MSI Principal Rick Espe and urban planner Andrew Overbeck recently joined colleagues from Miamisburg and Springfield to deliver a presentation to the 24th annual Miami Valley Planning and Zoning Workshop on the value of greenspace in downtown revitalization efforts. Showcasing park projects in three different Ohio cities, the presentation demonstrated the different approaches that each [...]

MSI Design was recently awarded three Honor Awards by the Ohio Chapter of the American Association of Landscape Architects. At OCASLA’s annual event, MSI won Honor Awards in three different categories. The Scotts Miracle Gro Company Community Garden Campus at the Franklin Park Conservatory won in the “Design Constructed” category, the 2010 Downtown Columbus Strategic [...]

Opened in 2005, North Bank Park marked the beginning of Columbus’ riverfront renaissance. With the MSI-designed Scioto Mile under construction and the recently opened Grange Audubon Center on the Whittier Peninsula, downtown’s riverfront park system has nearly been completely rebuilt over the last decade.
North Bank Park reconnected the Arena District to the Scioto River by [...]

The Downtown Columbus Strategic Plan officially wrapped up its six month public process last night at a Columbus City Council public hearing. Following the plan’s endorsement by the Downtown Commission in June, this is the final step before City Council consideration on July 19.
In addition to the extensive public input received through three public forums [...]