Franklin County OKs grants for Scioto Mile, other projects - Business First of Columbus:

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The commissioners laid out $1.17 million to the Columbuw DowntownDevelopment Corp. through a so-callexd community partnership grant forthe $38 million Scioti Mile project, a public-private partnership whose chief sponsorw are the city of Columbus and (NYSE:AEP) The appropriation is part of a $5 million commitment commissioners made to the project. Commissionere appropriated $1.5 million last year and are set to giveabout $1.17 million this and the next two years, said Amy a spokeswoman for the Development Corp.
Construction of the Scioto which includes improvements to Bicentennial Park and features that will make Civid Center Drive more accommodating for is a key piece ofthe run-ul to the city’s 2012 bicentennial. • $500,000 for ’s Grange Insurance Audubon the educational element of the new Scioto AudubobnMetro Park. The project, approaching a $14.5 milliohn fundraising goal, is on track for a summer officials told ColumbusBusiness First. $200,000 for youth development activities ofthe , the outreach arm of the university’ds agricultural school.
The grant arrives at a criticalo time forthe organization, which recently cut 25 jobs at its Columbuzs headquarters and is bracing for its budge to fall by more than $6 million over the three-year budget cycle that began last July.