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Columbus, Ohio
Joined March 2009
Breaking news: Crew SC owner talking with potential investors in Columbus
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Exclusive: Topgolf finally coming to Columbus
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Nationwide Children's Hospital has promoted Dr. Ray Bignall to chief diversity and health equity officer in a planned succession to the doctor who created the role more than a decade ago.
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Breaking #SaveTheCrew News: Plan calls for $230M Columbus Crew stadium in the Arena District, anchoring new mixed-use development (slideshow)
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Pete Edwards: One month in, 'We’ve sold so many more tickets than we ever dreamed'
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Beloved Ohio burger joint lines up a Dublin-area spot. That's right, Akron-based Swensons wants to open one of its famous drive-in restaurants in Columbus.
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Breaking news: Plans for Grand Central project near the Arena District abandoned; developer says it offered land to Crew SC
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Development plan set for $233M Crew Stadium, with Arena District land deal yet to come
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Ohio State is considering a new 4,000-seat ice rink for the men's and women's hockey teams: @OhioState_MHKY
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Exclusive: MLS, Crew SC have been working on Austin relocation plan for months
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Breaking #SaveTheCrew news: Mapfre makeover: How the city plans to redevelop Crew SC's stadium into a $100M community sports hub
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State legislator to ask Ohio Attorney General to sue to keep Crew SC in town
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Equal playing field: Minority- and women-owned firms have won $74M+ in Crew stadium contracts
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If Amtrak’s vision for establishing passenger rail service between Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati becomes a reality, local officials are prepared with their own plan for where Columbus’ downtown station would go.
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News Alert: Bob Evans removes Urban Meyer from its website, days after announcing the OSU football coach was its new breakfast spokesman.
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Columbus Crew sponsors say deals have gotten much pricier:
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Airbnb says Columbus will be one of the hottest growth markets in 2018
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Crew SC's owners are prepared to open the books to 'bona fide' potential buyers: #SaveTheCrew
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Columbus-based Esports Engine aims to turn Halo's popularity as a video game into a thriving esports business.
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BrewDog wants to buy the Crew and sell it back to the fans
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The Browns beat both the Bengals and Steelers this year – in attendance.
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"I was confused, from a professional standpoint," Kyle Kastranec said of the new Columbus SC logo. "Who asked for this? (That's) the general sentiment I keep going back to."
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EXCLUSIVE: 23-acre Arena District resort-style community planned with towers, hotels, restaurants, condos and more
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Chipotle bringing jobs to Columbus as it moves its corporate headquarters
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The city of Columbus and Franklin County have reached a preliminary deal with the owners of Columbus Crew SC on the details of a new stadium complex in the Arena District.
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Columbus only Ohio city among 20 finalists for Amazon HQ2
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Here's the gritty story of #SaveTheCrew and how a group of fans did the impossible and helped keep the @ColumbusCrewSC from leaving Columbus.
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#Breaking: New renderings are out for the future home of @ColumbusCrewSC. Take a look and tell us what you think:
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Hyperloop One chooses Chicago-Columbus-Pittsburgh as one of 10 global routes to develop
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MLS commissioner says league focused on keeping @ColumbusCrewSC in Columbus as Precourt Sports Ventures continues to pursue a move to Austin. #SaveTheCrew
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Gorgeous morning for the 2017 Columbus Marathon! .#cbusmarathon #columbusmarathon @cbusmarathon @nationwidekids
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Hyperloop backers secure funding for feasibility study for Pittsburgh-Columbus-Chicago route.
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The owners of the Book Loft can now write their own ending with the purchase of their building in the German Village.
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Exclusive: Religious center, sports, retail, restaurants planned for Value City complex after a decade-long vacancy
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Columbus offered several sites, including Berliner Park, for Crew SC stadium:
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A Central Ohio startup has raised $3M toward building a bitcoin payment system that co-founders say can lower utility bills and increase energy access globally.
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Columbus Business First named Best Business Publication in Ohio
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Columbus is the top city in the Midwest and No. 2 in the nation for finding a job in the new year, according to a ranking from Forbes.
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Columbus Crew's proposed buyers pledging $645M total investment
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‘Columbus Promise’ program to grant free Columbus State tuition to all Columbus City Schools graduates “We promise that we have their backs,” said City Council President Shannon Hardin.
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.@OhioState has the country's first billion-dollar football program. http://t.co/DATyDR61fX
#GoBucks
http://t.co/wjfkTchFcw.
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The @usairforce is working with the Ohio State football team to study elite athlete training
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A sort of Dollar Shave Club for beef jerky has landed a $100,000 @Chase grant. http://t.co/64SdDxlsvR
@JackTheCEO
http://t.co/cEr11TONhv.
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The price tag for the Columbus Crew SC soccer stadium has now reached $300 million, following an infusion of $70 million in private funding from the team’s ownership group.
