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Central Ohio Hospital CEO Roundtable Jan 22, 2025

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Optimal Health Series

Central Ohio is growing rapidly, and the region's four major hospital systems are following suit. Each of Columbus' "Big Four" systems – OhioHealth, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Mount Carmel Health System, and Nationwide Children's Hospital – are expanding rapidly, constructing new facilities and scrambling to hire legions of qualified healthcare professionals. With the region's population expected to grow by 30% in the next 25 years, that may translate into 730,000 new residents – all of whom will require access to healthcare. Can Central Ohio's biggest healthcare players keep pace with demand? This forum features an extraordinary panel featuring the CEOs of all four of the region's major hospital systems for an in-depth exploration of the present and future of healthcare in Central Ohio.

Featuring panelists:

Dr. Stephen Markovich, President and Chief Executive Officer, OhioHealth

Timothy Robinson, Chief Executive Officer, Nationwide Children's Hospital Dr. John Warner, Chief Executive Officer, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and Executive Vice President, The Ohio State University Tauana McDonald, President and Chief Executive Officer, Mount Carmel Health System The host is Greg Moody, Director of Professional Development and the State of Ohio Leadership Institute, John Glenn College of Public Affairs, The Ohio State University.

The presenting sponsors of CMC's long-running Optimal Health Series are The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, OhioHealth, and Nationwide Children's Hospital.

This forum was also sponsored by AstraZeneca, Cardinal Health, Fifth Third Bank, The Healthcare Career Collaborative of Central Ohio Powered by Aspyr, Mount Carmel Health System, and CK Construction. The presenting sponsor of the CMC livestream was The Center for Human Kindness at the Columbus Foundation. CMC's livestream partner was The Columbus Dispatch. This forum was also supported by Vue Columbus. This forum was recorded before a live audience at Vue Columbus in Columbus, Ohio's historic Brewery District on January 22, 2025.

The New Columbus Real Estate Scene Jan 15, 2025

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What was America's most popular housing market in 2024, according to Realtor.com?

Look no further than Columbus, Ohio. Homes for sale in Central Ohio were racking up far more online views than the national average, indicating off-the-charts levels of interest in available properties in the region.

If it's been a few years since you sold a home in Central Ohio, you might be in for a shock the next time you plant a "for sale" sign in your yard, now that new rules have completely reshaped realtor commissions.

If you're on the buying side, you'll need to be just as prepared for a housing market that's undergone profound changes since before the pandemic, with demand outpacing new construction and out-of-state "institutional" buyers with deep pockets outbidding families and snapping up investment properties.

Ths week, we navigate the new realities of buying and selling in Central Ohio's red-hot housing market.

Featuring:

Josh Barkan, Division Vice President, M/I Homes of Central Ohio Jon Melchi, Executive Director, Building Industry Association of Central Ohio Buffie Patterson, President, Columbus REALTORS® Board of Directors

The host is Bonnie Meibers, Commercial Real Estate Reporter, Columbus Business First. This forum was sponsored by The Robert Weiler Company.

The presenting sponsor of the CMC livestream was The Center for Human Kindness at the Columbus Foundation. CMC's livestream partner was The Columbus Dispatch.

This forum was also supported by Vue Columbus.

This forum was recorded before a live audience at Vue Columbus in the Brewery District on January 15, 2025.

Annual Blue Chip Economic Forecast Jan 08, 2025

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The Atlantic Magazine recently awarded the US economy "superstar status" – calling it the "Taylor Swift" of global economies – for its robust sustained performance. Closer to home, Central Ohio's economy also appears to be roaring along, with the region leading the Buckeye State in growth. What's in store for Central Ohio's economy and our region in 2025? Hear what the year ahead looks like for Central Ohio's economy from a panel of leading experts at CMC's first program of 2025 and one of the year's most popular forums.

Featuring:

Dr. Joyce Chen, Professor of Economics in Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies, The Ohio State University

Kathy Bostjancic, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, Nationwide Mutual

Dr. Bill LaFayette, Owner, Regionomics

The host is Benjamin Lanka, Business Editor, The Columbus Dispatch.

This forum was sponsored by Smoot Construction, Frost Brown Todd, The Columbus Region, Ian Alexander Photography, and PNC.

The presenting sponsor of the CMC livestream was The Center for Human Kindness at the Columbus Foundation. Our livestream partner was The Columbus Dispatch.

This forum was supported by Vue Columbus.

This forum was recorded before a live audience at Vue Columbus in the Brewery District on January 8, 2025.

From Vacant to Vibrant: The Future of Retail in Downtown Columbus Dec 19, 2024

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Can downtown retail make a comeback in Columbus? With a panel of downtown leaders and advocates, this forum explores efforts to re-energize retail downtown and examines what lies ahead for Columbus' urban core.

Featuring:

Nicholas J. Bankston, Columbus City Councilmember

Amy Taylor, President, Downtown Columbus, Inc.

