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Looking for more information? Try these organizations and websites:
City of Worthington
www.worthington.org |
Worthington is located in the center of the state at Ohio’s crossroads – the intersection of U.S. State Route 23 and State Route 161.
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Healthy Worthington
healthyworthington.org |
Healthy Worthington Coalition, Inc is a membership organization that promotes the physical, intellectual, emotional, social, and spiritual health & well-being of all who live, work, learn and play in the greater Worthington area.
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Leadership Worthington
www.leadershipworthington.org |
Leadership Worthington's mission is to enhance the understanding of leadership qualities and to develop individual and group leadership potential in order to create a better Worthington area community.
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Old Worthington Association |
The Old Worthington Association is concerned with the preservation of Worthington historical district and heritage, distinct residential character and the unique design and architecture of Old Worthington.
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Old Worthington Business Association
www.owba.net
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The Old Worthington Business Association (OWBA) includes businesses, shops and restaurants in downtown Worthington.
The OWBA also sponsors Worthington's excellent farmers' market.
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Worthington Area Chamber of Commerce
www.worthingtonchamber.org
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The Worthington Area Chamber of Commerce promotes and serves businesses in the Worthington area.
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Worthington Arts Council
www.worthingtonarts.org
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The Worthington Arts Council exists to encourage, provide, and support arts and cultural activities and groups in our community.
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Worthington Garden Club |
The Worthington Garden Club has initiated an Adopt-a-Tree program. This program enables individuals to enhance Worthington by contributing to tree planting efforts at specific public locations.
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Worthington Griswold Center
www.worthington.org/services/griswoldseni.cfm
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The Griswold Center is a multipurpose facility dedicated to providing quality programs and services to people 60 years of age or older (and spouse regardless of age.)
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Worthington Historical Society
www.worthington.org/history/society.cfm
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The Worthington Historical Society (WHS) in Ohio was founded in 1955 by Worthington citizens in order to preserve the history and heritage of the community.
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Worthington Kilbourne High School's Home B.A.S.E.
homebase07.blogspot.com |
Worthington Kilbourne High School's Home B.A.S.E. class is building a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) affordable house. Developed under a national pilot project with the United States Green Forum, and locally supported by the Columbus Green Building Forum and Columbus Housing Partnership, it will be one of the highest performing, green, and energy efficient houses in Ohio.
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Worthington Libraries
www.worthingtonlibraries.org |
The Worthington libraries provide exceptional service and sponsor many community programs.
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Sustainable Worthington works in cooperation with many organizations including these fellow sustainable community groups in Central Ohio.
Sustainable Communities of Central Ohio
http://groups.google.com/group/co-sustainable |
This google group helps everyone interested in sustainable communities in central Ohio keep in touch.
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Sustainable Clintonville
sustainable.clintonville.googlepages.com |
Sustainable Clintonville seeks solutions that balance and integrate environmental, social and economic needs. We seek to promote awareness, education and action to secure the well being of current and future generations.
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Sustainable Grandview
http://www.sustainablegrandview.org/ |
Sustainable Grandview seeks to engage and educate about environmental, economic, and social sustainability within our community of Grandview Heights, Ohio. Our mission is to encourage community involvement to promote healthy living now and for future generations.
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Sustainable Westerville
www.sustainablewesterville.org |
Sustainable Westerville - Working together to meet our environmental needs today without compromising future generations...Sharing ideas to help our city continue to move in the direction of a walkable, bikeable, workable community.
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University Area Enrichment Association
www.uaea.org |
The University Area Enrichment Association assists community members in improving the quality of life in the neighborhoods surrounding The Ohio State University.
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Simply Living
www.simplyliving.org |
Simply Living provides a support network for the Sustainable Communities groups.
Simply Living's vision is to create
a compassionate and sustainable world through personal, community and cultural transformation. Be sure to check
Simply Living's extensive calendar of events.
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Central Ohio Bicycle Advocacy Coalition (COBAC)
www.cobac.org |
The mission of the Central Ohio Bicycle Advocacy Coalition is to serve Central Ohio by working, through education and through the building of a safe, comprehensive network of complete streets and trails to create a friendlier environment for bicycling enabling all our citizens to make bicycling part of their everyday routines.
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Central Ohio Sierra Club
www.ohio.sierraclub.org/central |
Visit the Central Ohio Sierra Club to learn about great local programs.
