New Look to Growing Degree Website

Have you visited the Ohio State University's Growing Degree Day (GDD) website this spring?  If you haven't, you are in for a treat!  The website has a new look, is very easy to navigate, and has an added feature that everyone will be using. New Look to Growing Degree Website

Once on the home-page, you have an option of inputting any Ohio zipcode.  The date will always be the current date, although you can manipulate and use past dates in your search.  Once the zipcode has been added, website users click on "show me the calendar" and are taken to a short sequence of what is occuring with plant blooms (first bloom or full bloom) and insect activity as one contiguous list.  Users can also view the entire calendar from start to finish from this page.

Lawn Chemicals Linked to 2 Types of Cancer in Dogs

Spring is here, Summer is just around the corner, and there is nothing as inviting as a lush green open space on a warm, sunny day. Play it safe so your pet can stay safe.see story here

Volutella Blight Causing Boxwood Dieback.

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25-Story “Millennial Tower” Announced for Downtown Columbus

25-Story “Millennial Tower” Announced for Downtown Columbus

Development is not meeting the demand for walkable neighborhoods

• 56 percent of millennials and 46 percent of baby boomers prefer to live in more walkable, mixed-use neighborhoods; demand is also evidenced by sharp increases in rents in recent years.
• While there is a growing shortage of multi-family housing, the nation’s current supply of single-family homes is estimated to exceed future demand for at least the next 25 years                                                                                                                                                                                                          See Entire Store Here   

New Affordable Housing (With a Twist) Coming to Near East Side

Construction is underway on a trio of new buildings that will bring 18 apartments and 10 townhomes to North 17th Street on the Near East Side. Applications are now being accepted for potential tenants of the new buildings, who will be part of an innovative program meant to provide affordable housing and other services to parents working toward a college degree.See Story Here

Rain gardens planned in Clintonville to reduce stormwater runoff

Rain gardens planned in Clintonville to reduce stormwater runoff