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NORTH LINDEN AREA PLAN COLUMBUS PLAN: 1970Â·1990 . THE AREAPLANSERI ES CONSTITUTESPART11 SECTIONB OF THE COLUMBUSPLANOUTLINED ON THE GREENPAGE INSIDE.

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Area Plan Number April,

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1970 - 1990 Eleven

1971

Prepared by the Planning Division Department of Development City of Columbus

M. E. S nsenbrenner, Mayor City of Columbus

G. Phillip Department

Dolan, Director of Development

The Area Plan series constitutes Part II, Section B of the Columbus Plan outlined on the following green page.

Outline of the ColumbusPlan The Columbu~ ~lan comprises three groups of reports identifying the requirements f or gi ving ord~r.and purpose to the City's form and change. Ranging from broad values t? spec~fic pro~rams, the reports are grouped according to three levels of consideration: obJectives and policies, plans and implementation met hods. ' Part I - Objectives and Policies One re port states the objectives and policies that will guide the growth and redevelopment of the City of Columbus. These objectives and policies provide the framework for preparing all other ColumbusPlan reports. To keep pace wi t h both physical changes and shifts in the community's consensus, this report will be updated every two or three years. Part I I - Plans Part I I comprises two types of plans:

function plans and area plans.

Section A - Function Plans Each report in this section provides a city-wide plan for one of these maj or urban functions: land use, communityfacilities, redevelopment, wat er- related facilities, highway transportation, nonhighwaytransportat ion, natural resources, and economic development. Sect ion B - Area Plans In a series of brief reports intended for wide public distribution, the plans of this section discuss the full range of urban functions for each of about thirty areas of four to eight square miles. In all, the thirty areas cover the entire City and vicinities where the City may expand. Part III - Implementation Studies Three types of reports identify the methods for implementing the objectives and polic ies of Part I and the plans of Part II. Sectio n A - HumanResources These propose specific alternatives for solving urban problems in housing, welfare , education , cultural development, pollution control, and other areas not necessaril y or directly related to physical development. Section B - Physical Resources These propose alternative s in the three-dimensiona~ organiza!ion of space, bui l ding materials and technology, and architectural image for specific projects. Section C - Administrative

Resources

These are det ai led, highly technical studies of the budgeting, scheduling, organization of people, and revision or addition of ordinances necessary to carry out particular recommendations of the function or area plans.

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Preface Background And Political Jurisdiction Existing Land Use Existing Zoning Recreational and Open Space Areas Internal Street Pattern Water Facilities Sewer Facilities Police Fire Educational Facilities Public Schools - Elementary Public Schools - Junior High Public Schools - Senior High Special Abilities Schools Summary of Recommendations

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THECOLUMBUS PLAN : 197'0-1990 The Area Plan Series

THENORTH LINDEN AREA Area Plan Eleven PLANS ALSO COMPLETED FORTHESE AREAS: inu~ OWPark

6. Cl; ntonvi 11: 7. North Miffl~nle R 8. Southern Trip 9. South Colum~us 1Oâ&#x20AC;¢ Marb1e Cli f 12. Karl/Morse

Pr e fa ce The Ar e a Plans . a se r · This. Area Plan is th e el eventh in . and probl ems of a r e i e.s of s hort rep or ts d"1scuss rng maJor resources . comme~d1n g_chan ge s nec e ssar y in tho:: in and ~e a r Colu mb us and r e . · , and in and z omn g, 1n transportat bla"r eas 1n patter ns of 1a nd us e ion d pu ic facili ties . Questio ns 1 comments from th e publi c a r e an we c orn e d a d . . ·ct n will b e give n as m uc h cons1 eration as possibl e w he n th e reports are r evised .

