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10 Community Calendar

Let us help you Open the Door to your New Home!

12 faces A World of Art

Artist follows career from China to Dublin

16 in focus Giving on the Green

Athletics-focused charitable foundation joins hospital as Memorial Tournament beneficiary

20 How a Bullfrog Becomes Law

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Social studies teacher leads students to legislative success

23 2022 State of the City

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28 Walk This Way

Link stokes lively, walkable community

30 good ideas Next to Bat

Cricket sees rising popularity in Dublin

32 ARTifacts The Boat in the Field

New public artwork comes to M.L. “Red” Trabue Nature Reserve next year

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34 student spotlight Chalk It Up To Charity

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36 dublin dishes Homegrown Recipes

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38 living Convenient Kitchen

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42 luxury living real estate guide 43 top homes sold in dublin

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A A MESSAGE MESSAGE FROM FROM CITY CITY MANAGER MANAGER DANA DANA MCDANIEL MCDANIEL The state of our City is excellent. Each The state ofspirit our City is excellent. Each year, in the of transparency and year, in the spirit of transparency and accountability, we produce an annual accountability, we produce an annual report, which includes the City’s report, which the City’s revenues and includes expenditures.

These revenues and expenditures.

TheseLife, numbers are published in Dublin numbers are published in Dublin Life, which is distributed to every which is distributed to every household in Dublin. This year’s household in Dublin.

This financial report, as you willyear’s see in the financial report, as you see coming pages, tells ourwill story ofin the coming pages, tells our story of strength and resilience. strength and resilience.

Despite the challenges presented by Despite the challenges the extended COVID-19presented pandemic,bythe the extended COVID-19 the City’s finances are strong,pandemic, and our economic outlook remains City’s finances are strong, and our economic outlook bright. Much of Dublin’s continued fiscal strength canremains be bright.

Much of Dublin’s continued fiscal strength canCity’s be tax attributed to the resiliency and diversification of the attributed to the resiliency and diversification of the City’s tax base. base.

In 2021, the City’s income tax revenues increased 9.6%, In 2021, the$100 City’smillion income surpassing fortax therevenues first timeincreased in history9.6%, and surpassing $100 million for the first time in history ending the year at $101.1 million. While this historicand ending the year at $101.1 million. While historic achievement is worthy of celebration, wethis expect income tax achievement is worthy of celebration, we expect revenues to fluctuate and possibly decline in 2022income as the tax revenues to fluctuate and possibly decline in 2022 economy adjusts to the expansion of remote work.as Asthe more economy adjusts to the expansion of remote work. more Dublin businesses implement remote work policies,As the Dublin businesses implement remote work policies, the number of employees contributing to the City’s income tax number ofisemployees contributing to the income tax revenues projected to decrease. The CityCity’s has long revenues is projected to decrease.

The City has long recognized that the future of work is changing, and we are recognized with that our the future of work is changing, andthese we are partnering businesses to fully understand partnering with our businesses to fully understand these implications and adapt our workforce strategies. Through implications our workforce strategies. collaborationand andadapt innovation, we will continue toThrough make collaboration and innovation, we will continue make Dublin a global city of choice for employers andtotheir Dublin a global city of choice for employers and their employees. employees.

Although some companies are shifting to remote or hybrid Although some companies are shiftingcontinue to remote hybrid work environments, many businesses to or invest in work environments, many businesses continue to invest in high-quality spaces in Dublin with access to amenities that high-quality spaces in Dublin with access to amenities that provide added benefits to their employees. In 2021, the City provide benefits to their employees.

In 2021,with the Ease City executedadded five economic development agreements executed five economic development agreements with Ease Logistics, CollisionRight LLC, Andelyn Biosciences, Vargo and Logistics, CollisionRight Andelyn and Nurx, adding to the city’sLLC, highly skilledBiosciences, workforce. Vargo Quantum Nurx, adding to the city’s highly skilled workforce.

Quantum Health continues to outpace job growth expectations and has Health toitself outpace jobof growth expectations and has quicklycontinues established as one our top employers. The quickly established itself as one of our top employers.

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Outpatient Care Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Outpatient Care

Dublin facility neared its final stages of construction, with Dublin facility neared itsfacility final stages construction, with the 72,000-square-foot set to of open in the second the 72,000-square-foot facility set to open in the second half of 2022. Mount Carmel Health System announced half offor 2022.

Mount Carmel Health Systemhospital announced plans a 190,000-square-foot in-patient near the plans for a 190,000-square-foot in-patient hospital near the Sawmill Road corridor, which will see significant public Sawmill Road corridor, which will see significant public improvements as part of the development. We broke improvements part ofathe development. broke ground on The as Corners, 13-acre mixed-useWe development ground on The Corners, a 13-acre mixed-use development project that will include restaurants, retail, offices and projectpark thatspace. will include restaurants, retail, officescontinues and public And the Bridge Street District public park space.

And the Bridge Street District continues to be one of the most sought-after business destinations in to be one of with the most business destinations in the country, $425sought-after million in private investments, $100 the country, with $425 million in private investments, $100 million in future investments, and $61 million in food and million in future million in food and beverage sales ininvestments, 2021. Bridgeand Park$61 is also a premier beverage sales in 2021.

Bridge Park is also a premier housing option with a 98% residential occupancy rate. housing option with a 98% residential occupancy rate.

2021 saw the launch of The Beta District. Dublin and its 2021 saw Marysville, the launchUnion of TheCounty, Beta District.

Dublin and its partners, the Marysville-Union partners, Marysville, Union County, the Marysville-Union County Port Authority, the Ohio Department of County Port Authority, the Ohioand Department of Transportation and DriveOhio, The Transportation Transportation and DriveOhio, and The Transportation Research Center Inc., have created a tech-ready region Research Center Inc., have createdand a tech-ready region where four-season infrastructure policies are in place where four-season infrastructure and policies are in other place for beta testing automated vehicle technology and for beta testing automated vehicle technology and other smart mobility systems. More than $100 million in public smart mobility systems. $100inmillion in public and private dollars have More been than invested The Beta District and private dollars have been invested in The Beta District to launch connected infrastructure projects and attract to launch connected infrastructure projects and attract innovators from around the world. innovators from around the world.

The City also continued to provide world-class services to The City also continued to provide services to residents.

Workforce shortages andworld-class lingering COVID-19 residents.

Workforce shortages and lingering COVID-19 effects presented unique challenges, but our dedicated effects presented unique challenges, our dedicated employees remained steadfast in theirbut commitment to employees remained steadfast in their commitment serving this great community. The Dublin Connector,to our serving this great community.

