot. Thin-crust pies are wood-fired in an oven imported from Italy, and seasonal toppings are locally sourced. Enjoy solid cocktails and salads while you wait. D $$$ The Guild House Contemporary American | 624 N. High St., Short North, 614-280-9780. Cameron Mitchell goes contemporary at The Guild House with a smart collection of small plates, house-made pasta and many dishes crafted with locally sourced ingredients. Sleek with a rustic edge, the 140-seat restaurant and bar is connected to The Joseph hotel. BBRLD $$$ Hadley’s Bar + Kitchen American | 260 S. Fourth St., Downtown, 614-2223022. A hip neighborhood bar and restaurant known for its affordable happy hour, weekend brunch and burgers. Expect additional fare likes tacos, truffle fries, chicken wings and boozy milkshakes, plus daily specials. Vegan, gluten-free and vegetarian options are also available. BRLD $$ Harvest Kitchen & Bar American | 2376 E. Main St., Bexley, 614-824-4081; 2885 N. High St., Clintonville, 614-947-7133. From the owners of Harvest Pizzeria, these locations offer the same wood-kissed pies plus salads, sandwiches, burgers and more. LD $$ Harvest Pizzeria Pizza | 45 N. High St., Dublin, 614-726-9919. Some of the best wood-fired pies in Central Ohio are served at this pizzeria owned by Grow Restaurants. LD $$ Harvey & Ed’s Deli | 698 N. High St., Short North, 614-641-4040.

This nostalgic concept from Cameron Mitchell Restaurants is inspired by New York delis. Located in the former home of Rigsby’s Kitchen, this carryout/dinein restaurant gives a contemporary twist to classics like matzo ball soup, cured fish platters with Block’s Bagels, Reubens and cheese blintzes. BRLD $$$ Hudson 29 American | 260 Market St., New Albany, 614-8592900; 1600 W. Lane Ave., Upper Arlington, 614-4870622. This Cameron Mitchell restaurant looks to bridge the gap between Napa-inspired, Californiafresh cuisine and Texas-style comfort food, with simple approaches to dishes like flatbreads, steaks, sushi and knife-and-fork sandwiches coming out of an open kitchen. BRLD $$$

(Afghan dumplings), lamb chops, kofta kebab, daal, samosas, falooda (an Afghan dessert) and more. LD

$$ Katalina’s Latin American | 3481 N. High St., Clintonville, 614-6898896; 1105 Pennsylvania Ave., Harrison West, 614-2942233. Expect an eclectic menu of Latin-leaning items at this café known for its chalkboard walls, scratch-made salads and sandwiches and killer patio in the warmer months. BLD $ Katzinger’s Delicatessen Deli | 7160 Muirfield Dr., Dublin, 614-389-8444; 475 S. Third St., German Village, 614-228-3354. A 35-year veteran in German Village, Katzinger’s is a traditional East Coast-style deli, with 60-plus sandwiches, potato latkes, pickle barrels, specialty foods and cheeses. The Dublin location opened this fall.

BLD $$ The Keep Liquor Bar French | 50 W. Broad St., Mezzanine Level, LeVeque Tower, Downtown, 614-745-0322. With a modern take on the French brasserie, The Keep strives for LeVeque Tower luxury without being overly fussy. Expect a menu of classic steaks, seafood towers and an Old Worldleaning wine list. The adjacent bar is darkly lit with an emphasis on craft cocktails. BLD $$$ Kittie’s Café Café & Bakery | 2424 E. Main St., Bexley, 614-9295000. Located adjacent to Gramercy Books, this surf shop-inspired café is an expansion of Kittie’s German Village sweet shop. The limited menu includes breakfast sandwiches, cinnamon rolls, scones, cupcakes, Stumptown coffee, wine and cocktails. BL $ Kittie’s Cakes Café & Bakery | 495 S. Third St., German Village, 614754-8828. Cupcakes, scones, biscuits, cookies and more are baked fresh at this contemporary bakery owned by two former professional golfers. Serves Stumptown coffee; open Wednesday through Sunday. BL $ Kraft House No. 5 Gastropub | 5 S. Liberty St., Powell, 614-396-9091. A hip gastropub in Powell with an extensive list of local craft beers and a menu of from-scratch dishes and bold flavors—namely, garlic, smoke and bacon. Attention to detail elevates it above your average neighborhood hangout. BRLD $$$ Kuya Ian’s Bistro Filipino | 6863 Flags Center Dr., North Side, 614-9483333. The Firmalan family runs this no-frills restaurant serving straight-up Pinoy fare. The menu features tried-and-true favorites like chicken adobo and pancit, but also showcases lesser-known dishes like dinuguan and sinigang. The best time to visit is during brunch on Sundays, when the restaurant serves an all-you-can-eat buffet. BRLD $

Jiu Thai Asian Café Asian | 787 Bethel Rd., Northwest Side, 614-732-5939.

Located in the Olentangy Plaza shopping center, this restaurant specializes in flavorful, authentic cuisine from northern China. Go for the tofu skewers, lamb dumplings and handmade noodles in generous portions at low prices. LD $

La Chatelaine French Bakery & Bistro French/Bakery | 627 High St., Worthington, 614-8486711; 1550 W. Lane Ave., Upper Arlington, 614-488-1911; 65 W. Bridge St., Dublin, 614-763-7151. Handcrafted woodwork and a crackling fireplace lend the feeling of a French castle to this bakery, bistro and wine bar with equally inspired dishes that range from beef bourguignon to croissants. BLD $$

Kabob Shack Afghan | 4568 Cemetery Rd., Hilliard. Owner Sakeena Bary’s casual eatery offers a cuisine rarely found in Central Ohio. Kabob Shack’s menu includes mantu

La Tavola Italian | 1664 W. First Ave., Grandview, 614-914-5455.

Chef Rick Lopez has again revived his popular Old World Italian restaurant, this time in Grandview. Dot-

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ted with green and yellow accents, the setting is open and welcoming. The food is simple and rustic Italian with pizzas, house-made breads and pastas. D $$$ Lalibela Ethiopian | 1111 S. Hamilton Rd., Whitehall, 614-2355355. One of the best places for Ethiopian food in the city is Lalibela, a strip-mall restaurant that’s modest on the outside and welcoming on the inside. Request to be seated at a mesob, a colorful woven communal table, and start off with some Ethiopian beer or honey wine. LD $ Lindey’s American | 169 E. Beck St., German Village, 614-228-4343. A Columbus institution, this upscale German Village restaurant with Upper East Side New York flair is a diner favorite, no doubt due to its classic and consistently good fine-dining fare and lush patio.

BRLD $$$ Little Eater Contemporary American | 4215 N. High St., Clintonville, 614-732-5829; 59 Spruce St., Short North, 614-670-4375. Beets, lentils, kale and quinoa have a home at Cara Mangini’s “produce-inspired” North Market stall, which sells healthful seasonal salads by the scoop, crostini, frittatas and quiches. A larger, eat-in location is open in Clintonville. BLD $ Little Palace Pub Grub | 240 S. Fourth St., Downtown, 614-4618404. From the creative minds behind The Rossi and Club 185 comes a revamping of this longtime Downtown eatery featuring fried cheese curds, pizza, sandwiches and burgers. BRLD $$ Local Cantina Mexican | 743 S. High St., Brewery District, 614-5649775; 3126 N. High St., Clintonville, 614-754-8554; 101 Mill St., Gahanna, 614-337-1977; 1423 Grandview Ave., Grandview, 614-488-6146; 3937 Broadway, Unit A, Grove City, 614-782-2545; 3975 Main St., Hilliard, 614-3634931; 600 N. High St., Short North, 614-914-8840; 667 N. Cleveland Ave., Westerville, 614-394-8720. These kitschy, Mexican-themed neighborhood bars with a heavy focus on craft beers also happen to serve good, Americanized Mexican fare, like fajitas, quesadillas and tacos, plus self-serve chips and salsa. LD $ NEW! Lou’s Fresh Flavor Caribbean | 177 1/2 S. Cypress Ave., Franklinton, 614-804-1521. A Puerto Rican carryout offering hot pressed sandwiches, chicken and rice platters, and sides like beans, tostones and empanadas.

