Memorial Day 2012

Today is Memorial Day, and there are memorials all over the city.

(More will be added later)

1) Linden Veterans War Memorial (State Route 3 & State Route 3- Cleveland Ave. & Westerville Rd.- right in the angled intersection)
2) “Bexley Will Ever Remember” (Camp Bushnell Marker- Broad St & Drexel Ave.)
3) Grandview Memorial Park (Northwest Boulevard & Oxley Road)
4) Arlington War Memorial (Olde Arlington Mallway- Arlington Avenue)
5) Veterans Park (Main Street- Groveport)
6) Dublin Veterans Memorial (North High Street - Dublin)
7) Northland H.S. Marching Band (1st Annual King-Lincoln Memorial Day Parade - May 26th along Mt. Vernon Ave. between Champion and Garfield)
8) WWI Soldier (The Ohio Statehouse)
9) Part of the Field of Heroes Display (Field of Heroes - Westerville Sports Complex - Cleveland Ave. & County Line Rd.)
10) Veterans Memorial (Roger A. Reynolds Municipal Park - Hilliard)

The Discovery District

Resting along Interstate 71 on the eastern part of Downtown Columbus, the Discovery District gets its name from the three colleges that reside in this portion of Downtown. The Columbus Museum of Art, the Topiary (Old Deaf School) Park, and the Main Branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Library also are in the Discovery District.

BOUNDARIES:
North- Interstate 670
East- Interstate 71
West- Fifth/Sixth Street
South- Interstate 70

1) The Discovery District- Literally, it’s a district for Discovery, the only thing missing now is COSI (they moved in 1999).
2) The Columbus Museum of Art (480 E. Broad St.- at the NW corner of Broad & Washington)
3) Topiary Park (Town St. & Washington Ave)- The Topiary Park is one of the hidden gems of Downtown Columbus.  Tucked behind the Main Library, it has one of the most exquisite public art pieces ever- “Sunday in the Park with George” in the form of shrubbery.
4) State Auto Building (E. Broad St & Washington Ave.)- The State Auto Building is lit up in Red, White, and Blue for the city’s Bicentennial.  But, that’s not when it’s usually lit up.  In the month of December, State Auto has “Christmas Corner” in its plaza, complete with the Nativity Scene.
5) Christopher Columbus Statue (Mallway at Columbus State Community College)- Columbus State Community College is one of the biggest community colleges in Ohio.  The statue is in the outdoor pedestrian mallway in the middle of the main campus.
6) The Kelton House (Town St., between Washington Ave. & Lester Drive)- Built in 1852, this house played a pivotal part in the Underground Railroad.  In 1976, this house became a museum.
7) The Main Branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Library (96 S. Grant Ave., Grant Ave. & E. State St.)- Built in 1907 and renovated in 1990, the Main Branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Library is the anchor of a 21-library system in Columbus, which won for “Library of the Year” in 2010.  There is a lot that your library does.  In 2007, they had a day-long celebration in honor of the Main Branch’s Centennial.
8) CCAD A-R-T Sculpture (E. Gay St. & Cleveland Ave.)- It definitely stands out in this art-based college.
9) The Shot Tower (Jack Gibbs Blvd.)- This is the Shot Tower at Fort Hayes, one-time Military Base.  In 1988, the Arts and Academic High School Opened, with the first class graduating in 1991.  In 2010, Arts Impact Middle School moved onto the campus.  WCBE, Columbus’s NPR affiliate (one of two) is located on the campus of Fort Hayes.  The street that the shot tower is on, Jack Gibbs Boulevard, is named after the late Jack Gibbs, who became the first African-American principal in the Columbus City School District in 1967, when he became the Principal at East High School (from 1967 to 1971).
10) The Columbus Performing Arts Center (549 Franklin Ave., Franklin Ave. & Washington Ave.)- Formerly the Davis Discovery Center (from 1990 to 2004), and before that Player’s Theatre (from 1923 to 1989), this building has two theatres, in which local performance troupes rent out.  The Davis Performing Arts programs performed here for 20 years, and for decades before that, the now-defunct Player’s Theatre.  What many people don’t know is that CPAC was actually TWO houses connected together by the hallway of the theatre.

Woodland Park

This is one of the several neighborhoods that makes up the bigger Near East Side, Woodland Park is not really off the beaten path, as it is on the north side of Broad Street opposite Franklin Park.