Thefor Dublin Connector, complimentary rideshare service seniors, residentsour with complimentary rideshare service seniors,provided residentsmore with disabilities and people who work for in Dublin, disabilities and people who work in Dublin, provided more than 7,700 rides. Our food composting program expanded than 7,700pumpkin rides. Ourdisposal, food composting programaexpanded to include and we launched new to include pumpkin disposal, and we launched a new Designated Outdoor Refreshment Area to support Designated Outdoor Refreshment to support businesses with enhanced outdoorArea experiences in businesses with enhanced outdoor experiences in Downtown Dublin.

Downtown Dublin.

The Dublin Community Recreation Center provided more The Community Recreation provided more thanDublin 1,700 programs and had moreCenter than 223,000 visits.

The than 1,700 programs and had more than 223,000 visits.

The newly renovated Dublin Community Pool North saw great newly renovated Dublin Community Pool North saw great success in its inaugural year. Dubliners demonstrated their success in its inaugural demonstrated their love of pickleball at the year.

City’sDubliners first dedicated courts, and love of pickleball at the City’s first dedicated courts, and

Riverside Crossing Park opened, marking Dublin’s 64th park.

Riverside opened, marking Dublin’swith 64thapark.

The AbbeyCrossing TheaterPark emerged from the pandemic fresh The Abbey Theater emerged from the pandemic with a fresh new brand, 17 productions and 5,102 tickets sold. new brand, 17 productions and 5,102 tickets sold.

Perhaps most significantly, the Dublin community came Perhaps most significantly, community came together in new, importantthe andDublin inspiring ways. Despite together in new, important and inspiring ways.

Despite scaled-down in-person programming, the City’s Outreach & scaled-down in-person programming, City’s Outreach & Engagement division saw a continued the outpouring of Engagement division saw a continued outpouring of kindness, care and active involvement. Among new kindness, care and active new noteworthy programs wasinvolvement. the launch ofAmong the Teen Buddy noteworthy programs was the launch of the Teen Buddy initiative, a one-on-one matching volunteer program of teens initiative, a one-on-one matching volunteer program of teens and senior citizens. Thirty-four residents’ lives were enriched and senior citizens.

Thirty-four residents’ lives were enriched through these matches, and the effort has already doubled to through these matches,in and the2022. effortForever has already doubled more than 60 residents early Dublin kept itsto more than 60 residents in early 2022.

Forever Dublin focus on aging in place, offering one-on-one serviceskept for its focus on aging in place, offering one-on-one services for older adults including smart home tech, transportation older adults including smart home tech, transportation solutions and home care referrals. solutions and home care referrals.

The City also continued ongoing efforts to connect and The City also continued ongoing efforts connect andand convene nearly 20 area nonprofits, faith to organizations convene nearly 20 area nonprofits, faith organizations schools during the ongoing pandemic, and we hosted and all of schools duringevents, the ongoing pandemic, and weformats. hosted We all of our signature albeit some in modified our signature events, albeit some in modified formats.

We stayed focused on having fun, despite the challenges of stayed focused on having thefirst-ever challenges of gathering.

St. Patrick’s Dayfun, sawdespite the City’s “reverse gathering.

St. Patrick’s Day saw the City’s first-ever “reverse parade,” in which attendees drove through the parade lineup parade,”of in the which attendees drove through instead traditional setup.

The Dublin the Irishparade Festivallineup instead of the traditional setup.

The Dublin Irish Festival presented “Dublin Irish Days,” a five-day festival experience presented “Dublin Irish Days, ” a five-day festival experience spread out across various venues in Coffman Park and spread out across in Coffman and Downtown Dublinvarious to limitvenues crowd sizes duringPark the ongoing Downtown Dublin to limit crowd sizes during the ongoing pandemic. And The 2021 Memorial Tournament presented by pandemic. And 2021 Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide wasThe safely held at the newly redesigned Muirfield Nationwide was safely held at the newly redesigned Muirfield Village Golf Club, bringing golf professionals and fans from all Village Club, bringing golf professionals and fans from all over theGolf world. over the world.

Dozens of residents connected with the City through Dozens of residents City through community inclusionconnected initiatives.with The the Community Task Force community inclusion initiatives.

The Community and Chief’s Advisory Committee, formed in 2020,Task haveForce served and Chief’s Advisory Committee, formed in 2020, havecombat served as advisors to the City on social justice issues, helping as advisors to the City on social justice issues, helping combat bias, inequity and racism, as well as promote opportunities for bias, inequity and as well promote opportunities understanding andracism, inclusion.

TheasCommunity Task Force for understanding and inclusion.

The Community Task Force developed a proposed Diversity, Equity and Inclusion developed a proposed Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Framework and presented its findings to City Council. Among Framework and presented findings to City Council.

Among the recommendations was its a Non-Discrimination Ordinance, the recommendations was a Non-Discrimination Ordinance, which Council passed unanimously in November. The Chief’s which Council passedcontributed unanimously November.

Chief’s Advisory Committee to in the proposedThe framework Advisory Committee contributed to the proposed framework

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Back Row: Vice Mayor Cathy De Rosa (Ward 4), Mayor Jane Fox Back ViceReiner Mayor (Ward Cathy 3), De Amy RosaKramb (Ward 4), Mayor Jane Fox (WardRow: 2), John (Ward 1). Front (Ward 2), John Alutto Reiner (At-Large), (Ward 3), Amy 1). Front Row: Christina AndyKramb Keeler(Ward (At-Large), Chris Row: Christina Alutto (At-Large), Andy Keeler (At-Large), Chris Amorose Groomes (At-Large).

Amorose Groomes (At-Large). and also worked directly with the Dublin Police and also worked directlyvalued with the Dublin Police Department to provide advice, perspective, Department to provide valued advice, perspective, recommendations and feedback on significant recommendations and feedback on significant community-police relations issues. community-police relations issues.

Through it all, safety has remained our top priority. From Through crime it all, safety has remained our priority.

From ongoing prevention programs totop mental health ongoing crime preventiontoprograms to mental health awareness conversations the ongoing promotion of awareness conversations to the ongoing promotion health-related protocols and information, your City of health-related protocols and information, City continued to create a safe, welcoming andyour vibrant continued to create a safe, welcoming environment for all people who live in,and workvibrant in and visit environment forforward all people live with in, work andDublin visit Dublin.

We look to who working you,inthe Dublin. We look forwarda to working with you,best theinDublin community, to provide model democracy, class community, provide a model democracy, in class services and to a robust local economy in 2022 best and beyond. services and a robust local economy in 2022 and beyond.