Boundari e s Of The North Linden Area

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The North Linden Area, in this stud y , is bound e d by I-71 on the we st Central Railroad on the e ast , Hudso n Stre et on th e sou th a~d ~e Th e area e ncomp asses appro xim a tel y 2' 76 9 oad on the north. 00 e 900 . acres (4. 3 square miles) and includ e s a n e s timated population of

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Acknowledgments of this report follo w applic ab le guidelines of the The recommendations most recent draft of th e Obj ectives and P oli cies report of The Col umbus The au th o rs, Mr. Harold F . Bra y and Mrs. Sue L ynn Plan: 1970-1990. for the advic e a nd c om me ntar y offered by other are grateful K. Florio, o rg a nizations , and s pecia ll y -c oncerne d groups private public agencies,

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BACKGROUND The North Linden Area is an establ' h . · is ed resident· offers a wide range of housing types H i~ 1 community that owever. ' this com mum·t y 1s · · · t o d ec 1·ine residentially begrnmng b · ecause of incr . and deteriorating buildings the ma. ·t easing obsolescence ' of whi c h are 1ocated along Cleveland Avenue and Hudson Street Jori y all 8 ing similar deterioration are located th.;.n h scattered areas suffereastern sections of the study area. oug out th e southern and

POLITICALJURISDICTION The North Linden Area includes two political jurisdictions . This fact is significant since planning and zoning- -whi ch ultimatel y shape the development of land-- are regulated by two separate governing bodies. The area within the City of Columbus is unde r the jurisdiction of the Columbus Department of Development and the City Council, while the area within Franklin Count y is withi n the jurisdiction of the Mid - Ohio Regional Planning Commission and the Franklin County Commissioners. These agenci es ma y b e contacted for detailed information about their resp ecti ve a r ea s. (see map on opposite page): City of Columbus

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(phone) Recreation Building permits Water Sewer Planning Information Zoning Police Fire Annexation Information

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. th e North Linden Are a , it is ass um ed In lon g-range planning for t ·cte th e Cit y of C olumbu s c or p . resently ou si · t d to th e C i ty . Acc ordin g 0 that the areas which are P . t lly be annexe •ct •n be initiat e d by r es1 e n t 8 oration limits will even ua . wi usual Cit y policies, these a nnexations

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North Linden is almost e t· . 1 n Lrel y dev 1 dentLa area, offering a wide v . e oped. Basicall . . from one- and two-bedroo arLety of housing typesy, Tit Ls a resi m rental ·t · hese r southern portion of the area t um s located generall . ange O 1arger est t Y in the · th ca t e d. LDd nor • e rn portions of th e area At a ·te-like develo pments lo1 d en t ia 1 ensity of about seve n dwe lhn. g· ·t s present over a 11 res1. adequatel y served by park s , sc h ools uni s. per acre , this area 1s . tT 1 facilities. Most of the com . ' u ities, and other p ub1· merc1al estab1· 18hm ic serve local consumers with th . ents in the area . . 1 . ' e exception of f 1itt es ocated 1n the eastern po r t·ion of the studa ew regiona l facila n d Avenue. These includ e N th . Y area alon g Cleve . or ern Lights Sh · ad.1acent commercial uses Th 8 t d opptng Center and · e u Y area has trial development. no concentra ted indus -

RECOMMENDATIONS Further1 development in the area should be 1i·mi·ted t o a few vacant P_arce s along I-71 and the redevelopment of properti es located from the first alle y west of Cleveland Avenue east to the Penn Central railroad. Th e type of de~elopment _best suited for these areas is medium-density a_pa~t me~ts, with about fifteen dwelling units per net acre. Possibly a hmLte_d hght-industrial comp le x could also be developed opposite Northern Lights Shopping Center. A few commercial properties should be restored. These include properties alon g Cleveland Avenu e which, if properly restored, could help to revitaliz e the original Linden Heights area and serve as a foca l point for the entire community. But other scatterc>d commercwl uses and commerciall y-zoned areas which threaten the community's future stability and well-b ei ng should be phased out, includin g areas along Hudson Street and Oakland Park. Th e original Linden Heights market area shou ld be restored and a small community recreation center e~tabli.shed. An action program must be initiated to remove deteriorated land uses, to ensure the compa tible and coherent redevelopm ent of th" are"l_- "lnd to preserve and restor e the sound resi.dentLal character of North Linden. Both of these actions can be undertaken through a systematic non-assisted code

