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6 Community Calendar 8 Faces

Less is More

10 Feature

Grants that Grow

14 In Focus

2023 Holiday Gift Guide

20 Student Spotlight Learning by Serving

22 Living

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Built to Last

25 On the Table

Can’t Stop Colin

28 Top Homes 29 Luxury Living 30 Bookmarks

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On the Cover: Photo by Maisie Fitzmaurice

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UAHS Winter Choir Concert 7-9 p.m.

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Faces

By Megan Brokamp

Less is More Top-ranking Upper Arlington podcaster shares how to be a minimalist mom

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iane Boden hosts a top-ranked podcast each week while serving as a full-time mother to three young children. Yet anyone who knows her can attest that she is cool as a cucumber. What keeps her balanced amid the nonstop needs of family and professional responsibilities?

Minimalism.

With just one listen to Boden’s podcast Minimalism Moms, it’s easy to understand how she gained a large following so quickly. Boden explains simplistic living in a way that is relatable and easy to grasp. Although her podcast is catered to moms, the lifestyle she promotes is something that anyone can see benefits in.

“It’s just curating an intentional lifestyle behind what we’re doing,” Boden says.

She will be the first to admit that these habits did not come naturally. In her 20s, Boden was a self-proclaimed anti-minimalist. She could never be seen wearing the same thing, and she felt consumed by the value she placed on material possessions. Slowly, Boden vowed to refocus her intentions, but it didn’t change her behavior until one fateful day in her parents’ basement.

She and her husband had spent the day sifting through boxes looking for a lost item when her husband noticed how many boxes hadn’t been touched for years. He commented on how these boxes represented the hours of labor he had worked hard for, yet they were left to collect dust.

From then on, Boden adopted principles to transform her way of living, such as the one-in-one-out rule, a principle of only buying a commodity if you can get rid of something

“I think it was something that moms need. They didn’t know how to put into words that that’s what they needed – a simple, intentional life.”

“Our kids are overwhelmed by decision fatigue when it comes to having too many things,” Boden says.

This method of allowing them to choose their toys while limiting the amount they have offers them freedom while eliminating overconsumption. The result is a weightless environment.

Boden recognizes that this habit may not be easy an easy one to form, but she has valuable tips for getting started.

“If you’re looking at tangible things, start with the bathroom,” Boden says. “Don’t start with the baby clothes.”

She understands that sentimentality is an obstacle in the journey toward minimalism. By starting in the bathroom, you begin with removing objects with little sentimental value. Additionally, decluttering the place where most start and end their day gives a full-circle approach to simplistic living.

Eventually one will be faced with emotional choices when it comes to decluttering. During these times, Boden finds a way to put things into perspective.

“The object isn’t the memory,” Boden says. “The object is a representation of that memory.”

She emphasizes the importance of building memories daily, rather than clinging to tangible representations of the past.

Boden believes that minimalism goes much deeper than materialism. Things like meditation, scheduling and other mental strategies – all things she discusses in detail in her podcast – are also ways that people can practice a minimalist lifestyle.

“I just didn’t realize how much it came back to the brain,” Boden says.

Boden hopes to have deeper discussions about intentional living by picking the minds of successful people around the community. To do this, she is introducing a podcast titled Clear Intentions.

With this new podcast, Boden wants to learn more from people in the community by interviewing successful entrepreneurs and leaders in the Columbus area. In this way, Boden can have conversations that address a wider audience.

Boden hopes to release this concept in January, but until then, those interested in her message can listen to her podcast, Minimalist Moms, or read her book, Minimalist Moms: Living and Parenting with Simplicity.

So before you fall victim to yet another product ad on social media, consider taking a moment to assess the value of that new bag or pair of shoes. Maybe you’ll be surprised by how much you gain from living with less.

that you already own. However, as a mother, Boden carried a unique perspective.

Boden frequently attended a club in Upper Arlington called Moms of Preschoolers, or MOP, where she and a friend discussed a shared desire to begin a podcast. While they brainstormed potential topics to center their show on, they found that they had a core commonality.

“We both wanted to pursue a life with less,” Boden says.

In 2015, Minimalist Moms was born. And though the podcast has seen success, it isn’t easy. Boden can attest to the intricacies of maintaining a successful podcast. She attributes the immediate success of her message to the fact that minimalism was a trending topic when they started recording. However, what many people were not discussing was how to live simply while raising a family.

“I think it was something that moms need,” Boden says.

“They didn’t know how to put into words that that’s what they needed – a simple, intentional life.”

On Minimalist Moms, Boden shares realistic insights on how to raise a family with a quality-over-quantity mentality. Although it may seem difficult to teach children these values, she says that with proper guidance, parents don’t have to force their children to follow these guidelines. Rather, she introduces her children to the concept in a way that they value.