Boundaries:
(North)- Railroad Tracks (north of Maryland Ave.)
(East)- Railroad Tracks
(West)- Taylor Avenue
(South)- Broad Street

1) The NEW Woodland Park marker (Woodland Ave. & Broad St.)
2) Emerson Burkhart House (this house is where the local painter Emerson Burkhart lived)
3) Bell (at Asbury North United Methodist Church)- this bell was built in 1900, and sits outside of the Asbury North United Methodist Church on Clifton Avenue
4) “I Have a Dream”- Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the namesake of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Library (Long St. & Woodland Ave.)
5) Pilgrim School (Taylor Ave. & Emerald Ave.)- This school closed years ago, but was one of the neighborhood elementary schools in the Near East Side.
6) Eldon & Elsie Ward YMCA (Woodland Ave.)- One of the community assets for the community
7) East High School (Broad Street- between Taylor & Parkwood Ave.)- The oldest high school in Columbus (opened in 1898), the school moved to Broad Street in 1923, and has been there ever since (except for a three-year sabbatical when the school moved to the old North High School in Clintonville while East was undergoing a renovation)
8] Hawthorn Park- a residential mini-boulevard
9) Mansion Day School- a private school in a Mansion for kids in elementary-level grades
10) East High School Marching Band marching through the neighborhood on their way to Harley Field (named after East alum and Ohio State football great Chic Harley) for a Friday Night football game (a decades old tradition on the Near East Side)

Harrison West (Bicentennial Neighborhood Trip of the Week)

You may only associate the Short North with just High Street, but the Short North, like the Hilltop, Northland, Near East Side, Clintonville, the University District, and the South Side, is a group of smaller neighborhoods put together as one.  This is the gateway to the Short North from the west (think Grandview), and the western most neighborhood in the Short North, and is more laid back than High Street, Dennison Place (which overlaps with the University District), or the larger Victorian Village and Italian Village.

BOUNDARIES:
Northern Boundary- Fifth Avenue
Eastern Boundary- Neil Avenue
Western Boundary- Olentangy River/SR 315
Southern Boundary- First Avenue

1) Old Harrison West Sign (5th Avenue)- This is what the “Welcome” sign looked like before the Short North wanted a more “unified” welcome sign for this, Dennison Place, The Circles, Victorian Village, and Italian Village.
2) Old First Avenue School (Harrison Avenue & 1st Avenue)- Built in 1874, this former school is now office space.
3) Old Fourth Avenue School (Fourth Avenue & Michigan Avenue)- Another former school, this is now living space, I think.
4) Harrison Bed and Breakfast (Fifth Avenue & Harrison Avenue)- A bed and breakfast in the area
5) Side by Side Park (Third Avenue by the Olentangy River)- this little pocket park on the east side of the Olentangy River is the entrance to the neighborhood on Third Avenue, coming from Grandview/5th by Northwest.
6) Church on 3rd Avenue (Third Avenue & Oregon Avenue)- this church is celebrating it’s Centennial this year.  I kept going past it whenever I caught the # 3 bus past it, and wanted to include it in the photospread.
7) Church on 1st Avenue (First Avenue & Oregon Avenue)- I don’t know what I did with my camera to distort the quality of the photo, but is it artistic enough?
8] Gazebo at Harrison Park (First Avenue)- This little park is where First Avenue deadends, along the Olentangy River
9) New Homes in Harrison West
10) The New Uniformed Welcome Sign (like the ones in Victorian Village, Italian Village, The Circles, and Dennison Place)- see # 1

Fifth by Northwest

What is 5th by Northwest?  The name refers to the intersection of 5th Avenue and Northwest Boulevard in the Grandview area.  However, the name is the unofficial name of the part of Grandview that is actually part of the city of Columbus.  About 60 percent of all of the businesses associated with Grandview (to name a few…Brazenhead, Matt the Miller, Vino Vino, Z Cucina, Red Door Tavern, Jimmy V’s, Byrne’s Pub, Woodland’s Tavern, Third and Hollywood, DK Diner, and yes- the Grandview Cafe) are actually in this neighborhood.  The neighborhood is part of the Columbus City School district and feeds into schools on the northwest side of Columbus.

