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Preserving Intellectual Freedom in Public Libraries
July 26, 2023

Public libraries have long been held up as pillars of free speech. They're also getting caught in the crossfire of Americas culture wars. Initiatives to take controversial books off library shelves a

Made in Ohio: The Coming Manufacturing Supercycle
July 19, 2023

De-globalization and the Made in the U.S.A. drive is causing a stunning reversal of the long decline of U.S.-based manufacturing. And nowhere is that reversal more visible than here in Central Ohio.

Exploring the Peril and Promise of Artificial Intelligence
July 12, 2023

Do you like the title of this CMC forum? If so, thank ChatGPT. That's the artificial intelligence "chatbot" we asked to title this CMC forum on the subject of itself. With both human and electronic pa

Annual State of Nonprofits
June 28, 2023

Franklin County, Ohio, nonprofits are being asked to do more with less than ever before, especially the health and human services sector. Central Ohio health and human-service nonprofits are being inu

The Future of Constitutional Amendments in Ohio
June 21, 2023

On August 8, 2023, Ohio voters will be asked to go to the polls to decide on whether or not it should be harder to amend the states constitution. Currently Ohios founding document can be amended wit

Downtown's New Beating Heart: Jim Merkel on The Junto & The Peninsula
June 14, 2023

Downtown Columbus is being reshaped daily, thanks in part to the vision of developers like Jim Merkel, CEO and Co-Founder of Rockbridge, and the Founder of Makeready, Merkel is spearheading the creati

Addressing the Consequences of Redlining
June 07, 2023

The development of many American cities has been profoundly shaped by redlining, a process dating to the 1930s of deliberately dividing urban areas primarily by race. Once a federal policy, redlinin

Art in the Air
May 31, 2023

Can a spectacular new piece of public art help to revitalize downtown Columbus? This week, we explore the role of public art in Columbus and how a new addition to the citys public art scene became r

It's a CEO Celebration! Honoring CMC CEOs Jane Scott & Sophia Fifner
May 24, 2023

This weeks special evening program is a farewellto CMCs longtime CEO Jane Scott, who retires at the end of May 2023 after more than nineteen years leading the nonprofit Columbus Metropolitan Club,

Regional Mayors Prepare for Intel
May 17, 2023

The impact of Intels two new massive semiconductor manufacturing facilities in Licking County, Ohio, will go far beyond the $20 billion investment itself. The two new plants with more likely to fol