To do this, she implements visual boundaries. In her chil- Megan Brokamp is a contributing writer at CityScene Media dren’s rooms, she gives them the autonomy to fill their own Group. Feedback welcome at feedback@cityscenemediagroup.com. spaces. However, she simply reminds them that they should not stuff it up.

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Grants that Grow The Upper Arlington Community Foundation enhances the community through impactful fundraising

Bob Crane Community Center ground breaking

By Megan Brokamp

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Photos by Ian Alexander Photography

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rom raising $8 million for the Bob Crane Community Center to helping fund methods to reconnect owners with their pups, the Upper Arlington Community Foundation can wear many hats when the community expresses a need.

Since 2007, the nonprofit has been committed to fulfilling community needs with a variety of grants and support initiatives. The foundation came to be after UA residents expressed interest in a community center 16 years ago. Ultimately, the center never materialized, but the funds were repurposed for the creation of a community foundation. Jessica Grisez, the foundation’s executive director, says the goals of the organization come down to a simple principle.

“We help folks explore what’s important to them in Upper Arlington,” Grisez says.

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For many Upper Arlington residents, the desire for a community center never waned. The city knew the project would be lengthy and costly, and the foundation stepped up with a successful campaign. It quickly saw donations of up to $1 and $2 million, proving sup-

port for this project was overwhelming and widespread.

“We saw donors in their 20s to donors in their 90s,” Grisez says. “(It was) truly a community-wide initiative.”

While the foundation provides funding for large-scale campaigns, much

of its efforts go to smaller, yet equally important ventures. One notable example is the grant it provided to the Upper Arlington Police Division for the National Night Out. This nationwide initiative promotes safe communities and builds

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The foundation also provided funding to the UAPD for pet microchip readers after a resident expressed the need for tools to keep pets safe. The founda-

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tion’s grant allowed the police to purchase two microchip readers and travel cages to help transport lost pets. With these new resources and volunteer support, the police have been able to efficiently rescue runaway dogs and cats and reunite them with their owners.

Grisez says feedback for the program was immediate and positive.

“A simple grant of $1,000 made all the difference to reconnect a runaway pet with their family,” Grisez says, “which is priceless.”

The foundation also provides opportunities for members of the community to participate in family or individual grants. One example is the grant the Upper Arlington Historical Society received from Don and Sharon Cook.

The historical society reached out to the foundation because it wished to preserve archives from Norwester Magazine, a historic Upper Arlington publication. The foundation was able to connect the Cook family to the cause, and through the Don and Sharon Cook Fund, a fire-safe box was purchased to protect the archives.

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relationships between police forces and their neighborhoods. Although National Night Out is not new nationwide, this past summer marked the first National Night Out in Upper Arlington. The foundation provided seed funding and the event was a massive success,

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The foundation also provides grants to numerous nonprofits around town and works to educate the community about these organizations’ resources. An example of this is the $20,000 grant the foundation provided to the Upper Arlington Public Library to develop its early learning play area. The area serves as a space for children to develop emotionally and socially through play-based learning.

Although the foundation supports a long list of causes, it is always seeking new ways to support the community. It’s currently in the process of crafting a 10year strategic plan to outline its goals for the upcoming years. Whether it’s through preserving old traditions or creating new ones, the foundation is ready to help build Upper Arlington in any way it can.

If you have an idea on how to join in this goal, as well as apply for funding or learn more information, you can visit www. uacommunityfoundation.com.

UA Public Library is awarded a grant for its play area The foundation is lucky to have a hardworking staff and committed part“We have a very passionate commu- Megan Brokamp is a contributing writer at ners, but what really makes this program nity here,” Grisez says. “You put people CityScene Media Group. Feedback welcome shine is the people it supports. together that are passionate about some- at feedback@cityscenemediagroup.com. thing, and dreams come true.”

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The jewelry at Argo & Lehne Jewelers captures individual style, offering a wide range of contemporary, custom and vintage one-of-a-kind pieces. This beautiful 14 karat yellow gold ring with an aquamarine set and 36 diamond inlay is one of many beautiful and unique options to suit your loved one’s taste.

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Serenity Book Shop

$12 – Used 1930s edition of Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck www.serenitybookshop.com Celebrate the holidays with stories to share from Serenity Book Shop. This local book shop offers a wide selection of books from new releases to old classics online and in-store to accommodate your holiday book shopping needs.

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Student Spotlight

By Rachel Karas

Learning by Serving St. Andrew School students learn the power of helping others

Cassandra Thompson has been teaching fourth grade at St. Andrew for almost 16 years and says service learning has been an integral part of the curriculum for years.

One of the biggest projects was started by a now-retired teacher who discov-

Students from St. Andrew School fill a car with items to give to the Run the Race Center.

ered Operation Christmas Child. This charity collects shoe boxes full of gifts to ship all over the world.

