<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/06e0c425-564f-4327-a259-a9f7ff1ea320/36AE94E0-FDFE-492E-98E7-3B00DC15F4E3/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.columbushomesblog.com/2008/04/21/how-and-where-will-columbus-and-central-ohio-grow/" href="http://www.columbushomesblog.com/2008/04/21/how-and-where-will-columbus-and-central-ohio-grow/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.columbushomesblog.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.columbushomesblog.com/2008/04/21/how-and-where-will-columbus-and-central-ohio-grow/">How and Where will Columbus and Central Ohio Grow?</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.columbushomesblog.com/2008/04/21/how-and-where-will-columbus-and-central-ohio-grow/"><P><IMG vspace="10" hspace="10" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.columbushomesblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/oct-2d16-2d2007-20042-small.jpg" alt="How Columbus plans for continued growth downtown and in our surrounding counties will determine, to a large extent, how successfull the region becomes." />When you hear the term Central Ohio, we’re talking about a 12 county region that, in 20 years, is expected to grow to about 2 million people—an increase of about 440,000 in the next dozen years.  Make no mistake, Franklin County and Columbus are at the heart of that 12 county Central Ohio Region, but while we’re not talking about 2 million inhabitants commuting to downtown Columbus every day, the Center City is where many of us hope much of the growth develops.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.columbushomesblog.com/2008/04/21/how-and-where-will-columbus-and-central-ohio-grow/"><P>MORPC, the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission on East Main Street downtown, recently unveiled its first State of the Region Report that speaks to, among other topics, how rising fuel costs may help residents spurn the suburbs in favor of the city and proximity to Columbus employment.  An influx of new residents to this same region is the sole reason the entire state of Ohio did not lose population over the last year.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/36AE94E0-FDFE-492E-98E7-3B00DC15F4E3/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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