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RECOMMENDAT ONS Small commercial districts . scattered along Oakl an d p ar k and Weber Road . mu st res id entia l stabil 1·t y , an d concentrated . .b e p h as e d out to matntatn act i vi ty center stri p commer cia · 1 d eve 1opment. _ . s should r ep lace other . Small co n ve~ience ~enter _s ~erv1ng north Linden residents may be lo cate d at v_ano~s po~n ts within th is area. Th i s wou l d help to remed y the pres e nt situa tio n with many vacant str ucture s existing in the stud y area. By con centrating th e commercial uses into planned con ve nienc e centers the re mainin_g establishments will be rehabi li tated a nd rev it alized. ' Strip co mmercial d eve lo pments on Cleveland Avenue, Web er Road, Hudson Street, and E. N. Broadway should be phased out, and the land along Cl eve l and Avenu e and Hudson Str ee t shou l d be redeveloped with no mor e comm ercial development th an the a r ea can supp or t . This will give a stabili zing influence to those c ommercial establishm ent s which remain in the study area. Long-range planning for all redevelopment of areas lo cated betwe en Cleveland Avenue and the Penn Central Railroad, from Hud son Street north to Oakland Park, should be restricted to med ium-d en s it y residential uses (appro ximatel y 15 dwelling units per net acr e ).

Those ar eas which are zoned as R-4 shou ld consider rezoning to the R-3 class , which w ould restrict futur , dPvelopment in the areas to singlefamily r esidential and, thus, "')r scrvr> their residential character and qualit y . At prese~t , there are onl.v scattered four-family developments in 1he· R-4 d istricts . Re zoning these areas to R-3 woul? ~r~vent further developm ent other t han single-family residential and m1mm1~e over~ crowd· d · of existing homes to substandard umts--primary ing an conversion . . th st d area should be minislum cond itions A ny oth er rL.zomngs in e u Y d h b mized so a s t o ; reserve the residential_ quality of the areas an , re a ilitate exi sting c ommerci al and industrial uses· t ecommends that civic associations and The Depart men t of Devel opmen r. th roposed action program for i nd"1vi·ctua ls m ee t wi·th 1·t s_ staff. to d is cuss C e P the Di vision of Planning at 11 making desi red z oni ng distri ~t change~· ;_ 817 2 ). 46 the Departm e nt of D evelopment (phone.

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RECREATIONAL & OPENSPACEFACILITIES Existin2_: Propo se d in this Plan I Pontiac Park I* Ne i ghborh ood Park 2 Huy Rd. Park 2* Passiv e (scenic) 3 Kenlawn Park ope n space area 4 Scenic Parks 3* Passiv e (scenic) 5 Scenic Parks open spa ce area ; SL~nshineCorner Park I nden Park & R 8 A 1,1., 1,._ _ _ ecreation -8-

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DATIONS RECOMMEN a As Karl Road and E. N. Broadway are improved to arterial standards located in the northwest quadrant of thi~ 7- to 10- acre site, centrally and developed for recreation by the Cit y of Colarea, should be acquired umbus, possibly in conjunction with the Columbus Board of Education . In addition, two ball diamonds should be added to Audubon Park, and the School pla yg rounds should Elementary Oakland Park and the Northridge be equipped. of land located at Genessee and Cleveland Avenues is being and open-spa ce area by Project recreation developed as a passive Similar parcels along Hudson Stre et , Clevegroup. Pride, a citizens' and E. N. Broadway could be develop ed as mini-parks land Avenue areas a nd providing visual recreational offering the public passive A parcel

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t needs. te for North Linden's presen qua ade is tern pat et stre l The interna Plan are implemen rofare Tho erim Int bu~ lum Co the m As the p~oposa_ls of traffic volumes generated fro reased inc et me to ed rov imp be ted, it will of the study area. development in areas north