Open Thursday through Sunday. LD $ Mai Chau on Prospect Vietnamese | 138 N. Prospect St., Granville, 740-9204680. This hip downtown Granville eatery is inspired

by Vietnamese street food and the owners’ travels.

The location is connected to Mai Chau’s sister brewing company, Three Tigers Brewing. Expect chicken wings, pho, banh mi, rice bowls and steam buns. BRLD $ Marcella’s Ristorante Italian | 615 N. High St., Short North, 614-223-2100; 1319 Polaris Pkwy., Polaris, 614-844-6500. Cameron Mitchell’s Italian bistro is fast-paced and always packed, which suits its bold-flavored and affordable food. D $$ Market 65 Salads | 65 E. State St., Downtown, 614-564-6565. By

focusing on locally grown, organic ingredients, this Downtown lunch spot offers healthier options when it comes to soups, wraps and salads—the latter made $ to order as you watch. LD The Market Italian Village Mediterranean | 1022 Summit St., Italian Village, 614745-2147. What used to be a shady carryout is now a hip destination for dining or picking up specialty grocery items. Chef Tyler Minnis offers an exciting menu that changes often. BRD $$ Martini Modern Italian Italian | 445 N. High St., Short North, 614-224-8259. Cameron Mitchell’s classy Short North staple offers classic Italian cooking in a modern, vibrant setting. D $$$ Mi Li Café Vietnamese | 5858 Emporium Sq., Northeast Side, 614-899-9202. The tucked-away North Side eatery is famous for its authentic, made-from-scratch banh mi, the first and one of the only remaining items from the original menu. It’s since expanded, offering a heartier list of Vietnamese classics. LD $ Min Ga Korean Restaurant Korean | 800 Bethel Rd., Northwest Side, 614-457-7331.

This friendly strip-mall spot serves Korean specialities like kimchi, bibimbap, bulgogi and gopchang. LD $$ Mitchell’s Ocean Club Seafood | 4002 Easton Station, Easton, 614-416-2582.

With wood-paneled décor, live piano music and martinis shaken tableside, the Ocean Club evokes the Rat Pack era. On the menu, expect high-end seafood like yellowfin tuna, teriyaki salmon and jumbo lump crab cakes. D $$$$ NE Chinese Restaurant Chinese | 2620 N. High St., Old North, 614-725-0880.

Authentic dishes from the Dongbei region of China are the specialty at this unfussy Old North spot. Go for the Cumin Potato, Spicy Twice-Cooked Fish or any of the hot pots. LD $$ Newfangled Kitchen Soup & Sandwiches | 2258 E. Main St., Bexley, 614817-1099. Located next to the Drexel Theatre, this chef-inspired sandwich shop reimagines the classic American meatloaf sandwich. Don’t miss The Fang, a meatloaf version of a cheeseburger. LD $ Pat and Gracie’s Burgers | 138 Graceland Blvd., Clintonville, 614-9875147; 340 E. Gay St., Downtown, 614-914-8484. This friendly tavern serves up solid smash-cooked burgers, hand cut fries and craft beer. Also keep an eye out for specials like Yankee Pot Roast. BRLD $$

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large front patio and a straightforward menu of Central Texas barbecue, smoked wings, Southern sides, cocktails, local beers on draft and tall boys. It’s the latest concept from the owners of The Walrus and Olde Towne Tavern. LD $$ Pies & Pints Pizza | 4205 Weaverton Ln., Easton, 614-478-7437; 7227 Worthington Pl., Worthington, 614-885-7437.

This chain hailing from West Virginia offers extensive beer offerings to go with solid chargrilled wings and hand-tossed pies. LD $$ Pistacia Vera Café & Bakery | 541 S. Third St., German Village, 614220-9070; 59 Spruce St., Short North, 614-221-1001.

The crème de la crème of Columbus desserts, with macarons, Pistachio Mascarpone Dacquoise torte and Chocolate Bombe. BL $ Poong Mei Asian Bistro Asian | 4720 Reed Rd., Upper Arlington, 614-273-9998.

This popular spot boasts a sprawling menu showcasing Chinese, Korean, Japanese and Korean-Chinese dishes, plus plenty of sushi and soju to choose from. Check out the fresh noodle dishes and spicy beef hot pot. LD $$ Portia’s Café Vegan | 4428 Indianola Ave., Clintonville, 614-928-3252.

This Clintonville café serves only vegan and glutenfree options with an emphasis on raw foods. The menu includes dips like hummus and guacamole, falafel, soups, salads, wraps, smoothies and vegan-friendly Cheezecake. BRLD $ Preston’s: A Burger Joint Pub Grub | 668 Grandview Ave., Grandview, 614-3971592; 1200 W. Third Ave., Grandview, 614-299-4987.

The brainchild of chefs Matthew Heaggans and Catie Randazzo, this pop-up inside Woodland’s Backyard and Woodlands Tavern serves one of the best smash burgers in town. D $ Ranchero Kitchen Latin American | 984 Morse Rd., North Side, 614985-0083. Previously located in Saraga International Grocery, this Salvadoran eatery specializes in pupusas, thick tortillas stuffed with savory fillings. LD $ Ray Ray’s Hog Pit Barbecue | 2619 High St., Old North, 614-753-1191; 424 W. Town St., Franklinton, 614-404-9742; 5755 Maxtown Rd., Westerville, 614-329-6654. James Anderson’s barbecue truck, parked in the Ace of Cups lot, serves up top-notch eats from the smoker. Anderson is now up to three locations. Expect barbecue fare, with ribs, pulled pork and beef brisket sandwiches, plus sides. LD $ Red Brick Tap & Grill Pub Grub | 292 E. Gates St., Merion Village, 614-4442742. The owners of now-closed Easy Street Café give new purpose to this revamped local joint dropped in the middle of a residential neighborhood. Red Brick serves better-than-average American bar fare heavy on house-smoked meats and stone-cooked pizza, plus craft beers and late-night eats. LD $$ Red Door BBQ Barbecue | 264 W. Lane Ave., Campus, 614-715-8724; 177 S. Cypress Ave., Franklinton, 614-557-7469. Go for the smoky, dry-rubbed spare ribs, rib tips, scratch mac ’n’ cheese and cinnamony bread pudding. LD $ Refectory Restaurant & Wine Shop French | 1092 Bethel Rd., Northwest Side, 614-

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Tokyo native Seigo Nishimura runs this ramen spot in the North Market, serving a variety of Japanese ramen as well as gyoza, yakitori, rice bowls and more. LD $$ Scali Ristorante Italian | 1903 State Route 256, Reynoldsburg, 614-7597764. This strip mall gem opened by Frank and Judy Scali in 1993 pulls off sophisticated Italian-American fare with the genuine warmth of a neighborhood institution. The veal Parmesan and classic lasagna give red sauce a good name. D $$$ Schmidt’s Restaurant & Sausage Haus German | 240 E. Kossuth St., German Village, 614-444-6808. Hoist a stein of beer and treat your stomach to some hearty German food and culture at this longstanding German Village restaurant popular with out-of-towners and locals alike. Bring a friend to help you enjoy huge portions of sausage, Weiner Schnitzel, Bavarian cabbage rolls and cream puffs.

