Participating in the news conference will be Columbus Mayor Greg Lashutka, Ohio State President E. Gordon Gee, and James L. Nichols, treasurer of the university and chair of the task force. President Gee established the task force last January to develop an improvement plan for the neighborhoods adjacent to the campus. The 17-member task force includes representatives of the City of Columbus, the Columbus Apartment Association, University Area community and business groups, and the university's Board of Trustees, students, faculty, staff and administrators. In developing its report, the task force has gathered student demographic data, has sponsored focus groups to consider the University Area's future, has visited other urban universities, and has held public forums. For more information on the news conference, contact Steve Sterrett, director of news services, at 292-8472.
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