97-06-04 Public Forum on South District Plan

PUBLIC FORUMS TO CONSIDER SOUTH CAMPUS DISTRICT PLAN

     COLUMBUS - The Ohio State University will hold two public
forums on Tuesday, June 10, on the development of its South
Campus District Plan.  The forums will be held from 4 to 5:30
p.m. and from 7 to 9 p.m. in Rhodes Hall Auditorium, 450 W. 10th
Ave.  The program will be the same at each forum, so people may
attend the forum at the most convenient time.

     Each forum will include a presentation of the preferred
alternative for the South Campus District Plan, including a
discussion of design and development guidelines, open space and
civic structure guidelines, vehicular and pedestrian circulation,
and connections with the surrounding neighborhood.

     The South Campus District Plan generally includes areas
within or near those university-owned properties south of West
12th Avenue, west of North High Street and east of the Olentangy
River.

     The Office of the University Architect and Physical Planning
and the South Campus District Planning Team are hosting the
forums.  The university employed a team of consultants to prepare
the plan.  The team is led by Sasaki Associates of Boston.  Other
team members are Michael Dennis & Associates of Boston, Design
Group Inc. of Columbus and Burgess & Niple of Columbus.

     Ohio State's Board of Trustees in October 1995 adopted a
master plan for the Columbus campus which considered planning and
development policies for the next 50 years.  As a follow-up, Ohio
State's Office of University Architect and Physical Planning has
embarked on a series of district plans which study specific
portions of the campus in greater detail.

     Two earlier public forums on the South Campus District Plan
were held Jan. 30 and April 1 to consider issues to be studied in
the planning effort and to review alternative planning concepts.

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Contact: Nancy Sullivan, Office of University Architect and
         Physical Planning, 688-3893.


[Submitted by: Von Vargas  (vargas.12@osu.edu)
               
Thu, 5 Jun 1997 10:40:11 -0400 (EDT)]
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