Year in Review: Progress made on affordable housing, income disparities but not nearly enough


The pace of the Columbus region's growth may surprise those who haven't been paying attention as Ohio's capital became the most-dynamic city in the Midwest outside of Chicago.

MORPC in December updated its population estimates for Central Ohio, concluding the 15-county region added 43,000 people in 2018 alone. The region is now projected to grow from 2.4 million people to 3 million by 2050, with that growth centered much more strongly in Franklin County than years past.

Migration and jobs have…

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