LD $$ Schokko Art Café Contemporary American | 480 E. Broad St., Downtown, 614-221-8300. Chef Laura Richmond recently took over the kitchen at the Columbus Museum of Art’s house café. Expect a menu of soups, salads, sandwiches and desserts to accompany a fantastic setting overlooking the museum’s sculpture garden. LD $$ Service Bar Contemporary American | 1230 Courtland Ave., Short North, 614-947-1231. From Middle West Spirits comes this well-appointed restaurant run by executive chef Avishar Barua. Excellent seasonal cocktails (often featuring the distillery’s OYO spirits) are served at a gorgeous antique bar. Barua’s playful menu offers a mix of shareable plates and entrées that express his command of modern techniques and sense of nostalgia. D $$$ South of Lane Café | 1987 Guilford Rd., Upper Arlington, 614-5862233. A quaint neighborhood café serving simple but tasty breakfast fare like Greek omelets, seasonal salads and Belgian waffles (some stuffed with peanut butter and bacon). Adding to this order-at-thecounter spot’s charm is a small selection of antique and vintage finds for sale. BBRL $ South Village Grille American | 197 Thurman Ave., German Village, 614826-0491. From the owners of Local Cantina and Old Skool, South Village Grille offers a classy atmosphere in a familiar neighborhood setting. You can expect lunch classics like the Croque Madame Toast, plus dinner options like roast chicken, short ribs, seafood and pasta dishes. BRLD $$$ Spagio Italian | 1295 Grandview Ave., Grandview, 614-4861114. A varied palette of dishes—from well-executed comfort food to up-to-the-minute trends—matches the varied décor at this Grandview restaurant founded by chef Hubert Seifert. It’s now under new ownership.

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Spicy Hop Chinese | 878 Bethel Rd., Northwest Side, 614-8869154. Spice up your mealtime with a customizable box of home-style Chinese fare at this cafeteria-style eatery. Highlights include the sweet and sour ribs, Sichuan minced chicken, tomato and eggs, and beef $ soup. LD Starliner Diner Diner | 4121 Main St., Hilliard, 614-529-1198. After 21 years in its Cemetery Road location, Starliner moved into a former post office in Old Hilliard. This funky diner serves giant helpings of zesty, Latin-leaning comfort food at breakfast, lunch and dinner. BLD $ Sushi Ten Japanese | 1159 Old Henderson Rd., Upper Arlington, 614-451-9100. Located next to Tensuke Express, this contemporary Japanese spot offers a large variety of $$ fresh sushi rolls, nigiri and poke bowls. LD Sushi Time Japanese | 2653 N. High St., Old North, 614-372-5228.

Standard sushi bar fare, with tempura, udon, soba, bento boxes and more in the former home of Angry Bear Kitchen. Offers dine-in, takeout and delivery. LD $$ Ty Ginger Asian Bistro Asian | 5689 Woerner Temple Rd., Dublin, 614-8898885. This suburban restaurant serves well-executed Pan-Asian fare as well as a popular dim sum brunch on the weekends, when tables are filled with folks eager to partake in Chinese small bites ordered tableside from carts traversing the dining room. BRLD $$$ Uptown Deli & Brew Deli & Brewpub | 41 N. State St., Westerville, 614-8912337. Deli meets brewery at this white-tiled Uptown Westerville spot that’s three in one: an old-school deli, a restaurant serving fancy deli classics and the home of Temperance Row Brewing Co. LD $$ Veranico Kitchen & Provisions Soup & Sandwiches | 401 N. Front St., Arena District, 614-670-7423. A healthy option for Arena District workers and hockey fans from the owners of Market 65. Expect a good selection of salads, grain bowls, panini, flatbreads, soups, juice and more. LD $$ Veritas Contemporary American | 11 W. Gay St., Downtown, 614-745-3864. Chef Josh Dalton’s modern, tasting-menu-style restaurant celebrates the art and science of cooking while offering one of the finest dining experiences in town. Located in the Citizens Building at Gay and High streets, Veritas prides itself on excellent service and exhilarating cocktail and wine lists. D $$$$ Villa Nova Ristorante Italian | 5545 N. High St., Worthington, 614-8465777. A family-owned Italian eatery that’s a local favorite for its red-sauce Italian cuisine (manicotti, lasagna and ravioli), no-frills pizza and ice-cold beer. LD $$ Village Taco Vegan | 7 E. Main St., Alexandria, 740-405-0977. This charming spot near Granville serves flavorful, locally sourced vegan fare. The menu includes burritos, enchiladas, tacos, burgers and more. Open Friday through Sunday only. BRLD $ Watershed Kitchen & Bar Contemporary American | 1145 Chesapeake Ave., Ste. D, Fifth by Northwest, 614-357-1936. Watershed

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complements its distillery with a handsome and proudly Midwestern restaurant and bar. The bar’s seasonal cocktail menu is always entertaining and top-shelf, while executive chef Jack Moore’s menu emphasizes quality product and shareable plates. His dishes are probably best explored via the chef’s tasting menu. D $$$ The Whitney House American | 666 High St., Worthington, 614-396-7846.

Casual enough for the whole family yet upscale enough for date night, the sleek Whitney House takes familiar American classics up a notch. The Daily Plates specials rise above the standard fare, and a solid cocktail and wine list make this Olde Worthington spot a good stop any night of the week. BRLD $$$ Windward Passage Restaurant American | 4739 Reed Rd., Upper Arlington, 614-4512497. This hoot of a retro restaurant has porthole windows and nautical décor, as well as some of the best fried fish in town. LD $$ Wolf’s Ridge Brewing Contemporary American | 215 N. Fourth St., Downtown, 614-429-3936. French- and Californiacuisine-inspired Wolf’s Ridge is a truly delightful reflection of how we enjoy fine dining today—a happy marriage of high-end cooking and pints of housecrafted beer. BRLD $$$ Wycliff’s Kitchen African | 2492 Home Acre Dr., Northeast Side, 614772-3461. The gregarious and charming Wycliff Nduati is usually on hand to guide diners through the menu at Kenyan eatery Wycliff’s Kitchen. Dishes such as the karanga mbuzi (goat stew) make Wycliff’s a worthy destination. Be sure to pair dinner with notable sides like pilau (seasoned rice with meat) and kabeji (cabbage). LD $$ Xi Xia Western Chinese Cuisine Chinese | 1140 Kenny Centre Mall, Northwest Side, 614-670-7736. Xi Xia offers an authentic tour of flavors from the Ningxia autonomous region in northcentral China. Highlights include the chewy stirred noodles and rice pilaf with cubed lamb. LD $$ Yabo’s Tacos Mexican | 7097 State Route 3, Westerville, 614-2124090; 3051 Northwest Blvd., Upper Arlington, 614824-2485; 4046 W. Powell Rd., Powell, 614-336-7639.

A sports bar and restaurant with options for full-service or walk-up window ordering specializing in $2 tacos made with cooked-in-house meats. LD $

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Yellow Brick Pizza Pizza | 892 Oak St., Olde Towne East, 614-725-5482; 245 King Ave., Campus, 614-429-0750. This pizzeria has the feel of a beloved neighborhood haunt while offering a fresh take on the classic ’za, with specialty pies and appetizers. LD $ Yemeni Restaurant Middle Eastern | 5426 Cleveland Ave., North Side, 614-426-4000. Offering a cuisine rarely found in the Midwest, this no-frills eatery serves authentic Yemeni specialties like fahsa and foul stews, lamb mandi and Adeni milk tea. LD $

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ZenCha Tea Salon Japanese | 982 N. High St., Short North, 614-421-2140.

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HighBall Halloween

OCT. 1–27 All American Quarter Horse Congress This four-week event, the world’s largest single-breed horse show, brings more than 7,000 registered American Quarter Horses to Columbus.

Daily events abound, including such signature programs as the National Youth Activity Team Tournament, freestyle reining and the masters event.

7 a.m. Free, parking $25. Ohio Expo Center, 717 N. 17th Ave., 614-505-7200, quarterhorsecongress.com

OCT. 5 Short North Gallery Hop On the

first Saturday of every month, thousands of visitors converge in the Short North to celebrate and partake in an evening of sights, sounds, food and shopping. 4 p.m. Free. The Short North, along N. High St., between Fifth Ave. and Nationwide Blvd., 614-299-8050, shortnorth.org

OCT. 7 On the Front Lines: Performing Afghanistan This Afghan theater project

at Ohio State kicks off with two events, “Sahar

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Free (ticketed). Wexner Center for the Arts, 1871 N. High St., 614-292-3535, wexarts.org

OCT. 11 An Evening with Sister Helen Prejean Sister Helen Prejean, who gained

renown after starting a dialogue about the death penalty with her book “Dead Man Walking,” will discuss her new memoir, “River of Fire,” which charts her growth as a spiritual leader and activist.

