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20 IN 23: The Last 10 Years

Posted on March 15, 2023March 16, 2023 |
  • 20 IN 22: Park Histories
  • Featured
  • The Metro Parks Blog

VIRGINIA GORDON Communications Coordinator This concluding article in the series of Metro Parks’ park histories focuses on parks that have opened in the last 10 years (Rocky Fork, Homestead, Scioto …Read More

20 IN 23: The first Metro Park (Blacklick Woods)

Posted on February 16, 2023February 17, 2023 |
  • 20 IN 22: Park Histories
  • Featured
  • The Metro Parks Blog

VIRGINIA GORDON Communications Coordinator Seventy-five years ago, this October, the first park in the Columbus and Franklin County Metropolitan Park District opened its gate to the public for the first …Read More

20 IN 23: The Story of Slate Run

Posted on January 19, 2023February 16, 2023 |
  • 20 IN 22: Park Histories
  • The Metro Parks Blog

VIRGINIA GORDON Communications Coordinator Slate Run, when it opened in 1981, became the largest Metro Park in the Columbus and Franklin County Metropolitan Park District. In 1963, a full 18 …Read More

20 IN 22: The Peninsula

Posted on November 17, 2022March 16, 2023 |
  • 20 IN 22: Park Histories
  • The Metro Parks Blog

VIRGINIA GORDON Communications Coordinator Don’t you just love it when a plan comes together? Metro Parks was very much part of the A-Team, the John ‘Hannibal’ Smith of the moment, …Read More

20 IN 22: The Westerville Oasis

Posted on October 20, 2022March 16, 2023 |
  • 20 IN 22: Park Histories
  • The Metro Parks Blog

VIRGINIA GORDON Communications Coordinator The creative impulse to found what would eventually become Sharon Woods Metro Park is inextricably linked with plans to build two major Interstate freeways. The preservation …Read More

20 IN 22: The Second Child (Blendon Woods)

Posted on September 15, 2022March 16, 2023 |
  • 20 IN 22: Park Histories
  • The Metro Parks Blog

VIRGINIA GORDON Communications Coordinator The first child gets all the love. But somehow, when the second child comes along, and even though the love of the first is undiminished, plenty …Read More

20 IN 22: The Three Bs (of Clear Creek)

Posted on August 18, 2022March 16, 2023 |
  • 20 IN 22: Park Histories
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VIRGINIA GORDON Communications Coordinator In music, critics speak reverently of the Three Bs (Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms) and their prominent role in the history of music and the arts. The …Read More

20 IN 22: The Innis Legacy

Posted on July 21, 2022March 16, 2023 |
  • 20 IN 22: Park Histories
  • The Metro Parks Blog

VIRGINIA GORDON Communications Coordinator Metro Parks is fortunate enough to own and operate one of the most-admired public gardens in the entire Midwest. Inniswood Metro Gardens is now a 123-acre …Read More

20 IN 22: The Northwest Quadrant

Posted on June 15, 2022March 16, 2023 |
  • 20 IN 22: Park Histories
  • The Metro Parks Blog

VIRGINIA GORDON Communications Coordinator As the 20th century entered its dotage, the map of Metro Parks’ locations showed a distinct lack of presence in the northwest. There were 11 Metro …Read More

20 IN 22: The Darby Creeks and the Darby Plains

Posted on May 19, 2022March 16, 2023 |
  • 20 IN 22: Park Histories
  • The Metro Parks Blog

VIRGINIA GORDON Communications Coordinator At a little more than 7,000 acres in area, Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park is by far the largest of the parks in the Columbus and …Read More

20 IN 22: Kettle Lakes and Appalachian Foothills

Posted on April 14, 2022March 16, 2023 |
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VIRGINIA GORDON Communications Coordinator In this month’s 20 IN 22 journey through the parks and their history we encounter the kettle lakes and wetlands of Pickerington Ponds Metro Park, and …Read More

20 IN 22: Shale and Spruce

Posted on March 16, 2022March 16, 2023 |
  • 20 IN 22: Park Histories
  • The Metro Parks Blog

VIRGINIA GORDON Communications Coordinator In this month’s 20 IN 22 journey through the parks and their history we encounter the shale banks of Highbanks Metro Park and the spruce and …Read More

20 IN 22: The Millennium Parks

Posted on February 17, 2022March 16, 2023 |
  • 20 IN 22: Park Histories
  • The Metro Parks Blog
VIRGINIA GORDON Communications Coordinator Following the launch of our 20 IN 22 theme in the January edition of Metro Parks News (20 IN 22: A Multigenerational Celebration of Metro Parks), ...Read More

20 IN 22: A Multigenerational Celebration of Metro Parks

Posted on January 20, 2022March 16, 2023 |
  • 20 IN 22: Park Histories
  • The Metro Parks Blog
VIRGINIA GORDON Communications Coordinator When Quarry Trails Metro Park opened in December 2021, it became the 20th park in the Columbus and Franklin County Metropolitan Park District, located in Central ...Read More

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