1) I don’t know where (or when) I found this, but I did…never to be seen again
2) St. Christopher Church on Grandview Avenue (between Third and Fifth)
3) Businesses on Grandview Avenue, just north of Third (except for Z Cucina, this development is fairly new, having been completed only two years ago, after a fire completely destroyed the former development in 2008)
4) The former Buckeye Hall of Fame Cafe (on Olentangy River Rd., near Fifth)- this was the famous Jai Lai restaurant (located there from 1955 to 1996) before it became the Buckeye Hall of Fame Cafe.  The Cafe was here from 1997 to 2010, when it moved to Grandview Yard as the Buckeye Hall of Fame Grill.  This was torn down and replaced with the Springhill Suites Hotel
5) Grandview Cafe (on Grandview Ave. & Third Avenue)- Yes, it’s in the Grandview area, but NOT in Grandview Heights
6) Businesses on Fifth Avenue (in the western part of the neighborhood)
7) Vorys Brothers (formerly on 3rd Ave. & Edgehill Rd.)- I took this picture about two weeks ago; Just a few days ago, construction crews demolished it to make way for the new Giant Eagle at Grandview Yard
8] Rife’s Market (on 5th Ave. & Grandview Ave.)
9) Apartments along 3rd Avenue
10) “K.A. Menendian Rugs” (5th Ave.)

Boundaries:
NORTH: Kinnear Road
EAST: State Route 315
WEST: City of Upper Arlington (north of 5th), Westwood Ave. (south of 5th)
SOUTH: City of Grandview Heights (which is the alley SOUTH of Third Avenue, in most instances)

Later this week, another neighborhood…

Networking Calendar for May 2012

“Networking is to better the business.”- Anonymous
“There are five jobs out there, how many of those are found through networking?”- The DJBC Happy Hour 2.0, “Show # 18”

Networking is very critical when it lands to finding the right job.  There are networking events all around.  From Chamber of Commerce Events, to Tradeshows, to Networking Groups, it is a networker’s responsibility to find out where these events are. 
 
($)- There is a Fee to Attend

Weekly Networking Events:
- 40 Plus (Mondays, Free for Members Only; Guests free for only TWO Mondays) (9AM, 40 Plus: 1100 King Ave.; Fifth by Northwest/Grandview; http://40plusoh.org) (COTA- Line 82- OSU/Grandview)
- Scioto Ridge Job Networking (1^st & 3^rd Wednesdays 6:30-9PM, Worthington Seventh Day Adventist Church: 385 E. Dublin-Granville Rd., Worthington; http://www.srjng.com) ($)
- Scioto Ridge Job Networking (2^nd & 4^th Wednesdays 6:30-9PM, Scioto Ridge United Methodist Church: 4343 Dublin Rd., Hilliard; http://www.srjng.com) ($)
- Columbus Young Professionals Club Coffee Talk Breakfast Series (1^st Tuesday of Every Month 7:30-9AM, This Month- Embassy Suites Airport- 2886 Airport Drive, Northeast Columbus; http://www.cypclub.com) (COTA- # 16 Long Street) ($)
- Columbus AMA Transition Group East (2^nd Thursday of Every Month 7-8PM, Bexley Public Library: 2411 E. Main St., Bexley; http://columbusama.org) (COTA- # 2 East Main Street) and (4^th Tuesday of Every Month 7-8PM, Improving Enterprises: 4449 Easton Way- Suite 100, Easton; http://columbusama.org) (COTA- # 95 Morse-Henderson)


May 1^st:
- Columbus Young Professionals Club Coffee Talk “How to Experience Columbus” (7:30-9AM; Experience Columbus: 277 W. Nationwide Blvd., Arena District; http://www.cypclub.com) (COTA- # 3 Northwest Blvd., # 18 Kenny Rd.-OSU) ($)

May 3^rd:
- Columbus Business First Small Business Expo (3:30-6:30PM; Grand Oaks Conference and Event Center: 1801 Gateway Circle, Grove City; http://www.columbusbusinessfirst.com)
- GETDOT Networking (5-7PM; Average Joe’s: 1515 Hilliard-Rome Rd., Hilliard; http://getdotnetworking.org) (COTA- # 5 West Fifth Avenue)
- Young Professionals of Worthington Cinco de Mayo Mixer (5:30-7PM; Cantina Laredo: 8791 Lyra Drive, Polaris; http://www.worthingtonchamber.org)
- Taste of Powell (6-9PM; Columbus Zoo and Aquarium: 4850 W. Powell Rd., Powell; http://powellchamber.com) ($)
- First Thursdays Columbus AMA Happy Hour (5:30-8PM; Woodland’s Tavern: 1200 W. 3^rd Ave., 5^th by Northwest; http://columbusama.org) (COTA- # 3 Northwest Blvd.)

