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What's City Buzz? City Buzz has information on all kinds of happenings in Columbus, who's saying what about the city, awards, rankings and more.

It's the fun stuff. It's meant to be shared and talked about.

What's New
  • View The Word on Columbus video featuring impressions of Columbus by national media sources. This video debuted at the Experience Columbus Annual Meeting on Feb. 19.
  • Columbus Mayor Michael B. Coleman's 2012 Bicentennial celebration continues to build steam.
  • A group of Columbus artists and arts supporters are encouraging Columbus to promote itself as The Indie Art Capital of the World.
  • Construction continues on the new Huntington Park baseball stadium for the Columbus Clippers, Triple-A affiliate of the Washington Nationals. It's due to open for the 2009 season. View the Web cam to see the progress.

Media Hits
  • The Cincinnati Inquirer highlighted Columbus in a story on high-end travel options.
  • NBC's Today Show featured Columbus and three other destinations as Affordable Spring Getaways, with the editor of Budget Travel saying Columbus has "turned into an incredibly interesting city." This is related to a feature in Budget Travel that will come out in May.
  • Columbus is featured in the travel section of the Chicago Tribune with the top seven reasons to go.
  • The Short North Arts District received rave reviews recently in several publications, including The New York Times' T Magazine, the Toledo Blade, The Cleveland Plain Dealer and National Geographic Traveler.
  • GQ listed Columbus as one of "The Seven Best Art Cities (that you never thought of)."
  • The Topiary Garden was featured in the new book, 1,001 Gardens to Visit Before You Die.
  • Story in the New York Post by writer David Landsel who counted his trip to Columbus among "five of the most memorable trips I took" in 2007.

Awards, Rankings and Notable Facts
  • Columbus is heralded as the 10th "Top Arts Destination" among big cities in the United States in the June 2008 issue of AmericanStyle Magazine. The national publication geared to toward art enthusiasts and collectors ranks cities based upon their public art, gallery offerings and institutional arts according to readers polls.
  • Advocate Magazine, a national publication on the LGBT community, ranked Columbus among the most diverse and Top 10 Best Places for Gays and Lesbians to Live in America.
  • Golf.com ranked Columbus No. 2 on a list of the Top 50 Golf Cities in America.

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