COMMEMORATIVE
SECTION
JUNE 2-5, 2011
COLUMBUS WELCOMES BACK AN OLD FRIEND
W
hen discussions about what to do with The Commons first began back in 2006, no one could guess the work, the endless conversations and the agonizing over details that were still to come. Since that time, initial surveys have been conducted, thousands of public requests
considered, millions of dollars budgeted, committees formed, money raised and meeting after meeting … after meeting … held in order to rebuild The Commons. The construction was expected to last nine months. In all, the time between initial discussion and grand opening spanned more than three-and-a-half years. Unveiled with the mayor’s State of the City address on April 19, The Commons remained a center of activity and celebration throughout the spring. Official grand opening festivities stretched across four days in early June, and community members arrived in droves. They had good reason to celebrate. And, from the looks of it, they did.