7 p.m. $9. St. John’s Church, 59 E. Mound St., 614-867-5515, gramercybooksbexley.com

OCT. 11–12 HighBall Halloween At this

street Halloween spectacle, you are what you wear. For two eye-popping nights, costumes and creativity collide, bridging runway style and the culture of the Short North. This event will raise funds to improve the Short North Arts District. $15; VIP packages available. Along N. High St.

near the Greater Columbus Convention Center, 614-299-8050, highballcolumbus.org

OCT. 12 Life Expo for Boomers+ This event

celebrates and connects the baby boomer generation by focusing on the topics that interest them most. Collect ideas for travel, explore your geneaology, learn about financial planning and much more.

10 a.m. $5. Ohio History Center, 800 E. 17th Ave., dispatchshows.com/life-expo-2019

OCT. 13 Laëtitia Badaut Haussmann visits the Gunning House Photographs, sculptural

installations and performance art will mingle in this interpretive tour of a Usonian-style home in Blacklick, performed by Haussmann, a French artist. A preamble to the event, which is part of Season Two: Follow the Mud at the Beeler Gallery, will take place at CCAD; after that, guests will be transported to the site by shuttle. 1 p.m. Free; registration required. 60 Cleveland Ave., beelergallery.org

OCT. 13–19 Columbus Fashion Week Over the course of one week, the Columbus

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Fashion Council showcases emerging local fashion designers at events throughout the city.

Enjoy the largest fashion show in the Midwest, mingle at the industry mixer and learn more about the headlining designer at the Philanthropy Meets Fashion event. Times and locations vary. fashionweekcolumbus.org

OCT. 20 Nationwide Children’s Hospital Columbus Marathon It’s the 40th anniversary

of the “most meaningful marathon in the country,” benefiting Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Each mile features a patient champion; one mile—the Angel Mile—honors children who have already run their races, and a final Encore Mile is dedicated to all the kids who have lined the course since 2012.

7:30 a.m. $135–$145. North Bank Park, 311 W. Long St., columbusmarathon.com

An Evening with David Sedaris David

Sedaris’ sardonic wit and incisive social critiques have made him one of the country’s preeminent humorists. At this event, he’ll debut new stories and observations and take questions from the audience, followed by a book signing. 3 p.m. $54–$64. Palace Theatre, 34 W. Broad St., 614-469-0939, capa.com

Samin Nosrat The Upper Arlington Author

Series welcomes celebrated chef and author of “Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat,” Samin Nosrat. She will engage in an interview-style talk with Jeni Britton Bauer of Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams. At the close of the event, Nosrat will answer audience questions and hold a book signing. 2 p.m. $15–$35.

Upper Arlington High School, 1650 Ridgeview Rd., Upper Arlington, 614-486-9621, ualibrary.org

Oct. 24 A Holocaust Discussion Award-

winning author Margaret McMullan will discuss her recent memoir, “Where Angels Lived,” an account of her quest to understand her family’s history during the Hungarian Holocaust.

McMullan will appear in conversation with Ohio State Holocaust historian Robin Judd in an event co-sponsored by JewishColumbus and Ohio State’s Melton Center for Jewish Studies. 7 p.m.

Free. Gramercy Books, 2424 E. Main St., Bexley, 614-867-5515, gramercybooksbexley.com

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Festivals OCT. 6 Ned Mosher Apple Butter Festival Step into the past as you step into the forest at McVay Elementary for this annual festival celebrating the craft of making apple butter. Enjoy demonstrations, old-fashioned games and crafts, live banjo music and delicious food. 1 p.m. Free.

McVay Elementary log cabin, 270 S. Hempstead Rd., Westerville, 614-599-0308, visitwesterville.org

OCT. 11–13 Columbus Italian Festival For

nearly 40 years, this festival has been Columbus’ mainstay Columbus Day weekend event. The three-day party celebrates the city’s Italian community, food and culture. Don’t miss Sunday’s parade, Italian cooking demonstrations and a wealth of live entertainment. St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, 720 Hamlet St., 614-294-8259, columbusitalianfestival.com

OCT. 19 Creepside Don your costumes for this community event for the whole family. Local businesses fill the Trick-or-Treat trail along Mill Street while live music fills the air. Fun for all ages, from a not-so-scary Scary Trail to pumpkin-painting to ghostly games. 11 a.m. Free. Creekside Park and Plaza, 177 Mill St., Gahanna, 614-827-2500, gahanna.gov/creepside

OCT. 20 Pet Parade and Fall Festival Dress

up the pup or simply come to enjoy the spectacle.

Dogs’ costumes will be judged in categories ranging from Most Creative to Scariest. Noon. Free. Easton Town Center, Fenlon Square, 160 Easton Town Center, 614-416-7000, eastontowncenter.com

Exhibitions Beeler Gallery Season Two: Follow the Mud,

Oct. 10–March 15, 2020. Noon–6 p.m. Wed, noon–8 p.m. Thu, noon–6 p.m. Fri–Sun. 60 Cleveland Ave., 614-222-3270, beelergallery.org

Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum

Drawing Blood: Comics and Medicine and Front Line: Editorial Cartoonists and the First Amendment, through Oct. 20. 1–5 p.m. Tue–Sun. 1813 N. High St., 614-292-0583, cartoons.osu.edu

Blockfort Lip Body Foot, Oct. 5–26. Viewing

by appointment. 162 N. Sixth St., 614-887-7162, blockfortcolumbus.com

Columbus Cultural Arts Center Ohio Art

League Fall Juried Exhibition, through Oct. 26.

1–4 p.m., 7–10 p.m. Mon, 9 a.m.–4 p.m., 7–10 p.m.

Tue–Thu, 9 a.m.–4 p.m. Fri–Sat. 139 W. Main St., 614-645-7047, culturalartscenteronline.org

Columbus Museum of Art Rodin: Muses, Sirens,

& Lovers, through Dec. 8; Ivy Atoms: 2019 Columbus Comics Residency Exhibition, through March 5, 2020; A Mile and a Half of Lines: The Art of James Thurber, through March 15, 2020. 10 a.m.–5 p.m.

Tue–Wed and Fri–Sun, 10 a.m.–9 p.m. Thu. 480 E. Broad St., 614-221-6801, columbusmuseum.org

COSI Nickelodeon’s Teenage Mutant Ninja

Turtles: Secrets of the Sewer, through Jan. 5, 2020; Unseen Oceans, Oct. 19–Feb. 2, 2020. 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Mon–Sun. 333 W. Broad St., 614-228-2674, cosi.org.

Decorative Arts Center of Ohio The Ohio

Presidents: Surprising Legacies, through Dec. 29. 10 a.m.–4 p.m. Tue–Fri, 1 p.m.–4 p.m. Sat–Sun. 145 E. Main St., Lancaster, 740-681-1423, decartsohio.org

Dublin Arts Center Formations: Three Artists

and the Art of Mixed Media, through Nov. 1. 10 a.m.–7 p.m. Tue, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Wed–Fri, 11 a.m.–2 p.m. Sun. 7125 Riverside Dr., Dublin, 614-889-7444, dublinarts.org

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Dot in Space, through Dec. 6. 11 a.m.–3 p.m. Wed–Sat. 39 S. Vine St., Westerville, 614-818-9716, otterbein.edu

Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens Harvest Blooms,

through Oct. 27; Bonsai, through Nov. 10; Chihuly: Celebrating Nature, through March 29, 2020. 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Mon– Sun. 1777 E. Broad St., 614-715-8000, fpconservatory.org

Fresh A.I.R. Gallery Melissa Spitz,

through Nov. 15. 8 a.m.–5:30 p.m.

Mon–Fri. 131 N. High St., 614-744-8110, southeastinc.com/fresh_air

Highline Coffee Art Space Rose Klock-

ner: Inclement Seasons, Oct. 2–31. 7 a.m–6 p.m. Mon–Sat, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Sun. 693 High St., 614-859-9269, highlinecoffeeco.com

Ross Art Museum After/Before,

through Oct. 20. 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Tue– Wed, 10 a.m.–9 p.m. Thu, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.