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APRIL 1 Sales Connection Breakfast Series: Scaling up with Jim Wasserstrom 7:30-9 a.m.

Dublin Chamber of Commerce, 129 S. High St. www.dublinchamber.org

APRIL 22 Laugh & Luck Reversal Raffle 6-9:30 p.m.

Nationwide Hotel & Conference Center, 100 Green Meadows Dr. S., Lewis Center www.dublinchamber.org

APRIL 3 French Macaron Baking Class Noon-3 p.m.

Our CupCakery, 54 S. High St. www.ourcupcakery.com

APRIL 26-JUNE 2 Collage: The Art of Recycling 1-4 p.m.

Dublin Arts Council, 7125 Riverside Dr. www.dublinarts.org

APRIL 6-9 Dublin Coffman Theatre presents Oklahoma!

Dublin Coffman High School, 6780 Coffman Rd. asnrules.wixsite.com/ dublincoffmantheatre APRIL 9 Dublin Kiwanis Egg Hunt and Pancake Breakfast 9 a.m.

Coffman Park Pavilion, 5200 Emerald Pkwy. www.dublin-oh.kiwanisone.org APRIL 9 Geocoin Release Party 1-4 p.m.

Dublin Arts Council, 7125 Riverside Dr. www.dublinarts.org APRIL 12 Work in Dublin Job and Internship Fair 11:30 a.m.-5 p.m.

Dublin Scioto High School, 4000 Hard Rd. www.dublinchamber.org APRIL 12, MAY 17 Dublin Off the Clock 5-6:30 p.m.

Riverside Bank of Dublin, 555 Metro Pl. N., Ste. 200 www.dublinchamber.org

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APRIL 27-29 Dublin Jerome Theatre presents The Frogs: A Modern Adaptation 7 p.m.

Dublin Jerome Center for the Performing Arts, 8300 Hyland-Croy Rd. www.dublinschools.net APRIL 28-MAY 7 Evolution Theatre Company presents The Musical of Musicals, The Musical Abbey Theater of Dublin, 5600 Post Rd. www.dublinohiousa.gov/abbey-theater APRIL 29-MAY 1 Dublin Scioto Theatre presents Legally Blonde: The Musical Dublin Scioto High School, 4000 Hard Rd. www.dublinsciototheatre.org APRIL 30 PanCAN PurpleStride 9 a.m.

Coffman Park, 5200 Emerald Pkwy. www.pancan.org APRIL 30 Prescription Drug Take Back 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

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Fletcher Coffman Homestead, 5600 Emerald Pkwy. www.dublinohiohistory.org MAY 4 Leadercast – The One Thing 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Brick House Blue Headquarters, 6605 Longshore St., Ste. 240 www.dublinchamber.org MAY 7-SEPT. 25 The Dublin Market Saturdays, 9 a.m.-noon Bridge Park, 6504 Riverside Dr. www.bridgepark.com MAY 7-8 OMS Lacrosse Tournament Dublin Scioto High School, 4000 Hard Rd., and Emerald Fields, 4040 Wyandotte Woods Blvd. www.sciotolacrosse.com MAY 7 Community Service Day 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

Dublin Community Recreation Center, 5600 Post Rd. www.dublinchamber.org MAY 18 Women in Business Luncheon 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

The Club at Tartan Fields, 8070 Tartan Fields Dr. www.dublinchamber.org MAY 19 2FGR Run for Down Syndrome 7 p.m.

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MAY 30 Dublin City Schools Graduations The Schottenstein Center, 555 Borror Dr., Columbus Dublin Jerome – 1:30 p.m.

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MAY 30 Memorial Day Ceremony 11 a.m.

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Relocation is a requirement for a lot of jobs. It can be from one side of the city to another, from one state to another or even across the country. For Leo Hong Mao, his relocation took him from Chengdu, China all the way to Dublin.

China to America Mao says he began painting at age 7, striving to capture images of life and

the natural world in his work. After receiving recognition and encouragement from family friends, he went to college and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in China. He went on to teach art to college students.

In 1999, Mao was invited to the United States as a visiting artist with Wright State University in Dayton, and he chose to stay. The works he displayed throughout the Dayton area depicted Chinese culture, specifically the Chinese Cultural Revolution, where

many citi-zens were forced to perform labor in the fields. Mao’s work captures much of the emotions he experienced during that time.

He says that, consistent with his sentiments toward the Revolution, the colors of the paintings are dark and convey sadness and melancholy, which not everyone in the United States appreciated.

From there, he began to explore impressionist art, where color is manipulated to illustrate the effects of light, to develop his own style incorporating brighter colors

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Combining elements from these two impressionist artists, Mao developed his own approach to create vast and color rich landscapes. The new style was effective, leading to increased appre-ciation for Mao’s works locally. Now, he was selling in Dayton.

while still conveying realistic depictions of everyday life.

Following his relocation to the U.S., Mao traveled from museum to museum, gaining inspiration for a style that would sell in the American market. He was particularly interested in the works of Monet and Van Gogh.

“Monet uses beautiful colors, and Van Gogh has a very strong brush stroke,” Mao says. “My paintings have Monet’s colors and Van Gogh’s style.”

Dayton to Dublin After making a name for himself in Dayton with exhibitions throughout the city, Mao’s wife was offered a job to work at The Ohio State University and the couple made the move from Dayton to Dublin in 2012.

The relocation only enhanced Mao’s paintings of beauty in the real world. He began painting the Discovery Bridge and Scioto River, the Dublin Link, cornfields and more.

Mao worked with the Dublin Arts Council for the Painterly Perspectives exhibit and sells landscape paintings,

which depict both Dublin and Columbus, at the Dublin Market at Bridge Park every Saturday morning from 9 a.m.noon. His paintings were recently on display in the first-floor gallery at OSU’s James Cancer Hospital.

Collected and sold throughout the world, his paintings can be found in Canada, England, France, Switzerland and Japan.

After moving across continents, Mao says he feels fortunate to live in a city where he not only feels safe, but where there is a vast appreciation for art.

Artistic Inspiration What distinguishes Mao’s paintings is the life they depict. He strives to capture the intangible parts of the human experience: love, laughter, spirit and life itself.

Consistent with the impressionist style, Mao captures the real world we live in. Through his use of color and brush strokes, the paintings emanate life. The trees seem as though they should sway with the wind.

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“When nature is happy, the color is very rich,” he says. “When it is sad, the color is very dim. I face it with my heart and soul, and I can feel the real charm of art.”

