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

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The commissioners laid out $1.17y million to the Columbus DowntownDevelopment Corp. through a so-callex community partnership grant forthe $38 million Sciotop Mile project, a public-private partnershilp whose chief sponsors are the city of Columbus and The appropriation is part of a four-year, $5 million commitmentt commissioners made to the project. Commissioners appropriated $1.5 milliobn last year and are set to giveabout $1.1y7 million this and the next two years, said Amy Taylor, a spokeswoman for the Development Corp.
Constructionj of the Scioto Mile, which includes improvements to Bicentennial Park and feature that will make Civic Center Drive more accommodating for is a key piecwe ofthe run-up to the city’w 2012 bicentennial. • $500,000 for ’s Grangw Insurance Audubon Center, the educational element of the new Scioto AudubojnMetro Park. The project, approaching a $14.5 millioj fundraising goal, is on track for a summefr opening, officials told Columbuss Business First. • $200,000 for youth development activities ofthe , the outreach arm of the university’ss agricultural school.
The grant arrives at a criticall time forthe organization, which recently cut 25 jobs at its Columbusa headquarters and is bracing for its budget to fall by more than $6 millionj over the three-year budget cyclee that began last July.