Fri, 1–5 p.m. Sun. 60 S. Sandusky St., Delaware, 740-368-3606, owu.edu

Sherrie Gallerie David Salvadore, Mattia Central Ohio photographer Rose Klockner sees reflections of human emotion in the landscape and, in this current exhibition at the Highline Coffee Art Space in Worthington, in the weather.

Inclement Seasons includes dramatic depictions of storms, snow and sky in compositions that the artist says can cause viewers to exclaim, “That’s Ohio?”

& Marco Salvadore, through Oct. 13; Ron Isaacs, Oct. 20–Nov. 24. 11 a.m.–6 p.m.

Tue–Sat, 1–4 p.m. Sun. 694 N. High St., 614-221-8550, sherriegallerie.com

Studios on High Glass + Fiber, through Oct. 3; Columbus Nocturnes, Oct. 5–31. Noon–6 p.m. Mon–Sat, 1–6 p.m.

Sun. 686 N. High St., 614-461-6487, studiosonhigh.com

Urban Arts Space Assemblage, Oct.

1–Nov. 9; Transference, Oct. 5–Nov. 16.

11 a.m.–6 p.m. Tue–Wed, 11 a.m.–8 p.m.

Thu, 11 a.m.–6 p.m. Fri–Sat. 50 W. Town St., Ste. 130, 614-292-8861, uas.osu.edu

Films OCT. 2–24 Julia Reichert: 50 Years in Film Prices vary. Wexner Center for the Arts, 1871 N. High St., 614-292-3535, wexarts.org

Oct. 1 America’s Greatest Films: Hitchcock’s “Psycho” 7 p.m. Free.

Drexel Theatre, 2254 E. Main St., Bexley, 614-231-9512, drexel.net

OCT. 7–16 Mike Leigh “Life Is

Sweet,” 7 p.m. Oct. 10; “Topsy-Turvy,” 7 p.m. Oct. 11; “High Hopes,” 4 p.m. Oct. 16. Prices vary. Wexner Center for the Arts, 1871 N. High St., 614-292-3535, wexarts.org

OCT. 7–NOV. 25 New York in the 1960s “The Hustler,” Oct. 7; “The

Manchurian Candidate,” Oct. 14; “The Pawnbroker,” Oct. 21; “Bells Are Ringing,” Oct. 28. 6 p.m. Free. Grandview Heights Public Library, 1685 W. First Ave., 614486-2951, ghpl.org

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OCT. 11 NightLight 614 “Get Out”

An Evening with George Winston

OCT. 17–24 Unorthodocs Times vary.

OCT. 22 The Band Perry 7 p.m.

Oct. 24–27 Nightmares Film Festival Times TBD. $10–$12 per

OCT. 23 Kenny G 8 p.m. $35–$75.

Oct. 11. 7 p.m. $9–$15. Genoa Park, 303 W. Broad St., nightlight614.com

$7–$9 per screening; $36–$48 festival pass. Wexner Center for the Arts, 1871 N. High St., 614-292-3535, wexarts.org

screening; $99 festival pass. Gateway Film Center, 1550 N. High St., 614-247-4433, gatewayfilmcenter.org

Oct. 25 Independent Reel: Welcome to Grandville 2 p.m. Free. CCAD Canzani Center Screening Room, 60 Cleveland Ave., ccad.edu/calendar

Music OCT. 2 The Black Keys 7 p.m.

$50–$500. Nationwide Arena, 200 W. Nationwide Blvd., 614-246-2000, nationwidearena.com

OCT. 3 Laura Alaina 7 p.m. $20. The Bluestone, 583 E. Broad St., 614-8844646, liveatthebluestone.com

OCT. 5 Mercy Me 7 p.m. $33–$58.

Nationwide Arena, 200 W. Nationwide Blvd., 614-246-2000, nationwidearena.com

OCT. 8 Bon Iver 7:30 p.m. $50–$100.

Schottenstein Center, 555 Borror Dr., 614688-3939, schottensteincenter.com

7 p.m. $30–$40. Lincoln Theatre, 769 E. Long St., 614-469-0939, capa.com

$30–$32. Newport Music Hall, 1722 N. High St., 614-461-5483, promowestlive.com

Palace Theatre, 34 W. Broad St., 614469-0939, capa.com

Thievery Corporation 7:30 p.m.

$35–$38. Newport Music Hall, 1722 N. High St., 614-461-5483, promowestlive.com

OCT. 25 Glen Phillips 8 p.m. $28–$31.

Shedd Theatre, Columbus Performing Arts Center, 549 Franklin Ave., 866-8905451, sixstring.org

Mason Ramsey 7 p.m. $15–$18.

Newport Music Hall, 1722 N. High St., 614-461-5483, promowestlive.com

OCT. 26 Melanie Martinez 7 p.m.

$35. Express Live, 405 Neil Ave., 614-4615483, promowestlive.com

OCT. 31 Ryan Bingham 7 p.m. $30– $35. Newport Music Hall, 1722 N. High St., 614-461-5483, promowestlive.com

Performing Arts THROUGH OCT. 20 “Rocky Horror Show” 8 p.m. Thu–Fri, 5 and 9 p.m.

Zedd 6:30 p.m. $50. Express Live, 405

Sat, 5 p.m. Sun. $40. Short North Stage, 1187 N. High St., 614-725-4042, shortnorthstage.org

OCT. 10 Robyn, ESG 6:30 p.m. $70.

OCT. 4 Lewis Black 8 p.m. $25–$75.

OCT. 13 Jesse Cook 7 p.m. $27–$42.

OCT. 5 Soap Opera Festival 5 p.m.

Neil Ave., 614-461-5483, promowestlive.com

Express Live, 405 Neil Ave., 614-4615483, promowestlive.com

Lincoln Theatre, 769 E. Long St., 614469-0939, capa.com

The Chainsmokers 7 p.m. $100.

Schottenstein Center, 555 Borror Dr., 614688-3939, schottensteincenter.com

OCT. 16 The Head and The Heart 7:30 p.m. $45–$65. Palace Theatre, 34 W. Broad St., 614-469-0939, capa.com

Kevin Gates 6:30 p.m. $43–$49.

Express Live, 405 Neil Ave., 614-461-5483, promowestlive.com

Davidson Theatre, Riffe Center, 77 S. High St., 614-469-0939, capa.com

$35. Hollywood Casino Columbus, 200 Georgesville Rd., 614-308-3333, hollywoodcolumbus.com

OCT. 6 Nate Bargatze 9 p.m. $35.

Southern Theatre, 21 E. Main St., 614469-0939, capa.com

Mystery Science Theatre 3000 Live: The Great Cheesy Movie Circus Tour 7 p.m. $35–$48. Davidson Theatre, Riffe Center, 77 S. High St., 614-469-0939, capa.com

OCT. 18 AJR 6:30 p.m. $35–$38.

OCT. 10 Angel Bat Dawid and tha Brothahood 8 p.m. $13–$16. Wexner

OCT. 19 Matt and Kim 7 p.m.

Hugh Jackman 7:30 p.m. $50–$225.

OCT. 20 Celine Dion 7:30 p.m. $109–

OCT. 10–26 “The Spare Room”

Express Live, 405 Neil Ave., 614-461-5483, promowestlive.com $30–$32. Express Live, 405 Neil Ave., 614-461-5483, promowestlive.com $230. Schottenstein Center, 555 Borror Dr., 614-688-3939, schottensteincenter.com

Center for the Arts, 1871 N. High St., 614292-3535, wexarts.org

Schottenstein Center, 555 Borror Dr., 614688-3939, schottensteincenter.com 8 p.m. $18. MadLab Theatre, 227 N. Third St., madlab.net

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OCT. 11–12 American Festival 7:30 p.m.