Mao most enjoys painting set-tings of natural beauty. He has traveled to national parks and seaside cities across the country to recreate their breathtaking landscapes.

Outside of city landscapes, Mao paints flowers, the changing of the seasons, animals and more. He views every painting as a chance to speak for nature and considers every color and brushstroke an addition to the life and soul of the painting.

“Nature is alive, it has many beautiful aspects,” he says. “It has its own life and soul. It took me 30 years to see it and I want to paint the most beautiful side of it for people to appreciate.”

He hopes that through his paintings, people can view the world through an artistic lens.

“I want people to feel that they can walk into the canvas to feel the beauty, soul and power of nature,” he says.

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Giving on the Green

Athletics-focused charitable foundation joins hospital as Memorial Tournament beneficiary

Thanks to a partnership with a brand-new beneficiary, the 2022 Memorial Tournament’s charitable arm will be bringing food, athletics and educational opportunities to local children in need.

The tournament, which takes place May 30-June 5 at the Muirfield Village Golf Club, will now make charitable contributions to Eat. Learn. Play., a foundation established in 2019 by NBA star Stephen Curry and his entrepreneur/ author wife, Ayesha.

Since its inception in 1976, the Memorial Tournament has designated Nationwide Children’s Hospital as its charitable beneficiary, raising over $25 million for the hospital in that time.

Nationwide Children’s will continue to benefit in 2022 and beyond, but the tournament will now direct additional charitable proceeds to Eat. Learn. Play.

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The proceeds going to Eat. Learn.

Play. are in addition to the tournament’s previous charitable giving. Nationwide Children’s will not receive any less money than it has in years past.

The additional beneficiary comes thanks to an agreement with a new presenting sponsor, finance and human resources enterprise software company Workday. That partnership will last for 10 years. Nationwide had previously served as presenting sponsor since 2011.

Workday has had a relationship with Eat. Learn. Play. since its formation, so it only made sense for the company to make the foundation part of its involvement in the tournament. “(Workday has) also integrated Eat. Learn. Play. into their participation in PGA Tour events and at conferences they sponsor throughout the country,” says the foundation’s CEO and President Chris Helfrich. “And their great team of employees are regular volunteers at Eat. Learn. Play. events in the community.”

As its name suggests, Eat. Learn. Play. focuses its efforts for children on three specific areas: • Providing meals to combat food insecurity • Promoting reading to close literacy gaps • Improving access to and understanding of sports, offering opportunities for exercise and recreation “We believe that physical activity, including participation in youth sports and having access to safe places to play and be active, is a critical part of childhood development and offers numerous physical, mental, social-emotional and academic benefits to young people,” Helfrich says.

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have these conversations with those who need to hear it.”

Though the foundation’s current efforts largely center on Oakland – where Stephen Curry’s team, the Golden State Warriors, plays – it will be bringing its programming to underserved areas of greater Columbus thanks to its partnership with the tournament and Nationwide Children’s. Helfrich expects programs will be able to reach thousands of children and families in the first year alone.

“That we can team up to work with Nationwide Children’s Hospital to work on food security, literacy and play equity issues in Columbus is something we’re very excited about,” Helfrich says.

The foundation will be present at the tournament to entertain and educate attendees on Eat. Learn. Play. and its mission.

The Memorial Tournament connected with Workday when the company put its name on two back-to-back golf tournaments at Muirfield Village Golf Club in 2020. Though based in San Francisco, Workday has a significant presence in central Ohio thanks to some big clients in the area, so its leadership was familiar with the tournament.

Aneel Bhusri, co-founder and co-CEO of Workday, has expressed admiration of the tournament for its support of Nationwide Children’s and important community causes. He says those commitments mirror Workday’s work with charitable causes and community improvement. The Memorial Tournament offered an opportunity for Workday to do even more.

“It was a very natural conversation,” says tournament Executive Director Dan Sullivan. “They see a lot of benefit in investing in the game of golf via the Memorial Tournament.”

A Return to Form While the involvement of Workday and Eat. Learn. Play. is new for this year’s tournament, many of the headlines of the 2022 tournament are about what’s not new.

In response to COVID-19, organizers had to pare back or eliminate many components of what people most associate with the Memorial Tournament. And this year, those components are back – all of them.

“Every event that we had to postpone because of the inability to bring people together will be back, big and small, and we’re pretty excited about it,” Sullivan says.

Among the signature tournament events that will be fully restored in 2022 are: The Legends Luncheon, an event featuring top sports names including tournament founder Jack Nicklaus and his wife, Barbara. The luncheon, which benefits Nationwide Children’s, includes www.dublinlifemagazine.com

the presentation of the Nicklaus Youth Spirit Award to an inspiring Nationwide Children’s patient or family. After going virtual in 2020 and 2021, the Legends Luncheon will take place in person at the Archie M. Griffin Grand Ballroom at the Ohio Union on April 13, with golf legend Ben Crenshaw as a special guest.

The Benefit Concert returns with country star Eric Church (“Drink in my Hand,” “Record Year”) performing at KEMBA Live (formerly Express Live). Past headliners have included Ben Folds, Sheryl Crow and Kenny Chesney. Proceeds benefit the Memorial Tournament Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Nationwide Children’s. There was no concert in 2020 or 2021.

The Fore! Miler, a tournament week four-mile road race. The race was canceled in 2020 and scaled back in 2021, but it will be back in full force on May 26.

Fore!Fest, a two-day music festival and street party at Bridge Park. This relatively

Tournament Fan Events Fore! Miler: May 26 Family Night: May 31 at Safari Golf Club Salute to Service Day: June 1 Workday Golden Bear Pro-Am: June 1 Golden Cubs Program: June 1 Memorial Honoree Ceremony: June 1 Patron Appreciation Party: June 1 Fore!Fest: June 4-5 Trophy Presentation: June 5

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new event had to be canceled in 2020 and 2021, but it’s coming back June 4 and 5 this year.

“The things we do, the events that we host for Nationwide Children’s, are extremely special,” Sullivan says.

Beyond the big events, a lot of the creature comforts of tournaments past will return as well, Sullivan says. There were no bleachers for tournament week the past two years, but they’ll be back this year. Tournament venues such as the Golden Bear Club and Champions

Pavilion will be open and at full capacity.

The party recognizing tournament volunteers will be on the Friday night of tournament week, as it had been for many years up until 2020.

Tournament organizers are in the business of bringing people together, Sullivan says, so the opportunity to do so again in 2022 is welcome.

