June 16, 2011
Mobile eateries concern CAC chairman By KEVIN PARKS ThisWeek Community Newspapers
Will street food vendors leave brickand-mortar restaurants starving for customers? Clintonville may be about to find out, according to area commission chairman John DeFourny. “I’ve had some requests,” he said.
DeFourny first raised the issue of food carts setting up shop in the vicinity of, and siphoning potential customers away from, restaurants in buildings that aren’t going anywhere soon John DeFourny at the June 2 CAC meeting. It came up during the discussion regarding Patty-
cake Bakery owner Jennie Scheinbach’s proposal to open a vegan restaurant, City Beet Café, at 3003 N. High St. She was seeking the commission’s blessing to do so with no on-site parking, and she got it in a 7-1 vote. DeFourny cast the lone no vote because, he said at the time, a ruling on something as precedent-setting as zero parking for a business should be made by individuals
who are “a pay grade above us.” The area commission chairman elaborated last week on some of the issues he sees regarding mobile food vendors. “They can drain hundreds of dollars to thousands of dollars of the available food market,” DeFourny said. “These are low-rent coming and competing with the high-rent, higher-employee, fixed-building, and that’s one of the concerns.
“The issue arose with me in the University District a year ago, because that’s when it went from one or two to where you could see a dozen.” “Mobile food businesses have exploded onto the Columbus dining scene over the past six months, and the trend doesn’t appear to be letting up any time soon,” acSee MOBILE EATERIES, page A2
Architectural review to be handled by checklist, for now
Athlete heading to Special Olympics World Games
By KEVIN PARKS ThisWeek Community Newspapers
Nick Cipiti hasn’t completely given up on the idea of creating an architectural review board. For now, though, the Clintonville Area Commission’s Nick Cipiti planning and development committee co-chairman is content with alerting potential developers of commercial properties to design elements contained in the Neighborhood Plan, which
By KEVIN PARKS ThisWeek Community Newspapers
Jeff Brewer, who goes to church in his Clintonville neighborhood but works at an office supply store in the Northland area, won’t be in either community June 25 through July 4. He’ll be in Athens. Not the one in the rolling hills of southeastern Ohio. The Goodwill Columbus athlete will be in Athens, Greece, birthplace of the Olympic Games. Brewer will be one of 7,500 athletes from 185 countries participating in the 2011 Special Olympics World Games, held in the white marble Panathinaiko Stadium. Panathinaiko was the primary stadium for the first modern Olympics in 1896 and was a venue when the games returned to Athens in 2004. Brewer, 37, specializes in the pentathalon, which in Special Olympics involves a 100-
was adopted in 2009. “It is our recommendation the variance and zoning committee incorporate the checklist from the C l i n t o nv i l l e Neighborhood Plan into their review process,” Cipiti and his co-chairman, Mike Folmar, wrote in a report Mike Folmar to the full commission. “By giving a copy of the checklist to the owner or developer seeking a zoning variance, the See ARCHITECTURAL, page A6
Clothing line seeks to celebrate Ohio By KEVIN PARKS ThisWeek Community Newspapers
Why didn’t I think of that? If the Clintonville-based startup clothing company State Line makes a go of it, lots of people are going to be smacking themselves upside the head and asking that very question. Co-founder Jake Devine last week recalled the spark of inspiration that led him and Kelly
Cousins to spend months of planning and design prior to launching State Line late last month. It was late one evening and Devine said that he was talking on the phone with a friend while chancing to glance at a map of the Buckeye State. It was obviously something the Columbus native had seen countless times before, but something about it struck him See CLOTHING LINE, page A5
By Chris Parker/ThisWeek
Jeff Brewer, who has qualified to compete in the Special Olympics World Games in Athens,
See BREWER, page A3 Greece, works out in preparation for the event.
Fundraiser to benefit nonprofit gallery By KEVIN PARKS ThisWeek Community Newspapers
Roy is coming. For one evening, Friday, June 17, the Roy G Biv Nonprofit Gallery for Emerging Arts will be forgoing its Short North home and setting up shop in Clintonville. “Roy Goes to Clintonville,” which will run from 7 to 10 p.m., at The Gangway, 3341 N. High St., is a combination exhibition and fundraiser for the gallery, which is located at 997 N. High St. Holding fundraisers to support the nonprofit operation isn’t all that unusual, according to board of trustees president Diana Matuszak. Holding one in Clintonville is. “Usually we have had these a little clos-
A closer look “Roy Goes to Clintonville,” which will run from 7 to 10 p.m., at The Gangway, 3341 N. High St., is a combination exhibition and fundraiser for the gallery, which is located at 997 N. High St.
er to home, in the downtown area or the Arena district,” Matuszak said. “This is our first time going out of our comfort zone. We’re excited.” “Founded in 1989, Roy G Biv (the letters are the color of the rainbow in order, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet) has shown the work of hundreds of
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artists and is known for presenting excellent, challenging work by artists from around the country with an emphasis on Ohio artists,” according to the gallery’s website. “Roy G Biv’s mission is to support vibrant, emerging artists by presenting exhibitions that increase the public’s awareness of the artists’ work while enhancing the cultural diversity of central Ohio. Roy G Biv nurtures artists who choose to live and work in Ohio and who might not otherwise be able to find a venue to exhibit their work. An artist who exhibits at Roy G Biv receives educational feedback and constructive criticism from jurors, the public, his peers and, often, the press. The artist’s work is offered for sale with a gallery commission See FUNDRAISER, page A3
By Lorrie Cecil/ThisWeek
Kelly Cousins and Jake Devine have started State Line, a local business that offers T-shirts with the pocket designed in the shape of Ohio.
Cheryl is one of many cats up for adoption at the Cat Welfare Association. On Tuesday, June 21, the association will hold its Summer Solstice Adoption Extravaganza, which will feature food and special adoption rates. For information on adopting Cheryl or any of the cats, visit catwelfareohio.com. Watch a video of Cheryl at ThisWeekNews.com.
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