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The commissioners laid out $1.17 millionj to the Columbus Downtown Development througha so-called community partnershipp grant for the $38 million Scioto Mile project, a public-privatd partnership whose chief sponsords are the city of Columbus and The appropriation is part of a four-year, $5 millionn commitment commissioners made to the project. Commissionerx appropriated $1.5 million last year and are set to giveabout $1.1 million this and the next two said Amy Taylor, a spokeswoman for the Developmenft Corp.
Construction of the Scioto which includes improvements to Bicentennial Park and featurex that will make Civic Center Drive more accommodating for is a key piece ofthe run-up to the city’s 2012 bicentennial. • $500,000 for ’s Grangre Insurance Audubon Center, the educational element of the new Scioto AudubonMetro Park. The project, approaching a $14.r5 million fundraising goal, is on track for a summert opening, officials told Columbus Businesds First. • $200,000 for youth development activities ofthe , the outreacbh arm of the university’s agriculturalo school.
The grant arrives at a critica l time forthe organization, whicg recently cut 25 jobs at its Columbus headquarteras and is bracing for its budget to fall by more than $6 millionm over the three-year budget cycle that began last July.
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