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Central Ohio Sustainability Roundtable (COSR)
www.swaco.org/COSR.aspx |
The Central Ohio Sustainability Roundtable's mission is to advance sustainable development in
Central Ohio by acting as a resource for awareness-building, learning and collaboration among
business, government, non-profits, and community groups.
Our intent is to stimulate innovation and create competitive advantage for Central Ohio businesses,
while improving quality of life for community residents of both present and future generations.
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Columbus Green Building Forum
www.cgbf.org |
The Columbus Green Building Forum is an organization dedicated to promoting energy-efficient and environment-friendly building practices in Central Ohio.
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Columbus Green Drinks
www.greendrinks.org |
The purpose of Green Drinks is primarily FUN, but the events also enable people to: share new ideas; develop inspired solutions; discuss the state of the world; learn about opportunities to work for change and to make a difference...whatever you want it to be. So, come have a few drinks and meet/network with like-minded individuals who share your interest in building a sustainable society and planet.
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Columbus Re-Wired
www.columbusrewired.org |
The Livable Communities Committee of AIA Columbus in partnership with the AIA 150 Initiative and national American Institute of Architects is sponsoring a series of Community Charrettes and events culminating in a national competition of visions for intersections of community and transportation.
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Consider Biking
www.considerbiking.org |
Consider Biking envisions a Columbus in which all citizens are made aware of the individual- and community-level benefits associated with bicycling, and that bicycling for transportation becomes a practical option for an ever-expanding percentage of the population.
Consider Biking provides a dynamic forum through which all members of the local cycling community and new bike commuters are connected.
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Environment Ohio
www.environmentohio.org |
Environment Ohio is a statewide, citizen-based environmental advocacy organization.
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Friends of the Lower Olentangy Watershed (FLOW)
www.olentangywatershed.org |
Friends of the Lower Olentangy Watershed is a grassroots organization dedicated to educating
people about the importance of the Lower Olentangy Watershed, one of the most precious natural features
spanning Franklin and Delaware Counties in central Ohio.
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Green Energy Ohio
www.greenenergyohio.org |
Green Energy Ohio is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting environmentally and
economically sustainable energy policies and practices in Ohio.
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Ohio Environmental Council
www.theoec.org |
Whether at the statehouse or the courthouse, in a meeting hall or the press room, the Ohio Environmental Council is the state’s premier advocate for our air, land and water.
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Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC)
www.morpc.org |
The Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC) is a voluntary association of governments serving Ohio. A catalyst for regional change, evidence of MORPC's work is seen everyday through planning, programming and brokerage services in the areas of housing, transportation, water, land use, zoning, environmental and technology issues. We assist our 42 local governments by providing innovative solutions for the many challenges facing our growing region.
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Simply Living
www.simplyliving.org |
Sustainable Worthington gratefully acknowledges ongoing inspiration and help from Simply Living.
Simply Living's vision is to create
a compassionate and sustainable world through personal, community and cultural transformation. Be sure to check
Simply Living's extensive calendar of events.
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Safe Routes to School
www.saferoutesinfo.org |
Community leaders, parents and schools across the U.S. are using Safe Routes to School programs to
encourage and enable more children to safely walk and bike to school. The National Center for Safe
Routes to School aims to assist these communities in developing successful Safe Routes programs
and strategies.
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Walking School Bus
www.walkingschoolbus.org |
A walking school bus is a group of children walking to school with one or more adults.
If that sounds simple, it is, and that’s part of the beauty of the walking school bus.
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Craig's List
columbus.craigslist.org |
Local classifieds and forums for 450 cities worldwide - community moderated, and largely free.
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Freecycle
www.freecycle.org |
The Freecycle Network™ is made up of many individual groups across the globe. It's a grassroots and entirely nonprofit movement of people who are giving (& getting) stuff for free in their own towns.
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Free Geek Columbus
freegeekcolumbus.org |
FreeGeek Columbus provides computers and training for limited-resource populations in Central Ohio through redistribution of used equipment and the use of Free Software. FreeGeek Columbus is committed to Free Software, responsible electronics recycling, and community engagement.
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Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio (SWACO)
www.swaco.org |
Includes information about recycling and hazardous waste disposal.
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Waste Not Center
www.wastenotcenter.org |
The Waste Not Center is the signature program of the Central Ohio Sustainability Alliance.
The Center receives donations from businesses of supplies that would otherwise be discarded
and makes them available to teachers, artists and others for various types of projects.
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