May 4^th:
- Building Business Over Breakfast (7:30-9AM; Sunbury Town Hall: 51 E. Cherry St., Sunbury; http://www.sunburybigwalnutchamber.com)
- New Albany Young Professionals (5:30-7:30PM; Ella- Eat Local Love Art; 266 E. Main St., New Albany; http://www.newalbanychamber.com)

May 8^th:
- Delaware Chamber Event B.E.D. and Breakfast (7:30-9AM; Delaware Area Chamber of Commerce: 32 S. Sandusky St., Delaware; http://www.delawareohiochamber.com)
- Powell Chamber Business After Hours (5-7PM; HER Realty: 379 W. Olentangy St., Powell; http://powellchamber.com)
- Experience Columbus After Hours with the Columbus Chamber of Commerce (5:30-7:30PM; Huntington Park; http://www.columbus.org or http://www.experiencecolumbus.com) (COTA- # 3 Northwest Blvd., # 18 Kenny Rd.-O) ($)

May 9^th:
- Clintonville Chamber Coffee Hour (8:30-9:30AM; Panera Bread: 4519 N. High St., Clintonville; http://www.clintonvillechamber.com) (COTA- # 2 N. High St. or # 95 Morse-Henderson)
- Canal Winchester Monthly Networking Luncheon (11:30AM-1PM; Canal Winchester Senior Center: 22 S. Trine St., Canal Winchester; http://www.canalwinchester.com) ($)
- Network Columbus (6-8PM; Lifecare Alliance: 1699 W. Mound St., West Columbus; http://www.networkcolumbus.com) (COTA- # 3 W. Mound St.)

May 10^th:
- Worthington Chamber Business Before Hours (7:30-9AM; Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield: 6740 N. High St., Worthington; http://www.worthingtonchamber.org) (COTA- # 2 North High Street) ($- if NOT a Chamber Member)

May 11^th:
- Young Professionals of Worthington “Lunch Bunch” (11:30AM-1PM; CSC: 7420 Worthington-Galena Rd., Worthington; http://www.worthingtonchamber.org)

May 12^th:
- Synergy Business Expo with the Gahanna Area Chamber & Big Fish Networking (3:30-6:30PM; Jefferson Country Club: 7271 Jefferson Meadows Drive, Blacklick; http://www.gahannaareachamber.com or http://www.bigfishnetworking.com)
- GETDOT Networking (5-8PM; Pastimes Grill: 1215 Worthington Woods Drive; Worthington; http://getdotnetworking.org)

May 15^th:
- Powell Chamber Connection (8-9AM: College Nannies & Tutors: 349 W. Olentangy St., Powell; http://powellchamber.com)
- Taste of Dublin (5:30-8PM: Cassidy Turley Atrium II Building: 5455 Rings Rd., Dublin; http://www.dublinchamber.org) ($)

May 16^th:
- Gahanna Chamber Lunch & Learn (11:30AM-1PM; Location TBD, Gahanna; http://www.gahannaareachamber.com) ($)

May 17^th:
- New Albany Chamber Luncheon- “Creating a Mobile Marketing Strategy” (11:30AM-1PM; New Albany Links Golf Club: 7100 New Albany Links Dr., New Albany; http://www.newalbanychamber.com) ($)
- Dublin Chamber Lunch and Learn- “Improving Business Connections” (11:30AM-1PM; Dublin Chamber of Commerce: 129 S. High St., Dublin; http://www.dublinchamber.org) ($)
- Delaware Chamber Third Thursday (11:45AM-1PM; Council for Older Adults: 800 Cheshire Rd., Delaware; http://www.delawareohiochamber.com) ($)
- Upper Arlington Young Professionals Thirsty Thursdays (5:30-7:30PM; Schakolad Chocolate Factory: 3219 Tremont Rd., Upper Arlington; http://www.uachamber.org) (COTA- # 3 Northwest Blvd., # 19 Arlington-Grandview, or # 84 Arlington/OSU)
- Big Fish Networking Mixer (5:30-8:30PM; Mia Cucina Restaurant: 5525 New Albany Road West, New Albany; http://www.bigfishnetworking.com)

May 18^th:
- Breakfast with Columbus Business First (7-9AM; ECDI/The Small Business Beanstalk: 1655 Old Leonard Ave., Near East Side; http://www.columbusbusinessfirst.com) (COTA- # 9 Leonard-Brentnell & # 96 Fifth Avenue)

May 23^rd:
- Upper Arlington Chamber Afternoon Business Exchange
(Noon-1:30PM; Royal Ginger Asian Bistro: 1625 W. Lane Ave., Upper Arlington; http://www.uachamber.org) ($) (COTA- # 3 Northwest Blvd. or # 84 OSU/Arlington)
- Worthington Chamber Business After-Hours (5:30-7:30PM; Montgomery and Associates: 8008 N. High St., Suite 150, Worthington; http://www.worthingtonchamber.org) ($- if not a Chamber Member)

