Events:

Seventh Son Brewery
January 23rd 6-9pm
http://www.columbusunderground.com/event/making-midwest-winter-party-raffle
The cost for admission is simple, 1 canned food item that we will be donating to the Mid-Ohio Foodbank


January 25th 6-9pm $15
Camelot Cellars
http://www.columbusunderground.com/event/u-pick-wine-tasting-2

Construction roundup:

http://www.columbusunderground.com/millennial-tower-project-returns-to-commission-seeking-approval-we1
The tower is back to the downtown commission becaue of the LED wrap-around light

http://www.columbusunderground.com/six-story-mixed-use-building-planned-for-capital-university-lot-downtown-bw1
New 6-story mixed use building planned next to the Columbus Metro Library - It's a joint venture between Capital University and the developer

http://www.columbusunderground.com/new-eight-story-building-planned-downtown-we1
Plans to construct a new eight-story mixed-use residential building at 195 East Main Street were uncovered yesterday as the project has officially been submitted for review by the Downtown Commission. If constructed as planned, the building would include an 8,800 square foot ground-floor retail space with a sidewalk cafe-style patio, a second-story amenity space and seven stories containing 105 residences on floors two through eight.


Fox in the Snow opened in German Village

~~~~~~TWO MINUTES HATE~~~~~~

Lindsay Shepard: No complaints - Turns out that no one actually issued a complaint and the PhD that berated her took it upon himself to chastize her 'just in case'.

Clean off your stupid car

"Beautiful weather all over our great country, a perfect day for all Women to March. Get out there now to celebrate the historic milestones and unprecedented economic success and wealth creation that has taken place over the last 12 months. Lowest female unemployment in 18 years!" - DJT

"This is the One Year Anniversary of my Presidency and the Democrats wanted to give me a nice present. #DemocratShutdown"

Columbus:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Columbus/comments/7qeek8/just_got_spit_on_in_the_short_north/
- A homeless person spit on me, the problem of the short north homeless
- jumping off point: the reason aggressive behavior works is because of the demographics of the areas where people are aggressive, largely.

http://abc6onyourside.com/news/good-news/coffee-serving-as-a-second-chance
note: this will be me giving felons a second chance to not make terrible food - Trevor
"We're very big on partnerships in CleanTurn and all of our business lines,” said the founder of Clean Turn Enterprises John Rush. “At Third Way Café, one of our partners is Coffee Crafters and they actually provide barista training in the prison."

ECOT finally closed - just a mention

http://www.dispatch.com/entertainmentlife/20180116/one-out-of-three-columbus-homes-fetched-more-than-list-price
33.3% of Columbus homes fetched more than the list price. Highest year over year growth (15%) of any large metro region.

http://www.wowway.com/products/gigtopia/north

https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/17/chariot-expands-to-columbus-ohio-with-jpmorgan-chase-commuter-shuttle/
chariot sets up in columbus for JP Morgan Chase.

Discussion:

https://www.thelocal.se/20180117/dads-in-sweden-took-more-paternity-leave-in-2017
In Sweden parents get 480 days of parental leave to split between the spouses - previously it was mostly taken by mothers but now fathers are also increasingly taking it. You are typically paid 80% of your salary while on parental leave.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jan/16/eu-declares-war-on-plastic-waste-2030

Following China’s decision to ban imports of foreign recyclable material, Brussels on Tuesday launched a plastics strategy designed to change minds in Europe, potentially tax damaging behaviour, and modernise plastics production and collection by investing €350m (£310m) in research.

The EU wants 55% of all plastic to be recycled by 2030 and for member states to reduce the use of bags per person from 90 a year to 40 by 2026.


http://bradfrost.com/blog/post/google-you-creepy-sonofabitch/
google now wants your input on every place you visit, whether you used google maps to navigte to it or not.
uthor makes the case thathaving google follow you around and actively ask you for info about the place you just went to is super creepy

Chelsea Manning - campaign run video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=RAXo1Y7AK_I

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42736530
Canadian prime minister Justin Treudeau (or his admin) has banned certain groups, in this case anti-abortion groups, from summer jobs

Feature:

https://www.citylab.com/life/2018/01/the-7-stages-of-amazon-hq2-grief/550865/
Amazon HQ2
http://www.dispatch.com/entertainmentlife/20180119/trulia-columbus-one-of-three-best-amazon-hq2-cities

I was curious about this. I live in Austin, and don't think the rent is particularly high there. I just wanted some data. Looking at rent prices on one website in particular (https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/in/Austin) and using Austin as the baseline:
Less expensive candidate cities:
- Rent Prices in Austin, TX are 43.54% higher than in Columbus, OH
- Rent Prices in Austin, TX are 40.87% higher than in Indianapolis, IN
- Rent Prices in Austin, TX are 34.51% higher than in Raleigh, NC
- Rent Prices in Austin, TX are 26.93% higher than in Pittsburgh, PA
- Rent Prices in Austin, TX are 24.66% higher than in Newark, NJ
- Rent Prices in Austin, TX are 18.86% higher than in Dallas, TX
- Rent Prices in Austin, TX are 9.24% higher than in Atlanta, GA
- Rent Prices in Austin, TX are 7.51% higher than in Toronto
- Rent Prices in Austin, TX are 5.29% higher than in Nashville, TN
- Rent Prices in Austin, TX are 4.49% higher than in Philadelphia, PA
More expensive candidate cities:
- Rent Prices in Austin, TX are 6.64% lower than in Denver, CO
- Rent Prices in Austin, TX are 10.82% lower than in Chicago, IL
- Rent Prices in Austin, TX are 20.41% lower than in Miami, FL
- Rent Prices in Austin, TX are 26.91% lower than in Los Angeles, CA