Garth Bishop is a contributing writer at CityScene Media Group. Feedback welcome at feedback@cityscenemediagroup.com.

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How a Bullfrog Becomes Law

Social studies teacher leads students to legislative success

By Cameron Carr Photos courtesy of Shawn Kaeser

“I know so much about the bullfrog,” says Shawn Kaeser. “If I were tough enough to get a tattoo, it would be a bullfrog.”

The Willard Grizzell Middle School social studies teacher’s fixation with the amphibian may seem odd, but it dates back two decades to an in-class example during a lesson on legislation. That eventually led to success at the statehouse and a bullfrog license plate – but it wasn’t without significant effort.

In 2002, Kaeser’s students pointed out Ohio’s lack of a state amphibian. Soon, the class had hatched a plan to fill that void.

“I thought, … ‘I need to get children to understand the legislative process,’ but generally if I just put slides up it’s not engaging at all,” Kaeser says. “It was kind of a safe way to approach it that they had a little bit of excitement and interest in.”

The Bill-d Up First, Kaeser led his students in selecting an amphibian. Toads were deemed to have a bad reputation. Bullfrogs, popular in frog

The first student prototype of the bullfrog license plate, top, and the first bullfrog plate issued by the state of Ohio, bottom.

jump events throughout Ohio and found in all of the state’s 88 counties, seemed an easy and recognizable choice.

Still, the civic engagement exercise proved more daunting than expected.

“The goal really was just to get (students) involved,” Kaeser says. “I did not know from the very beginning that it would take eight to nine years to get the bullfrog approved as a symbol.”

A student-led effort to create the bullfrog as a state symbol seemed a safe bet, but as often happens in politics, opposition soon arose. Students testifying to the Ohio Shawn Kaeser, front row far right, brought students to General Assembly faced testify before the Ohio House of Representatives while arguments countering that working to make the bullfrog a state symbol.

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the bullfrog isn’t native to Ohio and are known to be cannibalistic.

Students came and went, along with state representatives. Soon, a Cleveland-area middle school had a proposal to name the spotted salamander the state amphibian. A stalemate seemed inevitable.

In another apt political lesson for students, negotiations between the two sides found a compromise: the salamander would become the state amphibian while the bullfrog became the state frog.

“Honestly, I didn’t think it would ever go anywhere,” Kaeser says. “Finally, they struck a deal, which is what politics is all about.”

Kaeser says that, while the long process didn’t go over well with graduating students, it provided a valuable example of how and why government decisions can progress at a snail’s pace. www.dublinlifemagazine.com

“It’s designed to be slow to bring in people on all sides,” he says. “It was frustrating for (the students) because they’d be off to high school and I’d say, ‘Oh, sorry kids, I’m going to have to start this next year.’”

Ribbit-ing Lessons After spending so long working with students on the bullfrog legislation, it’s little surprise that Kaeser and his classes returned to the matter.

Leading to the 10-year anniversary of the bullfrog achieving state symbol status, Kaeser and his students set out to get the bullfrog on a license plate.

While the first push in Grizzell’s bullfrog saga was more symbolic, this effort sought to make a more concrete impact. The license plates were proposed to raise money for wildlife conservation in Ohio.

Frogs are particularly good representatives for the cause. Researchers often use the amphibian as an indicator of environmental concerns because frogs reliably show population decline before other species.

And students were no less engaged when Kaeser incorporated frogs – and even live feedings – into the classroom.

“Watching bullfrogs eat was fun in 2002, and it’s still fun,” he says. “(The students) get into it.”

Unlike the first legislative push in what Kaeser calls “project bullfrog,” the license plate passed without a hitch.

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In June 2021, the plates became available to the public with part of the proceeds going to support a state wildlife habitat fund. Those “funds will be used to protect and preserve Ohio wetlands and for educational programs related to the bullfrog and similar wetland animals,” according to Ohio Revised Code.

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“You plant these seeds but you’re not sure where it takes kids,” Kaeser says. “I hope that many went into science or politics or government, maybe even education, and will do these things with their students.”

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Kaeser’s project bullfrog had implications beyond his social studies classroom. Science classes in particular were able to coordinate content for interdisciplinary overlap between subjects.

The license plate effort provided even more opportunities to engage students.

To create the license plate design, Todd Arnold, an art teacher at Grizzell at the time who now teaches at Dublin Scioto High School, had his students take on roles similar to a design firm.

He tasked his students with researching as they would for a client project in a professional setting. His class considered important aspects of the bullfrog, stylistic expectations for a license plate and technical requirements such as space and format.

“One of our big things in not just art is the discussion of careers,” Arnold says. “Everybody with art assumes you can only be an artist, and that’s just not even close.”

Because software beyond the skills of the classroom was required to make the design, Arnold created the final product, but students contributed heavily by submitting design ideas and giving feedback on his design.

Arnold says that he is one of a number of current or former Grizzell teachers who have the frog license plate on their vehicles today.

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By Chloe McGowan Photos courtesy of City of Dublin and Bethia Woolf

Columbus Food Adventures, present elsewhere in central Ohio since 2010, waited for the completion of the Link and North Market Bridge Park before offering a Dublin area tour, says co-owner Bethia Woolf.

“What’s really special about the tour is that it is on both sides of the bridge,” Woolf says. “People really get to see the old and learn about the history of Dublin, and then we go across the bridge to the Bridge Park development, which is the present and future.”

The Dublin Link Bridge lit up at night.

Dublin residents are no strangers to the immaculate pedestrian bridge connecting Historic Dublin to the newer Bridge Park district – however, the beauty of the Dublin Link doesn’t stop there. As a connection between Historic Dublin and Bridge Park, the Link has created a more vibrant and walkable community.

For the city of Dublin, Bridge Park has been crucial to the successful advancement of economic development projects, Sara O’Malley, economic development administrator for the city of Dublin, says.

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As of 2021, seven of 10 planned developments for Bridge Park have been completed, O’Malley says, and there’s significant momentum carrying over through the pandemic to this year.

“It’s definitely a cornerstone of our longterm vision for the city of Dublin,” she says.

The addition of the Dublin Link gives Dublin a distinctive connection between different districts.

“It makes us unique that you can, within a three-minute walk, visit the historic core, the culture, the flair of our city and then walk across to this brand new, vibrant, innovative, mixed-use development,” O’Malley says.

The Link and related developments have helped attract businesses and activity that rely on that walkability.

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Featured stops on the Dublin Food Tour include local favorites such as Our CupCakery, a Dublin-based bakery, and North High Brewing, which Woolf says is located in a slightly modernized historic building. The Pearl, a Cameron Mitchell restaurant that came to Dublin in March 2020, has also recently been added as a stop on the tour, she says.