May 24^th:
- Gahanna Chamber Meet & Greet (7:30-9AM; C | Suites: 1000 Creekside Plaza, Gahanna; http://www.gahannaareachamber.com)
- Powell Chamber Lunch & Learn- “Technology and Marketing Today” (11:30AM-1PM; Liberty Township/Powell YMCA: 7700 Liberty Rd., Powell; http://powellchamber.com) ($)
- Southeast Franklin County/Canal Winchester Chamber of Commerce After-Hours (5-7:30PM; Baymont Inn & Suites by Rickenbacker: 2323 Rickenbacker Parkway West, South Columbus; http://www.chambersefc.com or http://www.canalwinchester.com)

May 25^th:
- Columbus AMA Java Talk (7:30-9AM; Panera Bread: 875 Bethel Rd., Northwest Columbus; http://columbusama.org) (COTA- # 95 Morse-Henderson)

Gahanna
(Founded 1849)

The “Herb Capital of the World”, Gahanna rests along the I-270 outerbelt, just a hop-skip away from both Port Columbus International Airport and the Easton Town Center.  The suburb is home to Tech Center Drive, which is an up and coming industrial corridor of businesses, and to the Creekside Development, which sparked a revitalization in the Olde Gahanna District in the last decade.

1) City of Gahanna - Established 1849
2) Gahanna Welcomes You
3) Gahanna Watertower (US-62 Johnstown Rd & Stygler Rd)
4) Creekside Plaza
5) Market at Rogers’ Corners (US-62 Johnstown Rd & Morse Rd)
6) Hoggy’s (Johnstown Rd./US-62 & Morse Rd)
7) Creekside Cafe (SR 317 & US 62- Granville St. & Mill St.)
8] Creekside Development (Mill St)
9) The “G” Arch (Granville St/US 62 over Big Walnut Creek, west of Mill St.)
10) Mifflin Presbyterian Church (Granville St.)

The DJBC Happy Hour: One Year Anniversary on WCRS, Part 1

Tonight on WCRS, the show celebrates the first year on WCRS-FM, Columbus’s community radio station.

Top 10 “Commercials (etc.) from the first 12 months:
10) “Night of 200 Columbus Stars” (from “Columbus: 1812-2012…”)
9) “Mall Wars” (from “Columbus: 1812-2012…”)
8] “I’m a YP” (from “Networking 101”)
7) “July 4th With the Captain”/”America: 235 Years”
6) “Clint Eastwood Bicentennial/Valentine’s Day Commercial” (from “Songs to Listen To on Valentine’s Day”)
5) “Ibiza”
4) “BC Credit Union”
3) “The Friday Night Massacre” (from “Columbus: 1812-2012…”)
2) “Taste of Dublin Soap”
and
1) “Blue Macaroni and Cheese”
(Next week- Top 10 sketches from the first 12 months)

Also, the DJBC hangs out with Peter Cottontail at the Gallery Hop, and the DJBC in trailers for a spoof of “The Fugitive” are among the highlights tonight…

New Albany, Ohio

Founded in 1837, it took about 160-odd years for people to notice the little village, which has grown to a big suburb in the last 15, 20 years.

1) Welcome to New Albany
2) The Eagle Villa Pizza
3) The Jeanne B. McCoy Center for the Arts (100 W. Dublin-Granville Rd., near the New Albany K-12 campus)
4) New Albany Village Hall
5) Eagle Stadium (home of the New Albany Eagles, the high school in New Albany)
6) State Route 161 Expressway (starts in Minerva Park, goes through New Albany faster than a speeding bullet, and eventually to Granville)
7) Wexner Community Park
8] The Ranney House
9) New Albany Mill
10) Temple Beth Shalom

(DJBC Happy Hour News: The One-Year Anniversary Show has been postponed to April 23 & 30; “Networking 101” re-aired last night.)

Merion Village

Heading south from Downtown Columbus is German Village, but to the south of the historic neighborhood is Merion Village, or what I call “German Village Light”.  Like Olde Towne East has Franklin Park, Old Oaks, and King-Lincoln to compliment it, and the Short North has Victorian Village and Italian Village in it, Merion Village is a good neighboring neighborhood to German Village.

