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DUBLIN, Ohio (WCMH) -- A vacant site sandwiched between office buildings in Dublin could soon be home to a mixed-use development with a five-story apartment building, retail, a restaurant and a dog park.

Plans call for the development to be built on a 16-acre site at the northeast corner of Emerald Parkway and Woerner Temple Road owned by VanTrust Real Estate, according to a proposal submitted to the Dublin Planning and Zoning Commission. An apartment complex with 280 units, 25,000 square feet of commercial space and green space would be among the property's amenities.

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Owner of the site since 2016, VanTrust is asking the commission on Thursday to rezone the site, arguing the property's current zoning which only allows office buildings "is not viable." Neither VanTrust or Duke Realty, who owned the site previously for 15 years, "was able to make office buildings work on this site for a number of reasons," the proposal states.

• Plans call for the development to built on a 16-acre site at the corner of Emerald Parkway and Woerner Temple Road. (Courtesy Photo/Dublin Planning and Zoning Commission)
• Plans call for the development to built on a 16-acre site at the corner of Emerald Parkway and Woerner Temple Road. (Courtesy Photo/Dublin Planning and Zoning Commission)
• Plans call for the development to built on a 16-acre site at the corner of Emerald Parkway and Woerner Temple Road. (Courtesy Photo/Dublin Planning and Zoning Commission)

"We believe the vacant lot could be transformed into a walkable mixed-use development that would provide numerous benefits to the community and the existing office uses which are our neighbors," VanTrust said.

The proposal claims the development would provide "much-needed amenities to neighboring office buildings" including UnitedHealth Group, BMI Federal Credit Union, Farmers Insurance and Emerald EyeCare. VanTrust states the company has gathered letters of support from nearby office tenants and owners.

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While the site is barren and generating almost zero in tax revenue, VanTrust said projections forecast tax revenue or more than $10 million in combined tax revenue to the city and schools over the 10 years following construction.

"This development would enhance the value of the vacant property owned by the city immediately east of the subject site and accelerate and improve the development prospects for the city's site," the proposal said.

The Dublin Planning and Zoning Commission will review the proposal's concept plan on Thursday.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Surveillance cameras outside of a northwest Columbus bar captured an alleged robbery in progress nearly one week ago.

According to a Columbus Division of Police incident report, a robbery took place in the parking lot of Yogi’s Bar and Grill on West Henderson Road, near Kenny Road, in the Governours Square area. Police said that on April 12 at 1:41 a.m., an adult male approached the victim outside of the bar and pointed a handgun at him while demanding all of his money.

Anti-violence efforts in Columbus highlighted as fight continues Images from security cameras at and outside of Yogi's Bar and Grille capture a suspect wanted for aggravated robbery. (Courtesy/Columbus Division of Police)

The victim threw all of his cash on the ground before the suspect picked it up and fled the scene. Security cameras were able to capture images of the suspect inside of the bar and outside during the alleged incident.

The suspect is believed to be between the ages of 21 and 23 years old and is wanted for aggravated robbery. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Columbus Police Robbery Unit at 614-645-5665. Persons wishing to remain anonymous may contact Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at 614-4655-TIPS (8477).

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Although many pieces remain in play, efforts to redevelop the North Market continue apace, even as the dining and other stalls remain open through it all.

For CEO and executive director Rick Harrison Wolfe, it's part of being on such a prime piece of real estate in Columbus, at a venue that sees over 1 million visitors each year and is home to some 30 vendors.

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"I like to say we're Boardwalk on the Monopoly board," Wolfe said. "We're the gateway from the Short North to Downtown."

A 36-story tower remains under construction on the site of the former North Market parking lot, with it on schedule to open in the summer of 2026, Wolfe said. That's after construction was initially stalled when it was discovered that the parking lot was built over top of a 19th-century cemetery and that not all the bodies had been moved by the time it had closed.

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"That was really a huge part of this project to make sure that was once and for all done properly and respectfully," Wolfe said. "I like to say we righted the wrongs of 150 years in that, there were portions of the property that should have been addressed long, long ago."

In 2022, dozens of grave shafts were discovered on what was once part of an 11-acre cemetery. Wolfe said those found during the exhumation process would receive a proper reburial. The cemetery closed sometime in the 1860s, and the market originally opened in 1876.

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Two major changes are coming with construction: the Merchant Building tower and an expanded North Market. The Merchant Building will include a 206-room hotel and residential and office spaces. North Market will gain 15,000 square feet over two stories, including space for 8-9 new vendors. A new plaza and a farmers' plaza will be added, Wolfe said.

Also coming will be space for special events, private events and more. That will help the market financially.

"The market being a nonprofit, we need to come up with all the types of ways we can make a buck," Wolfe said.

Also to that end, Columbus City Council recently approved up to $350,000 for operational support. That came after council approved more than $30 million for the project last July.

