-  Nearly 1,200 Hired during Mayor Coleman’s and COWIC’s Hire1000 Initiative |
| Mayor Michael B. Coleman and the Central Ohio Workforce Investment Corporation (COWIC) President & CEO Suzanne Coleman-Tolbert announced the results of the Hire1000 employment initiative today. |
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| - Mayor Coleman Salutes Employees and Residents for a Successful 2011 |
| Columbus made enormous progress as a city in 2011, and Mayor Coleman today credited the hard work and dedication of the city’s employees as well as the character and ingenuity of its residents for the successes of this past year. |
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| - Mayor Announces Police Chief Selection Process |
| Mayor Coleman has assembled the Columbus Police Chief Nominating Committee, which will begin the process of interviewing and screening candidates. |
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| - Central Ohio Jurisdictions Pledge Cooperation on Shared Services and Job Relocation |
| A working group of Central Ohio’s Mayors and City Managers from Columbus, Dublin, Gahanna, Grandview Heights, Grove City, Hilliard, New Albany, Upper Arlington, Westerville and Worthington assembled in Westerville yesterday to address sharing services and economic competition. |
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| - Mayor Coleman Appoints Greg Davies as Director of Public Utilities |
| Greg Davies, deputy chief of staff to Mayor Michael B. Coleman, was named the new director of the Department of Public Utilities, effective December 19. Davies will replace Tatyana Arsh, who announced last week she would be stepping down after 15 years of service to the department. |
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| - Mayor Coleman’s 12th Balanced Budget Invests in Youth Violence Prevention, Residential Recycling and Future Stability |
| Mayor Michael B. Coleman today presented his proposed 2012 budget to City Council, an investment blueprint that would further the goals of safe neighborhoods, job creation and an efficient government while setting aside millions to prepare Columbus for cuts from the State of Ohio in 2013. |
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| - Mayor Coleman Affirms City’s Commitment to Curbside Residential Recycling in 2012 |
| Today Mayor Michael B. Coleman joined City Councilmember Eileen Y. Paley to announce details of the curbside residential recycling program that will begin in 2012. Implementation of the program will begin on the first of five separate routes in late spring, with recyclables being collected every other week in 64-gallon blue carts. |
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| - Mayor Coleman, City Councilmember Klein, OSU and Consider Biking Mark Completion of City’s First Bicycle Shelter |
| Mayor Michael B. Coleman, City Councilmember Zach M. Klein, The Ohio State University, Consider Biking and OSU area community groups today marked the completion of the City’s first bicycle shelter. |
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| - Construction of Offices and Apartments Spurs Job Creation Efforts on the Near East Side |
| Mayor Michael B. Coleman, the Affordable Housing Trust and Near East Side neighborhood leaders visited 905 E. Long Street, former location of the Charles building, where construction of new offices, retail and apartments that has created more than 150 jobs is underway |
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| - Construction Start of Single-Family Homes in American Addition Celebrated |
| Mayor Michael B. Coleman today joined Homeport President and CEO Amy Klaben, Councilmember Priscilla R. Tyson together with Gloria Zebbs Anderson, Secretary, North Central Area Commission and American Addition residents to mark the start of construction of single-family homes. |
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| - Columbus Named Among 21 Smartest Cities in the World |
| The Intelligent Community Forum has named the Columbus region among the 21 Smartest Communities in the World. |
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| - Mayor Coleman, Homeport, Councilman Craig Unveil New Condos in King-Lincoln District |
| Mayor Michael B. Coleman today joined Homeport President and CEO Amy Klaben, City Councilmember Hearcel Craig and Near East Side residents to unveil the NoBo on Long Condominiums. |
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| - Mayor Coleman, COWIC and Chamber Announce Citywide Employment Initiative |
| Columbus Mayor Michael B. Coleman, Central Ohio Workforce Investment Corporation (COWIC) President & CEO Suzanne Coleman-Tolbert and Columbus Chamber President Michael Dalby today announced Hire1000, a collaborative employment initiative with the goal of helping at least 1000 unemployed Central Ohioans get back to work by the end of the year. |
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