BOUNDARIES:
NORTH BOUNDARY: Redbud Alley- alley between Thurman and Mithoff (west of Blackberry Alley), Whittier Street (east of Blackberry Alley), Greenlawn Avenue (west of High Street)
EAST BOUNDARY: Parsons Avenue
WEST BOUNDARY: Scioto River (west of High Street)
SOUTH BOUNDARY: Morrill Avenue

1) Merion Village Arch (at Mithoff & South High Streets)- King-Lincoln has a Gateway arch (Long St. & Jefferson Ave.), as does Olde Gahanna (US-62/Granville St. over Big Walnut Creek), and Olde Hilliard has three of them (on Main St./Avery Rd.), and the Short North has 17 colorfully lit arches (you’d better know the name of the street), but this is a colorful arch as the gateway to this south side neighborhood
2) Merion Village Garden Tour- This tour is held the second Sunday of July, and features gardens in the neighborhood, and classic cars are oft seen on the parade route
3) Barrett Middle School (Deshler Ave. & Bruck St.)- Until 1924, and from 2008 to 2010, South High School (Columbus South, for those of you outside of 270) was housed here.  Barrett Middle School closed in 2008 due to declining enrollment, and South moved in while their building was being renovated.
4) Gates-Fourth United Methodist Church (at you guessed it, Gates St. & S. 4th St.)
5) the Former Columbus Community Hospital (South High St. & Jenkins Ave.)- Urgent Care is there now
6) Southwood Elementary School (South Fourth St. & Southwood Ave.)
7) St. Leo’s Church (Hanford St. & Jaeger St.)- this was a former Catholic Parish in the Diocese which closed due to declining membership
8} Moeller Park (Hanford St. & Bruck St.)
9) Berliner Park (Greenlawn Ave.)- okay, it’s outside of Merion Village, but there are several fields; in fact, ALL of the North American Gay Amateur Athletic Alliance (NAGAAA) Gay Softball World Series tournament games took place at Berliner Park in the summer of 2010
10) Hungarian Village- Outskirts of Merion Village, or an extension of it? 

Happy Easter (2012)!

Upcoming Shows:
This Monday- Encore of the Six Month Anniversary Show (aired originally October 17)
April 16 & 23- One-Year Anniversary Show (Side A- April 16 and Side B- April 23)
May 7 & 14- “Songs from Our Bicentennial Year…1976” (Side A- May 7 and Side B- May 14)
May 21- Summer in Columbus Preview Side A (repeated again on May 28)

King-Lincoln District
Bicentennial Neighborhood Walking Tour: The King-Lincoln District

King-Lincoln District: Atcheson St. (North), 20th St. (East), I-71 (West), Broad St. (South)
Bronzeville Boundaries: I-670 (North), Taylor Ave. (East), Jefferson Ave. & I-71 (West), Broad St. (South)
School District: Columbus City

1) The King-Lincoln Arch (Long St. & Jefferson Ave.)
2) St. Dominic Catholic Church (20th St. & Atcheson St.)
3) Jeff Abraxas Mural- Men of Dance (?) (Long St. & N. Garfield Ave.)
4) Abandoned IGA: Carl L. Brown Foodliner (Mt. Vernon Ave. & N. Champion Ave.)
5) Second Baptist Church (17th St. & Long St.)- one of the city’s first African-American churches
6) Alpha Building (Long St. & 17th St.)- formerly the Alpha Medical Center, one of the first African-American hospitals in the city; currently houses Urban Spirit Book Shop
7) Urban Condos (Long St. & 21st St.)- A building was on this site from 1881 to 2010, and was razed in 2010 for this urban revitalization project, located at the North of Broad Community on 21st Street.
8] The Hotel St. Clair (St. Clair Ave. & Grove St.)- One of the African-American hotels of its time, the Hotel St. Clair is a landmark in the King-Lincoln District.
9) The Lincoln Theatre (Long St. & Garfield Ave.)- THE Most Important Landmark in the Neighborhood; Re-Opened in 2008 after a 35-year hiatus, this theatre is a catalyst for the jazz scene of this neighborhood’s rich musical history.
10) Welcome to the King-Lincoln District (Hamilton Ave. & Broad St)- The Welcome mat from the south along Hamilton Park.

Networking Calendar for April 2012

“Networking is to better the business.”- Anonymous
“There are five jobs out there, how many of those are found through networking?”- The DJBC Happy Hour 2.0, “Show # 18”

Networking is very critical when it lands to finding the right job.  There are networking events all around.  From Chamber of Commerce Events, to Tradeshows, to Networking Groups, it is a networker’s responsibility to find out where these events are. 
 