RECOMMENDATIONS to the Interim Thorofare recommended are n itio add one and nge one cha E . N. Broadway, which is now and ad Ro oke Co en we bet P lan. Maize Road as a residential should be reclassified , rial arte or min a as ed nor classifi rflow route for traffic which ove an as ves ser ad Ro Maize collector. ad. either I-71 or McGuffey Ro s ow foll mally as street sections be established ing ow foll the t tha es pos pro The staff h 36-foot paved 60-foot rights of way and wit h wit tors lec col l ntia ide res surfaces. EAST - WEST COLLECTORS RS TO EC LL CO TH Karl) OU NORTH-S Moon & Acton Rds. (I-71 to ay) adw Bro N. E. to Maize Rd. (Cooke Huy Rd. (Karl to Cleveland) dson) Hu to ay adw Bro N. (E. . Hiaw atha Ave Broadway Dresden St. (Cooke to E. N. and Weber to Hudson) to Weber) Medina Ave. (E. N. Broadway elimthe parking lane should be lector, col a es om bec e enu Av tha talled As Hiawa traffic signals should be ins and et stre the of e sid eciall y inated from the one e with Hudson Street and esp enu Av tha wa Hia of s n ctio at the interse with Weber Road. Broad lude the widening of E. . inc uld sho ets stre rial Weber Road. Impro vements to arte Road, Hudson Street, and e vill ster We e, enu Av and way, Clevel include: which should be extended Portions of arterials from Karl Road to I-71) Cook e Road (its relocation Broadwa y to of Karl Road north of E . N. n Karl-\1cGuffe y (relocation of Karl Road north of Hudso ion cat relo and ffey Gu Mc h wit connect ton) Street to connect with Hamil rim Thorofare changes proposed in the Inte the h wit ng alo es, ng cha Thes e system within and a functional traffic circulation Plan, will establish a. through the North Linden Are -11-

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WATER FACILITIES EXISTING CONDITIONS Existing water mains are adequate in the North Linden Area and, genThere is little cause erally, the water lines are properly distributed. modification or exslight only need systems for concern if the existing pansion in the years ahead.

RECOMMENDATIONS While lines in the area are now adequate to provide two points in the system should be noted:

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The western portion of the study area, if allowed to develop with uses, would require additional lines residential medium-density With the limited or relief lines, and possibly a booster station. occur in this could which probably amount of future development to provide such necessary the additional expenditures section, could not be justified. facilities

situation exists east of Cleveland Avenue to the The reverse These areas are served with large Penn Central Railroad. trunk lines that could readily support the more intense multiproposed by this plan, or development famil y a nd commercial development. even limited industrial

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SEWER FACILITIES The sewerage system east of Hamilton Road is operating at full capacity, while the facilities west of Hamilton Road can withstand more intense future development. As proposed in this plan, the sa nitar y and storm in the area will be adequate to serve both present

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POLICE police service for the North Linden Area is provided by the Columbus police Dlpartment and, in the unincorporated area, by the Clinton Township Police Department. The area served by the Columbus Police Department is included in Precinct No. 5. Two cruisers are assigned to this entire precinct, as well as an additional "paper" cruiser to be manned when manpower becomes available . A stud y is presently being reviewed to establish an additional sub-station in the vicinity of E. Hudson Street and Cleveland Avenue.

STREETLIGHTS Only a portion of the area has street lights. I_nstallat~on ~~/~:e:::!~~~:d around parks and schools and along most public stree 8 Wl in the 1972-76 Capital Improvements Program.

