City continues to look into possible hotel/conference center

Work continues as the city of Columbus considers the possibility of a downtown hotel and conference center. The city’s redevelopment commission considered a resolution during its meeting Monday afternoon. Heather Pope is the city’s redevelopment director…

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Originally, the city was considering limiting the scope of the study to a city-owned lot neighboring the Bartholomew County Jail. Pope says that scope has been expanded to include the entire downtown area also being looked at by the Envision Columbus study. Cost of the study is not to exceed $36,000 with the Columbus Area Visitor’s Center covering half of the cost.

Pope says the study should take six to eight weeks to complete.