($)- There is a Fee to Attend

Weekly Networking Events:
- 40 Plus (Mondays, Free for Members Only; Guests free for only TWO Mondays) (9AM, 40 Plus: 1100 King Ave.; Fifth by Northwest/Grandview; http://40plusoh.org) (COTA- Line 82- OSU/Grandview)
- Scioto Ridge Job Networking (1^st & 3^rd Wednesdays 6:30-9PM, Worthington Seventh Day Adventist Church: 385 E. Dublin-Granville Rd., Worthington; http://www.srjng.com) ($)
- Scioto Ridge Job Networking (2^nd & 4^th Wednesdays 6:30-9PM, Scioto Ridge United Methodist Church: 4343 Dublin Rd., Hilliard; http://www.srjng.com) ($)
- Columbus Young Professionals Club Coffee Talk Breakfast Series (1^st Tuesday of Every Month 7:30-9AM, This Month- Embassy Suites Airport- 2886 Airport Drive, Northeast Columbus; http://www.cypclub.com) (COTA- # 16 Long Street) ($)
- Columbus AMA Transition Group East (2^nd Thursday of Every Month 7-8PM, Bexley Public Library: 2411 E. Main St., Bexley; http://columbusama.org) (COTA- # 2 East Main Street) and (4^th Tuesday of Every Month 7-8PM, Improving Enterprises: 4449 Easton Way- Suite 100, Easton; http://columbusama.org) (COTA- # 95 Morse-Henderson)


April 3^rd:
- Columbus Young Professionals Club Coffee Talk “Under 40” Success Stories (7:30-9AM; Embassy Suites Airport: 2886 Airport Drive, Northeast Columbus; http://www.cypclub.com) (COTA- # 16 Long Street) ($)
- Get Smart! Business Book Club (5:30-7PM; Peacock Lane Home: 615 High St., Worthington; http://www.worthingtonchamber.org) (COTA- # 2 North High Street)

April 4^th:
- New Albany Young Professionals (5:30-7:30PM; Ella- Eat Local Love Art; 266 E. Main St., New Albany; http://www.newalbanychamber.com)

April 5^th:
- First Thursdays Columbus AMA Happy Hour (5:30-8PM; Claddagh Irish Pub: 585 S. Front St., Brewery District; http://columbusama.org) (COTA- # 7 Whittier St. & # 16 S. High St.)

April 6^th:
- Building Business Over Breakfast (7:30-9AM; Sunbury Town Hall: 51 E. Cherry St., Sunbury; http://www.sunburybigwalnutchamber.com)

April 10^th:
- Delaware Chamber Event B.E.D. and Breakfast (7:30-9AM; Delaware Area Chamber of Commerce: 32 S. Sandusky St., Delaware; http://www.delawareohiochamber.com)
- Worthington Chamber Business Before Hours (7:30-9AM; Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield: 6740 N. High St., Worthington; http://www.worthingtonchamber.org) (COTA- # 2 North High Street) ($- if NOT a Chamber Member)
- Experience Columbus After Hours with the Columbus Young Professionals Club (5:30-7:30PM; Sequoia Pro Bowl: 5501 Sandalwood Place, Northland; http://www.cypclub.com or http://www.experiencecolumbus.com) (COTA- # 8 Hamilton Avenue) ($- if not a CYP or Experience Columbus member)
- Powell Chamber Business After Hours (5-7PM; Klatte Photography: 74 E. Olentangy St., Powell; http://powellchamber.com)

April 11^th:
- Clintonville Chamber Coffee Hour (8:30-9:30AM; Clintonville Chamber of Commerce: 4219 N. High St., Clintonville; http://www.clintonvillechamber.com) (COTA- # 2 N. High St.)
- Canal Winchester Monthly Networking Luncheon (11:30AM-1PM; Canal Winchester Senior Center: 22 S. Trine St., Canal Winchester; http://www.canalwinchester.com) ($)
- Network Columbus (6-8PM; The Wexner Center for the Arts: 1871 N. High St., OSU Campus; http://www.networkcolumbus.com) (COTA- # 2 North High St., # 18 OSU-Kenny Rd., or # 84 OSU-Arlington)

April 12^th:
- Synergy Business Expo with the Gahanna Area Chamber & Big Fish Networking (3:30-6:30PM; Jefferson Country Club: 7271 Jefferson Meadows Drive, Blacklick; http://www.gahannaareachamber.com or http://www.bigfishnetworking.com)
- GETDOT Networking (5-8PM; Pastimes Grill: 1333 Worthington Center Drive; Worthington; http://getdotnetworking.org)