“There’s a lot of wonderful independent restaurants in Dublin and food businesses with a lot of personality,” Woolf says.

Many of these restaurants are also part of the Designated Outdoor Refreshment Area (DORA), on both sides of the Dublin Link.

The DORA allows patrons 21 years and older to purchase an alcoholic beverage from an approved establishment and carry it as they shop and explore the area.

“Businesses are really taking advantage of DORA to co-mingle with other businesses to attract customers down to the area in a safe, open-air environment,” O’Malley says.

Further open-air activity comes from Riverside Crossing Park, which adds greenery and further connection to nature in the area. The park plans include access to the Indian Run greenway and trail systems on the west side and space for festivals and events on the east side.

Activity has already picked up, including an ice skating rink this past winter.

Although parts of the Bridge Park area are still in development, O’Malley says the area is booming as more residential, retail and office spaces move in, making it a high-demand area.

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Next to Bat

Cricket sees rising popularity in Dublin

Baseball isn’t the only sport that makes use of a ball and a bat in Dublin. Cricket is rising in popularity throughout central Ohio.

Originating in England, cricket holds some similarities to America’s pastime but features more complex gameplay involving 11 players and a batter defending a wicket at the center of the field.

Many Dublin area players have brought a love for the sport with them after immigrating to the United States.

“It’s something you’ve grown up playing so it’s in your blood,” says Ravi Darbha, a player for the Columbus Cricket Club Stallions. “It’s just enjoying the outdoors with friends and being out there on the weekends playing all day long.”

Darbha compares cricket’s growth in the States to the surging popularity of soccer, another internationally beloved sport that has found a following in the U.S. “Slowly and steadily a lot of people, immigrants, migrants are coming over, and it’s their sport,” he says. “They needed

a space to encourage their talents and their sports that they like, and it just grew over the years.”

In just a few years, Dublin has gone from having only a couple teams in the area to six and counting. Madhu Madire, a player for the Dublin Cricket Club Vikings, says increased exposure has driven that growth and points to the sport’s popularity with young people in particular.

“Most of the Asian countries play this game,” Madire says. “As fathers play, the kids get to know it and they start playing as well.”

While less popular than U.S. athletic mainstays like soccer, football or baseball, cricket is widely popular throughout the world, with fans in Asia, Australia, Europe and Africa.

The game is played with a wooden, paddle-like bat and cork centered ball.

Most of the action takes place in the center of the field in a rectangular pitch where batters and non-strikers hit the ball and run back and forth to score. Unlike most sports popular in America, the field shape is less particular for cricket. Teams

Dublin Cricket Club Vikings compete in a finals match.

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In cricket, the batter defends wickets from the ball.

play on circular, oval or irregularly shaped grass fields with rounded boundaries.

Currently, more than 20 teams compete in the MidWest Cricket Tournament, which includes competitors from Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky.

The City of Dublin is taking note of cricket’s rising popularity, and is now home to two dedicated cricket fields, says Matt Earman, director of Parks and Recreation. Those two sites, Emerald Fields and Darree Fields, are open to the public for use, but permission is needed for organized groups.

The two spaces are vital to Dublin area cricketers, who face an increasing shortage of fields as demand for the sport increases.

“Getting practices is getting tougher and tougher every year,” Darbha says. “There are a lot of new people. With the influx of new people, there’s a need for facilities, new parks, new grounds.”

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athletes. New facilities are on the horizon throughout central Ohio, including indoor facilities, which give cricketers the ability to play and practice year-round.

New facilities opening up, especially indoor facilities that give players the ability to practice year round, are helping to alleviate those concerns, Darbha says.

The American Youth Cricket Academy, an indoor and outdoor infrastructure in Delaware, Ohio, is one example.

“We certainly can see this going big eventually,” Darbha says.

Kate Anderson is an editorial assistant at CityScene Media Group. Feedback welcome at feedback@cityscenemediagroup.com.

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The Boat in the Field

New public artwork comes to M.L. “Red” Trabue Nature Reserve next year

By Janet Cooper Photos courtesy of Ilan Averbuch

Dublin’s newest large-scale permanent artwork project is underway. The Boat in the Field, by Long Island-based public artist Ilan Averbuch, consists of a massive skeletal structure of a boat, made from petrified stone and covered with a sloping The artist’s process begins with a drawing of the proposed public artwork. A rendering of The Boat in the Field imposed over a photo of the site. round roof, appearing as if it’s frozen weightlessly in mid-air. of culture, community, nature and the United States. He was educated in Below, steel beams, some straight state of our planet Earth,” Averbuch New York and London and has been and some bent, appear in motion, said in a virtual presentation to the selected for 10 major commissions in community in January. the past five years. His site-specific possibly having walked out of the “The roofed tower usually represents artwork will serve as both a landmark nearby Karrer Pond. The sculpture such common human aspirations as stability, shelter and will be 25 feet tall, 18 feet wide rootedness,” he added. “Symand 15 feet deep and created bolically, the boat contradicts these representations. It illusfrom recycled and Ohio-sourced trates a desire for transience, a industrial materials such as stone journey to the unknown which lies beyond the horizon. In juxand Corten weathering steel. taposition, these images repreThe sculpture site is in proximity to, but out of sight of the pond in the M.L. “Red” Trabue Nature Reserve in Dublin, at the juncture of two well-traveled paths, one paved and one natural.

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sent stasis and kinesis, creating an artwork depicting two forces vital to the human condition.”

Averbuch’s work with natur-al, elemental and recycled materials can be found in public and private collections in Germany, Israel, Denmark, India, Canada, France, Switzerland and throughout the

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and a destination for years to come.

The sculpture is slated for installation in the summer of 2023.

“I find Ilan’s proposed artwork alluring,” says Dublin Arts Council Executive Director David S. Guion. “It raises my curiosity level and promotes discussion, interpretation and response. The intended meaning of the artwork is not just about the artist’s expression but about the viewer’s own experience and how the viewer interacts with this unique creation.”

Artist selection Averbuch was unanimously selected for the $150,000 commission from an initial pool of 151 applicants from 33 states. The selection committee included community members who represent diversity, artistic, leadership, environmental, educational and administrative disciplines: Kristin Helmick-Brunet; Neha Dadich, Ph.D.; Mary H. Gray; David S. Guion, Ph.D.; Michael Hiatt; Joan Langholz Krause, Ph.D.; Char Norman; and Barbara Ray. The selection committee for Feather Point in Dublin’s Kosciuszko Park also selected Averbuch as a finalist in 2016. Two separate groups of professionals, in separate processes, have now been drawn to the artist and have envisioned his artwork in Dublin’s collection.

