Latest reporting from the Community desk.
Latest reporting from the Community desk.
Latest reporting from the Community desk.
Community
Upper Arlington's 79% homeownership rate exceeds Ohio's roughly 70% state average as the BIA Parade of Homes prepares to open free tours across central Ohio from Sept. 17 through Sept. 27.
Community
The Grandview Heights Public Library Foundation will host its next Flights with Friends wine tasting at Vinoteca Grandview on Monday, Sept. 21, continuing a rotating fundraiser series that has visited nine other local businesses.
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Upper Arlington's Porch Party program is accepting registrations through Sept. 30, offering free hosting kits to residents who sign up to hold a neighborhood gathering by Oct. 15.
Community
COTA hosts a public open house Tuesday, Aug. 25, at the Bob Crane Community Center in Upper Arlington, giving residents a final chance to ask questions about the new Line 30 Hilliard-OSU route and the Line 1 split and Dublin extension before both launch Sept. 7.
Community
Upper Arlington's Labor Day Arts Festival celebrates its 60th year on Sept. 7 at Northam Park with more than 120 juried artists, four main-stage acts, street performers, hands-on art activities and free shuttle service from Wellington School.
Community
The UA CARES Helpdesk offers free, walk-in help for older adults and caregivers at Bob Crane Community Center on Sept. 2, connecting residents to food assistance, mental health services and home safety resources in the wake of the Aug. 11 storms.
Community
Lou Berliner Sports Park in Upper Arlington has largely reopened after the Aug. 11 derecho, with repairs nearly complete and scheduled events and tournaments continuing as planned despite a partial closure still in effect.
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Upper Arlington residents on more than 20 street segments must clear parked cars before midnight Saturday ahead of the OhioHealth Grandview Yard Half & Quarter Marathon, which sends runners through UA neighborhoods from 7 to 11 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 23.
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Filmmaker Jeff Shulman, brother of Upper Arlington City Attorney Darren Shulman, will screen his addiction-recovery documentary *What It Takes* free at the Municipal Services Center on Thursday, Aug. 20, with a panel discussion tied to the city's Recovery Court.
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Upper Arlington placed a food waste dumpster at the Municipal Services Center for residents who lost refrigerator and freezer contents during the extended power outage following the Aug. 11 derecho; the dumpster accepts spoiled food only, not storm debris.
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The Ohio Wildlife Center has taken in more than 150 storm-displaced baby animals since the Aug. 11 derecho and is asking for community donations as low as $25 to cover care costs through baby season.
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Upper Arlington parents Melissa and Steven Edell have launched the Carter Edell Foundation and organized the Forward for Hope 5K at Thompson Park on Saturday, Aug. 15, honoring their 14-year-old son Carter, a Hastings Middle School student who died by suicide in September 2025, while pushing for policy changes in how UA Schools trains adults to recognize students in crisis.
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