Clintonville Area Commission

Michael Weinman Candidate Statement

I’m asking for your vote for the Clintonville Area Commission District 7 seat and in return I will use all of my experience and dedication to our community to represent you and our neighbors.

My wife, our two daughters, and I call Clintonville home.
We believe this is a very special place to raise a family in Columbus.

The Clintonville Area Commission position calls for someone who can work well with others, listen carefully, communicate ideas clearly, and find solutions to challenges and opportunities that present themselves.

For the past 15 years, I have used similar skills, working as a public policy and law enforcement liaison on behalf of the Columbus Police Department and the Ohio FOP.

Before joining the Columbus PD, I was in the U.S. Air Force where I earned an Associate Degree in the administration of justice before getting a B.A. in Political Science and a minor in criminology from The Ohio State University.

I worked as a patrolman for the Columbus PD until I was shot and paralyzed while investigating a single-car crash in 1998.

Now, I am seeking an elected position for the first time because I want to give back to a community that has given so much to my family and me.

We are all fortunate to live in a great neighborhood that is unique, and I will do everything I can to help Clintonville retain those special qualities.

If I can count on you for your vote, I promise you can count on me to be a strong advocate for you.

My name is John Eschenbrenner and I am running for commissioner for District 7 of the Clintonville Area Commission. My family and I have been Clintonville residents for over five years. My wife works for the Columbus City School District and our two older boys go to Columbus City Schools, with our youngest son on his way next year. I, along with my business partner, own and operate a local business in Clintonville. We feel very connected and rooted in this great community and I am committed to making it better for everyone. My business is consulting engineering and we provide engineering services for a wide breadth of project types throughout the country. We are exposed to the entire construction process, including zoning, construction, and coordination with communities and building departments. I understand issues that affect developers and communities, and hope that through my experiences in this field I can project a thoughtful perspective on a multitude of construction and development topics and issues. I would like to see development projects that make sense for the area served in terms of zoning, parking, infrastructure support, community backing, architectural design, and good financial sense. I think a good example of this would be the continued development and improvement of Indianola Avenue. One resident in the district suggested to have a community pool in an area that supports that use, which I think would be a wonderful idea. Improving the ability to walk from our houses to local restaurants and retail outlets is important and the infrastructure to support this could and would be invasive; however, the idea of connectivity, growth, and welfare improves with the simplicity of our day to day lives. Please show your support by voting for John Eschenbrenner and allow me to better support this great community.

Judy Minister Candidate Statement District 4

I enjoyed serving my neighbors as a first term CAC commissioner for District 4. I’ve learned a great deal about our evolving business district and the city of Columbus’s processes for reviewing building and zoning requests. This may sound surprising, being a real estate broker and business owner since 1995, but there is truly always more to learn.

Things that have been accomplished in the last 3 years.

• I established the first CAC Facebook page, enlisted help in restoring and maintaining the Clintonvilleareacommission.org web site and created a new committee for Technology & PR.
• As chair of the Technology & PR committee we initiated welcome letters and community resource lists for commissioners to provide and engage new area homeowners (9/17). We created at steady stream of posts to remind neighbors that CAC meetings and events are public meetings and have encouraged attendance.
• One of our prime areas of neighborhood congestion (Starbucks & High) has been somewhat improved by the addition of the no stopping area on the north side of Torrence Rd.
• Working on the neighborhood plan review committee we created screening documents for new commercial and residential development to bring focus to the goals of the Clintonville Neighborhood Plan.
• Served as the CAC member representative on the Zoning and Variance committee

The future will bring new development, hopefully more restoration and re-use of vintage Clintonville buildings. Where new construction is planned we hope for it to be thoughtfully designed and in harmony with the neighborhood.

Looking at the history of representation in district 4 there seems to be a chain of one term commissioners, I hope that by serving two terms we can all benefit from some continuity and experience.

Thank you!