The leaking and deteriorating Downtown riverfront splash pad called Scioto Mile Fountain will be excavated and replaced starting this spring.
Even after adjusting for inflation, the repairs will cost taxpayers more than half the $10 million the city originally contributed to create the entire mile-long riverfront park in 2010, a $44 million public-private project that involved removing low-head dams and reclaiming land from the river.
"It was always anticipated that the fountain had a life cycle of about a decade," Taylor said. The new fountain should have a similar decade-long life before needing any major maintenance or replacement, she said. An endowment that could be tapped for maintenance — but is also used for other expenses, like planting flowers along the riverfront in the spring — currently has a balance of between $10 million and $11 million, Taylor said.
When Ginther penned the deal with the Columbus Crew to build the new Lower.com Field soccer stadium and its surrounding improvements, costing city taxpayers more than $100 million,. As a result, officials came away with no details about how the team actually spent that money. The 27-story, 348-foot tall, 527,130-square-foot Continental Center at 150 East Gay Street changed hands in 2021 for $11.97 million.
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