I support SAVING the historic church at 79 McDowell St. in Franklinton and encourage all parties involved to consider adaptive reuse vs. demolition! MORE INFO »
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January 16, 2019
Reached 100 supporters
December 21, 2018
December 20, 2018
We are approaching the one hundred signature milestone which is the threshold required for a formal inquiry from the zoning board. Please direct this link to anyone in the Franklin district today so we can finalize our submission packet.
194 Comments
It would be a tragic loss to demolish this church building. Franklinton's renewal has to include incorporating existing buildings with new infill structures built on vacant spaces, of which there are plenty, to give the area a unique look. It survived the 13' flood for God sake!!!!
Please consider new uses for this beautiful structure, and economic incentives such as historic tax crefits, HOME or possible "opportunity zone funds" coming available to some areas, as well as possible CBDG monies to make the rehabilitation not only feasible but advantageous!
Columbus has seen so many historical buildings torn down, it's a shame to hear of this proposed demolition! I am highly supportive of Homeport's plan for affordable housing here but I would prefer to see the church incorporated or this project moved to another location.
Being from the bottoms (franklinton) I can admire some of the change but destroying its history and pushing people out just to expand and accommodate downtown is ridiculous. Its shows little care for our city.
Please use common sense and stop chipping away at Columbus' history. I am not sure how you can adopt climate change measures when demolition of this sacred and special building will add TONS OF WASTE to landfills. Please stop the madness!!!
Adaptive Reuse.
gorgeous historic building. could be repurposed into a museum or something else!
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I support SAVING the historic church at 79 McDowell St. in Franklinton and encourage all parties involved to consider adaptive reuse vs. demolition! MORE INFO »
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
January 16, 2019
Reached 100 supporters
December 21, 2018
December 20, 2018
We are approaching the one hundred signature milestone which is the threshold required for a formal inquiry from the zoning board. Please direct this link to anyone in the Franklin district today so we can finalize our submission packet.
194 Comments
we've lost so much already. we very nearly lost all of what is now called historic german village. we lost the train station, the penitentiary , the market at mound.... we must cherish and save our historic buildings. reuse, reduce, recycle on all levels.
It would be a tragic loss to demolish this church building. Franklinton's renewal has to include incorporating existing buildings with new infill structures built on vacant spaces, of which there are plenty, to give the area a unique look. It survived the 13' flood for God sake!!!!
Please consider new uses for this beautiful structure, and economic incentives such as historic tax crefits, HOME or possible "opportunity zone funds" coming available to some areas, as well as possible CBDG monies to make the rehabilitation not only feasible but advantageous!
Columbus has seen so many historical buildings torn down, it's a shame to hear of this proposed demolition! I am highly supportive of Homeport's plan for affordable housing here but I would prefer to see the church incorporated or this project moved to another location.
Being from the bottoms (franklinton) I can admire some of the change but destroying its history and pushing people out just to expand and accommodate downtown is ridiculous. Its shows little care for our city.
Please use common sense and stop chipping away at Columbus' history. I am not sure how you can adopt climate change measures when demolition of this sacred and special building will add TONS OF WASTE to landfills. Please stop the madness!!!
Adaptive Reuse.
gorgeous historic building. could be repurposed into a museum or something else!
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we've lost so much already. we very nearly lost all of what is now called historic german village. we lost the train station, the penitentiary , the market at mound.... we must cherish and save our historic buildings. reuse, reduce, recycle on all levels.