Buttles Gateway Update
The Buttles Gateway project – which involves the installation of nine decorative tree guards and eighteen free-standing planters along Buttles Avenue – is moving forward this spring, with completion scheduled for the end of August. Buttles Avenue will be temporarily reduced to one lane between Wall and High during installation. A maintenance agreement between the SNSID and the city of Columbus has been finalized, and a contract for fabrication and installation of the planters is currently out for bid. The contract will be awarded in May. The $85,000 fabrication and installation costs are being covered by a grant acquired by the SNSID from the Urban Infrastructure Recovery Fund. Once complete, the uniquely designed planter stands will contain baskets with flowers, creating an inviting entrance to the District through Buttles Avenue.
New Goodale Park Entrance
The new landscaped entrance at the southeast entrance to Goodale Park (the corner of Park and Goodale streets) is complete and ready for the arrival of spring. Stans Sells of Friends of Goodale Park worked closely with architect on designing new entryway, to ensure the stone faced columns that were consistent with the park's original columns. The new entrance "certainly makes a much more inviting entrance to the park, and complements the Goodale gates," said Sells.The project was budgeted at $165,000. The entry will includes concrete pavers, stone columns, bike racks, wrought iron fencing, trash receptacles and a wrought iron arch. A number of representatives from the district were involved guiding the project, including Friends of Goodale Park, Victorian Village Society, Victorian Village Commission, Short North Business Association, Short North Improvement District, Italian Village Society, Italian Village Commission, Community Building Partners, and Columbus Recreation and Parks.
The new landscaped entrance at the southeast entrance to Goodale Park (the corner of Park and Goodale streets) is complete and ready for the arrival of spring. Stans Sells of Friends of Goodale Park worked closely with architect on designing new entryway, to ensure the stone faced columns that were consistent with the park's original columns. The new entrance "certainly makes a much more inviting entrance to the park, and complements the Goodale gates," said Sells.The project was budgeted at $165,000. The entry will includes concrete pavers, stone columns, bike racks, wrought iron fencing, trash receptacles and a wrought iron arch. A number of representatives from the district were involved guiding the project, including Friends of Goodale Park, Victorian Village Society, Victorian Village Commission, Short North Business Association, Short North Improvement District, Italian Village Society, Italian Village Commission, Community Building Partners, and Columbus Recreation and Parks.
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