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FIRE EXISTING CONDITIONS F ir e pr otection is provided by the C 0 1umbus Fi r e D . and ' in epartment area ' by the Cl"in t on To t he unincorporated . h" The area. served. by the Columbus Fire De wns ip F~re ~~part~ent. partment is divided rnto Number 24 two districts--District , north of Acta R d n oa , and Num . The A ber 16, south of Acton Road on a 1;e\ica~ Insurance Association progra.ms rates fire prevention 0 the area ;: e d boneC(excellent protection) to nineteen (no prevention): Y olumbus has a fire rve · d f 3 • • e rate of 4 , whi"le th e umncorporated an . an insuranc rating o areas . rate of 8 are rated 8 with an insurance

ATIONS RECOMMEND in this area is adequate and both stations Although fire protection r esp ons e radius of three mil es, both stations are within the accepted Renoparking. new roofs and increased including need minor repairs, shou l d be scheduled in the 1972-76 stations vations of the Columbus Program . Capital Improvements Should any commercial Avenue, branch water a nd to allow practical

expansion occur west of Cleveland or industrial lines should be of a size to carr y the water flow and proper distributio n of hydrants. installation

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EXISTING CONDITIONS North L ind en h as eight public e l ementar s Âˇ Bo a rd of Edu cation. The table bel . Y choo l s operated by the Columbus rollm e nt ca p aci ti es. Ca p acities w~w g~ves th e current enrollments an d enth e C ol umbus Boar d of Ed ucation's st a nd ar d of 29 pup il s per

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SCHOOL KG N. 11 1 Como 144 Huy Linden 12 8 McGuffe y 119 North Lind e n 51 Northrid g e 70 Oakland Park 52 Walford 47

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A develo pmental learning center containi ng twe lve to fifteen classrooms is proposed fo r the vicinity of Linden Park . Whe n completed, this facility will help r eli eve the overcrowding existing in s ome schools. For instance, the numb er of elementary students will decrease at McGuffey, increasing that schoo l's capacity for junior-high age stude nts.

The prob lem of varying degrees of crowding at different grade levels from year to year will be partly solved by new multipurpose rooms proposed by Columbus B oard of Education. These rooms, which are to be installed at Como and Northridge Elementar y Schools, will more easil y adapt to changing space need s than do traditional classrooms. The Lind e n E l emen t ary School, located south of Denune Avenue and east of Cleveland-W estervi ll e Road, is cut off from part of the district it serves by two major arter i a l s - -Cleveland Avenue and Westerville Road . At present, there seems to be li ttle danger to students since crossings are clearl y marked and appropri a t e tr affic signals have been installed. However, the problem could be e as ily r e sol ved by moving the district's west boundar y to Cleveland Avenue, which c ould b e conveniently done when the developmental learning center is compl e t e d.

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PUBLIC JUNIOR HIGH EXISTING CONDITIONS The study area has three iunior hi h . c iti es and facilities to s · N g _schools which have adequate capa erve orth Linden's d H . .lunior High is now beincr . own nee s . owever , Clinton O . b overcrowded since too man,· students from othe r areas are b e1ng ussed in for th · 1·s sch oo 1 t o accommo "'d ate . SCHOOL NAME Clinto n .Junior High M e din a Junior High McGu ffey Junior High

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E l ementary enrollments are presently down and secondar v enrollments ar e high. In the 1980 's the situation wi ll probab l y revers~ itself. At th e same time, it is foreseen that the market will become overloaded with apartment housing, and restrictions against renting to families with children will be relaxed. The increased number of children in apartments will increase elementar y and juni or hi gh school enrollments.

RECOM MENDATIO NS A n ew junior - senior high school is propo sed north of the North L_inden Stud y Area. After this facility has been cons truc_ted. stud _ents ~111 no lon ger be coming from these neighborh oods to Clinton .Tumor High School.

Pro ose d ex ansion for Clinton .Tunior High includes a lib~ar y and inp p · more struction al materials cen t er an d a lunchroom · B .,v releasing ooms th e se new improvements plus the exrooms f or us e a S Classr ' . -a· · t dent enrollments w ill relieve th e overcrm -.:.: a·1ng pec ted dee rease 1n s u . . • H.1gh School · Other needed . improvements, rnclu 1ng _ at Clinton Junior . 1 the r emodeling• o f M e dina a nd McGuffe y . .Junior Ha rh Sc hoo s, ar e pro po sed by the Columbus Board of Education.