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Former Columbus Blue Jackets star turned real estate developer Brandon Dubinsky swears his time on the ice prepared him for a second career in real estate.
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C.J. Stroud is coming to Columbus this summer to headline a luncheon benefitting the nonprofit LifeTown.
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Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has endorsed Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and the surrounding Dayton region as the ideal location for the new United States Space Command headquarters.
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BREAKING: San Antonio judge questions fairness of Crew SC move to Austin, asks district attorney to investigate
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When @ColumbusCrewSC takes the field in Orlando, new businesses will be represented on the players' jerseys.
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BREAKING: A new Metro Park and mixed-use development is coming to a stunning quarry site in west Columbus
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Nationwide Realty 'open' to putting Columbus Crew stadium in the Arena District
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Blue Jackets sign North High Brewing; deal includes new beers at Nationwide Arena, Movember promotion
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Does this give hope to #SaveTheCrew? Sponsor signs on for three more years with Crew SC (if team stays in Columbus)
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Crew SC signs multi-year TV deal with FOX Sports Ohio, SportsTime Ohio
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Experience Columbus is touting another record-breaking year when it comes to people visiting Columbus from out of town.
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Firms with local smart-city offices picked for Hyperloop One feasibility study on Chicago-Columbus-Pittsburgh route
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From team doctor to co-owner: Pete Edwards on why his family helped Save The Crew
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Here they are - the 2018 Class of 40 Under 40! Congratulations to a wonderful group of up-and-coming business and community leaders! #biz1st40u40
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It's official: There will be no Victoria's Secret Fashion Show this year.
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Huntington Park has been named the best stadium experience in Ohio. @CLBClippers @StadiumJourney
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"I’ve found Columbus to be a city where you have an idea, you can pitch that idea and gain access to anyone in the community, because people want to help. To have that as one of the cultural underpinnings is pretty special."
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"Root is the permission for venture capitalists who were sitting on the fence in San Francisco, wondering why they were living there during Covid, to change their minds and move to Ohio."
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Ohio State grad on Virgin Hyperloop One engineering team: Making the tech ‘better, cleaner, cheaper, faster’ (Video)
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Steve Lyons, the Crew SC's new chief business officer, established his sports-business roots at a young age while growing up in Dublin.
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Hyperloop One exec: 'I would bet on Columbus' getting one of first routes built
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Columbus named America's best city for making your mark. http://t.co/hx2hicUxC0
http://t.co/RKA3Oyp6gl.
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Have you met this remarkable woman? We did and we are quite impressed. Newsmaker: How Allison Green went from working with Narky the Aardvark to running BrewDog USA
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FIRST LOOK: BrewDog's Franklinton bar – huge rooftop patio, cask room planned: @DanEatonBiz1st
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City OKs going forward with plans for Confluence Village infrastructure
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Ikea's powering its Columbus store with 3,546 solar panels on the roof:
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Amazing night in Columbus as #NHLAllStar visitors flooded the @arenadistrict! #CBJ
http://t.co/l3qlBoxdYE.
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Exclusive: Ohio Democratic Party is selling its downtown Columbus headquarters. "We want to be putting less money into debt service and more into winning elections."
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Ahead of next year's obviation of its name, Columbus 2020 is rebranding. And it's setting a new sky-high goal.
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"The colors are not changing," Crew spokesman Tim Miller told Columbus Business First. "We're trying to figure out the next 25 years of this brand."
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From the editor: Save the Crew recognized for upholding the 'Spirit of Columbus'
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Ohio State lands $17M gift to launch entrepreneurship center
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Battelle has landed a $400M federal contract to decontaminate N95 masks for free for U.S. hospitals.
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.@Root_Insurance IPO was priced above its target range and sold 2 million more shares than projected, solidifying its rank as the biggest offering in Ohio history.
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.@ThirtyOne Gifts is bringing its big convention back to Columbus next year. http://t.co/fNLXqQZ9Ql
http://t.co/Or8tMMiOpL.
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$100K for beef jerky? A firm started by OSU students got that much from @Chase. http://t.co/64SdDxlsvR
@JackTheCEO
http://t.co/pl4hBxHaO5.
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The northern cusp of downtown is poised for a billion dollars of new construction in the next few years. Eight projects alone are in development promising $1 billion in investment.
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Columbus-made @RapchatApp raises $2.3M in VC. CEO @SethMills21: "We want to be the all-in-one platform for aspiring artists. You can create, distribute and monetize your work in a way that's never been done before."
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It was Dec. 28, 2018, when Major League Soccer announced it had reached a formal agreement with the Crew’s new owners – the Haslam and Edwards families – to finally take over the Crew from Anthony Precourt.
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It was on Dec. 28, 2018 when that Major League Soccer announced that it had reached a formal agreement with the Crew’s new owners – the Haslam and Edwards families – to finally take over the Crew from Anthony Precourt.
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ComFest tapping only local beers for 2018 event
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