Building applications at scale is nothing compared to building an operating system like Windows, especially when it comes to source code control. How do you manage the repository (or repositories) for such a software behemoth, with thousands of developers and testers, and with a complex build pipeline that’s continuously delivering fresh code?

Microsoft’s history with internal source control systems is convoluted. You might think it used the now discontinued Visual SourceSafe, but that was most appropriate for local file systems and smaller projects. Instead, Microsoft used many different tools over the years, initially an internal fork of the familiar Unix Revision Control System, before standardizing on Perforce Source Depot.

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Code commonly flows downstream, from an open-source project into an organization’s own products. Upstreaming is the process of reversing that flow—contributing code back to an open-source project. The value proposition of upstreaming includes harnessing the strength of an open-source community to examine code, find and fix problems, and add their own features that make the code more valuable to everyone using it.

As someone who has been deeply involved with open-source projects for many years—I’ve committed code to the open source FreeBSD operating system project for over a decade now, served on that project’s core team for two terms, contributed to open source ZFS, and co-written two books about ZFS—I’ve seen countless organizations meet the challenges and reap the substantial benefits of upstreaming. In short, contributed code that becomes part of a mainline open-source project receives shared maintenance, active development, and extension, with other members across the community often adding value that goes well beyond the initial contribution.

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Java services are the most-impacted by third-party vulnerabilities, according to the “State of DevSecOps 2024” report just released by cloud security provider Datadog.

Released on April 17, the report found that 90% of Java services were susceptible to one or more critical or high-severity vulnerabilities introduced by a third-party library. The average for other languages was 47%.

Datadog’s report analyzed tens of thousands of applications and container images and thousands of cloud environments to assess application security. Following Java in the vulnerabilities assessment were JavaScript, at roughly 70%; Python, at 62%; .NET, at 50%; PHP, at 35%; and Go (golang) and Ruby, both at about 32%.

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Building applications at scale is nothing compared to building an operating system like Windows, especially when it comes to source code control. How do you manage the repository (or repositories) for such a software behemoth, with thousands of developers and testers, and with a complex build pipeline that’s continuously delivering fresh code?

Microsoft’s history with internal source control systems is convoluted. You might think it used the now discontinued Visual SourceSafe, but that was most appropriate for local file systems and smaller projects. Instead, Microsoft used many different tools over the years, initially an internal fork of the familiar Unix Revision Control System, before standardizing on Perforce Source Depot.

To read this article in full, please click here

Columbus and Central Ohio Weather QUICK WEATHER FORECAST:

• Today: Mild sunshine, high 75
• Tonight: Rain & rumbles, low 58
• Friday: AM showers, some clearing, high 65
• Saturday: Partly cloudy, breezy, high 59
• Sunday: Some clouds, high 58
• Monday: More sunshine, high 63

FORECAST DISCUSSION:

Happy Thursday!

Following a very active evening Wednesday, we've got much nicer conditions on the way for today! Expect mainly sunny skies, with highs warming back into the middle 70s. Wind speeds die down this morning and remain fairly light throughout the afternoon.

Our next system approaches tonight, bringing us rain and rumbles during the overnight hours, and into Friday morning. That rain clears by about mid-morning Friday, then we'll see some clearing into the afternoon. Highs fall back to the middle 60s Friday with a bit of a breeze.

We remain breezy Saturday, but we will be dry. Expect partly cloudy skies, with highs dropping back into the upper 50s.

Certain areas will see the possibility for frost Sunday and Monday mornings, as lows fall back into the 30s. Highs Sunday top out in the mid to upper 50s, with highs Monday in the lower 60s.

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BUCYRUS, Ohio (WCMH) - Severe storms rolled through Central Ohio Wednesday afternoon. One of the hardest hit areas was the city of Bucyrus. The Crawford County seat lost power to nearly the entire town.

"Have not had any injuries we've been called out on. That's a very good thing yes," said Chief Chad Schwemley of the Bucyrus Fire Department. The storm also knocked out communication to many of the city buildings including the Fire Department and Police Station. Anyone calling 911 was also unable to get through.

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"Damage was from Aumiller Park all the way through the golf course. So it went from one end of the town to the other, straight through town," Schwemley added.

The power was still out across much of the town when NBC4 left the area late Wednesday night. "They haven't given us a definite time. The last time we checked with the crew they were waiting on parts and stuff. It may be until tomorrow," said Schwemley.

Bucyrus resident Michele Jennings was out of the house with her 15-year-old daughter when the storm hit. Her husband called to tell her there were trees down in the backyard.