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The area includes three senior high sch oo 1s w h ose f ac1hties ... all y adequate to meet North Li.nden's presen t needs .

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Sch0o l Name B rookhaven High School Lin d en - McKinley High School Nort h High School

10 11 12 SPECIAL TOTAL CAPACITY ~5Â°8 ::j'"2-4:;;-;5~8 ~ -;3:;-;:7;-;:9~:_.=.~0~~~l;:4~1~ 9~ ~~:....:l ~50 ~0~-=777 506 477 47 1807 1900 547 534 348 38 1467 1600

Bec ause of the residential uses now being deve lo ped north of Cook e Road an d the multi-famil y development that w ill p r obably occur along Cleveland Avenue north of Oakland Park., additional classrooms and school-related A new hi gh school proposed for fa c ilit ies will be needed soon after 1980. the vicinit_\Âˇ of Cleveland Avenue and Innis Road will avoid othen~rise serious ove rcrowding. In addition to new vocationa l facilities proposed for Brookha ven High School, traditional facilities in th at school will also ne ed to be enl arged to handle the expected increase in s t udents.

SPECIAL ABILITIES Oth er educational facilities within the North L i nden Area include the Alexander Graham Bell School For The Deaf, located on Huy Road east of Karl Road , and the Linden Preschool, located on Cleveland Ave nue south of Inni s Ro ad. The Ale xander Graham B e ll School is operated by the Columbus B oard of Education; the Linden Preschoo l is part of the Franklin County Progr am for the Mentall y Retarde d. In addition to marntaining low pupil/ teach er ratios- -five to one at Alexander Graham Bell, and seven to one at Lin de n Preschool-both programs use vo lunteers and assistants.

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\ PROPOSED LANDUSE •Low Density Single Family Im Medium Density Apartment Development ll§fNeighbo r hood Conv:nience Centers ~ Community Commercial Areas !-~~:,Recreation and ?pen Space Passive Recreation CJ Limited Industrial Development ••••••• Collector Streets --• Arterial Streets ~

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SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATION S LAND USlt Redevelop tlw area east of Cleveland Railroad for medium-dPnsity apartments-.

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_DevCelopta small light industrial complex north and south of Amos en er. Sh opprng st Re ore the Linden Heights commercial district with a public market place. REZONING Phase out scattered commercial areas and develop convenience in existing commercial areas. Develop some medium density residential areas along Cleveland and Hudson Street at densities of fifteen dwelling units or less per acre. Expand the existing manufacturing district east of Cleveland Avenue from Dunbar Road to Elmore Avenue. Redevelop some commercial areas on Cleveland Avenue between Hudson Street and Oakland Park medium-density residential uses at fifteen dwelling units or less per acre. Rezone R-4 residential districts to R-3 residential. centers

SERVICES Develop additional waterlines or relief lines in eastern portion of study area as development occurs beyond capacity of existing lines. Renovate existing fire stations. RECREAT ION Create passive along I-71 and small Develop small parcels along Hudson areas. These would

recreation areas on a few undeveloped parcels areas remaining from the relocation of Cooke Road. parcels at Genessee and Cleveland Avenues and Street and Cleveland Avenue for passive recreation be under the jurisdiction of the City of Columbus.

FACILITIE S Construct a developmental learning center near Linden Park. Move the western boundary of the Linden Elementary School District east to Cleveland Avenue. Add multi-purpose rooms to Como and Northridge Elementary Schools. Add a library and instructional materials center and a lunchroom to Clinton Junior High. Remodel Medina and McGuffey Junior High Schools. Add vocational facilities to Brookhaven High School. Construct secondary school in vicinity of Cleveland Avenue and Innis Road. Install street lights around parks and schools and along collector and arterial streets. Rehabilitate the area between Aberdeen and Myrtle for use as a common market with an old world atmosphere to revitalize the original Linden Heights commercial area.

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