New Program Launched: Clean and Safe into the Future

(February 8, 2020) BEXLEY, OH

Given our adoption of the motto “clean and safe into the future,” the SID would like to report on actions being taken to clean, secure, and sustain our community. The following details were provided to us by SID members and partners at the last annual meeting in September.

Clean

David Levy reported that on Saturday, September 21st of last year, community volunteers and non-violent offenders picked up litter on Main St. He credited Quay Barnes for organizing the litter clean-up.

“The SID is working on getting a consistent, paid, litter clean-up program going on Main St.,” Levy said.

Safe

Ms. Ellen Moore Griffin, Executive Director of Community Crime Patrol (CCP), reported that patrollers are on the street about 250 hours per month.

“(Members of CCP) submit a monthly report of the interactions they have with the public or incidents that they encounter,” said Griffin.

If you wish to regularly receive this report, please request it here.

Future

Ms. Susan DeLay from the City of Columbus’s Dept. of Development reported that the previously discussed traffic lights are to be installed on Main St. between Bexley (Gould Rd.) and Whitehall (just past Barnett Rd.). These new be teardrop fixtures with LED lighting will replace the aged lights in place. This will result in 50 new lights, each on 30-foot poles. Construction began on January 6 and is slated to take 8 months.