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OCT. 13 ProMusica: Opening Night 7 p.m., $16–$58. Southern Theatre, 21 E. Main St., 614464-0066, promusicacolumbus.org

OCT. 17 Backstage at the Lincoln: Daniel Goins & Friends 7 p.m. $10. Lincoln Theatre,

at columbusceo.com.

769 E. Long St., 614-469-0939, capa.com

OCT. 17–20 The Greatest Jazz Concert in the World 7:30 p.m. Thu, 8 p.m. Fri–Sat, 3 p.m.

Sun. $10–$68. Southern Theatre, 21 E. Main St., 614-294-5200, jazzartsgroup.org

OCT. 17–NOV. 17 “West Side Story” 8 p.m.

Thu–Fri; 3 and 8 p.m. Sat, 3 p.m. Sun. $30–$49.

Short North Stage, 1187 N. High St., 614-7254042, shortnorthstage.org

OCT. 19 David Finckel, Wu Han and Philip Setzer 4 p.m. $15–$55. Southern Theatre, 21 E. Main St., 614-469-0939, chambermusiccolumbus.org

OCT. 22–27 “Mean Girls” 7:30 p.m. Tue– Thu, 8 p.m. Fri, 2 and 8 p.m. Sat, 1 and 6 p.m.

Sun. $39–$114. Ohio Theatre, 39 E. State St., 614-469-0939, capa.com

OCT. 24–NOV. 9 “Tiny Beautiful Things” 8 p.m. Thu–Sat, 2 p.m. Nov. 3. Pay what you want. Studio One, Riffe Center, 77 S. High St., 614-558-7408, avltheatre.com

OCT. 24–NOV. 10 “The Humans” 8 p.m.

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OCT. 25–NOV. 2 “Be Moved” 8 p.m. Oct.

25–26 and Nov. 1–2, 2 p.m. Oct. 27, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 31. $29–$78. Davidson Theatre, Riffe Center, 77 S. High St., 614-469-0939, balletmet.org

OCT. 29 Russian Ballet Theatre: “Swan Lake” 7:30 p.m. $29–$85. Palace Theatre, 34 W. Broad St., 614-469-0939, capa.com

Sports Columbus Blue Jackets Nationwide Arena, 200 W. Nationwide Blvd., 614-246-2000, bluejackets.com. Toronto Maple Leafs, 7 p.m.

Oct. 4; Buffalo Sabres, 7 p.m. Oct. 7; Anaheim Ducks, 7 p.m. Oct. 11; Dallas Stars, 7 p.m. Oct. 16; New York Islanders, 7 p.m. Oct. 19; Carolina Hurricanes, 7 p.m. Oct. 24; Edmonton Oilers, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 30.

OSU Sports Call 614-292-2524 for tickets. ohiostatebuckeyes.com

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Football Michigan State, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 5; Wisconsin, Time TBA Oct. 26

Soccer, men’s Michigan, 7 p.m. Oct. 2; Cleveland State, 7 p.m. Oct. 12; Maryland, 7 p.m. Oct. 25.

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Searching for San Margherita The vanishing Italian enclave isn’t really a place anymore. It’s more of a memory.

But even as new development threatens what’s left, some of the neighborhood’s longtime denizens are holding on to their unique traditions and way of life.

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nvoking “The Godfather” in a story about Italians is perilous, but Joe Castorano has a beef with the cinematic trilogy. Like the patriarch of the Corleone crime family, Castorano’s grandfather was a young Italian immigrant who came to the U.S. through Ellis Island, and Castorano traveled to the historic site in New York Harbor to research his family’s history. “That scene, the one at Ellis Island? That’s not how it worked,” Castorano says, referring to poor Vito Andolini’s failure to say his name and hence receiving the name of his hometown, Corleone. Immigration officials, says Castorano, “used the names that came directly from the boat registry.

Ellis Island didn’t change the names. They changed their own names after they got here.”

Indeed, Tomaso Castorano became Thomas, who arrived in New York in 1902. He wasn’t part of a huddled mass of wretched refuse exactly, but he was certainly poor. He probably did yearn to breathe free, but that was less of a priority than making a living. Blasting huge limestone cliffs into rocks with primitive tools for a few cents an hour, thousands of miles from home? The American Dream.

Italians had of course already made their way into Ohio, but immigrants didn’t arrive in Columbus in numbers until the late 19th century. So how does an illiterate teenager who can’t speak English find his way from, say, the village of Pettorano sul Gizio to the banks of the Scioto River? Meet Ezio Cherubini, a businessman and steamship agent who around the turn of the 20th century would meet the Cunard ship from Naples in New York, vouching to the authorities that

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“He bought a railroad car, what we called the boxcar,” Shaffer says. “You know, they fixed it up, it had siding on it. My mother was born there. They lived there until they could get the house built.” What they lacked in housing they made up for in land: The lots on Trabue were narrow but deep, a couple acres or so, plenty of room to grow their own crops and keep chickens, ducks and hogs. (From Curtin’s history: “We used to plant the entire backyard. Mom used to can over 500 quarts of tomatoes, peppers and cabbage.” “On Sunday mornings you could hear the squeals from the hogs being slaughtered.” “Angelo’s dad would stick a knife in the pig’s throat and we’d collect the blood with a great big pan and they’d make blood pudding out of it.”)

And just like the old country, grapes were an essential crop. “The grapes came first. The

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first thing my grandfather sent back home for was grapevines,” Capuano says. Shaffer says his grandfather did the same thing, and he has the proof. “That one, right there,” he says, pointing to a thick, dark, twisted root in his vineyard behind the family home— almost 2 acres, providing 4,000 pounds of grapes in a good year. “Concord grapes,” he specifies, for making wine and jelly.

Living off the land just like in the old country, mere miles from Ohio’s capital city. You wonder, how did they manage to save for a home and raise 11 kids on quarry wages?

“They were self-sufficient. They had to be,” Castorano says. Anything not a necessity was a luxury. “The men walked to work, they didn’t need a car. My parents couldn’t afford to send me to private [Catholic] school.”

Two pillars of Italian life: the family and the church. Quarry workers and their families initially made the trek to St. John’s, the parish of the bigger, better-established Italian community north of Downtown. As early as 1909, 118 people, calling themselves residents of Marble Cliff, signed a petition asking the diocese to approve building a chapel closer to their home—they even raised $2,000. In 1921, with donated land on Trabue Road and the original 13 families chipping in $50 each, the diocese approved.

The new congregation wanted to name their church after St. Margaret, the patron saint of their hometown, Pettarano.

St. Margaret of Cortona Pastor Jeff Rimelspach picks up the story: “So they write to Bishop [James] Hartley, and he says, ‘I grant your request. I will call it St. Margaret.’” Whether the bishop somehow didn’t know about the various St. Margarets out there or just made a mistake, he picked the wrong one: Pettarona’s patron was St. Margaret of Antioch, not the one from Cortona.

“So they said, ‘No, no—we want St. Margaret of Antioch.’” Hartley wasn’t about to admit a mistake. “He said, ‘What I have written, I have written.’”

So despite honoring the wrong saint (not really—the church has a stained glass portrait of St. Margaret of Antioch, and the statue carried at its annual festival is her, too), the folks on Trabue embraced the church, deriving their very identity from it. When the city of Columbus widened Trabue and brought in streetlights and waterlines, telling residents they were now on the map and needed a name, they said, “Call us St. Margaret.” That was too Catholic apparently, so they just translated it back to Italian: San Margherita. (It was never actually incorporated.)

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“Oh, if somebody missed mass, you would notice it,” says Lilda Lombardi, who, at 94, is the oldest of the old guard. The late July Feast of St. Margaret (started in 1921), with its procession of plaster saints, was the highlight of the year. The boys of the parish had their own marching band, the Marble Cliff Quarry Band, which would take to the streets. “The band would walk up the street, playing in front of each house,” says AnnaJean Scott, a Castorano cousin. “That’s how you knew it was time for the festival.”