Jim Merkel, CEO and Co-Founder, Rockbridge

The host is Jessica Ralston, Anchor of Good Day Columbus on ABC6 and FOX28. This forum was sponsored by The Harrison Smith Legacy in Civic Engagement Fund, Downtown Columbus, Inc., The Edwards Companies, and Rockbridge.

The presenting sponsor of the CMC livestream is The Center for Human Kindness at the Columbus Foundation. CMC's livestream partner is The Columbus Dispatch. This forum was also supported by The Ellis. This forum was recorded before a live audience at The Ellis in Columbus' historic Italian Village on December 18, 2024.

Belonging Is Redefining the Modern Workplace Dec 11, 2024

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Ohio's labor market remains incredibly tight, but Central Ohio organizations that are building strong cultures of belonging are attracting top talent from diverse backgrounds. Leading employers know from experience that cultivating a strong and authentic sense of belonging among employees can revolutionize recruitment, engagement, retention, productivity, and ROI, even with remote workers.

Recent criticism around DEI in the workplace has sparked concerns that diversity, equity, and inclusion progress could stall, but many employers are not only not abandoning DEI initiatives but deepening them with strategic efforts to build a sense of belonging among employees. They're also ensuring the definition of diversity remains broad and embraces neurodivergent and physically impaired employees, elevating every voice.

With a panel of passionate leaders, we'll explore the meaning and value of creating a culture of belonging in the contemporary workplace, and how it's helping key Central Ohio employees and employers to stay at the top of their games.

Featuring:

Daniel Juday, Founder + Facilitator, Space Creator LLC

Dr. Tina Pierce, Chief of Strategy and Belonging, The Ohio State University Alumni Association

Jennifer Robinson, Chief Human Resources Officer and Deputy Director, Ohio Department of Veterans Services

The moderator is Margaret Finley, Head of DEI and Corporate Affairs, ADS, and President, Board of Directors, Central Ohio Diversity Consortium.

This forum was sponsored by Advanced Drainage Systems, with additional support from Aspyr and The Central Ohio Workforce Development Network.

The presenting sponsor of the CMC livestream was The Center for Human Kindness at the Columbus Foundation. Our livestream partner was The Columbus Dispatch. It was also supported by The Ellis.

This forum was recorded before a live audience at The Ellis in Columbus' historic Italian Village on December 11, 2024.

Columbus Eviction Rates Are Headed in the Wrong Direction Dec 04, 2024

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In 2023, Columbus saw nearly 24,000 eviction filings, marking a 12,000-case increase from the previous year. Early 2024 data shows this trend worsening, with evictions reaching a 20-year high in Franklin County.

Across Ohio, landlords initiated almost 108,000 eviction cases in 2023 — the highest since 2015. A major driver behind the surge is sluggish wage growth, which isn't keeping pace with skyrocketing rents. The "housing wage" — what a worker needs to earn per hour to afford a two-bedroom apartment — rose 9% since last year. To afford such a home, full-time workers need an hourly wage of at least $20.81. In Columbus, however, this figure climbs even higher to $25.04 per hour.

With a panel of regional leaders, CMC unpacks why evictions are climbing, the impact on communities when families lose their homes, and the strategies that advocates are leveraging to ensure more Central Ohio families stay housed.

Featuring:

Kate McGarvey, Executive Director, Legal Aid of Southeast and Central Ohio

Shayla D. Favor, Columbus City Council Member and Franklin County Prosecutor-Elect

Gene Edwards, Director of Legal Research and Magistrate, Franklin County Municipal Court,

The moderator is Danae King, Underserved Communities Reporter, The Columbus Dispatch.

This forum was sponsored by The Community Shelter Board with support from The Columbus Dispatch.

The presenting sponsor of the CMC livestream was The Center for Human Kindness at the Columbus Foundation. CMC's livestream partner was The Columbus Dispatch.

This forum was recorded before a live audience at The Ellis in Columbus' historic Italian Village on December 4, 2024.

Benchmarking Central Ohio - Part 2 Nov 20, 2024

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For the first time since 2019, the all-new Columbus Foundation Community Benchmarking Report has measured how Central Ohio compares to more than 20 peer regions across more than 50 metrics and indices.

Building on a decade of community tracking, this newest research across a range of metrics offers a clear window to understanding how Central Ohio stacks up to comparable metro areas and gives us one of the best snapshots of where our region finds itself on this side of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The findings dive deeply into five overall categories – population vitality, economic strength, personal prosperity, lifelong learning, and overall community wellbeing. In this second of two forums, we'll dive deep into the study's findings on Personal Prosperity, Lifelong Learning, and Overall Community Wellbeing, and explore what the data says about Central Ohio's future. The complete new report can be downloaded here.

