The city has hired a consultant to study the feasibility of locating a hotel and conference center downtown.
Columbus Redevelopment Commission members on Monday voted 3-0 to hire Hunden Strategic Partners to complete the study for an amount not to exceed $36,000. Commission members John Dorenbusch and George Dutro were absent from the meeting.
The study by the firm based in Chicago will look at 10 acres of city-owned land at Second and Lafayette streets and the geographical area outlined in the Envision Columbus study, said Heather Pope, city redevelopment director.
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