“Maybe 12 years ago, we started with Operation Christmas Child, but we just recently discovered that The Run the Race Center was in need of similar Christmas gifts,” Thompson says. “And it was nice because it was a local organization so we can make a difference in our Columbus community.”

Thompson says her class now leads the project by collecting items – includ-

ing accessories, treats and school supplies – from students throughout St. Andrew.

These items in turn fill shoe boxes that are given to kids 5 to 15 years old.

Lessons beyond the classroom There are countless lessons Thompson says her students learn throughout the project, one of the biggest of which being the impact they can have on others.

One such lesson is from The Run the Race founder Rachel Muha, whose son was killed in 1999 at just 18 years old.

“We go into the backstory of Mrs. Muha and how she lost her son. And how she turned that into an opportunity to show not only forgiveness but to make it be a change in the community,” Thompson says. “So it’s very eye-opening for them.”

Outside of the life lessons, they also practice math by creating bar graphs to count the boxes, creativity by making posters to put up around the school and writing by crafting letters to include in the boxes.

Bigger impact While the students enjoy bringing joy to others, their parents and teachers are excited to see how they grow and change throughout the process.

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or many students, a fun recess includes climbing playground equipment or playing on the swings, but when Rowan Walz’s fourth grade class was putting together donation boxes, he wanted to stay in and help.

This project involved collecting items for The Run the Race Center, one of many service efforts St. Andrew School completes during the school year.

Though each project varies by grade level, all students learn lessons that are not only helpful in the classroom, but later in life as well.

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Students learn the impact their actions can have on others through service.

Rowan’s mom, Dawn Walz, helped Rowan drop off some of the boxes after seeing how invested he became.

“I really saw him getting excited about how many boxes they packed or how full the room was getting,” Dawn Walz says. “And I felt like to fully understand what they were doing and the giving process, it was nice to see the receiving end of things.”

Now a sixth grader looking back, Rowan is looking forward to taking on new service-learning projects and hopes the new students in Thompson’s class have as much fun as he did.

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Living

By Maisie Fitzmaurice

Built to Last Photo by Maisie Fitzmaurice

Upper Arlington celebrates historic homes

The front yard of Donna Vorce’s house presents greenery and a stone walkway, two features offered by Upper Arlington home developers over 100 years ago.

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ike many suburban communities, the city of Upper Arlington started as a vision. It quickly grew with a plan to develop a place where families could thrive for generations.

With over 300 homes that are more than 100 years old in UA, it is safe to say that that vision has come to fruition.

After Upper Arlington became its own municipality in 1917, the area grew exponentially. Careful planning and conscious design methods during this period produced much of what you see today in area neighborhoods.

These homes were built using highquality materials and the period’s best architectural practices, with a significant emphasis on conserving greenspace. Trees, bushes, flowers and grass planted during this time still line the streets and give residents’ yards a pop of life and color.

Brick was especially popular when many of these historic homes were erected. Columbus Building Supply Co. placed an advertisement in the local magazine The Norwester in May 1918 stating, “As you drive through Upper Arlington notice how substantial and permanent the brick houses look. When you realize a nice house of face brick can be built as cheap as frame, you will of course choose brick.”

Building supply companies weren’t the only ones at the forefront of the developing community; architects and home

builders also competed for prospective homeowners’ business.

One builder, John W. Wilcox, published a short article in 1918 titled “The Liveable House,” in which he referenced homes being built on 5th Avenue between Cambridge Boulevard and Arlington Avenue that would be built in a “New England Colonial” style with white siding and shingles, attached garages, and stone gateways at the entrances.

Today, many of these homes are inhabited by people who appreciate the decades’ worth of stories that their walls hold.

One of these historic home owners is Donna Vorce, an Upper Arlington Historical Society member who has lived in her UA home for over 50 years. She and her late husband, Donald, purchased the home in 1972 and raised their three children in the community.

Other than some general maintenance, the 106-year-old home has remained virtually untouched, and Vorce likes it that way. She says that her son wants to take over the property once she passes so it stays in the family.

“It’s part of history,” Vorce says. “It has people who’ve come before us who

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have lived here and loved this house and raised families in it and it’s just important for people to see this is how people lived, good, bad or indifferent.”

Another historic home owner and historical society member, Suzy Owen, says some residents may not know that their neighbor’s home, or even their own home, is historic.

This is one of the reasons that during the month of August, the historical society provides yard signs that indicate homes that are over 100 years old. The number of homeowners participating by adding a sign to their yard has grown significantly over the years as more residents learn the ages of their home.

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“We’ve been kind of amazed putting the signs up year after year, more homes – whole blocks – Suzy Owen’s house, built with brick, displays its historical are being added to the home sign proudly. numbers of houses turning 100,” Owen says. “I think that the al styles that were used 100 years ago is awareness has been probably the biggest contrasting to when we see these new developments go up with homes that are all thing that’s exciting about it.”

