The mayor understands that such policies allowed Columbus to grow and remain vibrant while landlocked cities such as Cleveland stagnated, but he said he thinks it's time to slow down. The city's development plan now calls for slowing outward growth with strategic annexation and a stronger campaign to focus development within the city limits. It's the preservation of our quality of life that is paramount. If we lose the identity of Downtown Columbus, it will become a wasteland. The Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce also has concerns.
Uncontrolled growth means it's going to drain the city.
You have people coming at this from completely different perspectives and for different reasons but seeking the same result. Learning from others As his hometown of Dresden, Germany, emerges from communist domination, Frank Wobst, chairman and chief executive of Huntington Bancshares, advises Dresden's leaders to take note of what has happened in Columbus. It's a concern that we all ought to face. In the long run, the core of a metropolitan area has to be healthy for the whole area to be healthy. Roman Catholic Bishop Anthony M. Pilla of Cleveland has made urban sprawl a moral issue, preaching against the abandonment of the inner cities by those fleeing to the suburbs.