M.L. “Red” Trabue Nature Reserve M.L. “Red” Trabue Nature Reserve is a 90-acre park with entrances located at 6835 Avery-Muirfield Dr. and 6566 Post Rd. in Dublin. The park is best known for its boardwalk, and pond for fishing and observation. Other features include amphibian-filled vernal pools, an arboretum, walking and biking paths, and the historic Fleming cabin, built in 1865.

The reserve was named after “Red” Trabue, a Dublin naturalist, journalist and television pioneer. Trabue was a writer for the Columbus Dispatch newspaper, specializing in outdoor activities, and also served as host for The Outdoor Show, one of the longest running locally produced television shows in Columbus history.

He is remembered for his charismatic, friendly demeanor and for the passion he shared for outdoor sports. Trabue’s granddaughter and great-granddaughter were both in the audience during Averbuch’s virtual presentation and expressed support for the project, citing Red’s connection to fishing and the many hours they spent in boats with him. Just as Trabue’s life impacted the land, The Boat in the Field will inspire visitors for generations to come. www.dublinlifemagazine.com

Dublin’s Art in Public Places program The Dublin Art in Public Places program brings Dublin local, regional, national and international attention; enhances quality of life; and delivers economic impact to the community. The permanent public artwork is funded with hotel/motel tax dollars, which are collected from visitor and corporate employee travel. For every overnight stay in one of Dublin’s hotels, a 6 percent tax is collected and invested back into the community through designated projects and events that enhance Dublin visitor and resident experiences. The Dublin Art in Public Places program is one of these designated projects.

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Chalk It Up To Charity

Student artist uses chalk to give back to her community Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Ohio, hoping to bring smiles to the faces of everyone she encounters.

“It’s been really amazing to be able to use (chalk) to give back to the community,” she says. “That’s where I’ve seen the greatest benefit.”

Martyna gave particular focus to working with the Ronald McDonald House during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. She was looking for a way to do something for the people housed by the charity who were not only in an unfamiliar place as their loved ones received care, but also limited by the pandemic in their ability to go out.

A junior at Dublin Jerome, Martyna is vice president of the student council.

Cecilia Martyna, a 17-yearold junior at Dublin Jerome High School, has been doing chalk art since the seventh grade. Martyna began chalking after she saw an advertisement for a chalk event and decided to give it a try.

“I ended up falling in love with the chalk,” she says. “I love the art, but the part that I really loved was the interactive portion of the chalk. It’s really almost a performance art. So I love interacting with people, seeing their reactions, making people smile with the art.”

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Martyna found herself succeeding and finding passion in chalk.

“The first event I went to, I actually won first place for the youth category, which was what got me started into more of that because I am very competitive,” Martyna says. “It’s fun to win.”

While winning is great, for Martyna, who makes art under the name CC the Sketchy Artist, it’s not everything. She soon began to use her talent for something more broadly impactful. Martyna volunteers with A Kid Again, the Dublin branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Library System and the

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Martyna has continued partnering with the Ronald McDonald House. She is currently running a fundraiser through her website to donate 50 percent of proceeds from her chalk art to help support the charity.

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After creating a piece depicting Ronald McDonald wearing a face mask that attracted interest from the community, Martyna began selling chalk artwork with part of the proceeds benefiting the charity.

Volunteering with A Kid Again, where she also contributes chalk works, Martyna has been able to add a joyful spirit to events through her art, says the nonprofit’s president and CEO, Oyauma Garrison.

“She tends to bring … one of her best gifts she can give outside of her time, which is her talent,” Garrison says. “She usually has a crowd of people around because they absolutely just love her because she’s engaging. She’s fun. She’s always smiling.”

In one instance, Garrison says, a business decided not to repave a part of the parking lot where Martyna had created a piece in order to preserve the artwork just a little longer.

For Martyna, the art projects have been an opportunity connect and provide positive messages through the pandemic, something she’s seen others doing as well.

“It’s really been a great outlet in such a stressful and isolating time,” she says. “I would see all of these different drawings on the sidewalks, ‘You’ve got this,’ ‘We’re all in this together.’ That was really, really amazing.”

Martyna is an active community member at Dublin Jerome as well. In addition to serving as vice president on the student council, she is president of the Dublin Climbing Club and participates in drama club, track and cross country.

This summer, Martyna will further contribute to the broader Dublin community when she teaches a summer program on chalk art through the Dublin library, where she’s volunteered for the last few years.

Youth services manager Loren Scully says Martyna will bring not only artistic skills but an engaging and contagiously playful personality to classes.

“One of the unique things about Cecilia is that she likes to give back,” Scully says.

“She’s not just creating a masterpiece or mural or cyber art. She likes to talk to people about how she learned to do it.”

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Homegrown Recipes Make the most of the gardening season

As spring arrives, gardening can be a fun activity that’s good for your mental and physical health in addition to contributing to delicious meals.

“Gardening, whether it’s a little raised garden bed in someone’s backyard, or planters on their patio, or if they have an actual garden plot, really gets people in touch with nature directly,” says Barbara Ray, nature education coordinator for the City of Dublin. “People like to get their hands in the soil.”

Produce such as kale, cabbage and basil are relatively low maintenance to grow, Ray says. Other great vegetables to include in your garden are beets, eggplant, leeks and onions, parsley, peppers, potatoes, tomatoes, carrots, radishes, and leafy greens like lettuce, spinach and Swiss chard.

Some vegetables, such as onions and radishes, can be harvested and replanted a couple times through the year.

Matt Guthrie, assistant horticulturist for the City of Dublin, has a few tips for improving garden results: • Wait until the last expected frost date to start planting vegetables – that’s around May 11-20 here in Dublin.

• Use a layer of wood mulch or straw to help control weeds.

• Consider companion gardening: For example, lettuce grows well with carrots but not with celery or parsley. Cabbage grows well with cucumber, dill or potatoes but not with beans, peppers or tomatoes.

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Gardeners in the City of Dublin’s Community Garden.

There are plenty of ways to get creative after bringing garden produce into the kitchen.

One relatively easy family-friendly recipe you could make with your produce is a garden vegetable pizza, Ray says.

“You could just use your marinara or maybe pesto sauce, and then slice or dice your produce, might be tomato, yellow squash, green squash, zucchini, spinach, all those kinds of things that cook up really well on a pizza,” she says.