April 13^th:
- Breakfast with Columbus Business First (7-9AM; Oakhurst Country Club: 3223 Norton Rd., Galloway; http://www.columbusbusinessfirst.com)
- Sunbury/Big Walnut Chamber Business Breakfast (7:30-9AM; Bent Tree Golf Club: 350 Bent Tree Rd., Sunbury; http://www.sunburybigwalnutchamber.com)
- Reynoldsburg Chamber Business Expo (5:30-7:30PM; Reynoldsburg Eagles: 1623 Brice Road, Reynoldsburg; http://www.reynoldsburgchamber.com) (COTA- # 1 Livingston & # 2 East Main)

April 17^th:
- Dublin Chamber Business After Hours (5:30-7PM; Schottenstein Homes- Jerome Village: 7920 Brock Rd., Plain City; http://www.dublinchamber.org)
- Pickerington Chamber After-Hours (4:30PM; The Old Bag of Nails: 797 Hill Road North, Pickerington; http://www.pickeringtonchamber.com)

April 18^th:
- April Business Growth Workshop: Topic TBA (11:30AM-1PM; Location TBA, Gahanna; http://www.gahannaareachamber.com) ($)
- Delaware Chamber After Hours (5-7PM; Willow Brook Christian Communities: 100 Delaware Crossing West, Delaware; http://www.delawareohiochamber.com)
- Big Fish Networking After Hours (5:30-7:30PM; Average Joe’s: 8433 Sancus Blvd., Polaris; http://www.bigfishnetworking.com)

April 19^th:
- Pickerington Chamber Luncheon (11AM-1PM; Siegel Auditorium- Mount Carmel East: 6001 E. Broad St., East Columbus; http://www.pickeringtonchamber.com) ($)
- New Albany Chamber Luncheon- “Creating a Mobile Marketing Strategy” (11:30AM-1PM; New Albany Links Golf Club: 7100 New Albany Links Dr., New Albany; http://www.newalbanychamber.com) ($)
- Delaware Chamber Third Thursday (11:45AM-1PM; Council for Older Adults: 800 Cheshire Rd., Delaware; http://www.delawareohiochamber.com) ($)

April 20^th:
- Columbus AMA Java Talk (7:30-9AM; Panera Bread: 875 Bethel Rd., Northwest Columbus; http://columbusama.org) (COTA- # 95 Morse-Henderson)
- Red, Whites, and Desserts (6-10PM; Bridgewater Conference Center: 10501 Sawmill Parkway, Powell; http://www.worthingtonchamber.org) ($)
- Taste of Westerville (7-10PM; The Lakes Country Club: 6740 Worthington Rd., Genoa Township; http://www.westervillechamber.com) ($)

April 24^th:
- Network Dublin! Speed Networking (7:30-9AM; Chick-fil-A: 6051 Sawmill Rd., Dublin; http://www.dublinchamber.org) ($)

April 25^th:
- Westerville YP Breakfast Roundtable Series, Part 3, with Janet Meeks, President and COO of Mount Carmel-Saint Ann’s Hospital (7:30-9AM; Mount Carmel-St. Ann’s Hospital: 500 S. Cleveland Ave., Westerville; http://www.westervillechamber.com) ($) (COTA- # 1 Cleveland Ave.)

April 26^th:
- New Albany Chamber Lunch & Learn, with Dr. Greg Prender (11:30AM-12:30PM; New Albany Chamber of Commerce: 55 W. Main St., New Albany; http://www.newalbanychamber.com) ($)
- Sunbury/Big Walnut Chamber Community Expo (5-8PM; Big Walnut High School: 555 South Old 3C Highway, Sunbury; http://www.sunburybigwalnutchamber.com)

April 29^th:
- Short North Gala (6-10PM; Greek Orthodox Cathedral; 555 N. High St., Short North; http://www.shortnorth.org)
- Powell Chamber Annual Meeting/State of the City (11AM-1PM; Brookshire: 405 Greif Parkway, Powell; http://www.powellchamber.com) ($)
- Westerville Chamber Business After-Hours (5:30-7:30PM; Chocolaterie Stam: 660 N. State St., Westerville) ($- if not a Chamber Member)

Looking Ahead to the Next Month:
- AMA Thirsty Thursdays (May 3 at Location TBD)
- Columbus Business First Small Business Expo (May 3 at the Grand Oaks Event Center in Grove City)
- Network Columbus (May 9 at Location TBD)
- Breakfast with Columbus Business First (May 18 at EDCI on the Near East Side)

NCAA Women’s March Madness Bracket

Tomorrow, the Division I NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament begins tomorrow, and once again, The DJBC Happy Hour filled out and completed a bracket, like with the mens’ tournament, which is still underway.