As other neighborhoods filled within the parish boundaries, the congregation outgrew the little church on Trabue. A wealthier group by then, in 1968 St. Margaret’s parishioners built a grand, modern church down on Hague Avenue, constructed of limestone from the same quarry where its founders worked. Daily mass was still offered at the old church, an arrangement that lasted until the land was sold and the building demolished in the early ’70s. That decision caused “a lot of friction,” Castorano says. “A whole crowd gathered to watch when they tore it down.” Lombardi recalls that “people went in there and got some of the old artifacts, relics from the reliquary, a piece of the cross.”

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he times caught up with San Margherita. Dick Capuano’s home was bought by the city and demolished for a road-widening project, though he continues to operate his stand, selling vegetables grown on a nearby lot.

The road project also claimed the building that had been a fixture at the corner of Trabue and McKinley—a former community center and later a bar and restaurant.

“A lot of the decline was that that older generation died or moved away,” says Joe Lombardi, whose grandfather Dominic opened Johnnie’s Tavern in 1948 and ran it until he died 13 years ago at 94. The generation raised by the old quarrymen went to college, got better jobs, moved to better neighborhoods.

The kids who inherited the homes sold them or rented them, and the pride that had characterized a San Margherita homestead was in short supply. “It’s sad. It’s not a great place to bring up young children,” Shaffer says.

The development that might erase San Margherita from the map could also restore it in some ways. Two massive projects underway in its environs will bring thousands of new residents, and those people will want amenities nearby. They’re already calling it the Dublin-Trabue Corridor (as in Dublin Road). Wagenbrenner Development will

turn the 600-acre Marble Cliff Quarry into an entirely new community called Quarry Trails, complete with a new 180-acre Metro Park, more than 800 housing units and 50,000 square feet of retail. Preferred Living will dominate the corner of Trabue and McKinley with a 28-acre plan for hundreds of luxury housing units and retail. Other developers are pondering the potential, citing the proximity to Downtown and all that property waiting to be cleared and reimagined.

“We’re excited about that corridor,” says Jared Smith, Preferred Living’s chief development officer. The old Dallas trailer park— named for one of San Margherita’s venerable families—near the corner will become Hanover Park. But Smith says, “We do not want San Margherita to go away. It will continue.” Sure enough, his company has erected a large arch at the corner with the name San Margherita at the top.

Joe Lombardi, who took over for his grandfather running Johnnie’s Tavern, has no plans to sell out: “There’s a lot of new business that’s coming in here. It’s an opportunity.”

And Bill Shaffer, who hosts a family reunion that attracts 200 people every summer during the St. Margaret’s festival, says he may stick around, too. “Who knows? Maybe I’ll open a winery.” ◆

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She risked life and limb fleeing an abusive Somali boarding school for wayward Muslim women and girls.

But when Jasmin Osman returned home to Columbus, she did something just as courageous: She told her story.

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Later, they let her out and removed her chains. Jasmin’s mother returned. Jasmin begged to be allowed to leave, but Saadia said no.

She told her daughter to change and get into bed, and she sat with her until she fell asleep. When Jasmin woke the next morning, her leg was chained to the bedpost, and her mother was gone.

Among families in the Somali diaspora, including many in Central Ohio, there is a tradition known as dhaqan celis—return to the culture. It might involve visiting Somalia or another Muslim country for a family vacation, or moving there for a year or more so that children can attend school.

In some cases, it involves sending a child to stay with relatives, sometimes for a long period of time.

Families are often motivated by concern that children growing up in Western countries are losing their cultural roots, language and religion, that their girls are not covering their heads, or that their boys are falling in with the wrong people. For some, the outcome of such a return is positive. But that is not always the case. Ifrah Udgoon, a high school science teacher in Reynoldsburg who came to Columbus when she was young and blogs about her Somali-American identity, was sent as a teenager to live for 3 and a half years with an aunt in rural Kenya. She had religious tutoring and attended a high school where she did not speak the language. “My parents thought they were helping me,” she says. Instead, she found the experience traumatizing, and her sense of trust in her parents was broken. “You really need your parents.”

The best reason to take children back to Somalia, says Horsed Noah, director of Masjid Abubakar, a mosque on Columbus’ Far West Side attended by many Somalis, is to cultivate an appreciation for the benefits of living in the United States. But if Saadia had sought his counsel, as many families do, says Noah, he would have told her that when children go to Somalia, one or both 194

parents must go along. Otherwise, “things can go very wrong.”

Some representatives of the local Somali community acknowledged off the record that there have been other cases where young Somali Americans were sent by parents into dangerous or abusive situations.

One girl reportedly ran away when her family sent her to the Somali capital of Mogadishu and was missing for two weeks. Indeed, another of the girls imprisoned with Jasmin in Daarul Rayxaan was from Columbus. She has since moved out of state, and Columbus Monthly was unable to locate her.

Zerqa Abid, who runs a social program for Muslim youth on Columbus’ West Side, befriended Jasmin after a victim specialist with the FBI reached out to her to provide support. Abid feels the impulse to send children away is often motivated by shame, and she would like to see better education for immigrant parents to prevent such incidents.

“There is so much community pressure, judging our faith on how our daughters dress,” she says. “It is so hard to function in our community when your daughter is drinking.”

“Who is mentoring these parents?” she asks.

Suleiman, a Somali-born Norwegian, allegedly advertised Daarul Rayxaan as a corrective school where wayward Muslim girls would learn the Quran and be taught to behave. She charged parents $400 to $500 a month.

Days consisted of five daily prayers, mornings spent memorizing the Quran and afternoons of boredom, at least for Jasmin. Meals were spartan: tea and bread for breakfast and a meager dinner of chicken with onions and potatoes over rice. Jasmin, who became friendly with one of the cooks, watched with amazement as the woman stretched four chicken legs to feed 24 girls.

Jasmin kept herself slightly apart from most of the other girls. Some, she observed,

responded to their situation with optimism, making friends and currying favor with Suleiman, who allowed special privileges to girls who were “good.” A second group, says Jasmin, were simply “broken.”

“They were, like, detached from their body,” she says. “Like their mind is not here.”

One girl told Jasmine she had schizophrenia. When she was having what she called an “episode,” talking to unseen people or singing loudly, the guards would beat her to silence her, Jasmine recalls. Another girl arrived at the school pregnant. Shortly after her arrival, she miscarried. After that, says Jasmin, she never spoke.

Jasmin made her first escape attempt early on, managing to climb a wall into an area where the girls threw garbage. Cut by the barbed wire and with her dress filled with cactus prickles, she hobbled a short distance up the street before one of Suleiman’s sons captured her.

That night, because of her wounds, she says, Jasmin was allowed to sleep inside. But after subsequent escape attempts, she was punished by being left outside overnight, with only a blanket and pillow, and with her legs chained together. The desert nights were cold, and mosquitoes plagued her. The animal sounds frightened her.

Unlike the girls who withdrew and became submissive, Jasmin grew bolder.

She broke things in the house: a television, a window. She hit the male guards.

When she misbehaved, they would chain her hands as well as her feet. Sometimes, they’d beat Jasmin with ropes or broom handles. She says she was once burned with a stick that had been heated on the stove. She retains the scar on her leg. And Jasmin began spending more and more time—sometimes days, up to a week—in a new, smaller confinement area Suleiman had created beneath the stairs. She says she was forced to urinate in the corner.

Shakila Taranum Maan is with Southall Black Sisters, a British group that fights

Zerqa Abid feels the impulse to send children away is often motivated by shame, and she would like to see better education for immigrant parents to prevent such incidents. “There is so much community pressure, judging our faith on how our daughters dress,” she says. “It is so hard to function in our community when your daughter is drinking.”

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forced marriage and honor crimes against women. She works with five of the seven British girls who were freed from the school. They described the same punishments as Jasmin, she says. One suffered permanent damage to her eyesight, says Maan, from being forced to keep them open while looking at the sun. “Our capacity for torture is immense,” Maan says. “Nothing surprises me.”

Jasmin’s weekly phone calls home were supervised, so she was unable to tell her mother what was happening. But one day in November 2016, the guard was distracted, and Jasmin quickly snapped a photo of her own chained feet and texted it to her mother. The photo shocked Saadia into action. She began sending it, along with an impassioned plea, to anyone she could think of: the Danish consulate, UNICEF, the Ohio legislature. She says no one helped.