Salads and salsas can make use of many vegetables. Squash and corn go well in soups.

“You might not be a five-star chef, but you can make basic foods taste like a fivestar chef made them,” she says.

Maisie Fitzmaurice is an editorial assistant at CityScene Media Group. Feedback welcome at feedback@cityscenemediagroup.com. www.dublinlifemagazine.com

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When Harvey Vesha and his wife, Kathy, set out to remodel the kitchen of their Dublin home, the name of the game was informal and easy.

With two dogs at home and two adult children nearby, the Veshas wanted an unpretentious space that focused on entertainment and convenience to match the open floorplan of the house the family built in 1988.

“Kitchens, at least in most residential homes, are the center of entertaining,” Harvey says. “Whether it’s Thanksgiving, Christmas or Easter, it seems like that’s where almost everybody is, and it’s hard to make it large enough to satisfy that need.”

Expanding the kitchen by eliminating a den and some closet space made room for gathering with the Veshas’ children and grandchildren. With the open layout, adults can cook while keeping kids in sight or joining a conversation at the table.

The update also made room for almost any amenity. A large flat top stove is perfect for cooking pancakes and bacon with grandchildren. The oversized refrigerator and pantry ensure there’s room for even rarely used ingredients.

Harvey told the kitchen designers, contracted through NJW Renovations Unlimited, to stock it with the works.

“Whatever it is from the whisk to the spatula to the frying pans hanging on the wall, I said, ‘Let’s just go ahead and get it,’” he says. “Whether it’s a panini press, which I think I’ve used three times, it’s all here if I want to use it.”

Diner style kitchens provided one point of inspiration for that ready-for-anything approach. The Veshas’ kitchen includes a deep fryer built into the countertop and open shelving.

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Leaving cups, plates and kitchen utensils in the open also serves a universal design strategy.

“For the over 70 crowd, which I am, you want to make it as accessible as possible,” Harvey says. “Bending down to those bottom drawers to get pans out that you use once a year, I just said, ‘We’re not going to do that.’”

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Spring Has Sprung So Let’s Have Fun Favorite springtime activities

As we move into warmer days, I feel inspired to spend more time outdoors, start new projects and visit some of my favorite local establishments. Climb out of your winter den and join me in some fun springtime (or anytime) activities.

Places to Go Visit the cherry blossom trees, which only bloom for about two weeks in early spring. Local machining manufacturer Hidaka USA, located at 5761 Shier Rings

The City of Dublin is encouraging residents to paint decorative rocks to place park pathways.

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Rd., welcomes visitors to take photos on its expansive grounds, as does the Franklin Park Conservatory in Columbus. Take a road trip to Ohio University in Athens to see its lit-up display of cherry blossoms along the Hocking River.

Enjoy the fresh air while picking your own strawberries at Mitchell’s Berries in Plain City or Hann Farms in Columbus.

Walk to downtown Dublin, explore Indian Run Falls and the historic area along the river. Then, venture across the Dublin Link into Bridge Park and stop off for a coffee at Sweetwaters Coffee & Tea or ice cream at Kilwins.

It’s the ideal season for dining al fresco or sipping cocktails at a rooftop bar, and Vaso is a personal favorite. Enjoy live music Thursday nights at the North Market at Bridge Park.

Looking for local produce, groceries and more? Take a stroll at the dog friendly Dublin Market in Bridge Park and support local businesses. From May through September, you can visit the Dublin Market on Saturdays from 9 a.m.-noon.

Visit the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium to see lions, tigers and bears, oh my!

Take a guided walking tour with the Dublin Historical Society and learn about 19th-century architecture and life in the days when our city was a village. The first tour of the year is scheduled for May 7 at 10 a.m.

Things to Do Make a fruit bouquet for a celebration.

You can use cookie cutters to make shapes out of pineapple and have the kids thread

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grapes, strawberries and melon balls onto skewers. Stick them into a floral foam base or a small watermelon.

Make a spring wreath by getting a simple form or wall basket, filling it with pink silk tulips or yellow forsythia, and adding a bold black and white striped bow.

Try a new outdoor sport like pickleball, the fastest growing sport in the country.

Dublin built eight public pickleball courts last year and have times set for novice, intermediate and advanced players. I play almost every day and am happy to point you in the right direction, so feel free to shoot me an email. www.dublinlifemagazine.com

Volunteer outside by helping with the Miracle League of Central Ohio. The baseball games for athletes with mental and physical disabilities start in May. Volunteers get to sing “Take Me Out to the Ball Game,” and help with home runs at the end of each inning.

Kayaking around Dublin and Columbus is peaceful and good exercise. Adaptive Sports Connection can guide you, and if you love it, join the organization as a volunteer to help those with disabilities enjoy a day of kayaking as well.

Bring out the grill and fire up some steaks, but give it a good cleaning with hot, soapy water before you start it up for the season. I recommend cooking up blackened salmon or marinated pork tenderloin.

Create a happy rock! I love arts and crafts. I painted a rock alligator earlier in the COVID-19 pandemic and placed it in a local park to spread smiles. Dublin is encouraging others to paint rocks and write cheerful messages on them to be placed along walking paths. Be sure to use a nontoxic paint!

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Switch out your sofa pillows to add some

Explore the river area near the Dublin Link.

pops of spring color. Coordinate with flowers or spring pots placed around the room. Add some food coloring to the water in clear vases to match your flowers.

Pull out those open-toed shoes and stash away the snow boots. Schedule a pedicure for yourself and your spouse!

Wash and store flannel sheets and heavy comforters. Bring out the crisp, white linen coverlets, bold pillows and cotton sheets for comfortable sleeping.

Redo the pots around your house with pansies, violets, hyacinths and tulips. Add some pussywillow stems for height and drama. You can also plant these flowers

in a lined basket, add ferns and ivy, and cover the soil with green moss for a pretty centerpiece.

Change up your shelves by taking all the items down, lining the back of the shelving unit with a colorful removable wallpaper and place items back, varying the heights and placement.

Now is the time for spring cleaning and decluttering. Play your favorite music on the house speakers and I promise you will smile while you clean. Old favorites for me are Paul Simon’s Graceland and U2’s Joshua Tree.

Complement your pedicure with some fun socks! I cleared out my sock drawer of all mediocre pairs and splurged on multiple colors of my favorite Bombas socks. Now all of my socks are first round draft picks and my feet are extremely happy!

Colleen D’Angelo is a Dublin Life columnist and freelance writer. She and her husband, Tony, raised three children in Dublin over the last 25 years.

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