Featuring:

J. Averi Frost, Freedom Equity Inc. and the Central Ohio African American Chamber of Commerce

Dr. Gina Ginn, CEO, Columbus Early Learning Centers

Matt Martin, Director of Community Research, The Columbus Foundation

The moderator is Autumn Glover, Senior Vice President, Provider + Community Partnerships, AndHealth.

The presenting sponsor of this two-part series was The Columbus Foundation.

This forum was sponsored by The American Electric Power Foundation.

The presenting sponsor of the CMC livestream was The Center for Human Kindness at the Columbus Foundation. Our livestream partner was The Columbus Dispatch.

This forum was also supported by The Ellis.

This forum was recorded before a live audience at The Ellis in Columbus' historic Italian Village on November 20, 2024.

Benchmarking Central Ohio - Part 1 Nov 13, 2024

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Building on more than a decade of community tracking, this newest research across a range of metrics offers a clear window to understanding how Central Ohio stacks up to comparable metro areas and gives us one of the best snapshots of where our region finds itself on this side of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The findings dive deeply into five overall categories – population vitality, economic strength, personal prosperity, lifelong learning, and overall community wellbeing.

In this first of two forums, we'll reflect on the results of the last benchmarking study in 2019 before diving deep into the findings of the first two categories: Population Vitality & Economic Strength – to see how Central Ohio measures up to its peers.

The complete new report can be downloaded here.

Featuring:

Matt Martin, Director of Community Research, The Columbus Foundation

Kenny McDonald, President and CEO, One Columbus

Padmini Roy-Dixon, Economic Development Director & Regional Innovation Officer, Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission

The host is Doug Buchanan, Editor in Chief, Columbus Business First.

This forum was sponsored by The Columbus Foundation. The presenting sponsor of CMC's livestream was The Center for Human Kindness at the Columbus Foundation.

CMC's livestream partner was The Columbus Dispatch.

It was also supported by The Ellis. This forum was recorded before a live audience at The Ellis in Columbus, Ohio's historic Italian Village on November 13, 2024.

After the Election: Listening, Healing, and Moving Forward with The Reverend Nontombi Naomi Tutu Nov 06, 2024

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This extraordinary and historic forum welcomes The Reverend Nontombi Naomi Tutu as we gather following the election to reconcile and reflect on the common goal of preserving democracy, upholding justice, and to re-commit to listening to one another in good faith and with open minds and hearts.

The Reverend Nontombi Naomi Tutu, daughter of Archbishop Desmond and Nomalizo Leah Tutu, knew from early in life that the one thing she would never be is a priest. She has always said, "I have my father's nose, I do not want his job" but life had other plans… After years spent as a development consultant, educator and race and gender activist she accepted her call to ordained ministry.

The challenges of growing black and female in apartheid South Africa have been the foundation of Reverend Tutu's life as an activist for human rights. Those experiences taught her that our whole human family loses when we accept situations of oppression, and how the teaching and preaching of hate and division injure us all.

Featuring The Reverend Nontombi Naomi Tutu, Daughter of Archbishop Desmond and Nomalizo Leah Tutu, and Priest Associate, All Saint's Episcopal, Atlanta, Georgia, and with moderator Colleen Marshall, Anchor, NBC4.

This forum was sponsored by Otterbein University and The Health Policy Institute of Ohio. It was supported by Urban Strings Columbus.

The livestream presenting sponsor was The Center for Human Kindness at the Columbus Foundation. The livestream partner was The Columbus Dispatch.

This forum was recorded before a live audience at The Ellis in Columbus, Ohio's historic Italian Village on November 6, 2024.

Rx for Equity: Creating Access to Healthcare in Central Ohio Oct 23, 2024

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Optimal Health Series Central Ohio is home to global leaders in healthcare, but access to healthcare remains uneven in the region as it is for much of the country. What are the costs of uneven healthcare coverage to our region, and what are the factors that prevent many from getting the care they need? With a panel of passionate healthcare leaders, we dive into the true costs of uneven access to healthcare in Central Ohio and how the doors to quality healthcare can be opened for all.

Featuring:

Dr. Chyke Doubeni, Chief Health Equity Officer, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

Carrie Harris-Muller, Senior Vice President and Chief Population Health Officer, OhioHealth

Amy Rohling McGee, President, Health Policy Institute of Ohio

Kate Tullio, Associate Vice President for Health Equity, CareSource

The moderator is Angela Dawson, Executive Director, Ohio Commission on Minority Health

The presenting sponsors of CMC's long-running Optimal Health Series are The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, OhioHealth, and Nationwide Children's Hospital.

This forum was also sponsored by AstraZeneca and Cardinal Health.

The livestream presenting sponsor was The Center for Human Kindness at the Columbus Foundation. The livestream partner was The Columbus Dispatch.

It was also supported by The Ellis.

This forum was recorded before a live audience at The Ellis in Columbus, Ohio's historic Italian Village on October 23, 2024.

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