Saadia resolved to get Jasmin out herself.

She booked a flight to Hargeisa, where she went straight to the school and banged on the gates. “I could hear Jasmin’s voice on the other side: ‘Mommy! Mommy!’”

They wouldn’t let her in, but Somali police brought Jasmin to the station, where she was reunited with her mother. For a moment, it looked as if they might go home together— but the police would not release Jasmin without her father’s permission. The two were forced to wait. They spent a night in a UNICEF safe house, but when Qays arrived, the police arrested Jasmin and Saadia for unclear reasons. After more than a week in jail, Jasmin was taken back to the school. Saadia gave up and flew back to Ohio.

After Saadia left, Jasmin recalls being chained almost all the time. She realized she needed to gain the director’s trust if she was ever going to escape. She stopped acting out and was soon rewarded: Suleiman stopped chaining her at night.

Jasmin was fortunate to find willing helpers when she scaled the wall; the two men might just as well have turned her in.

Instead, they ran with her a distance from the school to a spot where they helped her hide until she could call Saadia, using Qaalib’s phone. They waited with her until Saadia had arranged for a woman in Hargeisa to hide her. The men gave her a sweatshirt to wrap around her head so she would not be seen in the streets uncovered, and got her a taxi. “It was just luck that they didn’t laugh at me and walk away,” Jasmin says.

Six days later, Jasmin left Africa. The Danish embassy sent her transit papers and a

“She fought really hard to get that place closed down. She said, ‘I got out, I’ve gotta reach back and get other people out.’ That’s powerful.”

— Ifrah Udgoon

plane ticket, and she flew to Nairobi, where she received a new passport. She then flew to Zurich, then Canada, and then, finally, to Ohio.

Before much time passed, Jasmin began looking for signs of the other girls online. She knew their names, their ages, their countries of origin. She thought about the girls who’d gotten out before her and never tried to help. She would be different.

Finally, she found a missing-person post for a British girl named Ruun. She contacted Ruun’s friends, who put her in touch with the British foreign office, which in turn contacted the FBI. Agents came to her house and interviewed her, writing everything down.

They came back with pictures. She pointed to the photos she recognized. “Yup, that’s her.

Yup, that’s her.”

Because several nations were involved, the FBI won’t discuss how the raid on Daarul Rayxaan was conducted, or what the U.S. role was. But a representative did confirm that the information Jasmin provided was critical to making the rescue of the other girls possible.

Norwegian and Somali papers reported that Suleiman was arrested, although according to Tormod Strand, a reporter for NRK, a public TV and radio broadcasting company in Norway, she was released soon after.

After the raid on the school, Jasmin became something of a mini celebrity in Europe. She went back to visit Denmark, where she was profiled in the Danish newspaper Berninske and other news outlets. She was on Norwegian television. An independent film company flew her to Somaliland to make a documentary about her experience. A writer approached her about a book deal. Here in Ohio, though, where she has lived since January, few know her story.

Jasmin worries about the other girls.

Are they getting help reentering the world?

“You need help,” she says. “For the first year,

you need a hand. It’s like learning how to be yourself again.”

Udgoon, the Reynoldsburg teacher, is one who offered Jasmin a hand, reaching out after reading her story in an online post. She admires what Jasmin accomplished. “She fought really hard to get that place closed down,” she says. “She said, ‘I got out, I’ve gotta reach back and get other people out.’

That’s powerful.”

For all the pain she endured, Jasmin’s ordeal may, ironically, have helped her learn to be herself. She went to Hargeisa angry and confused. There, she discovered how strong she was—and after she escaped, she used her power to help those left behind. Today, she’s on fire to tell her story. She shows the scars on her legs to anyone who asks.

This summer, Jasmin earned a real estate certificate at Columbus State Community College. She has a job offer at Century 21. Longer-term, she has big dreams. She wants to buy a piece of land in California and build a solar farm. Or start a desert music festival. Or buy a house in Denmark to produce rental income. Or maybe lease an office building.

Saadia, today, says she had no idea of the torture Jasmin would experience in Somaliland, but she doesn’t regret taking her there; she believes Qays would have sent her there one way or another. By going with her, she at least knew where Jasmin was. She was not able to rescue Jasmin herself, but through connections she made in Somaliland, she was able to get Jasmin to safety once she escaped.

Jasmin, now 22, lives part time with her mother and tries to forgive her. She recognizes that trauma—whether the trauma of war, of early loss, of geographic dislocation or marital conflict—is at the root of her mother’s decision to leave her in Hargeisa.

She thinks a lot about whether she’ll have kids, and how she’ll “break the cycle.”

“I’m not able to find my inner peace— not yet,” she says. For now, she’s focused on telling her story so others won’t be duped as she was. She’s also looking for her own apartment.

“Self-sufficiency. That’s the goal.” ◆ OCTOBER 2019 Columbus Monthly

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Packard’s Pagoda A famous Columbus architect’s distinctive railroad station

BY JEFF DARBEE

On West Broad Street, across the river and next to the railroad bridge, there’s a pagodalike building. What’s its story? That is a former railroad station and one of our city’s true landmarks. It was built in 1895 and designed by the Columbus architectural firm Yost and Packard. Frank Packard went on to design many of Columbus’ signature buildings, including the Atlas Building, the old Governor’s Mansion (now the Columbus Foundation) and the Columbus Athenaeum. On the north side of the railroad station’s tower is a stone panel lettered “Ohio Central,” the name of one of several predecessor railroads that ultimately became the Toledo and Ohio Central Railway, known commonly as the “T&OC.” As for the unusual design, in the 1890s, a lot of buildings had features from all sorts of architectural periods and places, and this station could be a poster child for this “eclectic” era. The tracks across West Broad were originally at grade but were elevated around 1910 to relieve traffic problems. This required a ramp along the side and rear of 200

the station so passengers and vehicles could reach the platform. Immediately across the tracks was the even more ornate Macklin Hotel, which boasted not one but three “pagoda” towers. The hotel and ramp are long gone, but the depot is intact.

It almost wasn’t, though. In January 1975, it lost its entire roof to fire, though our firefighters valiantly saved the interior, the corner turrets and the tower. The owner at the time, Volunteers of America, did an excellent restoration, and today, appropriately, the station is the local firefighters’ union headquarters.

Why is Upper Arlington called “upper”?

What’s upper about it? The first thing that comes to mind is that “UA,” as it’s called, is up the Scioto from Downtown Columbus, meaning cleaner water for that suburban community. Or, UA is on a rise of ground up above pretty much all of Columbus. Or, sometimes suburban developers use words such as “upper” or “heights” or “hills” to suggest that you could live up and away from the bad old city.

The real story, though, is a little more complex and interesting. The area between the rivers and south of King Avenue was divided into farms around the mid-19th century. By 1901 this land had been organized as the hamlet of Marble Cliff (named for quarries west of the Scioto). As sometimes happens, there was a community dispute over development, and in 1903 a small area along the Scioto broke off, enabling much of the rest of the hamlet to organize as Grandview Heights in 1906.

Various parts of the “secessionist” area (just over a quarter of a square mile) were called Arlington, Grandview and Chester Heights. Once Grandview Heights was established, though, it appears that only the name Arlington was used; it later went back to Marble Cliff. Jump to 1913, when Ben and King Thompson purchased around a square mile and a half for development of their country club district. Because their land was just north of little Arlington, they renamed it Upper Arlington. Once Marble Cliff dropped the name Arlington, UA could have dropped “Upper,” but why would it want to be known simply as “A”?

Jeff Darbee is a preservationist, historian and author in Columbus. Send your questions to cityquotient@ columbusmonthly.com, and the answer might appear in a future column.

ILLUSTRATION: BRETT AFFRUNTI

Sources: columbusunderground.com; “Architecture: Columbus”; Judith B. Williams, historic preservation consultant; Grandview Heights/Marble Cliff Historical Society and Upper Arlington Historic Society websites

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