The historical society now offers a very similar. … They create variation and permanent sign that historic homeowners I think it gives our community a strong can purchase to display year-round, un- piece of its character and its desirability.” like the temporary ones it offers in August.

“It’s part of the community’s identity,” Maisie Fitzmaurice is an assistant editor at Kristin Greenberg, executive director of CityScene Media Group. Feedback welcome Upper Arlington Historical Society, says. at mfitzmaurice@cityscenemediagroup.com.

“The premise of the differing architectur-

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Columbus Landmarks’ Home Preservation Program connects historic homeowners to resources for services such as roofing, masonry and windows that can help them preserve their home’s history while still ensuring it is safe and livable.

“There are so many interesting features in older homes, and while they may not be built for the way we live today and some adjustments might need to be made, it fosters pride for the homeowners who are the caretakers of these historic pieces of our past,” Upper Arlington Historical Society Executive Director Kristin Greenberg says.

On the Table

By Tyler Kirkendall

Can’t Stop Colin Iconic cafe Colin’s Coffee closed – what’s next?

Photo courtesy of Colin Gawel

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n Aug. 20, Colin Gawel sold his final cups of joe to an unrelenting line of longtime visitors. Colin’s Coffee was known for its charm and personality, always reflecting the boldness of its owner, who was forced into a change of scenery when Golden Bear Center was demolished.

In 2006, Gawel was in a precarious spot. He had been a touring musician for his entire adult life, but this time was coming to an end. His son, Owen, was beginning preschool and one of his bandmates was moving across the country to be a teacher, so he, too, needed a new career path. Gawel worked in Brewster’s Coffee at the time, and the owner no longer wanted to run the shop. “(The owner) couldn’t get anyone to buy it and he was just going to close and I thought, ‘Well, maybe we’ll work out a deal and I’ll take over and you can just leave,’” Gawel says. “And he was like ‘OK,’ so basically within a day he handed me the keys and I became the owner.”

Gawel quickly invested everything he had in the coffee shop that now bore his name.

“For 10 years I was just trying to pay rent,” he says. “I wasn’t running a business; I was running a 30-day crisis center.”

Gawel says having a coffee shop isn’t as glamorous or laid-back as it may seem.

As a member of numerous rock bands throughout his lifetime, Gawel is able to rise to the occasion and handle the noise and stress that comes with running an unpredictable business.

“When the air conditioner breaks and you gotta sell 3,000 cups of coffee to pay for that, you’re not getting paid,” he says. “If you’re gonna play in a band or do an independent kind of thing, you better be ready to roll with the hard times too. And if you’re gonna get bitter about it, then just go get a job at Nationwide and be bitter and get benefits and health insurance.”

Gawel in front of Colin’s Coffee on the last day Golden Bear Center was open.

Gawel has kept his focus on curating the experience of Colin’s Coffee, with carefully selected setlists filling the air each day – which you can read about on the blog he started at www.pencilstorm. com – as well as local reading and rock ‘n’ roll books.

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“Coffee’s got a different vibe and you get to meet everybody from all walks of life. It’s a cool place to be,” he says. “I think when you’re there every day you don’t really notice it, but obviously the response to the closing, I think, caught all of us off guard.”

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For longtime Colin’s patrons, however, the line that wrapped around the building for the entirety of its final day was no surprise.

If you stood in Colin’s for even 10 minutes during its final month in Golden Bear Center, you’d have heard at least one caffeine-craving patron asking Gawel what was happening next.

Gawel himself is central to the inviting nature of Colin’s Coffee, always finding time to talk to each guest about their kid’s football season or to chat about a Cincinnati Reds player having a breakout series.

“People talk about, ‘Oh, your business is getting the wrecking ball,’ or

“Every shot’s not created equal.”

– Colin Gawel

Gawel’s expert coffee brewing advice is to always use good beans and grind them fresh daily. He says that each brew will be different, so it’s important to be conscious of your palate and preferences.

“We use an old-school machine so there’s an actual barista where the grind changes depending on the day, the weather, how hard you pack it,” Gawel says.

“My espresso machine cost more than my car. You can decide what that means about me.”

whatever, but there was just a lot of good great things that happened? I met my that came out of the coffee shop,” Gawel wife there for God’s sake.” says. “You can’t just go through life and He says the day they met is his favorfocus on the end. What about all the ite memory from Colin’s Coffee.

As for what’s next, Gawel worked out a deal with The Daily Growler in Upper Arlington, so he will still be serving riverside coffee daily.

“It’s gonna be a different business model, but they’ve been super cool, super gracious and we’re getting to keep FEATURING our vibe and staff going and see if people Doggy Day Care & Luxury Cat Boarding follow us over there,” Gawel says.

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