• Wednesday's severe storms brought down several trees in Bucyrus, Crawford County. (NBC4)
• Wednesday's severe storms brought down several trees in Bucyrus, Crawford County. (NBC4)
• Wednesday's severe storms brought down several trees in Bucyrus, Crawford County. (NBC4)
• Wednesday's severe storms brought down several trees in Bucyrus, Crawford County. (NBC4)
• Wednesday's severe storms brought down several trees in Bucyrus, Crawford County. (NBC4)
• Wednesday's severe storms brought down several trees in Bucyrus, Crawford County. (NBC4)
• Wednesday's severe storms brought down several trees in Bucyrus, Crawford County. (NBC4)

"There's trees down. Broken, we've got broken windows. It was just chaos. "I have never seen any damage like this in my life. Ever. I cried when I seen it was both of them with trees on them, and we're getting ready to go on vacation," Jennings said with a laugh.

Neighbors and friends were already sawing up tree limbs and clearing their backyard with the little bit of daylight left.

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Jennings said, "Our friends come up and started helping us cut up some trees. I'm just like, ugh, thank goodness. Everything will be ok. Power will get turned back on and we'll be fine. We'll be fine."

Just down Charles Street in Bucyrus, Angela McLarnan also returned home after the storm hit. She was in Marion about twenty minutes away and said it was a scary experience there too.

"My son called me on my phone and said mom we're blocked in. I said why are we blocked in," she said. Trees blocked their driveway on Charles St. and in the back of their home. A fifty-foot tree from their neighbors yard was now laying across the closed street with live wires surrounding it. When the tree fell, it missed the family van by just inches.

"The vans always parked right here. Dear Lord help us keep this van," McLarnan said as she recalled her reaction to hearing the tree was coming down.

This storm is added to an already record Spring for severe weather. Twenty-eight tornados have been confirmed in Ohio this year. The yearly average is twenty-two. Storm Team 4 meteorologist Ben Gelber has experienced more than 40 Ohio springs. He believes this is a trend in our weather patterns.

"We've never seen so many tornadoes so early in the season. And that is a byproduct of an unusually warm winter. Very mild ground, very warm water in the Gulf of Mexico, historic warmth. The Atlantic is as warm as it is in July, even though we're only in April. So you have all the ingredients or fuel for storms that we never see so early in the season," Gelber explained.

Bucyrus is largely still without power, but Schwemley said he hopes crews will have the power back on by Thursday.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Community leaders and advocates are shining a light on how they address violence in Columbus.

A little over a year ago, Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther established the Office of Violence Prevention (OVP). Now it is sharing what it has accomplished in the last year.

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Leaders said out of the big cities in the U.S., Columbus has seen the second-largest reduction in homicides so far this year. However, they are cautiously optimistic, saying the work is far from over.  

"We have to stay committed to our comprehensive approach, prevention, intervention and enforcement. We need all three," Ginther said. 

Since the Office of Violence Prevention put its team together, community conversations have been emphasized.

"Columbus is very unique in that we have so much collaboration, which is something that as an office, we are incredibly grateful for because we want to be the conduit of information between all of the different organizations working together," Office of Violence Prevention Director Rena Shak said. 

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Mothers of Murdered Columbus Children (MOMCC) is one of the groups collaborating with the city.

"Having all the entities that we have in Ohio and Columbus working together and moving in the right direction and not going solo is very important," MOMCC Faith Director Rhonda Clayborn said. 

Through community conversations, OVP analyzed the themes people focused on, including how OVP should approach its work and what resources people want to see.

"It is absolutely imperative that the work of our office is driven by the voices of the residents here in the city of Columbus," Shak said. 

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For OVP, 2023 was all about engagement. This year, there will be an emphasis on connecting resources with people.

"That will allow us to really get a deep look into what all of the different types of individuals in our city need from us, whether that is youth, whether that's incarcerated adults, whether that's homeless adults, you name it," Shak said. 

OVP plans to launch data sets this year, including ones that focus on resource access and crime data. 

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Most people know Ohio Stadium for Ohio State football games and, occasionally, home to soccer and lacrosse.

But for the next few days, The ‘Shoe will evolve into The Range.

A unique golf event is being staged there through Sunday, and for the first time, people can hit a golf ball in a shrine to football.

Upper Deck Golf is putting on golf experiences at 24 stadiums across the country this year, and this is its first-ever venture in Columbus and the first-ever college stadium. Those who take part won’t need their drivers; at most, a pitching wedge will cover the distance to the farthest target down on the field – nine holes of them set up around the stadium.

“Obviously these stadiums weren’t built to do something like this,” Upper Deck Golf Sr. Event Director Nicholas Bonner said. “So working closely with the grounds team and stadium staff to get things like this done is absolutely vital.”

The event at Ohio Stadium was originally set to run for three days, but due to popular demand, it was expanded to five.

“It’s definitely one of our favorite stadiums that we have set up, both logistically and just for a unique experience,” Bonner said.

The event opened Wednesday and will run through Sunday. There are some scattered tee times left. To book a session, click here.